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Life in Colour: Gold

By: maristravels September 12, 2021

photo challengesDubai, Gold, Gold souk Dubai8 Comments

Connected to Jude’s Life in Colour here. And for the ultimate – the real thing – here is a window full of gold in the Gold Souk in Dubai What can one say? You don’t even talk Carats here but maybe you need to have a strong upper body to support the weight of some of…

Lens Artist Challenge 164: Look Up, Look Down.

By: maristravels September 11, 2021

Europe - Northern Europe & ScandinaviaD-Day & Utah Beach, France, mountains and gondolas, Sainte Mere Eglise, Switzerland, world war ll9 Comments

Linked to Lens Artists at Sofia’s here The challenge this week is to show how we look up and then look down when we are photographing. I’ve dug through my images and come up with these. Can you see the tiny church on the mountain top? It’s almost in the centre of the image. This was…

Problems with MS, Edge & Bing

By: maristravels September 11, 2021September 11, 2021

UncategorizedBing, Edge, HP computers, I hate Microsoft's browsers, Microsoft 365 and its drawbacks13 Comments

Regular readers of my blog will be aware that I’ve been having problems with signing in and commenting on other blogs, to the extent that I almost gave up on making comments. I tried to keep in touch, however, although it was a time-consuming ritual to ‘like’ and to comment as I had to sign…

I’ll Be Back Again, Next Year

By: maristravels September 11, 2021

Europe - Mediterranean, Six Word SaturdayCordoba, Seville, Spanish guitar player, street musician14 Comments

Linked to Six Word Saturday here It’s been two years now and I can’t wait to return to the cities I love in Spain and Italy. Top of my list will be Seville from where it’s just a short trip by train to Cordoba. May 1922 free us from the fear of getting Covid and…

Life in Colour – Gold

By: maristravels September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

Europe - Northern Europe & Scandinavia, photo challengesducklings, Golden chicks, golden Koi, Koi9 Comments

Photo Challenge 26 Connected to Jude’s Life in Colour here. A direct lift from Jude’s site tells us that this month we will be looking for Gold, the colour of wealth, of power, of gods. Gold-leaf applied to paintings, gold crowns and coins. But look also for golds in the natural world, a fish, a sunset or…

Pull up A Seat Photo Challenge 21

By: maristravels September 10, 2021September 10, 2021

Europe - Mediterranean, photo challenges, UncategorizedBeziers, France, Narbonne, Olives, Pull up a Seat11 Comments

PLACES WE SIT…OR MIGHT SIT…OR THINK ABOUT SITTING At Beziers, not far from Narbonne in France, there is an olive press with the best olives in the world and when I visit friends in the area, I buy as many of these, the Rolls-Royce of olives, the Lucques, as I can carry home. Here, among…

Life in Colour 21 – GOLD

By: maristravels September 5, 2021September 5, 2021

photo challenges, South East AsiaArtisan work Vietnam, Gold leaf application in Vietnam, How to apply gold leaf, Vietnam school for children disabled by landmines10 Comments

Linked to HeyJude’s Colour challenge here. While in Vietnam we visited a school where children disabled by landmines were being taught skills they could use in later life. Some were being taught ceramics, some embroidery and tapestry, some carpentry and carving, some silverwork and other traditional skills. To my eyes they were all experts at…

Life in Colour 24 -Red

By: maristravels August 31, 2021August 30, 2021

Japan, photo challenges, UncategorizedJapan, Japan in Red, Japanese Temples13 Comments

Connected to Jude’s Life in Colour here. It’s difficult to stop when you find so many reds but I think I shall have to stop now. These are the last few towards this month’s red challenge, and we are still in Japan.

Life in Colour 24 – Red

By: maristravels August 31, 2021August 30, 2021

Japan, photo challenges, UncategorizedJapan and the bomb, Japan in Red, Japanese TemplesLeave a Comment

Linked to Jude’s Life in Colour here: As promised yesterday, here are a few more Reds from Japan.

Life in Colour 24 – Red

By: maristravels August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

Japan, photo challengesJapan, Japanese wedding, Pictures in red5 Comments

Connected to Jude’s Life in Colour here. Just two more days before the end of this month’s challenge and I offer some reds from Japan. I rather belatedly remembered that it’s a country where red is a favourite colour. It’s taken me ages to downsize them as I seem to have lost my ‘Optimize button…