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Category Archives: Photos
WPC: The Streets of Old City Dubrovnik, Croatia
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
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WPC: Reflections
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
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A Lingering Look at Windows: English Village, The Cotswolds
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
WPC: Abandoned Minoan Ruins of Crete
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
A Lingering Look at Windows: Beautiful Bordeilles, Rural France
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
The Calm After The Storm – A Sunny Reprieve for Somerset
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
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A Lingering Look at Windows: Parisian Windows for Valentine’s Day
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
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WPC: Selfie
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
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A Lingering Look at Windows: Historical Lewes, Sussex
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
WPC: Object – Broken Tree
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
Posted in Photos, The Black Dog, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writing
Tagged Handwriting, Photo of Tree, Poem, Poetry, postaday, Storms, The Black Dog, Weekly Photo Challenge, Writers, writing, Writing Fiction
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