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Thursday Doors- Nº14 in Watercolor

February 22, 2025Posted in Architecture, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged learning to draw and paint, M. Graham Watercolor, Stratemore Paper, Thursday Doors, Watercolor66 Comments

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Last week Pit from https://pitsfritztownnews.wpcomstaging.com/2025/02/17/august-september-2024-three-country-tour-in-europe-a-walk-around-chur/

posted a bit about some time he and his wife spent in Chur, Switzerland, and I loved one of the doorways so, I asked him it it would be alright if I tried to draw and paint it. He said yes! Here’s the reference photo. Used with Pit’s permission.

I wanted to simplify the image a lot keeping the door and only a bit of the courtyard. thought the little entry stair would be the hardest for me to draw so did a little thumbnail sketch- it was okay so pressed on and painted this.

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I think the courtyard is too busy and I wanted to blur out the sides more so played with another rough sketch.

Chose my colors and painted version 2.

I’ve taken on the challenge of painting 100 mini paintings this year. I’m 16 paintings in. I’m going to paint this in mini this weekend. Time will tell if I can make it to 100 or not.

Thanks again, Pit for letting me use your photo as a reference!

This post is part of the weekly challenge Thursday Doors hosted by Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/2025/02/20/riding-around/

Hop on over there to see more doors from around the world or join the craze and add a door or two of your own. 😊

Stratemore watercolor paper, M. Graham watercolor paints, assorted brushes. Images iPhone 14 Pro.

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Friday’s Feathered Friends-Couples

February 14, 2025February 13, 2025Posted in Birding in Nevada, Ducks, Friday's Feathered Friends, Nature, PhotographyTagged Friday's Feathered Friends, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, Washoe Co42 Comments

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Being Valentine’s Day today I thought I’d share a couple of bird pairs/couples.

Mallard pair

Hooded Merganser pair

I hope you all have a lovely Valentine’s Day and great weekend.

Nikon D850| Nikkor 500mm| PS CC

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Thurs. Doors- The Eagle Little Library

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025Posted in Architecture, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Eagle Little Library, Little Libraries, Natural Materials, Reading is Fun, Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, Travel and Tourism, Whimsical50 Comments

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Last week He-Man wanted to break in his new car with a little road trip to the seaside. Santa Barbara, CA. was where he wanted to go. We did some kayaking, birding and a lot of walking. One of the places we birded was Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. The trails are great and while we in the Backcountry section of the garden we came across a Little Library. It’s an Eagle named Nest where you’re invited to enjoy reading while in his nest. I loved it!

This is the coolest Little Library I’ve ever seen.

This post is part of the weekly challenge Thursday Doors hosted by Dan Antion over at https://wordpress.com/tag/thursday-doors

Head on over there to see more doors from around the world or join the craze and add a door or two of your own. 😊

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Thursday Doors- 2024 Leftovers

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025Posted in Architecture, Barns, Doors, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Thursday Doors46 Comments

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These are doors I saw during 2024 that I didn’t manage to share plus one a friend sent me that he thought I’d like and he was right, I do!

Through the thicket I spied this old barn and there are doors on that old van too.

Another barn. This is one of the last images I took in 2024. I spied this barn while doing the Christmas Bird Count in my county on the 29th of December. It was a very cold, windy, rainy, snow flurries day so my partner and I only saw 23 species during our time out. I loved the Copula door. I imagine Owls using it.

Fishy Door. Every door had a fish over it. I’d bet money who ever lives here fishes.

A Red Shed that could use some TLC.

This is the door(s) to the laundry room at a favorite campground.

This is the door a friend sent me that he saw while in London and thought of me. Isn’t it gorgeous! Doesn’t the portico look like it’s made of cherry wood?

That’s it for my 2024 doors. I hope 2025 has lots of interesting doors in it for us all.

This post is part of the weekly challenge Thursday Doors hosted by Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/2025/01/09/runaround-prepare-the-badges/

Head on over there to see more doors from around the world or join the craze and add a door or two of your own. 😊

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Reader Favorites 2024

January 1, 2025December 31, 2024Posted in Photography53 Comments

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I thought it would be fun to look back on 2024 and see which posts you liked the most. 2024 has been a year of creativity, connection, and inspiration, and your engagement has truly fueled this journey. From birding, landscapes, night sky, doors, and everything else you’ve been there with support and encouragement every step of the way. It was fun going through the posts re-reading our conversations, and comments on those posts you chose as your favorites . You are what made the year and our community so special!

Let’s jump in.

January-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/01/03/whatever-weds-american-kestrel/

February-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/02/02/fridays-feathered-friends-hooded-mergansers/

March-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/03/01/fridays-feathered-friends-western-wood-peewee/

April-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/04/24/whatever-weds-owls/

May-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/05/10/fridays-feathered-friends-a-great-day-birding/

This post I shared that I had two great sightings and decent images. The Lark Sparrow got Explored on Flickr which was really exciting.

June- https://circadianreflections.com/2024/06/26/whatever-weds-whirling-butterfly/

July-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/07/20/something-for-saturday-just-dropping-in/

August-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/08/22/thursday-doors-guest-doors/

September- https://circadianreflections.com/2024/09/26/thursday-doors-quaker-steak-lube/

October-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/10/02/whatever-weds-white-peacock-butterfly/

November- https://circadianreflections.com/2024/11/08/fridays-feathered-friends-birds/

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Image-Semipalmated Plover

December-https://circadianreflections.com/2024/12/12/thursday-doors-christmas-doors/

I want to thank you all for reading circadianreflections this past year. I love the connections and friendships we’ve made here in our blogging community. I’m looking forward to visiting your blogs, seeing your images, and creativity, and having more good, and interesting conversations in 2025. I wish you all a very Happy, creative, healthy, and prosperous New Year!

more to come…

Thursday Doors-Favorites of 2024

December 19, 2024December 18, 2024Posted in Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Architecture, Bar, Church, Door Pulls, Doors, Photography, Restaurats, Travel and Tourism54 Comments

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This week we’re sharing our favorite doors from the past year.

I’ll start with Coventry Cross Church.

The Round House from Put-in-Bay, Ohio

From Florida Quaker Steak and Lube has to be here. I loved the door pulls the most.

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Speaking of door pulls I have to include the door my friend in CT sent me from her visit to Gillette Castle with its unique door pull and beautiful door.

Oh, the beautiful turquoise door/gate must be included in my favorites for the year.

I have more favorites than I thought I did for this year.

The little bird bungalows

Last but not least, my favorite door of all. From our house to yours, I wish you a very Merry Christmas!

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Home ❤️

This post is part of the weekly challenge Thursday Doors hosted by Dan Antion over at https://nofacilities.com/2024/12/19/2024-favorite-doors/

Head on over there to see more doors from around the world or join the craze and add a door or two of your own. 😊.

Thursday Doors will be back in January 2025, see you then!

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Thursday Doors-Christmas Doors

December 12, 2024Posted in Christmas, Holidays and Fetes, Photography, Thursday DoorsTagged Christmas, Christmas Decorations, Christmas Doors, Christmas lights, Doors, Photography, Thursday Doors, Wreaths39 Comments

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This week we’re sharing favorite Christmas Doors. I went up to Carson City to photograph and see the Governor’s Mansion display of lights.

Here’s a closer look at the doors, well as close as I could get.

After viewing some of the lights downtown I stopped in Scoup’s a local Ice Cream and Soup cafe for a bowl of soup and saw this door hanging on the wall.

Next week we’re sharing favorite 2024 doors then we’ll have a break until next year.

This post is part of the Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan Antion. If you’d like to see more Christmas doors from around the world head on over to his blog here-https://nofacilities.com/2024/12/12/osv-gingerbread-doors/

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