Festive Illuminations

Dale offers “festive illuminations” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

The wreath decorates the entrance to the Upper Room Chapel in Fort Mill, SC. We went to a worship service there last Saturday evening and I remembered to take some photos of festive illuminations.

Lighted Wreath at the Upper Room Chapel, Fort Mill, SC
Upper Room Parking Lot

A Cold Start

Dale offers the prompt “a cold start” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Below are pictures of snow taken some years ago to help all of those in northern climates get ready for winter.

In South Carolina, it is cool, but not this cold. These pictures remind me of one reason why we moved south although there were times that the snow was beautiful and I do miss those.

Lake Michigan in the Snow
Lake Michigan in the Snow
Cold and Bright
Cold and Bright
Snowy
Snowy

Through an Opening

Dale offers the prompt “through an opening” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

These are all older photos over many years. In the first photo, I imagined the clouds making an opening for the sun to shine.

In the second, the rocks made an opening for the plants to grow.

In the third I imagined the cracks between the stones forming the Western Wall in Jerusalem made an opening for petitions.

Through an opening in the clouds the sun light in the morning shown
Through an opening in the stones the plants grew
Through an opening between the stones of the wall petitions were placed.

Art For Art’s Sake

Dale offers the prompt “art for art’s sake” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Below are photos of Spanish moss. It hangs from trees in the southeastern part of the United States. I think of it as a swirling bunch mindless modern (or pretentious postmodern) art as an excuse to use it for this prompt.

We were in Tampa, Florida, recently. The place where we stayed had many trees with this growing on them.

Spanish Moss
More Spanish Moss
I don’t know where that leaf came from, but there is Spanish moss behind it

One Thing Inside Another

Dale offers the prompt “one thing inside another” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.

In the first photo there are tiny plants growing inside the space between the rocks.

In the second, there’s a heart inside this huge palm branch, if you can see it.

In the third, there are three (oops, make that four) tiny birds inside this sunrise.

Plants growing inside the protection of stones
A heart inside a palm branch
Four birds inside a sunrise