Well, this challenge posed a challenge. I live near mountains (Virginia) but have no transportation to get to them. I thought a lot about how I would meet this challenge, then realized that I really didn’t have to go far to find mountains. Often on these challenges, I have felt that I needed to go afar to find some profoundly beautiful once-in-a-lifetime shot for it to be a worthy photograph. Usually when I get into that mode though, I am humbled to find that “the shot” is no more than an arm’s length away. Today’s challenge proved to be no different. So, I humbly submit my weekly photo challenge entry. Enjoy!
After conquering these mountains I made my way down long, narrow trails and through canyons the likes of which I had never seen before!
Once through this treachery, I arrived at the foot of yet another mountain that left me in tears as I thought of how many more mountains awaited, all begging to be conquered!
I longed for the days of just a month ago~or less~when our trail wended through bucolic beauty and serene landscapes. Would I ever see those days again? Ahhhh, the memories they made!
Ah well, enough of my faded (actually, not so faded) memories. Back to the canyon lands and the packing and conquering the mountains in my home. Hope you enjoyed the journey with me. 😀
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Inspired Vision 
Cecilia!
You are the only person I have encountered in years who uses a Franklin Planner (or did as of 1994 in your photo). I still do use it, in the teeth of iPads and Blackberries and iCals.
Love your clever and attractive post. Yes, there are mountains and mountains, and you are steadily climbing.
Hahahah! What good eyes you have! The 1994 thing has got to go! Although, I will admit that I do not use the iPads or iCals…I still write things into a calendar, and folks do indeed look at me like I’m crazy. Oh well. . . Glad you enjoyed the post. 🙂 Have a great day.
I love your interpretation, Cecelia – very, very well done! I’m still scratching my head about this challenge!
Hahaha… I’m afraid that I have mountains of laundry that would make the stuff in that first photo look more like rolling hills, though. It’s getting pretty scary, I tell ya’!
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Best of luck to you as you scale that mountain! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad someone appreciates these mountains. Have a great day.
congratulations for your creative and funny idea to present some home made mountains!
Thanks frizztext. Now I just have to get them all filled with our worldly possessions and onto a truck headed west! Two weeks and I’m out of here.
the volume of boxes indicates how much you have to do, that really is a mountainous task you have there packing all that up. good luck!
Thanks. I will get it done, I always do. Thanks for sending luck my way. Packing is probably my least favorite activity of all time.
Good pictures of your mountains.
Thanks! They will really become mountains when in about two weeks they are all packed and waiting to be loaded on the truck. Not sure I’ll photograph that one, though.
What an ordeal, eh”
Yes, it is. I have been through it many times however, so even though it is an ordeal, I know that it is temporary. Thanks for stopping by, as always.
EXCELLENT!
At a time like this, when I’m bouncing off the walls, creativity is an absolute must! Glad you like it! 🙂
Fantastic and original interpretation! You are quite talented.
Thanks for the compliment, Mike. Much appreciated! Also, thanks for stopping by. Have a marvelous day. 🙂
Superb interpretation, loved this one
Thanks Rick. Don’t know what possessed me. . . Maybe all the boxes that are still waiting to be filled up as we prepare to move in a couple of weeks. Thanks for stopping by.
I love your photos, especially the blankets and pillows and the sepia tones. It is giving me excellent ideas for future pics thank you!
Glad I could be an inspiration. 🙂 Folks here (blogosphere) are always inspiring me, so glad I could pay it forward. 🙂
I don’t envy you, of your first batch of mountains, but it’s an excellent interpretation of the challenge.
The second batch is gorgeous..
Well, just a few more weeks and I’ll be unpacking the boxing rather than packing. We will get through it. Thanks for stopping by.
UNpacking is so much more enjoyable 🙂
Agreed! Can’t wait to get to that point! 🙂
cool idea to go off the beaten track 🙂
thanks for stopping by my blog, and your kind comments 🙂
thank you for stopping by here! 🙂 Glad you like it.
Cecelia, I have to ask you, based on your commentary in a previous post, how did a “nice Methodist P.K.” like you end up “keeping Kosher”? To me it’s a true “go ponder.” (Since I’m challenged by math I prefer to say “go ponder” rather than “go figure”.)
Your West Virginia mountain pictures are beautiful. My husband and I travelled in West Virginia both going and returning when we did our Alexandria, Virginia/Washington, DC/New York City trip in May. I love the mountains of West Virginia, perhaps because I was conceived in the mountains of Kentucky following my parents’ graduation from Berea College.
Your “mountains of things and canyons through more things” photos remind me of our basement before we left our home to move to our Kansas City, Missouri condo. This, too, shall pass, and it will get dealt with in its own time.
For lots of reasons and after lots of prayer and contemplation, I converted to Judaism. Long story. Maybe I’ll write about it sometime. Folks have asked me to. We’ll see.
West Virginia is one of our favorite states. Love the mountains. My parents live in KY, and I graduated from Morehead State University, so I’m familiar with Berea. A beautiful, quaint town. Increadible spoon breat at the tavern there!
In a few weeks I’ll be looking back on those mountains and canyons of boxes as we settle in to our new place!
Thanks for stopping by. It is always good to “see” you.
Loved the trek through your homemade mountains. Funny & creative!
Thank you! It’s what was available! LOL… only two more weeks until we load it up and move west. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
It’s really interesting to see how creativity plays in this weekly photo challenge thing. As I visit each pingback and bloggers liking one’s post, the more I am educated. I love how you gave interpretation to this week’s challenge.
Thanks. That’s because I’m losing my mind and it’s going to weird places. 🙂 Sometimes it’s fun to let the brain just run wild. Thanks for stopping by.
Fabulous, but so many mountains to climb in the course of a day. Those moving boxes feel all too familiar and all best wishes for moving those mountains!
Thank you Patti. In two or three weeks we’ll be moved (I think the movers will be here Aug. 29). I so want it to be over. Soon.
Thanks for the pingback. Check my entry if you have time. You may like it 🙂
Just took a look at your entry~fantastic! Beautiful mountain. 🙂
Love your creative interpretation and the sepia effect.
Thanks juju. I appreciate your stopping by and taking time to comment. Have a glorious day.
I like your concept of the word ” mountain.” It can mean a lot of things to different people. A mountain of piled linens,pillows,books, life’s problems or happiness, or the stunning landscape such as in your picture. I was thinking of making a mountain made of throw pillows when my son and I were playing at our living room 2 days ago but it kept on falling. I told myself, ” oh, well, it’s not meant to be.” Sometimes mountains do crumbled too. great post my friend!
Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful comments. Much appreciated. 🙂
wow!!! that is awesome!! love your line of thinking LOL 🙂
😀 Thank you! I was having a moment (hehehe). It happens when I’m under pressure. 🙂
Love, love, love your creativity and mountain photos.
I really appreciate your visit to my blog. And for the kind words and pingback. Thanks!
Thanks Change. . .
Glad you like it! It will be better when instead of waiting to be filled, the boxes are being emptied! THAT’s what I will like! 🙂
great post! I love your idea.
Thanks Doris. Glad you like it. 🙂
Love the creative take on this challenge!
Thanks J9. I appreciate you stopping by AND leaving a comment. Have a great day.
Very creative take on the Weekly Photo Challenge. Very good photos! I wish you much luck in packing your ‘mountains’ of stuff into boxes for the big move ahead.
Thanks Theresa. In two or three weeks the story will be different as I begin unpacking the mountain! Ha!!! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.
I enjoyed your pictures of created mountains and valleys, very interesting. We were reading Fluffy the Guinea Pig’s adventures in which his mountain was a basket of towels at a beauty shop.
Hopefully the mountain of boxes will be gone in a couple of weeks. Most of our stuff will be put in storage and we will be living a simple life n a small apartment. I like the idea of Fluffy the Guinea Pig’s mountain of towels! Thanks for stopping by. Much appreciated.
Hi Cecelia, what a fantastic concept you create for the photo challenge “mountains” I love it. The way you navigated the view through an assortment of valleys, cliffs and mountain tops via your home was right on! Thanks for stopping by my blog. A little confused about how the pingback stuff works but glad you made it. I will check out more of your work.
Thanks Walter! I’m glad you found my “place.” Hope you continue to enjoy. BTW, I enjoyed your site, too.
I admire your ability of finding beauty in ordinay things. I really like it 🙂
Thanks. Right now the boxes fill our apartment, so it pays to look at them with a creative eye. . . else I would go crazy! Thanks for stopping by.
(I know it has been said, but…) Very creative. I enjoyed this little “journey”, along with my daughters. Maybe you would like to check out my approach to the challenge, when you get a chance. 🙂
I’m glad you and your daughters enjoyed the journey. In a few weeks the mountains will be moved! and we will start tearing them down in a new location. 🙂 Ah, the joys of moving. At any rate, thanks for stopping by and y’all have a blessed day. 🙂
Perfect, just perfect! I could show my desktop but that would be too much work! I love your version of mountain! It works so well …
Thanks. I’m glad you like it! I’ll like it more when we are in our new place and the mountains are all gone. (hehehe) Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
You chose your mountains well… Perfect interpretation. 🙂
Thanks Elizabeth. 🙂