Amy at Lens-Artists this week invites us to explore the topic of narrow. In my travels to “old” places – places built when there were no cars or crowds of tourists -I explored (or declined to explore) many narrow streets and other passageways. Places like Old Town Tallinn, Estonia (where I got lost due to […]
Read More Lens-Artists #84: Narrow PassagewaysCee’s Fun Foto Challenge’s topic this week is needs to have the letter K anywhere in the word. Korazim (also called Chorazin) National Archaeological Site in northern Israel Katy (yours truly!) at Korazim Katy’s drawing of a kitty Kinderdijk – town of windmills in the Netherlands Naschmarkt food market, Vienna, Austria Kitten in Israel (we […]
Read More CFFC: The K’s Have ItThese water lilies were in a pond at the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Cee’s FOTD 2/15/20
Read More FOTD: Water LiliesJuly 7, 2019 On our second day in Vienna (and 2nd to last day of our Grand European Tour cruise!), we visited Schönbrunn Palace. This 1,441-room palace was the summer residence of the Habsburg rulers and is a major tourist attraction in Vienna. The palace in its current form was built in the 1740s-1750s during […]
Read More Thursday Doors/FOTD: Schoenbrunn PalaceCee’s Black & White Photo Challenge this week has the topic bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles and unicycles. BICYCLES: What better place to find bicycles than Amsterdam?! Here are just a few photos of bikes in Amsterdam. bicycle parking lot! looking down from our Airbnb apartment Mother and son riding home together in Regensburg, GermanyAlso in Regensburg […]
Read More CB&WPC: BikesThe Lens–Artists photo challenge this week has a guest host, Viveka, whose topic is capitals. On our road trips around the United States, we try to visit as many capitals as possible – not just the capital cities, but also their capitol buildings. I have a series of posts featuring some of the capitols we’ve […]
Read More Lens-Artists #82: Capitals & CapitolsJuly 5, 2019 Today we docked at Melk, a town on the Danube known for its abbey, which sits on a cliff overlooking the town. A bus drove us up the hill to tour the abbey. The Benedictine abbey was founded in 1089. A monastic school was established in the 12th century and the library […]
Read More Melk Abbey and TownCee’s weekly challenge On the Hunt for Joy, is in week 5. This week the topic is Count Chimneys, which includes photos of chimneys, weather vanes, spires and satellite dishes. How is this topic about hunting for joy? She explains: Tip from Ingrid Fetell Lee: Count Chimneys: As you’re walking around, keep a tally of […]
Read More Hunt for Joy Challenge: Up On the RoofCee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is autumn scenes.
Read More CFFC: AutumnalI really liked the graceful Romanesque sculptures of lovers in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. Sculpture Saturday challenge by Mind Over Memory
Read More Sculpture Saturday: Schoenbrunn Palaceage is just a (biggish) number
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