Visual Quotations 79: Haiku
“A drop of water View the world that hides within Watch it fall to ground” – Lynne Ayers Continue reading Visual Quotations 79: Haiku
Adventure
Please click on any image for a better view. Boating on the Beagle Channel, South America Walking in Wales, Black Mountains Playing with Penguins, Punta Arenas, Chile Gazing at Glaciers, Switzerland Dining on the Danube, Budapest Ailsa’s travel theme: Adventure Continue reading Adventure
Still picking up the pieces
Grief, 22 months later. I had a dream last night. I haven’t seen another person in four days. I’ve been sick. Flu, then weak and exhausted, not eating much and dragging myself around the house. Missing my husband terribly. I’m still pushing through the grief; I realize it’s been a constant effort, propping myself up with busyness – good busyness but busyness nonetheless. Alone these … Continue reading Still picking up the pieces
Travel Theme: Names
Ailsa’s travel theme is Names of iconic places – please click on any image for a better view. The New York Salon on Erzsébet Street in Budapest The Moulin Rouge on the Boulevard de Clichy in Paris Guess where in the Czech Republic In London The Nobel Museum in Stortorget, Stockholm The end of Route 3 on Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. The Pan-American highway runs … Continue reading Travel Theme: Names
Deeze
Please click on any image for a better view. Duck(s) at the Montreal Biodome Dale – Nant Gwynant Valley, Wales Dark – Charles Bridge, Prague Dash – Gaben Street in Vienna Cee’s fun foto challenge: 4 letter words beginning with D Continue reading Deeze
Odd Couple 39/Sweethearts
This is series on couples – street photography capturing two people – which for lack of anything more imaginative I have named the Odd Couple series, when in fact they may, or may not be odd. I’ll leave that to the viewer. Please click on image for a better view. Click here for my Solo Series Cee’s black and white challenge: candid Continue reading Odd Couple 39/Sweethearts
5 words, 5 photos
I went for all five. Please click on any image for a better view. Vantage – taken at Fisherman’s Bastion, Budapest Bifurcated – taken in Ottawa Intruding – also in Ottawa Jagged – Ramsey Island, Wales Quayside – Nyhavn, Copenhagen Paula’s Thursday’s special: pick a word Continue reading 5 words, 5 photos
Odd Couple 38/Photo Op
This is series on couples – street photography capturing two people – which for lack of anything more imaginative I have named the Odd Couple series, when in fact they may, or may not be odd. I’ll leave that to the viewer. Please click on image for a better view. Click here for my Solo Series Taken at St. Sebaldus Church in Nurnberg Continue reading Odd Couple 38/Photo Op
Animal Crackers
Please click on any image for a better view. Charlie the labradoodle, from Thunder Bay, Ontario Sleeping dogs lie in the Andes, Hotel Portillo, Chile This fellow wanted to play ball in Berchtesgaden, Germany Out to pasture, Thornhill, Scotland Alpaca, Glengarry County, Ontario Walking the dog in Lockerbie, Scotland Sleeping dogs also lie in Punta Arenas, Chile … and a pee break at Dunnet Head, … Continue reading Animal Crackers
Visual Quotation 78/
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius Sunrise at Agimak Lake near Ignace, Ontario. Please click on image for a better view. Continue reading Visual Quotation 78/
Easily Distracted
I may go out just to sit on the deck, perhaps read, even have a glass of wine. Just gentle, quiet time. But, inevitably, I am drawn into the garden. Please click on any image for a better view. Weekly photo challenge: Ooh, shiny! Continue reading Easily Distracted
Final Rest
Please click on any image for a better view. St. Alexander’s in Lochiel, OntarioCape Breton near FourchuSt. Andrew’s, Lancaster OntarioPetersfriedhof, SalzburgKilladiskert, Leitrim, Northern IrelandTrory, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland Cee’s fun foto challenge: cemeteries Continue reading Final Rest
Words
Click on any image for a better view. Ailsa’s travel theme is Words Long words … Nuremburg Short words … South Glengarry, Ontario Exciting words … Words of reflection … Bavaria Words of love … Proud words … Ottawa Moving words … Ottawa Funny words … at least to me … Salzburg Incomprehensible words … at least to me … St. Petersburg, Russia and words of … Continue reading Words
Primarily speaking
Please click on any image for a better view. Red … an artisan in Szentendre, Hungary Blue … summer flowers in Buenos Aires Yellow … a window, also in Szentendre And a three-fer … from St. Petersburg, Russia Ailsa’s Travel Theme: primary colours Continue reading Primarily speaking
Door(s) 22
Please click on images for a better view. Pass through these doors to enter Dom zu unserer Lieben Frau – the Cathedral of Our Dear lady, also referred to as Frauenkirche. The onion domes of this church are unmistakable on the skyline of Munich. Located near Marienplatz in the heart of the old town, construction began in 1468. However, the cathedral suffered heavy damage from … Continue reading Door(s) 22
Near and Far
Ailsa’s travel theme: Near Please click on any image for a better view. A silk floss tree (I think) – Buenos Aires Tiled floor in the Vatican Museums Flora, Otway Sound, Chile Close up of I’m-not-sure-what in an archway in Munich Highland cattle in the Scottish Highlands Continue reading Near and Far
Odd Couple 37/The Lonely Tourists
This is series on couples – street photography capturing two people – which for lack of anything more imaginative I have named the Odd Couple series, when in fact they may, or may not be odd. I’ll leave that to the viewer. Please click on image for a better view. Cee’s Black and White challenge: two of anything Continue reading Odd Couple 37/The Lonely Tourists
Photo Editing – from the bus window
It IS possible to get a decent shot from the tour bus window while moving at speed down the mountainside 🙂 … with some basic cropping and cloning and the tweaks provided by editing programs. I use Sagelight. Please click on any image for a better view. Continue reading Photo Editing – from the bus window
More of what I’ve been doing lately
Acrylic/mixed media on canvas – please click on image for a better view. Continue reading More of what I’ve been doing lately
Cooper Warmbody
Since my husband passed away just over a year ago, this fellow, this friend Cooper, sometimes known as Dufus, or Fur Face, has been close to hand. If I make so much as the slightest sniffle, he is up, even from another room, and is at my side as if to say, “I know. I miss him too. Pat me. You’ll feel better.” It never … Continue reading Cooper Warmbody
Beyond the Brush 