Linked to Lens-Artists Photo Challenge here This is the first time I've ventured to try the challenge on this site and I hope my photo entries manage to illustrate emotions. First up is exhileration: Exhileration When I saw this young girl rush into the sea it took me back decades to those heady days when … Continue reading Lens-Artist Challenge: Emotion
Author: maristravels
There are still some countries I haven't seen and some things I haven't done and won't do now (like trekking in Nepal) but I've covered a fair bit of the globe as a traveller. I've been a professional travel writer, blogger, and photographer for some years now, love cinema, theatre, books and art. I try to cover these subjects in blogs when they crop up in my travels.
I live in the UK and these days I travel mainly in Europe and Asia.
Skyline:
Linked to One Word Sunday at Debbie's here. Walking on the Isle of Wight The image may just qualify for the Skyline challenge but I didn't want to upload another boring city or sea skyline which seems to be what I have most of. (And I know I shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition)!
Silent Sunday
Behind the ramparts and the glitzy hotels, the shops, bars and restaurants, the local population of Dubrovnik live in steeply stepped streets like these. It would really focus the mind on up-dating the shopping list if one had to think of negotiating these steps every time a litre of milk was needed!
Silent Sunday: Windsor Long Walk
The Long Walk at Windsor now deserted - well, almost.
Saturday Sculpture Vimy War Memorial, France.
The Vimy War Memorial is located approximately eight kilometres northeast of Arras and is the centrepiece of a 250-acre preserved battlefield park that encompasses a portion of the area over which the Canadians made their assault during the initial Battle of Vimy Ridge. The imposing structure stands amid craters and unexploded munitions that still honeycomb the grounds which remain largely closed off to the public for reasons of safety/
Wordless Wednesday
Oil Rigs, North Sea This picture is best viewed enlarged. You can then see the background clearly.
I Can’t Resist This One
Silent Sunday: Trump’s World
Sign outside a church in New Orleans, USA Silence almost guaranteed on Sunday if they all leave their guns outside as this sign suggests.
Saturday Sculpture
Mary Magdalene with the Risen Christ by David Wynne (1967) This sculpture by David Wynne stands outside the entrance to St. Dunstan's Chapel in Ely Cathedral and depicts the moment when Mary Magdalene recognizes Christ after he has risen from his tomb. Next to it is a plaque, which reads: "This striking sculpture by David Wynne … Continue reading Saturday Sculpture
Wordless Wednesday
On the Bayou, Louisiana
