Had to go all the way back to last year’s Fourth of July parade in Redwood City, and to a sign at the Oxford Botanical Garden, which self visited last May. Guess I don’t take that many pictures with numbers, LOL
Posting for CBWC.
Tag: Oxford
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Self was first made aware of this garden while reading Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Will Parry and Lyra Belacqua come from parallel universes. Once a year, they “visit” each other by going to a bench in the Oxford Botanic Garden.
This year, after a three-year hiatus on traveling, self was finally able to return to the UK. The Oxford Botanic Garden was a required stop. These pictures were taken in the last week of May (thanks so much, Becky, for reviving the Squares challenge)
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“I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, and the silence that comes with fog! ~ Om Malik.
For this challenge, self decided to focus on GRAYISH skies. These are from her most recent trip to the UK, in the spring:
One Oxford sky, and two rainy Trafalgar Squares (Self was exiting the National Gallery, after seeing a knock-your-socks-off exhibit of Raphael.
Luckily, she left England well before the first of the punishing heat waves that hit over the summer.
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Self is new to this challenge, hosted by The Cosmic Photo Challenge.
It was fun looking through the archives for photos taken at ground level.
Finally settled on two pictures she took last May while visiting the Oxford University Botanic Garden. The greenhouse housed all sort of exotic plants, such as these speckled beauties. Self didn’t know what they were, so she looked for the plant tag. It turned out to be underneath the hanging basket:
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The host of this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge is Jez Braithwaite:
- Seeing double is all about reflections—probably one of my biggest photographic obsessions. I tend to see them everywhere & actively seek them out when they’re not readily apparent. My reflection hunting started shortly after I got Snappy, my DSLR, 12 years ago with some poolside reflections.
This was such a fun challenge. Thank you for dreaming it up, Jez!
- Lily pond, Oxford University Botanical Garden:
- Ruth Asawa, permanent collection, De Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco:
- Alexander Calder mobile, from Calder/Picasso Exhibit, 2021, de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park:
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This week’s CFFC is: LANDSCAPES or WATERSCAPES.
Self has lately been thinking of adding a water feature to her garden (though, she is worried about Lucia falling in, so maybe not until she learns to swim). Here are examples from various gardens she has visited in the past month:
- The Glasshouses, Oxford University Botanic Garden
- Central Fountain, Oxford University Botanic Garden
- Central Courtyard, Christchurch, Oxford University
- Filoli Gardens, Woodside, California
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Posting for the “I’m a Fan Of” Challenge hosted by Jez.
I love reading books and reading about books. Some of my favorite places in the whole world are bookstores. Here are a couple of photos from my most recent trip:
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alive and trekking‘s Which Way Photo Challenge is another fun one; it’s been a couple of months since she last joined.
The picture below was taken end of May, in the Oxford University Botanical Garden
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There is a permanent installation of San Francisco artist Ruth Asawa at the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park. Just happened to be in Oxford when the Museum of Modern Art did a show on her, in May. Saw the exhibit with two American friends, Amy and Sam. In one word, stunning.
Posting for Travel With Intent’s Six Word Saturday Challenge.
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It has been a very, very busy month, but here’s a picture of a racing crew during last week’s annual Oxford crew races (called “the Bumps” — self should explain, but no time right now). This crew is at rest, waiting for the start of the races. Very exciting — all the Oxford colleges, men and women, participate.
Posting for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. Theme for the week is PEACEFUL.
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