Pretty Is a Picture
Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week challenge this week is “something pretty.”
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L-APC: The Alphabet
The Alphabet starts with “A” and that is the subject of Lens-Artists’ photo challenge this week, starting appropriately with the amazing letter A! I have a file of letter-shaped things. I got the idea for it when I saw this cute little ladder in our neighborhood and immediately thought of the letter A! My brother-in-law […]
Read More L-APC: The AlphabetCFFC: Dark Red
Cee’s fun Foto challenge continues with a color theme. This week is dark red including maroon and burgundy.
Read More CFFC: Dark RedKinda Square: Art Through the Ages
A couple of weeks ago we went to the Chicago Art Institute. There were three special exhibits I wanted to see: El Greco (16th century), Monet (19th century), and Malangatana (contemporary). There are many kinds of art and these artists illustrate how art has changed throughout history. Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known today by his Spanish […]
Read More Kinda Square: Art Through the AgesThursday Special Pick a Word
These are the words for Lost in Translation‘s October occasional Pick a Word photo challenge. We are free to choose any or all of the words. I chose them all. LUNAR VOLTE FACE SOARING REPOSING IMPREGNABLE
Read More Thursday Special Pick a WordKinda Square #2: Two of a Kind
I spotted these two dressed up bulldogs in front of the Batavia, IL town hall the other day. So Dale turned around and went back and I got out to take a few photos. They were kinda two of a kind – the same but different! So I thought they’d be just right for Becky’s […]
Read More Kinda Square #2: Two of a KindThursday Doors: Amsterdam
Norm and others have posted colorful and creative doors for Thursday Doors this week. Here are some colorful doors mostly from the De Pijp neighborhood of Amsterdam, which I don’t think I’ve posted before. If I have, so be it – they’re worth having another look!
Read More Thursday Doors: AmsterdamOctober Kinda Square
Hurray! Becky’s back with another of her month of square challenges! This month the theme is kind (or a word containing the word kind). To get us started, here are Becky’s suggestions: Here are some ideas you may wish to consider: Something of the kind (similar to something or even a carbon copy) Our imagination kindled (inspire […]
Read More October Kinda SquareThursday Doors: A Nubian Lodge
Norm’s Thursday Doors is back! I haven’t been anywhere, like most of us. So I went into my archives and found photos of this charming place that we stayed one night at in Abu Simbel City, in southern Egypt. This region, which is today southern Egypt and northern Sudan, was traditionally the home of the […]
Read More Thursday Doors: A Nubian LodgeSYW: On Fear, Hair Color, Bullies, and Winning & Losing
Melanie and Roger have a new set of questions for Share Your World/Harry Potter for the week of Sept. 7. Roger’s Magical, Mystical Questions: What happened to cause you to discover ‘bullies” were real?Nothing – I have always known bullies were real. My brother was a bully when he was a kid and his favorite […]
Read More SYW: On Fear, Hair Color, Bullies, and Winning & Losing