Yes, I said I wouldn't be around much this month, but I did make some commitments.

The first of these is of course The Peace Project. Please help us give peace a chance and contribute your art and photos. I've changed the ending date for the project to August 6th (anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima), and all of the photos will be up in a journal entry by August 9th (anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki). We have a proper club now thanks to the very industrious but we could still use some help spreading the word, and of course sending us your photos. I plan to run this again next year and get an early enough start to have contests and who knows what else.



Second, I did commit to participate in the July Summer Haikuthon, started by haiku fanatic It's already stated but I'm guessing you can still jump in. See more about it at: [link]



And finally, I promised a feature on the winners of the June 'More is Less' contest, which included so many great photos. See them all at: [link]

OK, here goes. There was a tie for Third Place, so two photos share that slot.

Heads or Tails
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I voted for this one and believe it the best of the four, but that's just me.

Second Place

the last shafts of sunlight
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First Place

Champagne II
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Don't miss the July Mini Contest - Still Life [link]

Now, I ended with the photo contest entry so that I could close with a small gallery of photos that I've collected. My taste in photography actually runs on the dark side, but I'll save that collection for another time.






And so many more, but I need to get to other things . . .

If you see your art here before I have a chance to send you a message, my apologies.