June 17, 2017 at 3:37 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Family, Flowers, Links, Places, postaday, Relatives, Traveling)
Tags: England, flower photography, Gardens, London, memories, photography, postaday, postaweek, Saturday, Wordpress
This week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is FOCUS.
David W. asks:
Are you a stickler for getting in close to your subjects and capturing every detail, or do you prefer a more ethereal look that illustrates the sensations of the moment? Or both?
Self definitely falls into the latter group.
Much has happened in the world in the four months self traveled through England, Ireland, and France. She took this picture standing on the steps of London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields, where she’d gone to listen to a candlelight Pachelbel Canon concert:
Iconic Double-Decker: London, Early June 2017
Before London, self was in Paris. She spent one day at Monet’s Garden in Giverney, which was awash in blooms:
Blooming in Monet’s Garden in Giverney, Early June 2017
Finally, Versailles. The lines were incredible. It took all of her niece Irene’s ingenuity to get us both inside. Self took this picture staring through the gilt iron gates at the front entrance, on a very hot afternoon in late May:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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June 7, 2017 at 5:42 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Flowers, Places, postaday, Recommended, Traveling)
Tags: art, flower photography, Gardens, inspiration, museum, Paris, postaday, postaweek, praise, Wordpress
ORDER: “Neat, tidy objects and spaces.”
Monet’s garden at Giverny has a profusion of flowers but it’s the individual blossoms that really show you nature’s genius for order.
Giverney: May 2017
The flower is ready for its close-up:
Finally, I. M. Pei’s magnificent pyramid at the Louvre:
Fabulous: I. M. Pei’s audacity
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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June 1, 2017 at 7:20 pm (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Links, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: art, flower photography, Gardens, inspiration, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Two days ago, self had the opportunity to visit Giverney for the first time. She got so lost in the gardens, she didn’t even bother going inside Monet’s house. Go figure! She’s always loved flowers. They are her friends, always. Which is perfect, since this week’s Daily Post Photo Challenge is FRIENDS:
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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May 24, 2017 at 4:22 pm (destinations, Places, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: Gardens, happiness, Paris, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
- This week, show us a moment in time that holds meaning for you.
— Krista Stevens, The Daily Post
Self’s Favorite Paris Hangout: The Tuileries Gardens
Bus Stop In Front of Notre Dames Cathedral
From the Eiffel Tower
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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March 26, 2017 at 8:55 pm (Artists and Writers, destinations, Flowers, Lists, Places, postaday, Sundays, Traveling, Women Writers)
Tags: art, England, Gardens, Ireland, London, museums, postaday, postaweek, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
- “Sometimes it’s fun to take a step back from interpretive challenges and just celebrate a color: green!”
— Michelle W., The Daily Post
The window shot is from her bedroom in Unit # 1 of the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig.
The woman in the portrait is Vanessa Bell (of Bloomsbury fame), painted by Duncan Grant. The painting hangs in the British National Portrait Gallery.
The snowdrops were in the backyard of her friend Dodo Stanley. Self visited her in Driffield, East Riding, in early March.
View from Bedroom Window, Unit # 1, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
Vanessa Bell, by Duncan Grant, in the British National Gallery
Snowbells, Backyard of Dodo Stanley in East Riding
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March 23, 2017 at 12:05 pm (Artists and Writers, Flowers, Links, Places, postaday)
Tags: artists residency, Gardens, Ireland, postaday, postaweek, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Wordpress
JUST CELEBRATE A COLOR: GREEN!
— Michelle W., The Daily Post
Drifts of Daffodils All Over
Field To the Side of the Main House
Greenhouse Porch
Self went walking about the grounds today. Everywhere, there are drifts of yellow daffodils. The Laundry Room/ Greenhouse has a cozy porch.
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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March 5, 2017 at 12:39 pm (Places, postaday, Recommended, Sundays, Surprises, Traveling)
Tags: causes, discoveries, England, Gardens, museums, politics, postaday, postaweek, Washington DC, Wordpress
Show us something that delighted or surprised you on “the road taken.”
— Krista, The Daily Post
- Tree-house, Backyard of Doris Duterte Stutely in Driffield, East Riding
Tree-houses are fabulous. Self would like to live in one.
- Before the Daly City Council Meeting, Monday 13 February 2017: Nikki S. Victoria, Filipina activist, greets fellow members of the community who volunteered to speak on behalf of making Daly City a Sanctuary City:
If ever there was a time to speak up, it is now: City Hall, Daly City, February 2017
- It is always exciting to discover a new museum. The below was one block away from self’s hotel in Washington DC, where she had flown to read for Quarterly West at downtown bar-restaurant Sixth Engine:
Lobby of the National Building Museum in Washington, DC: Tour Guide, lower left
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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November 14, 2016 at 4:19 pm (Flowers, Links, Lists, postaday, television)
Tags: Gardens, Mondays, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
Happy Monday!
To start the week off right, a look at other blogs from around WordPress:
Enjoy!
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November 12, 2016 at 9:55 am (Links, Places, postaday, Traveling)
Tags: England, Flowers, Gardens, Manhattan, postaday, postaweek, Wordpress
The Daily Post Photo Challenge this week is TINY:
Capture something at a smaller scale. Create your own mini-scene.
— Cheri Lucas Rowlands
Overhead View of an Intersection, Upper East Side, New York City
Moon Over Park Avenue, New York, May 2016
Small flowers, Bletchley Park, Just Outside Londonds
Stay tuned, dear blog readers. Stay tuned.
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November 10, 2016 at 6:49 pm (Artists and Writers, Family, Flowers, Links, Lists, Places, postaday, Recommended, Weather)
Tags: art, Australia, Cork, England, Gardens, Ireland, London, memories, postaday, postaweek, websites, Wordpress
These blogs captured self’s attention this morning:
Stay tuned.
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