30 Day Photo Challenge - FINISH!

Day 29 / 30 - April 15, 2014 Symbolic Lenten Decorations

Symbolic Lenten Decorations
Palms, Eucharist, Rooster, Whip (Scourge) and Crown of Thorns
Our Lady of Nazareth RC Church
Roanoke, VA

Day 28 / 30 - April 14, 2014 Flowering Crabapple at Dusk

Weeping Flowering Crabapple at Dusk
Heywood Avenue, Roanoke, VA

Day 27 / 30 - April 13, 2014 Light and Colored Panels

Four Colored Plexiglass Panels above Baptismal Pool
Lighted with Natural Light from Skylights
Entrance Way
Our Lady of Nazareth RC Church

Day 26 / 30 - April 12, 2014 Cross in Meditation Garden

Cross in Meditation Garden
Among Flowering Native Dogwoods
RC Church - Our Lady of Nazareth - Roanoke, VA

Day 25 / 30 - April 11, 2014 - Converging Lines - Church Pews

Converging Lines
Pews with Hymnals
Our Lady of Nazareth RC Church
Roanoke, VA

Day 24 / 30 - April 10, 2014 - Salem Red Sox Score Board

I am posting the remaining few of my photos for the 30 Day Challenge...Enjoy!

Salem Red Sox Scoreboard
Evening Game
Photographed through Home Plate net
Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance

10 April - A glitch in my system

I've continued to take daily pictures but because of a bad cold and Easter festivities didn't have the time to post the photos.  Here they are, so I can successfully say I've finished the challenge.

9 April - Eccentric Yard Decorations

Ribbons, large cones - probably from longleaf pines - hang from a curly willow (Salix matsudana tortuosa) in one of my favorite South Roanoke gardens.

Why is this one of my favorite gardens?  I think it is because the owner seems to have fun with it.  I never know what kinds of 'found objects' or seemingly unrelated objects  might be displayed. 

8 April 2014 - Vignette in a South Roanoke yard

Is anyone going to sit on this bench this summer, or has it become forgotten?  Discovered on a leisurely walk through oe of Roanoke's residential neighborhoods.

April 7 - Home Entrance

A formal entrance way to gracious house in South Roanoke. 

Dramatic use of forsythia.

April 6 - "Aladdin" staged by middle school students

One of the most difficult photos for me is of a stage performance while in the audience.

Here is a performance of "Aladdin" by talented students from  James Madison Middle School Roanoke, VA.

5 April - Blue Light Special

#1 - American Flag Highlighted; No Skater

#2 - American Flag Highlighted; Color Saturation; One Skater

#3 - American Flag Highlighted; Blue Color Saturation; One Skater with Light-up Roller Skate Wheels 

4 April 2014 - Waiting

Mothers waiting for children to finish roller skating at a neighborhood skating rink.  Disco ball and blue light were on in the rink; cropped and added saturated color via photo software.

14 more photos to post

It has been very easy for me to get behind in posting my photos. However, in the end there will be thirty photos!

Some days I feel as if  there is a chain-link fence between me and my 'perfect' photo. 

3 April 2014 - 'Spring Beauty'

Scilla siberica (Spring Beauty) Another early spring-blooming bulb that is native to hot, dry regions around the Mediterranean Sea.

2 April 2014 - 'Glory-of--the-snow'

Chionodoxa luciliae (Glory-of-the-Snow) Native of mountainous areas around the Mediterranean 

1 April 2014 - Members of the local deer herd

Part of a local deer herd which varies in size from 14 to 18 members.  This is  a lovely large meadow that they enjoying feeding in at dusk.

Two youngsters watching me as I watch them.  They were almost as gentle and curious as dairy cows.

31 March 2014 - Exotic Trillium - Ambient Light

Trillium sessile is native to the the Atlantic and North Central states

30 March 2014 - Color, Form and Texture in a small neighborhood park

Color, Form and Texture in Harkrader Park, Colonial Ave SW, Roanoke, VA.  Large deciduous trees, small deciduous flowering trees, and evergreen shrubs form a backdrop to flowering daffodils and emerging daylilies, and boulders for seating in a neighborhood handkerchief park.