Which Way

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Fall, home, leaves, nature, nature photography, path, photography, walk, Weekly Photo Challenge, which way, Wilderness Wednesday, winter

Sometimes the journey is more imporant than the destination…

Sometimes you have to forge your way ahead alone…

…and sometimes a friend will walk with you.

There may be lots of colour…

…or darkness ahead.

The path isn’t always clear…

…other times it’s wide open!

Don’t be afraid to ask for help.

So whether you are walking…uphill all the way…

…or riding in style…

…whichever way you are going, may it always lead you HOME.

This is my post for Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: Which Way, part of the Which Way Challenge by Alive and Trekking.

CFFC: It’s a Small World

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bees, birds, CFFC, chipmunks, frogs, nature, Photo Challenge, photography, squirrel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wilderness Wednesday

It’s a small world and we share it with small creatures. Take great care!

“Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.”

Albert Einstein

This is my post for Cee Neuner’s Fun Foto Challenge: It’s a Small World.

Happy Wednesday!

WPC: Favourite

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nature, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge has come to an end, and so the final post is All-Time Favourite!

It is hard to pick a favourite. Do I choose something with a pop of colour? My dream car? Man vs. nature?

So I chose a photo that I didn’t seek out. It was really early in the morning on Boxing Day. The house was still and the room was just starting to lighten. I had spent a restless night on the couch at my parents’ home, and I was about to roll over when the moon caught my eye.  I was transfixed.

When a moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That’s amore.
When the world seems to shine like you’ve had too much wine
That’s amore! – Dean Martin, That’s Amore

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WPC: Twisted Rat Rod

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classic cars, Photo Challenge, photography, rat rod, Weekly Photo Challenge

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it ‘the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.’ The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of ‘Artist.’ Edgar Allan Poe

 

 

 

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Happy Wednesday!

WPC: Liquid (Ghostly Reflection)

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black and white photography, Photo Challenge, photography, tea, Weekly Photo Challenge

 

 

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo Da Vinci

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WPC: Unlikely

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birds, humour, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

When I was younger, I used to drive up to a bunch of turkeys, roll down the window and say something. They’d all gobble back at once. – Levon Helm

I know there are plenty of “turkeys” in the city, and were I to roll down my window to “gobble at them”, they’d gobble back…in quite colourful language. I should be accustomed to that. What I’m not accustomed to literally seeing turkeys in the city!

Thanksgiving tip: Don’t let a Jedi carve the turkey.

Happy Star Wars Day!

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WPC: Awakening

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flowers, nature, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. – Anne Bradstreet

Tulips are one of the first flowers to start blooming in my garden in the Spring, but I still have several weeks to wait. This weekend, we were hit with an ice storm, but thanks to a friend, we still had a little Spring inside!

 

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WPC: Sunrise/Sunset

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#whatsinmycup, Photo Challenge, photography, tea, Weekly Photo Challenge

This Japanese Chikaramachi tea cup belonged to my Grandmother.

Chikaramachi has been part of Noritake’s history since 1896, but early records were destroyed in the home office after a bombing attack on March 19, 1945. The names, Chikaramachi and shumokucho came from the intersection of 5 buildings built by the Morimura brothers, the co-founders of what became Noritake, in 1896.

The first Chikaramachi back stamp was registered in 1912. This tea cup has the second series of backstamp (1928), a crown within a laurel wreath, in green.

The quality of the porcelain of many Chikaramachi pieces can have imperfections, rough edges, and inconsistent brushwork. All production and exports ceased in 1942.

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WP: Out of This World

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black&white Photography, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

 

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. -Edgar Degas

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WPC: A Face in the Crowd

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family, Photo Challenge, photography, Weekly Photo Challenge

Frequently on family outings, Dad & I will take photos of the same things, but different angles (usually his are better)! Sometimes I just focus on Dad!

 

I like taking photos of photographers in action, not just to see what the photograph is about, but to see the process and thought behind it. I’m usually too shy to take photos of a stranger or in a crowd, but family is fair game!

Happy Weekend!

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