Patti challenges us with monochrome photography in this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge. Thanks, Patti! Monochrome photography is an interesting way to interpret the scene for a photographer like me who somewhat depends on a splash of color. I’ve had fun with it!
To meet this challenge, I thought I’d share with you a short travelogue of my journeys over the last year. I spend my winters petsitting through TrustedHousesitters, and it’s taken me to some fine, fine places.
What’s Happening Now
I’m currently spending a little time in Colorado. It’s a blast from the past, an opportunity to get back to my roots, revisit landscapes forever held deep in my heart, spend time with family, and heal. I was fortunate enough to land a housesit in Allenspark, in the southwest corner of Rocky Mountain National Park, which made this sweet sojourn with a land I love possible.
Winter On The West Coast
A year ago today, though, I was on the Long Beach Peninsula, Washington State. I was housesitting a very sweet dog and cat in a lovely old home just 4 blocks from the beach. It was wonderful to spend a whole month immersing myself in the Pacific Northwest, an environment I’d never before had the opportunity to really experience.
Long Beach wasn’t my only coastal refuge this past winter. I spent most of the winter on the central California coast. I had a housesit in Monterey
and one in Goleta, where I mourned the loss of the Monarch Butterflies.
I even drove the Big Sur Highway a few times. It is amazing that this road even exists!
In between house sits, I spent a lot of time camping at San Simeon. It was an unexpected wildlife treasure.
I finally visited Mystic Hot Springs in Utah, which had been on my bucket list for years.
Spring In The Desert
I visited four deserts, with a wonderful house sit in Tucson giving me a taste of the Sonoran,
a bit of quality time spent on the Colorado Plateau,
and, as always, following the flowers in the Mojave
and the Lower Coloradoan Desert.
Summer In Alaska
I always come back to the Wrangells, though. It’s true – there’s no place like home!
Awesome work! Living the dream.
Thanks, Patt! Glad you like ’em. It’s a good life.
Gorgeous monochrome shots, Dianne! The details and lighting here are magnificent. You have a wonderful eye for nature. We signed up for Trusted Housesitters. I’m glad you have had a great experience with them. We haven’t done a house sit yet. We’ve been moving around too much! I’m glad you shared your shots with us. They are beautiful.
Thanks, Patti. TrustedHousesitters has been good to me.
Nice work.
Thanks, Vicki!
There is something incredibly evocative about monochrome photography. Your photos are beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks! It’s fun to share the wonderful places I’ve seen.
Beautiful photos – everyone different and intriguing.
Thanks, Ann Christine! So glad you like them!
Really interesting way to temporarily experience different landscapes of the world. Wonderful images of your journey, Dianne. <3
Thanks, Olga. It’s been an wonderful journey.
Nice perspective
Beautiful monochrome gallery! Some incredibly beautiful!