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My Last Photo — November ‘22

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Brian, aka Bushboy, posted his monthly Last on the Card prompt, where he asks us to…

  • Post the last photo from your camera’s SD card or the last photo from your phone taken in the month of November.
  • No editing — who cares if it is out of focus, not framed as you would like, or the subject matter didn’t cooperate?
  • No explanations needed — just the photo will do.
  • Create a pingback to Brian’s post or link in the comments.
  • Tag “The Last Photo.”

So here’s the last photo I took on my iPhone in November.

I took this photo yesterday afternoon at around 3:00 in my backyard. I was facing southwest looking at my backyard waterfall and plants, shrubs, and trees around and behind it. I love m’y backyard and probably have dozens of photos of it in by iPhone’s photo library. Just being in my backyard brings me joy and feelings of serenity.

Just FYI, in the interest of not running out of storage space in my WordPress media library (I’ve used 44% of my 6 GB allowance) and to ensure my posts load quickly, I reduce the size of the photos I post here. For example, the original photo on my iPhone is 12 megapixels and its size is 2.5 megabytes. The photo posted here is less than one megapixel and its size is only 405 kilobytes. Of course, the photo’s resolution is not as good as the original.

If any of you photography aficionados here on WordPress know how I can post the full-sized, original photos without blowing up my media folder and/or significantly slowing down how long it takes for my post to load, I’d love to hear from you.

Cellpic Sunday — 10/16/22

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John Steiner, the blogger behind Journeys With Johnbo, has this prompt he calls Cellpic Sunday in which he asks us to post a photo that was taken with a cellphone, tablet, or another mobile device. I thought this might be fun so I decided to join in.

This photo below was taken in my backyard this morning with my iPhone. It’s a picture of some of the plants and shrubs behind our waterfall.

I know it’s not as scenic or as interesting as the kinds of cell pics others post, but I like it.

If you wish to participate in this fun cellphone photo prompt, please click on the link to John’s post at the top of my post to see his photo and to read his instructions.

Cellpic Sunday — 09/04/22

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John Steiner, the blogger behind Journeys With Johnbo, has this prompt he calls Cellpic Sunday in which he asks us to post a photo that was taken with a cellphone, tablet, or another mobile device. I thought this might be fun so I decided to join in.

Let me start out by saying that I know today is not Sunday and it is also not September 4th. That said, I ran out of time and/or bandwidth yesterday, but I figured better late than never, so here is my Cellpic Sunday Monday — 09/0405/22.

This photo was taken using my iPhone two days ago. It is a part of the waterfall I installed in my backyard in 2020.

The reason I took this photo is because I noticed that there are green, grass-like thingies growing right from the large stone in the center of the picture. Below is a blow up to help you see them better.

Do you see those grasses growing from the rock? Cool, huh? Well, I found it fascinating, anyway.

If you wish to participate in this fun cellphone photo prompt, please click on the link to John’s post at the top of my post to see his photo and to read his instructions.

Sadje’s Sunday Poser — I’m a Swinger

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For this week’s Sunday Poser, Sadje wants to know…

Do you like being on your own and what’s your favorite place to spend alone time?

I think everyone needs a little alone time every once in a while. And when I need to recharge my batteries on my own, I go outside, weather permitting, to my back deck where I have a swing chair like the one pictured below hanging from my pergola. My backyard has beautiful views, the sounds of a running waterfall and birds chirping, and it’s a great place to relax, unwind, and enjoy the serenity. It’s a beautiful day today — sunny and 66°F — and that’s where I am right now as I compose this.

On those occasions when the weather is not conducive to sit outside, but when I feel the need to be alone, I will go into my home office, which has a sleep sofa in it, and will relax in there. I will do some reading, listen to music, or just shut my eyes and chill out.