Category Archives: Photos

WPC: The Streets of Old City Dubrovnik, Croatia

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Over at the Daily Post, the Weekly Photo Challenge for this week is ‘Street Life’. Cheri puts the challenge to us in this way: ‘For this challenge, document the movement (or stillness) of a street: tell a story with your … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged cats, Croatia, Dubrovnik, Photos of the Old City of Dubrovnik, postaday, travel, UNESCO, Weekly Photo Challenge | 100 Comments

WPC: Reflections

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

This week’s theme for the Weekly Photo Challenge is ‘Reflections’. Of course, as with so many of the themes, this is wide open for interpretation. For once though, I’m going to stick to the literal theme and share some photographs … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Poems, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writing | Tagged Bodhiam Castle, England, Norfolk Broads, Photo of Castle, Photos of reflections, Poem, postaday, Weekly Photo Challenge, writing | 88 Comments

A Lingering Look at Windows: English Village, The Cotswolds

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

For this week’s A Lingering Look at Windows over at Dawn’s place, I’m sharing some photographs that I managed to squeeze in. They were taken during a little weekend getaway that Hubby and I attempted last weekend to a particularly … Continue reading →

Posted in A Lingering Look at Windows, Photos, Travel | Tagged A Lingering Look at Windows, England, English Village, Photo challenge, photos of windows, The Cotswolds, travel | 90 Comments

WPC: Abandoned Minoan Ruins of Crete

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

The Weekly Photo Challenge theme this week is ‘Abandoned’. The scope here is endless, open as always to individual interpretation. It could be about buildings, ruins, wastelands, or things that are overlooked. It could also be about people. I knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Photos, Travel, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged Ancient civilisation, Creative writing, Cretan, Crete, Minoan Ruins, Photos, Photos of Ruins, postaday, travel, Turtles, Weekly Photo Challenge | 72 Comments

A Lingering Look at Windows: Beautiful Bordeilles, Rural France

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

This week’s A Lingering Look at Windows, Dawn’s wonderfully laid back weekly photo challenge, has me remembering a visit to the delightful town of Bordeilles in the Dordogne region of southwestern France in the summer of 2012. Transported as I was … Continue reading →

Posted in A Lingering Look at Windows, Friendship, Photos, Travel | Tagged A Lingering Look at Windows, Bordeilles, Dorgogne, Foreign travel, France, Friendship, photos of windows, travel, Windows | 51 Comments

The Calm After The Storm – A Sunny Reprieve for Somerset

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

With Valentine’s Day behind us, and I do hope that you all had a truly wonderful celebration, here it is Monday again, the start of another week, and I was expecting to post my usual Monday weekly photo challenge but … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, Nature & Wildlife, Photos | Tagged Britain, Current Affairs, Dorset, Flooding, Nature & Wildlife, Photos of beach, Somerset, Storm Damage, Storm Surges, Storms, West Bay | 72 Comments

A Lingering Look at Windows: Parisian Windows for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Well, I missed yesterday, unable to get my post out (no excuses, same old same old) but then I realised that I have the perfect excuse since the theme this week over at A Lingering Look at Windows Week #7 … Continue reading →

Posted in A Lingering Look at Windows, Photos, Travel | Tagged A Lingering Look at Windows, Eurostar, Paris, Photos of Paris, travel, Valentine's Day | 98 Comments

WPC: Selfie

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge has had me on the run. This is what Cherie over at the WordPress Daily Post says: ‘…whether you love it or hate it, selfie-portraiture is indeed a thing, and an expression of our ever-evolving culture … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged photograph of self, postaday, selfie, Weekly Photo Challenge | 88 Comments

A Lingering Look at Windows: Historical Lewes, Sussex

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

For this week’s Lingering Look at Windows challenge over at Dawn’s site, The Day After, I have been inspired by short bursts of time spent by Hubby and I in the delightfully historic town of Lewes in the south east of England. Lewes is nestled … Continue reading →

Posted in A Lingering Look at Windows, HIstory, Photos | Tagged A Lingering Look at Windows, Anne of Cleves, HIstory, King Henry VIII, Lewes, Medieval, photos of windows, Sussex | 90 Comments

WPC: Object – Broken Tree

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

A day late and a dollar short, ha! Story of my life. Well, better to show up than not at all and here it is Tuesday but as promised, with my take on this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge theme which … Continue reading →