From Hobart to Helsinki (and beyond!)
Whether it's a person, a building or an abstract shape, show us something that exists harmoniously with its surroundings. This is the brief for this week's photo challenge Graceful. This is could be cow parsley or giant hogweed - either way it's dead for winter and the flower heads collect the snow very nicely! Gracefully even.... I... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I've been inspired to take part in one of these challenges. Here goes for the Vibrant theme: This time of year is fabulous, as the short dark winter days of November and December stretch into shiny spring days. Blue skies, sparkling snow, elongated sunrises and brilliant sunsets add more than a... Continue Reading →
I'm going to do something today that I rarely do: share a little piece of myself 😉 This weeks challenge is Joy and while I'm guessing most posts have concentrated on Christmas / Holiday / New Year joy, here is mine. Some background. My brother told of a great walk to the top of a... Continue Reading →
For challenge this week, I'm sharing this hang glider, spotted high above the Pacific Ocean. We were heading south out of Sydney and decided to take the scenic route... Grand Pacific Drive, which really is grand! A small part of the highway actually is built over the ocean 🙂 If you're travelling south out of... Continue Reading →
For this week's challenge, I decided to stay close to home. Following on from the earlier weekly photo challenge, here is another aspect of my neighbourhood. We live in a recently developed area (a little bit over 10 years in the oldest parts) and there has been a lot of work on the footpaths and... Continue Reading →
As I alluded to in my Six Word Saturday contribution of yesterday, our boating season has officially started again! Our first trip was short and sweet. The bulk of Saturday morning went to stocking the boat and ensuring everything was ship-shape! Our first stop was fueling, and then we had a mad dash to be... Continue Reading →
Perry loves the snow! His first winter has been like an amusement park for snow lovers: snow just everywhere you look! So good for running in and jumping through; wonderful to eat although not so nutritious 😉 ; fun if not frustrating to catch; and of course - rolling in it! His first action walking... Continue Reading →
The weekly photo challenge drops to my mail box every Friday afternoon any time between 1400 and 2000. A week ago the message opened with a flaky blue door and this opening text : Color. Splashed on the walls of cities, in batches of flowers in gardens, in the doodles of students, and on the palettes... Continue Reading →
Delicate. The first image that spring to mind was lace , followed by cobwebs, and then snowflakes. All of these things singularly are delicate, yet if you add another element (metal, tension, volume) they stop being delicate. I won't tell you what this is until the end. Or why I chose this particular item. If... Continue Reading →
This week the challenge is to publish one picture that best represents the changing season. Winter has arrived very nicely in Helsinki; 24 hours plus of snow fall, combined with freezing temperatures and driving winds and there is plenty of snow cover. I've missed the opportunity to capture the transition from Autumn to Winter in that... Continue Reading →
A Taswegian in Finland 