CITY DAILY PHOTO THEME DAY--JULY 1: THE COLOR BLUE

Scenes from the Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival, June 2019

I'll be the first to admit I've been remiss in posting to this blog for two months. Travel and laziness have been my excuses. And even though I had photos selected for the months of May (purple) and June (pink), I never got around to posting them.  

Je suis désolé.

But here I am with "blue" photos for July 1 theme day with a collection of photos I have taken during the 24-day Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival which began June 6 and ended June 29.

The first six photos I took at the Special Event 2--Collage. Quoting from the WWCMF booklet, "Collage is a style of performance in which the entire space becomes a stage." In the case of this performance, as well as most of the festival performances, the setting is in a winery production room. That means the huge steel vats have been pushed aside or removed to make room for folding chairs for the audience and mini stages throughout the space in the catwalks or corners where the musicians perform in front of, above, behind and within the audience. In addition, dance is often part of the artistic collage. And unlike the other performances, miles of lighting and sound cable have been laid to create a unique visual and auditory experience.

 

Blue guitar on black notes

Rob Moose on electric guitar playing "Roundball Rock (NBA on NBC Theme)"

Blue shadow of the trombone player.

Weston Sprott joins the ensemble on his trombone

Moving with the music

Violinist Maria Sampen

Festival Series 4, the final performance of the season, was held at Gesa Powerhouse Theatre. Flutist MingHuan Xu peforms as part of the Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 by Dimitri Shostakovich. Also pictured are Philip Payton, violin, and Winston Choi, piano.

 

Violinist in a blue dress

CITY DAILY PHOTO THEME DAY-APRIL 1: YELLOW

Objects in the Photos May Appear Closer Than They Are

The first of every month is City Daily Photo theme day, and April's theme is Yellow. Because of our late snowfall in February and March, all of my flowers are behind schedule for blooming. Consequently, there are no yellow daffodils or yellow tulips or yellow forsythia in my garden to photograph. What else is yellow this time of year? 

Admittedly, I had to dig deep for a subject for this month's theme. 

But then a week ago I was driving to Spokane to visit my grandchildren when I came upon a convoy of heavy machinery moving down the highway. I first noticed the big yellow OVERSIZE LOAD sign, and then I saw that each vehicle was also yellow, albeit dirty yellow. VOILA! I had found my subject(s).

Now to capture these rolling behemoths without endangering myself or others. Being an iPhone photographer made it easier because, 1. I always have my phone with me, and 2. It's easy to set it up on the dash and take several photos in burst mode.  It also helped that there was little if any other traffic behind me, so I was never in danger.

These photos should bring out the little boy or girl in all of us who once loved playing in the dirt with their yellow Tonka toy trucks. 

Oh, and the last photo? That's me piloting my yellow snowblower in February. Even at 69, I love pushing around big machinery. (I couldn't resist including it in this month's celebration of the color Yellow.)

To view "yellow" photos of other international CDP bloggers, click here:

http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2019/03/april-2019-gallery-yellow.html

 

 

CITY DAILY PHOTO-MARCH 1 THEME DAY: GREEN

This Photographer's Dilemma 

The first day of the month is always theme day for City Daily Photos bloggers. In anticipation of this month's them I envisioned taking photos of the young shoots of green that began popping up in my garden in early February. However, that all came to a screeching halt when the first of several dumps of snow hit southeast Washington state, which includes Walla Walla. 

While many people continue to grouse about the late arriving snow, I am openly giddy about each additional snowfall because I simply love snow; and it's just not winter in these parts without that frozen white stuff. But what is there that's green that's not hidden by snow?

My (snow-covered) green bottle tree!

Below are three variations on the theme, using different Prisma filters to create other interesting effects. Do you have a favorite?

To see more "Green" photos from other international CDP bloggers, follow this link: http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/

CITY DAILY PHOTO THEME DAY-FEB 1, 2019: WHITE

Whirling Chinese Pagoda

I guess I missed it, even though it's still February 1 in Walla Walla, WA. What can I say? 

January's been an awfully l-o-n-g month. No snow in Walla Walla to capture my fantasy or photos. Instead, too much rain and fog and grey. 

Perhaps this will spark my energy and creativity for February.

THIRD ANNUAL WOMEN'S MARCH

In Celebration of Women and Issues Important to Women

These are a few of my favorite signs

I'll let the signs speak for themselves.

I love the alliteration. (This was in response to a FB post before the march
that threatened attending with open carry.)

CITY DAILY PHOTO-THEME DAY-JAN 1, BEST OF 2018

I missed posting for the November 1 CDP Theme Day because I was still traveling home from my 21-day safari in Tanzania, Africa; therefore, I am choosing to make up for that by posting a few of my favorite photos out of the 10,000+ photos I took from that trip. 

As you can imagine, choosing the BEST photo was difficult, so I include a potpourri of special moments of the safari.

If you are interested in seeing more photos of the people, animals, and sights of the Serengeti and East Africa, I invite you to click on the link to my other blog as I relive and reflect on that trip of a lifetime. Aseenbysusan.blogspot.com 

An Ostrich family on parade.
We saw many single Ostriches, but seeing this family of  mama, papa, and seven babies was unusual.

Of all the animals we saw, the giraffes are my favorite. 

This lion is definitely well camouflaged. 

It's an impromptu photo like this taken from the window of our moving vehicle
that really tells a story of the people. Two Maasai warriors are bicycling to market
as the driver talks on his cell phone and the rider holds on to a young goat.
Also notice the two wooden walking sticks which are iconic Maasai.

Another impromptu "stop the Land Cruiser" moment was visiting with
and learning about a group of  Maasai males who are in their 4-6 month
post-circumcision ritual of becoming a warrior.
The self-applied white face paint is to frighten away evil spirits.  

Children love to play ball, and these Massai children are no different.
In this case, their ball is the nest of a Social Weaver bird,
and the ball-tosser is my partner Doug.

A sleeping leopard

Four young lion brothers

Of only 30 rhinoceros living in Serengeti Park, we were fortunate to see these two
which in turn allowed us to check the Big Five off our list of must-sees.

If you are interested in seeing more photos of the people, animals, and sights of the Serengeti and East Africa, I invite you to click on the link to my other blog as I relive and reflect on that trip of a lifetime. asseenbysusan.blogspot.com