Hunt for Joy & Thursday Doors: Colorful Doors

Cee’s Wednesday challenge, On the Hunt for Joy this week has the topic of “paint your front door.” Not literally, of course! She’s calling for photos of brightly colored doors or any interesting doors. And Thursday is Norm’s weekly door challenge. Here is a collage of colorful doors from my archives:

Taking a Load Off in Budapest

I spotted this bench on the street in the old Jewish Quarter of Budapest, maybe used for waiting for a bus? Or maybe just taking a load off…anyway, it’s definitely much used! Xingfu Mama’s Pull Up a Seat Photo Challenge

Thursday Doors: Church of the Nativity

While I’m stuck at home, I’m making a photo book on Shutterfly of our trip to Israel last year. Going through the photos, I noticed some interesting doors I don’t think I’ve posted before, like these in Bethlehem at the Church of the Nativity. So I will tell the story of our visit forNorm’s Thursday […]

Lens-Artists #89: A River Runs Through It

Amy at Lens-Artists has as her theme for this week’s challenge: river. Starting out close to home, here is the Des Plaines River during a November walk on the Des Plaines River Trail. This is a very pretty stretch of the slow-moving river, but it is responsible for many floods in the cities along its […]

Monday Window: Dominus Flevit Church

(Visited January 13, 2019) This little “teardrop” Catholic church outside the walls of Old Jerusalem is called Dominus Flevit, which means “The Lord Weeps,” representing Jesus weeping about the future destruction of Jerusalem. Here is the same window from the inside, framing old Jerusalem with the Golden Dome as a recognizable landmark. The church is […]

Sunday Trees: Biblical Trees

Last year on our trip to Israel, we visited the Garden of Gethsemane, where we saw centuries-old olive trees. Olive trees don’t grow super tall – they just seem to get more gnarly with age! This massive olive tree, now protected by a fence, is the tree against which Jesus prayed in the Garden of […]

CB&WPC: Tucson Fences & Gates

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week is fences and gates. I found some unique fences in Tucson, Arizona.

A Photo a Week Challenge: Up in the Air

This week, Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week challenge is Up in the Air. Gulls follow the boats on the Sea of Galilee in Israel.. I guess they think people are going to feed them but we didn’t. And here is a flowering tree last spring.

On the Hunt for Joy: Shades & Hues

Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy challenge continues with this week’s topic: color code. She says: This one is all about color and keeping the same color or hues together. Tip from Ingrid Fetell Lee: Color-code: Organizing by color brings instant harmony to your bookshelf or your closet. The best photos I’ve taken that are […]

L-APC: Organized Chaos in Egypt

When I saw that Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #88 had the theme of chaos, I immediately thought of Egypt… Egyptian roads are chaotic. Jokingly – but not really – locals will describe to you the beliefs of Egyptian drivers: Speed limits are just suggestions. Lines on the roads are merely for decoration (really, no one pays much […]