Lacy Hammock

Summer is just around the corner. And won’t this lacy-looking hammock look inviting in the shade during a warm July day?

Ahhh. Sweet, sweet summertime!

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The Miracle of Spring

Every year when the daffodils open their sunny trumpets to sniff the breeze, when the swallows come home to dip, dive and twitter overhead, and the flowering fruit trees unfurl their blossoms to welcome the bees, I fall in love with spring all over again!

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Spring Crocus

Nothing says spring like the first crocus blooms.

Happy spring!

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Mother Nature’s Art

Mother Nature is the best artist.

The arrangement shown here is an example.

I snapped this shot on a beach in Lincoln City, Oregon last week. I did not touch the driftwood, seaweed or rock – this is how it washed up on the shore, already artfully arranged.

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Art: Danita Cahill!

Art: Danita Cahill!.

Click here to see my guest post at The Whole Shebang art blog about how my writing led me down an accidental path to becoming a professional photographer.

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The Miracle of Flight

When I was a kid, I wished I could fly. You know, just stand in one place, flap my arms, lift off and soar like a bird. I always pictured an eagle when having this fantasy, but soaring like a seagull would have worked, too.

I also wished for a horse. That wish came true, in the way of various ponies who pranced in and out of my life until adulthood, when I finally graduated to a full-size horse. I’m still waiting for the wind beneath my wings to lift me high above the treetops!

I just got back Friday from a three-day writers’ retreat at the coast. One of my best friends and I went to another friend’s new beach house in Lincoln City. It was relaxing and we all got a lot of writing done. I didn’t complete my novel DAISIES ARE TRUE, but hope to have it finished soon. I do have a published supernatural thriller, MIST. Click here for more on that. It’s also available on Barnes & Noble for Nook and at Smashwords for all other ebook readers.

But back to the seagull in flight – I’ll be sharing photos I took at the coast here and at my photography blog (click here) Cahill Photojournalism.

I like the simplicity of this shot, and the way the light glows through the gull’s tail feathers.

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Newborn Lamb!

This lamb was just learning to stand for the first time when I took this shot. The yellow staining is from the amniotic fluid and is temporary.

It’s amazing to witness the bond that so quickly forms between a mother and her baby(s). I never tire of watching it happen – not only the miracle of birth, but the miracle of love and motherhood.

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