Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is to post Man-Made Items.
Humans have been creating and building things for thousands of years. Some are monumental and awe-inspiring, some are fun or functional, and some are ugly. Everywhere people go, they leave behind something, carelessly or with a purpose.
Swan and cygnetsDucklings waiting for their momReflection in a retention pondNewly blooming orchids in my kitchen windowA sun-dappled pathScooters in WarsawCloud Gate reflection, ChicagoDucks on ice!
Church, Torgau, GermanyMeissen porcelain animalsTownhall & umbrellas, Meissen, GermanyCat on a white blanketWhite barn and cloudsSwan and cygnetsTwo white heronsscreensaver
Lens-Artists’ challenge this week is maximalism/minimalism. As explained in the post, this can mean different things, but reading it made me think of all the ostentatious, Baroque-style churches I have seen in Europe vs the much fewer simple (usually modern) ones.
Each has its own kind of beauty. The first was built in Baroque style, which featured many intricate details and elements, while the second was built in the 1950s and in which the focus is on the many small panes of blue stained glass. Each has a fascinating history. Click on the links above to read about each of them.
Maximalist can mean a view of an entire scene with flowers while its counterpart, minimalist, focuses on one flower.
Instead of underground, these pipes are overhead! They deliver water or gas to residents of Berlin.Inside an elevator to the top of Berlin’s TV tower.Remains of an airplane used on D-Day: Overlord Museum, France
It’s been awhile since I have participated in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, but I am back in time to contribute to this week’s bridges!
Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, WABudapest, Hungary (over the Danube River)Looking down from the top of the Melk Abbey, AustriaRegensberg, GermanyCologne, Germany with its famous cathedral spires in the distance. On this bridge, many lovers had put…thousands of love locks!One of many canal bridges, Amsterdam, NetherlandsPegasus Bridge, Normandy, FranceBridge over the moat at Caen Castle, Normandy, FranceMaisons-Alfort, suburb of ParisCovered bridge in Madison County, IowaDes Moines, Iowa
I haven’t been on my blog much lately, so I’ve missed many days of Becky’s Square Odds this month, even though I love to participate! So, instead of just one oddity, here are several odd faces (including some faux faces)!
This carving is on the back of a chair at Oude Kerk (Old Church) in Amsterdam.I found this guy looking around on Northwestern University campus, next to Lake Michigan.How often do you see a dog with sunglasses, hanging out a car window?A goat’s face on top of Little Goat restaurant in ChicagoAt a sculpture park in Des Moines, IowaTwo faces sculpted by the same artist
Not a real face, but this orchid sure looks like it is hamming it up for the camera!Unusual “face” on a building in GermanyWith a gaping mouth, this “face” is on a rock face (pun intended!) in Arches National ParkA stressed face on a hot day in Vienna
Cee’s series featuring other challenges this week has the theme Which Way. This challenge includes streets, walkways, waterways – any “way” on which people travel.
Winter, spring, summer or fall – there’s always something interesting to experience on roads and sidewalks in every season.
Snowplow pathDowntown Mt. Prospect after dark in FebruarySpringtime at Chicago Botanic GardenWhat would spring be without those dotted masses of dandelions?!Late summer stroll in a Tacoma parkLate June in a Wurzburg park (Germany)Street musicians hope for tips from passersby in downtown NurembergRed carpet in Cabourg, FranceNovember on Clearwater Park walking/biking path (Mt. Prospect)Shadowy street, October in Chicago