Jude’s Travel Words blog’s Life in Colour challenge this month is the color pink, and this week’s focus is on pink architecture.
I found a lot of pink buildings (and other colors) in Germany, when we were on a river cruise. These three are in Bamberg.
More in Nuremburg
Here’s a lovely balcony in Regensburg.
These are in Passau.
And finally, much closer to home, is a pink painted shop in Highwood, Illinois.
Here’s the doorway:
I’m back at Tourmaline’s Countdown to Christmas. Let’s see, where was I?
Day 19: Mail
I almost always send holiday cards through the mail. Usually they are late, but this year I’ve mailed them all before Christmas! I order my cards from Shutterfly and couldn’t imagine what to send in this coronavirus year! The one I chose was amusing & appropriate, I thought – it just said “Well, That was CRAZY! Happy 2021 (finally)”. It included four photos, one a selfie of me and Dale in masks, one of Hazel, our cat, and two scenic. (I am unable to copy and paste it here and I used up all the cards!) I had Shutterfly print our return address on the back of the envelope, so sending them was easy! I only had to add my half-page letter, address, stamp, seal, and mail!
Day 20: Toys
Day 21: Snow
We haven’t had any (yet)! But here are some photos from last winter.
Day 22: Night
Last night, for the first time in 800 years, Saturn and Jupiter were to line up in the night sky, and we would see them as one brightish light near the horizon. We were going to go to a park after dark to look at this phenomenon, but alas! It was cloudy!
What I like about night at Christmas time is all the holiday lights that brighten up the darkness when the days are short and the sun sets before 4:30 p.m.!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge has the theme “all about buildings.” This week’s topic is commercial buildings or store fronts.
One of the fun things about traveling is all the different types of architecture you see. So I am posting photos of a variety of architectural styles and colors from some of my recent trips.
Since I haven’t gone anywhere lately where I could photograph doors, I’m recycling some previous ones I’ve posted, thematically. This week for Norm’s Thursday Doors, I present doors with flowers.
Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy is in its 18th week and the theme for this week is Make Your Own Rainbow.
I love to draw and occasionally paint. I also enjoy coloring books. Here are two coloring pages I did. The first is called “Rainbow Wheel Mandala,” done with markers. The second is “Rainbow Tessellation,” done with gel pens.
Some of my other artwork: The first is called “Arizona Desert,” which I painted with acrylics; the second is untitled, drawn with charcoal pencils.
As bloggers who follow me know, I do a lot of photography also. These photos I took in various places at various times.
Gay pride at Solstice Parade, Seattle
Colorful scene in Regensburg, Germany
This colorful Tanzanian bird is called lilac-breasted roller, and it really does seem to have every color of the rainbow!
Sunset over North Atlantic Ocean
A real rainbow, South Dakota. We should have stopped and hiked over that field to the end of the rainbow to see if there was a pot of gold! 😉
This is the fifth week of Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge’s Choose Your Own Topic from this photo. And this week the photo is:
Cee’s suggestions: chicken, coffee, cup, black and white, ferris wheel, fake flowers, topiary, round, triangle, treats, red, green, ball, store logos, or come up with your own topic.
Coffee shop sign (Bethlehem, Israel) – Starbucks with a twist?
Ferris wheel (Navy Pier, Chicago)
Colorful wheels (Regensburg, Germany)
Balls (Buddhist temple grounds, Des Plaines, Illinois)
Fake flowers (Buddhist temple grounds, Des Plaines, IL)
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge this week is about pointing your camera upward!
Moose antlers chandelier at Claim Jumper Restaurant in Hoffman Estates, IL
Looking up at the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Flying gull, Sea of Galilee, Israel
Looking up toward the glass ceiling of a greenhouse at the Chicago Botanic Gardens’ orchid show
Solar eclipse, August 2017 at Chicago Botanic Gardens. I took this photo by pointing my cellphone upwards, covering the screen with the filter from my eclipse glasses.
Dome at Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines
Looking up from under the center of the Eiffel Tower, Paris
Domed window panels, O’Hare Airport, Chicago
Looking up over a doorway in Wurzburg, Germany
Regensburg Cathedral spire, Germany
Statue of King Ludwig I, Regensburg, Germany
Ornamentation on top of a building in Passau, Germany
These are some examples of vanishing and leading lines for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.
Last night in downtown Mt. Prospect
Barn lines at Wild Bill Cody’s Scout’s Rest Ranch in Nebraska
On the road in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Rest stop at Rocky Mountain National Park
Roller Coaster Road near Harper’s Ferry, Iowa
Crop lines, Israel
An old, unused railroad track along the river dock, Regensburg, Germany
Cee’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, Germany
Also in Regensburg – this was actually a very colorful corner!
On display in Poulsbo, WA
MOTORCYCLES:
Miniature motorcycles outside a miniature soda shop – at a miniature show in November
Parisians seem to like motorcycles – they were everywhere!
Motorcycle-like vehicles were common in the smaller towns of Egypt. I took this first photo from a vehicle like the one behind me – they were commonly used as taxis.
This young man is hauling a cargo trailer behind his motorcycle.
Somewhere in Jerusalem – there’s room for two!
Cee’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 chimneys, spires, or weathervanes. Looking up at the rooftops lifts your gaze, which opens up your posture and allows more light into the eyes, two things that can help to improve your mood.
I admit, some of these photos did not involve looking up, but rather looking down, but even so, they are of chimneys, weather vanes, and spires (no satellite dishes!).
Wanderlust & Wonderment 