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Saturday, June 3, 2023

The Entire Project 2023 (#the100dayproject)


I created these landscape collages inspired by my own photographs (with two exceptions, noted below) over the course of one hundred consecutive days (Feb 17 – May 27, 2023). I’ve included in this post all the collages and all the photos, so please scroll down to see everything.

The images are in chronological order in sets of twenty-five. They proceed in sequence from left to right, top to bottom within their groupings. The squares with collages are on the left, with corresponding photos in the square to their right. 



1.   Olympic Mountains, WA (2023)

2.     Puget Sound, Bainbridge Island, WA (Christmas Eve 2017)

3.     Puget Sound from Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

4.     Kimberly, Wisconsin (2023)

5.     Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii (2018)

6.     Santa Fe, New Mexico (2019)

7.     My own back yard, Bainbridge Island, WA (Dec. 2021)

8.     Baja, BCS, Mexico (2008)

9.     Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA (Thanksgiving 2022)

10.  Alaskan marsh (2008)

11.  Pileated woodpeckers in my back yard (2017)

12.  A paved pathway at Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA (2016)

13.  Engelbrecht Cave in Mt. Gambier, Australia (2022)

14.  Mama’s Island Sunrise, Vashon, WA (2022)

15.  Moonrise, Bainbridge Island, WA (Halloween 2020) 

16.  Sunrise over my back yard, Bainbridge Island, WA (2023)

17.  Blakely Harbor, Bainbridge Island, WA (2018)

18.  A waterfront home’s tiny garden overlooking the Sound, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

19.  A family trip to the Dingle Peninsula, Ireland (2019)

20.  The exquisite Whitsunday Islands, Australia where my sisters and I snorkeled (2022)

21.  Rainbow eucalyptus, Hawaii (2018)

22.  Waxing gibbous moon, Bainbridge Island, WA (2023)

23.  Autumn sunrise, Methow Valley, WA (2017)

24.  The sky overhead at home in which the collage reverses sky and clouds by placing the white-lit sky as foreground to the deep blue clouds, Bainbridge Island, WA (9:25 PM June 2022) 

25.  Puget Sound, WA (2017)




26.   Pond swirls, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

27.     Sunrise at the Bainbridge Island ferry dock, WA (Valentine’s Day 2017)

28.     View from the flight back to Sydney, Australia (2022)

29.     The snowy road home, Bainbridge Island, WA (2019)

30.     A very dark 8:31 AM at the pier near the Suquamish, WA tribal lands (2016)

31.     A very dark Puget Sound, WA sunset (6:53 PM May 2020)

32.     Pink sunrise in Winthrop, WA (2019)

33.     “Nature’s Echo” in Alaska (2008)

34.     “After the Humpback Breached” off the Seattle/Bainbridge ferry, WA (2022)

35.  Sunset, Marietta, WA (2017)

36.  “Midmorning Midwinter,” Fort Ward, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

37.  8:58 AM at home, Bainbridge Island, WA (Dec. 2021)

38.  Snow-edged Lake Michigan in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (2023)

39.  Pacific Tree Frog in my lily garden, Bainbridge Island, WA (2020)

40.  “Second Day, Sunrise” here at home, Bainbridge Island, WA (Jan. 2, 2023)

41.  A coastal sunset in Northern California (2014)

42.  Lilacs, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

43.  Dingle Peninsula, Ireland (2019)

44.  Northern Territory Sunset, Darwin, Australia (2022)

45.  Flowers on the Sill, view from my office window, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

46.  Great Ocean Road, Port Campbell National Park, Australia (2022)

47.  Mountainscape, Alaska (2008)

48.  Lupine meadow at Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

49.  “Cancelled Ferry Gift,” sunrise behind a snag and hanging madrone leaves on Bainbridge Island, WA (2023)

50.   Full moon rising over Bainbridge Island, WA (New Year’s Day 2018)


51.   Jennifer photographing a Great Lake, Sheboygan, WI (2023) - photo credit: Kate Trnka

52.     Midmorning on Mama’s birthday, Bainbridge Island, WA (Mar. 2023)

53.     A shelter-in-place glory, Bainbridge Island, WA (May 2020)

54.     Deception Pass from the bridge above, Whidbey Island, WA (2018)

55.     A while after sunrise, Kingston, WA (2018)

56.     Puget Sound, WA (2017)

57.     Seattle/Bainbridge, WA ferry ride (2022)

58.     Sunrise on Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, WA (Nov. 2018)

59.     “Landscape of a Reclining Lily,” home, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

60.  Rising Sun Glow, Winthrop, WA (2017)

61.  Oak Bay Sunset, Victoria, BC, Canada (2023)

62.  “Winter Day 1:15 PM,” Indianola, WA (2017)

63.  “Humpback’s Sacred Breath,” Guerrero Negro, BCS, Mexico (2009) 

64.  Midday (11:52 AM), home, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

65.  Home (AKA “Earthrise”), Planet Earth (24 Dec. 1968) – photo credit: William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut

66.  Kruger National Park, South Africa (2009)

67.  Sunrise on Oak Bay, Victoria, BC, Canada (2023)

68.  “Blessed Fire,” Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA (Oct. 2021)

69.  Leopard Lily, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

70.  “Glorious Relationship: Alder and Usnea,” Battle Point Park, Bainbridge Island, WA (2023)

71.  Cross of the Martyrs, Old Fort Marcy Park, Santa Fe, NM (2019)

72.  Drive Home 5:01 PM, Bainbridge Island, WA (2022)

73.  Yellowstone, Wyoming (2018)

74.  Elliott Bay, Puget Sound, WA (Oct. 2018)

75.  Burt Plain Through the Ghan Train Window, Northern Territory, Australia (Sunset 

on 17 Oct. 2022)


76.     A Walk With a Friend, Sequim, WA (2022)

77     Oak Bay Sunrise, Victoria, BC, Canada (2023)

78.     “Decaying Alder Leaf, Afloat,” Buxton Bird Marsh at Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

79.     Up at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic Peninsula, WA (2019)

80.     Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii (2018)

81.     Kakadu National Park, N.T., Australia (2022)

82.     Kruger National Park, South Africa (2009)

83.     Tie Dye (Paper) Landscape, somewhere between Carno and Beudy Bach, Wales (2019)

84.     Flowers at Sea Edge, en route to Pwllheli, Wales (2019)

85.   Weeping Willow at Pond Edge, Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

86.  Patagonian Jewel at Hike’s End, near Ushuaia, Argentina (2006)

87.  Isle o’ Trees, Mirrored, Daroga State Park, Entiat, WA (2017)

88.  Sunset in Clinton, Whidbey Island, WA (2017)

89.  Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea/Southern Ocean (2009)

90.  Sunset at Kula Lodge, Maui, Hawaii (2018)

91.  Sunrise in Winthrop, WA (2019)

92.  Sun’s Comin’ Up, Bremerton, WA (Jan. 2021)

93.  Autumn, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

94.  Summer on Puget Sound, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

95.  Good Night, Bainbridge Island, WA (2021)

96.  Swept Away, Holyhead, Wales (2019)

97.  Descending the Winding Crater Road (from volcano), Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii (Dec. 2018)

98.  Gratitude Morning, Bainbridge Island, WA (Nov. 2020)

99.  Winter Sky, Bainbridge Island, WA (2023)

100 . Painting With Mama, Lake Atitlán, Guatemala (2004)


Upper: paper sorted by hue
Lower: work table






If you'd like to see larger images of the collages and landscape photos, please scroll through the Friday blog posts between Feb. 24th and Jun. 2nd.