Beautiful flowers,
tulips,
and echinacea,
and the beautiful feet who might trample them.
Pink and orange it is.
For more pinks and oranges go to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
The promise of a cobbled alley
“The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, I thought I was in a dream. “ A quote by Jack Kerouac.
Perfect for Debbie’s prompt Night over at Travel with Intent. Other nightly photos can be found here.
“It’s like a $%*&! igloo in here.”
Nancy is asking: “Have you ever walked pass an opening in a wall or barrier and suddenly an amazing view opened up?” for A Photo a Week. I woke up to unexpectedly closed windows in our garret flat some years ago. But we persevered and we managed to free them partly from ice and snow and were greeted with this:
(Please imagine some sunshine to improve the view.)
For more unexpected window shots click here.
Under construction
From monsters to taking a break – anything construction related for Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. More constructive photos can be found here.
The road goes ever on and on
“He who is outside his door already has the hardest part of his journey behind him.”
– Dutch proverb
And my bookshelves would look differently if I didn’t include a Tolkien quote here:
“You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
Another photo display inspired by Travel with Intent‘s quoted saying. More inspirational results can be found here.
Pack up your troubles in the old car boot …
Slightly untidy, yet serious voyagers.
Voyagers with different priorities – provisions are essential!
And a boot full of very different priorities!
For One Word Sunday: voyage or voyager. More 🎼 “Voyage, voyage!” 🎵🎶 can be found here.
Two spas, more water and more to drink, and a tree
Taking the waters in Mariánské Lázně (formerly Marienbad) used to be very fashionable in times gone by. In this case the waters of the Cross Spring, the most famous spring in the Czech town. A huge pavilion with a cupola bearing a patriarchal cross was built over the spring in the early 19th century. Today’s concrete building is a copy from hundred years later of the original wooden structure – detox.
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe near Frankfurt in Germany was also known for its mineral springs and has a tradition as a spa. The White Tower is part of the castle, here showing up at dusk behind the modern day traffic – crepuscular.
More water (if not the mineral kind) but also close to sunset with the sea at the mouth of the Wear in Sunderland sparkling like diamonds – scintillating.
In Sunderland we visited a friend who we first met in Saudi and who taught us to decode these signs – coded.
And now for something completely different as I can’t find a connection here – lofty.
A Thursday’s Special – pick a word (in January). You can find more photos illustrating lofty, coded, scintillating, crepuscular, and detox here.
I am watching you …
from a the distance …
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: in the distance.
More removed photos can be found here.
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