I had a marvelous response from all of you on last week’s theme of Wood or Season of Spring. Thanks everyone you always amaze and delight me. I’m proud to announce our featured bloggers this week. Their posts really grabbed my attention. Please check out their posts and congratulate them. Maybe you will be chosen next week.
Featured Bloggers
Simply Beautiful – Quintessential spring and wood combined in one stunning photo..
Reflections and Nightmares – Irene A Waters – Irene has a wide range of photos and my favorite is the tree roots growing down the building or wall.
PaintedWords – Such fun spring photos … even got some eyes.
My Guilty Pleasures – Wonderful assortment of Spring photography. Have to appreciate the tulips photograph.
Mukhamani – Wouldn’t this dwarf variety of the Areca nut palm tree be cool in your garden. For me it’s very unusual.
Marsha Lee – Her photos covers some of the areas I just adore. Good variety of wood. Love the tunnel through a redwood tree.
Living With My Ancestors – I just love the Basswood art piece photograph. The pier walk is pretty cool too.
Taking a Deep Breath – I just adore these two shots. For some reasons I really like the second one with the arched trees.
This week’s Topics: Fire / Summer
We are now into our Five Elements/Seasons series and today our topic is Fire or the Season of Summer. In the description of of the Fire Element you can maybe get some ideas for your entry.
People with strong Fire energy may be quite charismatic. They excel at commanding others to action. They may love talking and socializing. Color for fire is red.
This series in particular, look through your archives of photos since we are covering all the seasons of the year. I hope even those of you who don’t have the typical seasons because you live near the equator I hope you want to use the color or element for your posts. Have fun and be as creative as you like.
Current Series: Five Elements/Seasons
Wood / Spring- Fire / Summer
- Earth / Harvest – Someone with well developed Earth energy is a well grounded, nurturing, compassionate person, sometimes depicted as the archtypical “earth mother”. Earth people like to bring others together and make good mediators or peacemakers and reliable friends. They often enjoy both preparing food and eating. The color for earth is yellow.
- Metal / Fall – A person with well balanced Metal energy is well organized, self disciplined, and conscientious. They like structure in their life. They are most comfortable in situations when they know the rules and can succeed by following them. Metal Qi bestows a deep inner strength, like ore mined from the mountains. The color for Metal is white.
- Water / Winter – The Water energy is a strong generative force centered in the lower belly. When the Kidney Qi is strong, a person is fearless, determined, and can endure many hardships in pursuit of their goals. Persevering by will power is characteristic of those with strong Kidney Qi. The color for water is blue.
The Next Series – Just Some Stuff
- Black and White Photos – to kick off the return of my B&W Challenge
- Roads: country, freeways, streets – to kick off the return of my Which Way Challenge
- Wheels: transportation, water wheels, spinning wheels
- Contrasting Colors: Purple/pink, yellow – orange and blue – red and green
- Buildings: houses, barns, commercial
How It Works?
Most weeks I will come up with a topic. Feel free to write me with things you want to learn about.
Go through you photo archives and see what photos you have that fits the current week’s challenge, or better yet grab you camera and take a new photo!
ENJOY and have FUN.
Create a Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge Post
- Then add a link to your blog in my comment box.
- To make it easy for others to check out your photos and post, title your blog post “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” tag.
- Remember to Follow My Blog to get your weekly reminders.
- I usually will respond to your entry on your blog, rather than on my page.
Please check out my Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge to check out more of what this challenge is about.
If you adore challenges as much as I do, please check out WordPress’s Blog Event Listing for other challenges.
My Entry for the Week
Qi (energy) hugs
Cee
You came up with some good ones, Cee. Here is my interpretation of fire – Fire up those Buners! http://imissmetoo.me/2014/07/22/fire-up-those-burners/
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Another great set of photos for another fun challenge, Cee! And thank you so much for featuring me as one of your Featured Bloggers! I’m off to find some more pics! 😀
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This is my entry for this week. Swedes are burning up I tell you! – http://katarinawohlfart.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer/
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My favorite blog visits too! ^^
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Hello this was a difficult one to come up with. Here’s my entry: http://zainabjavid.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer/
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Nice theme. I have some summer shots in my shoe box. Here is one of them: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-3A
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Wow the macro of that dahlia is amazing. I have never seen one so close up before. What a neat pattern.
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Love the dahlia macro – stunning color too … also the sky – worked on my entry yesterday, so that’s why I’m such quick starter this week. http://wp.me/p293Pw-9va
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Reblogged this on Locating Frankenstein's Brain.
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I like the dahlia’s colour.
Beach, starfish, flame… http://funfamilyfeats.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-and-summer/
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Great challenge and great entries. Here is mine – (I love Summer!)
http://justbeverity.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer/
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The unusual thing about your Men At Work picture is that both guys are working. Usually there are five guys. Four are drinking coffee and chatting (maybe one is actually sleeping) and only one is working. Or maybe that’s just Massachusetts.
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I got lucky with this photo….actually here in the country they aren’t bad, but in Portland you always see people standing around. 🙂
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Love the fiery sky, Cee.How about the Grand Canyon full of smoke?
http://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/the-grand-canyon-on-fire/
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Here’s a older post about Fire, from last year, Cee. (Sorry I put it in the wrong place first time around!) http://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november/
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Wonderful theme and a great way to share our thoughts. My first entry – http://travelfunfoodpictures.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-photo-challenge-post/
Cheers
Aanchal
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Here’s my entry
http://linsdoodles.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer/
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http://wp.me/p4qNGz-af
Fire!
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This is my entry: http://chava61.wordpress.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer-2/
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I was inspired by another blogger Living learning and letting go for my entry for this challenge: http://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer/
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Hi Cee, here’s my entry, I hope it’s no too obtuse. Love that red dahlia!
http://thirdpersontravel.com/2014/07/22/fire-cees-fun-foto-challenge/
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I Love the fiery colours of red and orange. Here is my contribution http://wp.me/p2BDQm-1C6
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Hi Cee – Here is some hot stuff for your photo challenge: http://points-of-view.com/2014/07/22/cees-fun-foto-challenge-the-fiery-flare/. I hope you enjoy it.
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Thanks Cee for featuring my previous photo:) Here is my fire:)
http://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer/
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http://nowathome.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer/
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And today contribution —
http://teepee12.com/2014/07/23/fire-and-summertime-cees-fun-foto-challenge/
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Love the series of challenges. Here is my entry;
http://medicinalmeadows.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer/
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Great fun to search for matching pics!
http://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/eternal-flames-of-olympos/
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Hi Cee, here is my pics for the Fire challenge:
https://teandpaper.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer/
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Hi again!
http://idleandboredtwo.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/fun-foto-challenge-summer/
Have great weeks!
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love your photos Cee! the dahlia macro is gorgeous. here’s my entry, thank you!
http://lolawi.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer/
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I am a lover of dahlias too 🙂 great photo Cee. Here are my Summery snaps
http://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/cees-fun-photo-challenge-summer/
Many thanks for featuring our blog last week 🙂
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Road work so summer 🙂 Thats a good one. hereis mine http://sillarit.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/season-of-summer/
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Hi Cee!
Love your entries this week – the dahlia is striking! My favorite is the Oregon sky, though. I’m a bit freakish about sunsets. 🙂
Here is my entry this week. Thank you!
Sue
https://suedegroot.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/sue-the-explorer-with-cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-ofsummer/
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http://rjbailey.wordpress.com/2014/07/24/cees-ffc-fire/
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Ah, dahlias! That is a certain sign of Summer for me too – I love the sculpture of the petals on your macro shot 🙂
My challenge entry is a family Summer activity we love – cooking on an open fire
http://oaktreesstudio.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/campfire-cooking-for-cees-fun-foto-challenge/
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Hi Cee
Here is my entry for the week:
http://clickbucketlist.org/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer/
Love your photos for this one.
Rob
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Thanks Cee. I love all these photos. Here’s mine.
http://jennysotherstuff.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/cees-fun-foto-challenge-firesummer-chameleon/
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You take the best Dahlia photos. 🙂
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I like this challenge… Here’s my entry:
http://lumar1298.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-or-season-of-summer/
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We have real summers – hot and fiery and there are heat exhaustion, strokes and even……….
http://yarnspinnerr.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fire-season-of-summer/
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I missed last week’s challenge, but I’ve been looking at those you nominated; lovely photos. Now I’m thinking hard about summer and red and I’ll try and come up with something!
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Thanks for allowing me to participate in your challenge. Have a great day:
http://deeclarknz.com/2014/07/28/cees-fun-foto-challenge-fireseason-of-summer/
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My entry for this week Cee: http://collinesblog.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/burned-apartment/
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My contribution: http://blueribbonfair.wordpress.com/2014/07/28/super-summer-monday-morning-mood-cees-fun-foto-challenge/
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I’m so terribly sorry for being late, but still it would be awesome if you dropped by my entry…
http://threadsandties.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/summer-lovin/
🙂
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Hi everyone,
I’m glad to participate with this post, a reference to both fire and summer :
http://hersko1.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/through-my-fingers/
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