After a long post from the bar, a couple hundred comments, and the official start of the Thursday Doors Writing Challenge, I think it’s time to sit back and look at some pictures. Fortunately, Cee has given us a nice prompt this week for her Fun Foto Challenge.
“This week our topic is celebrating Edges and Ledges. Anything with an edge, show it off. Any type of ledge or mantle show it off. Just make sure the edge or ledge is clearly visible in your photo. Have fun.”
I poked around, looking for the kinds of things that have edges and ledges. I’ve put them in the gallery, and I hope you enjoy them.
Note: The Thursday Doors Writing Challenge runs the entire month of May. Visit the TDWC page, choose a door image that inspires you. There are 21 doors to choose from, and you can write anything you like.
Later in the day, they had to move the crane closer to my desk.
Almost a crane and lines, I like lines
CT River at Great River
Crossing over the Windsor Locks Canal.
The canals run north to south for about a mile.
At the north end of the Windsor Locks Canal
That’s the Windsor Locks Canal as it weaves its way through our town.
This is why I always liked stopping at Great River Park.
As we approached the railroad trestle, you have a good view of the canal and the river. It’s ironic that the railroad needed a separate bridge to cross the canal it was putting out of business.
This bridge is at the north end of Great River Park.
Sunset from the River Grill.
Sunrise over Riverside Park rails along the levee.
Lots of rivers around New England were built to power mills. Leaving us with lots of dams and waterfalls.
These guys are just so cute.
This door opens to the balcony that rings the lighthouse, about 8′ below the lamp.
St. Augustine Lighthouse
When you can’t avoid a knot, it’s best to make sure it’s not exposed at the edge.
Terns, waiting at the edge
Looks like the turtles are willing to share the log with the geese.
AMTRAK Metroliner service from Springfield, MA to Washington D.C. at Hartford’s Union Station.
Washington, DC’s Union Station
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I really love these images, especially the Great River Park view :)
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I’m glad. I hope you have a great week.
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These pics are awesome. They fit the bill perfectly.
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Thank you! I’m like it when I have pictures for this challenge.
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Ooh, I love the metal studded door, the white on red is spectacular! :-)
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Thanks Ruth. I guess it has to be strong t the top of a lighthouse.
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Terns waiting at the edge and turtles and geese on a log made me smile on this dark, rainy Monday! You really went out on a ledge to give this post an edge Dan. 🤗 The penguins on the “sort of” ledge are just too cute for words. Great job satisfying the prompt.
Ginger
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I’m glad you liked this, Ginger. The penguins were diving off that ledge into their pool. I couldn’t leave them out. When I saw the prompt, I immediately remembered the terns and the turtles.
We may squeeze a walk in before it rains here. I hope you have a good week.
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Edges, ledges, flora, fauna, and Faith-good job, Dan!
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Thanks!! This was fun
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Looks like you went to DC. Hope you had fun.
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I did a fair amount of work in DC. I hope to get back down as a tourist.
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Wow. What a great take on edges and ledges. Much as I love words, I admit that a picture can be worth thousands of them. I enjoyed all the words these images conjured up; I think my favorite is the one of the canal in the winter. Not a bad idea to think of the edges and ledges in life. Thanks for a good start to the week!
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Thanks! After all the reading on Saturday, I had to give it a rest. I was searching for all kinds of things that had edges and ledges. Having to have the edge/ledge be visible in the photo was tough (I didn’t always quite get that).
I hope you have a great week.
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Plenty of ledges and edges here – great job, Dan!
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Thanks GP. I hope your Monday is off to a good start.
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These are wonderful photo entries for edges and ledges, Dan. I guess I missed Saturday at the bar (how does the weekend go by so?), but I’ll try to read and catch up later. First, though, I need tea and breakfast and to pay attention to Mr. Needy Gibbs. Have a great Monday and week!
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Thanks Mary. MS MuMu got me up at 5:45 – that’s her new time t want to be in the window over my head. Maddie and I squeezed in a walk before the rain, but we still need our toast. This is the way Mondays roll, I guess.
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You had a great Saturday so deserve a break today, Dan. The sunrise over the Riverside Park rails is a beauty! I thought those were contrails at first. Great shot. Oh, those penguins are adorable! Have a great week, Dan.
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Sometimes you’re in the right place at the right time, Lois. The light on those rails was gone in seconds. Those penguins are so cute. We visit them almost every time we visit Pittsburgh.
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You’ve got some great photos in this collection, Dan. Thank you for sharing! The bridge leading to the city is most inviting–and mysterious. 😊
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I’m glad you liked these, Gwen. I hope you have a nice week.
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The rail shot was spectacular. The others were good as well. I like how you worked a few cranes in. Good job.
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Thanks John. I cheated a little on the one crane. It’s from what was my office window, not really a ledge, but…
I was so lucky to get the rails shining like that. A few seconds later, that was gone.
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I can imagine on the rails. Your office window has edges so there is that.
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What a well rounded collection! Looks like all your favorites are here. Ahhh the lighthouses of Florida…
Good job with the challenge.
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Thanks Cheryl. Did you catch the dock at the River Grill – where you were feeding the alligators to get their pictures :-)
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Awww…doh, I missed that. That’s a beautiful photo. Good times, there. 🙂
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One of my favorite nights 😊
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Nice collection of images for this challenge, Dan. I love the river images.
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Thanks Deborah. I love finding images that fit these challenges.
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Such a fantastic gallery of edges and ledges. Real hard to pick out favorites, but the penguins we for me. And the lighthouses. :D
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I’m glad you like the penguins on the edge, Cee. Thy are so cute. They came out of the water to eat, but were hading back in.
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Those penguins???look unreal, like wooden statues but the silver rails in the darkened atmosphere are an all time favorite♥️
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Those are real African Penguins which are being cared for at the National Aviary in an effort to protect the species from extinction. The rails are a favorite picture of mine. Thanks.
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They are very cute🥰
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There are so many favourites in that grouping for so many different reasons. If I had to choose only one I would take the reflection of the trees in the water of the dam. Water of the dam… HMMMMM….
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Lots going on on the edge 😏
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Good ones, Dan. If I had to pick a couple over the others, I’d go with the photo of terns and the photo of Union Station. See ya. Neil S.
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Thanks Neil. I like those two very much.
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At first I thought you photographed those penguins at the river and I thought “what??” I have actually taken the train from Springfield to NYC. A long time ago but it is a sweet memory.
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That’s the train I take, either to NYC or to Washington, DC. I prefer taking the train over driving or flying (to DC). The penguins are in Pittsburgh.
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Hi Dan – good selection … I could do with them in warmer times! Oh I agree take the train if one can … and you’ve an interesting selection of edges, ledges and not sure if I saw hedges or not … but the Penguins are special – there I agree with you. Cheers Hilary
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Thanks Hilary. I’m not sure about hedged. We don’t have as many here. Warmer times keep teasing us. I hope they show up in May.
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wonderful photos for the ledge theme, Dan – and it is interesting the RR had its own bridge and was putting canal out of business – and like that closing Union Station angle
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Thanks Yvette. I thought it was interesting that they had to bridge over the canal.
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Great photos, Dan. My personal favourite was the last one.
Best wishes,
Rowena
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I do like that one. Rowena. Thanks.
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Great photos with lots of diversity! I especially like the views from the River Grill and the light house.
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Thanks. Those were both in Florida.
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Hi Dan, I enjoyed your pictures very much. I will post my poem for the May challenge next week as I’m not quite finished with it.
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I look forward to it, Robbie. I am preparing a story for Monday. I had hoped to have it ready on Day-1, but…
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