Sherry'sLens Photography

Cellpic Sunday

Only the shadow knows,

The depths it stretches from the soul

The darkness holds the secrets tight and lays in mystery like the night

It exaggerates the image cast and holds against the sunlight’s path~

Fences and Gates – CBWC

Cee’s Challenge this week has us looking at fences and gates in black and white. Here is my selection from near and far.

Starting at home with my neighbor’s pasture fence

Very old cemetery fence in Mashpee, Cape Cod

Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina

Both gates top and bottom, Provence Town, Cape Cod

Top and bottom gates, Athens, Greece

Savannah, Georgia, top and bottom

Lens-Artist Challenge #232 – Evolution (Looking Back)

I’m not sure if this week’s challenge is Evolution or Looking Back as I have seen it both ways, but luckily I can do both with this one.

This week’s challenge has me going back to the place I love, Longboat Key, Florida.

When I moved there in 2016, I spent many evenings alone sitting and watching the sunset on the powder-white sand of the Gulf of Mexico. It healed my soul and refreshed my spirit, and we both evolved together.

The Day Evolves Into the Night

The images were taken on the same day at different distances with little editing on an older Samsung galaxy.

Black and White

Sometimes things are just simply black and white. You can throw any color or shade on it that you want but when it’s all stripped away, it is simply just black and white.

I’m about to bring my parents home to live with us. My father is in dementia and kidney failure and my mother is crippled with arthritis and anxiety. I can color it with pros and cons of all sorts of hues and shades, but in the end, it is simply just black and white.

They have cared for me and helped me throughout my whole life, now it’s my turn to care for and help them, for as long as I can. And how could I not, it is simply just black and white.

I’ve been blessed with a loving family and precious memories that have colored my life beautifully, but when it comes down to decisions like this one, it is simply just black and white.

This subject is more private than I thought I would end up sharing but life happens and I’m sure I’m not alone on this journey. They never tell you that once you are done raising your children, there is a chance you will get your parents back lol, if we are lucky 😉

Thank you for stopping by and remember to always keep something wonderful focused in your lens ~ 😊

Thursday Doors

Saint Barnabas’s Episcopal Church, Falmouth, Massachusetts

A trip to Cape Cod, had me strolling around the quaint town of Falmouth, Mass. It is everything you would imagine New England to be~

Lens-Artist Challenge #231 – Favorite Pictures of 2022

Better late than never! This first challenge of the new year has us looking back at our favorite photos. Here are just a few of mine~

Cellpic Sunday

A cold marina
off Lake Michigan, Monroe, Michigan

We started 2023, traveling up to northwest Ohio into Michigan. I captured this cold foggy morning marina on my Samsung 4 Flip galaxy phone with no filter.

They say what you do on the first day of the new year indicates how your year will go. I certainly hope it’s true! This feels like the start of many wonderful travels to come!!

Happy New Year 🎊 2023 we are ready!

LENS-ARTISTS CHALLENGE #230 – Last Chance 2022

This last week of the year challenge, asks us to post an image that has not already been published here before. So, I thought I would go back and pick a new image that was taken in each month of 2022, that has not seen the light of day….yet!

Here is my unseen year in review…

February 2022, a beautiful flower from my Valentine’s boutique ~

March 2022, the cave at Lake Vesuvius, Ironton, Ohio

May 2022, my daughter’s birthday lunch and window shopping in historic Chillicothe, Ohio

June 2022, Martha’s Vineyard, for the most beautiful Cap Cod wedding~

July 2022, concert downtown Ashland, Kentucky, she always puts on a great show!

October 2022, Greenlawn Cemetery, Soldiers Circle, Portsmouth, Ohio

November 2022, on a walk with my granddaughter’s in the field across from our house

December 2022, I waited a little too long before cutting up this pepper, but what a surprise inside!

Thank you for joining me for a look back at my year and thank you all for your kindness and support! I have 50 followers already!!! 🥳 you guys are the Best!!

Thank you to our host Tina, for this weeks challenge and to all of the hosts throughout the year!

Happy New Year Everyone! 🎊

Cellpic Sunday

This Cellpic Sunday selection found me crossing the Hudson River in New York, on my way to Massachusetts. The bridge was formerly known as The Tappan Zee Bridge and is probably still mostly known by that name.

Some things just look better in black and white~

Lens Artist Challenge #229 – Perfect Patterns

Another week, another great challenge!

Starting with nature’s perfect patterns~

Perfectly random spores on a rock in the Shawnee Forrest, West Portsmouth, Ohio

Perfect ground cover, Mother Nature at work~

“Morning Glory” is a rare cloud formation, captured in Bradenton, Florida

Architectural patterns ~

The grand patio bayside at Ringling Brother’s Museum, Sarasota, Florida. A perfect zigzag pattern!

Patterns cut into the metal on this old cemetery shed door, Chillicothe, Ohio

Ceiling patterns at The Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina

A close-up, of an outside column at The Biltmore Estates

Rotunda, at the Scioto County Courthouse, Portsmouth, Ohio

Black and white shot of a radiator cover in the Scioto County Courthouse, Portsmouth, Ohio. Perfect art nouveau pattern!

Perfect lines inside and out, Columbus, Ohio

Patterns for fun~

Bottle cap pattern underneath our glass table at the Magic Mushroom Pizza, downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Perfectly delicious! 😋

Sun shining in on my rug, casting a perfect shadow pattern of the outside railing.

Pattern swatches for a perfectly beautiful beach house~

Thank you for joining me this week and thank you to our host of this week’s challenge Ann-Christine, and so sorry I can’t remember how to ping back to the original post lol 🤦‍♀️