Challenge 2017 - June

With the warm weather, I have really struggled to get any work done on pictures. I pursued pictures for our family's photo challenge in June, but I only finished working on pictures from June today. Because I fell so far behind, I might have to skip July and August. Blame it on the sun.

Challenge 2017 - May

I fell way behind in pictures recently. I am finally starting to chip away at my backlog, but photo challenges fell a bit in terms of priorities. Singing came up again, and I did manage to get a picture. The picture wasn't very good and didn't make my collection. Instead, I will go with plan B, finding a way to tie words to one of my best pictures from the month (and a related shot).

Challenge 2017 - April

I targeted two subjects for the latest challenge. Like usual, words for the challenge have been underlined.

Challenge 2017 - March

I didn't have my list of words during most of my walks. I knew a couple, and made sure to get shots for them. Those words have been underlined.

Challenge 2017 - February

I fell behind this month in pictures due to the Great Backyard Bird Count. I still have a backlog, but I need to finish up my challenge pictures. I decided to go through my pictures for February, but only the pictures that I have finished. I believe I have three pictures that I can use from this limited time frame. Like usual, I will underline words that I pursued.

Challenge 2017 - January

I pursued three pictures for the month. Words from the challenge will be underlined for each. I did not get out much with my camera, so everything I got was from a single day.

Challenge 2016 - December

"You are not a mere passenger on the train of life - you are the engineer."

Challenge 2016 - November

"You can't get up hill by thinking downhill thoughts."

Challenge 2016 - October

"It isn't mountains that get in our way, sometimes we are stopped by molehills.  It isn't always the giant redwoods that trip us as we walk through the forests; it is the vines and the underbrush."

Challenge 2016 - September

"Turtles don't make any progress until they stick their necks out."

Challenge 2016 - August

"The Lord gave you two ends - one for thinking, and one for sitting.  Your success depends on which you use - heads you win, tails you lose."

Challenge 2016 - July

"All the water in the world however hard it tries, could not sink the smallest ship, unless it got inside."

Challenge 2016 - June

"Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce."

Challenge 2016 - May

"Mortality is not a pleasure cruise on some luxury liner.  It is a voyage fraught with challenges and constant buffeting of winds and waves."

Challenge 2016 - April

"Life is like a postage stamp, you may be licked, depressed, stuck in a corner, and sent from post to post.  But you will always arrive at your destination if you will only stick with it."

Challenge 2016 - March

"If you have occasional spells of despondency don't despair, the sun has a sinking spell every night but it rises again all right the next morning."

Challenge 2016 - February

"Always behave like a duck.  Calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddle like the devil underneath."

Challenge 2016 - January

"There are many who struggle and climb and finally reach the top of the ladder, only to find that it is leaning against the wrong wall."

Challenge 2015 - Week 46

"Obeying God sometimes seems like the hardest road to take. But in the long run, it is the only lifestyle that brings real peace and genuine joy."

Challenge 2015 - Week 45

"Obedience is the fruit of faith; patience the bloom on the fruit."