Tag: #CosPhoChal

Framed

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At the weekend we were at a family gathering. It was out in the country (if close to a village).

What would the country be without insects – flies to be specific?

The sky was blue.

The grass was green.

Like a picture.

Psychedelic, almost.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Out in the Country

A Clear View

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I keep coming back to this room for its view. It’s in Sunderland overlooking Roker Beach with the Roker lighthouse in the back.

Directly on the beach is a different window – the way marker for the C2C route which is a cycling route from coast to coast, or sea to sea, from Workington in the west to Sunderland in the east. It is shaped like a camera aperture – a window we are all very familiar with if we use (or have used) actual cameras.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: A Room with a View

All Washed Out

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We were at the zoo over the weekend. The brightest animals were the flamingoes.

For the PPA Challenge I photographed a few kitchen gadgets. This is Tom, the tea bag holder.

Every day I am passing the local cemetery on my way to and from school, and every day I sneak a peek over the wall and there are four different colouring watering cans hanging next to the tap.


And then, the orchids are flowering.

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Drain the Colours

Hail Sol Invictus!

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For Saturday’s Ragtag Daily Prompt I posted a photo of the Roman villa rustica which was found and the foundations excavated near our town about 40 years ago. I realised that I didn’t have many photos of the site so I made the 2 km trip and took some more yesterday afternoon.

This is a view of the small temple at the back of the house. As far as I know it is not known what god or gods were worshipped here but the timeframe (first to third century AD) and artifacts found in the Roman city of Lopodunum (Ladenburg) nearby suggest that it might have been Sol invictus.

So in honour of his longest reign this year:

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Midsummer