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WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Connected
Even though it may be an abstract thing, music is perhaps one of the more powerful connectors in life. It can reconnect us with times, people and events from your past. It makes you feel connected to yourself by evoking … Continue reading
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Youngsters
I’m pretty much a single, on-the-go urban kind of guy, so as of yet I do not have children, and I don’t often have cause to be in the company of children. That said, as I comb through my archives, … Continue reading
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion
Amidst the chaos, confusion, and kinetic motion of the bumper cars at Sydney’s Luna Park, one smiling, happy face shines through.
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Horizon
When you’re hiking the famous 3-mile coastal walk between Bondi Beach and Coogee Beach outside of Sydney, sometimes you just need to sit, take off your shoes, enjoy some water, and take in a horizon that goes on forever. See … Continue reading
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Close-up
I’m really late to the Travel Theme party this week, and I almost blew it off until I found these pics of an amazing close-up encounter with a lioness at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo that I took back in 2009. I … Continue reading
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Statues
Statues are everywhere around us, and this week’s Ailsa’s Travel Theme photo challenge gave me an opportunity to revisit some of the many statues I’ve seen in my own travels. Above is the impressive 80-foot (24 m) high concrete and … Continue reading
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Gardens
I’m a city-livin’ apartment dweller, so I don’t really have a garden to speak of. I have a nice deck that affords me awesome city views, but the weather up here in the Twin Peaks section of San Francisco where … Continue reading
Ailsa’s Travel Theme: Dry
The warm, dusky earthtones of both the kangaroo and its surrounding environment make this scene at Sydney’s Wildlife World look downright parched! Temps in the 90’s helped ramp up the arid, Outback-like effect. Gimme some water!!! For more dryness, check … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
Sometimes architecture can offer some interesting juxtapositions, like these old and new mash-ups in Tokyo (above) and Sydney (below). For more interesting juxtapositions, check out this week’s WordPress Photo Challenge!
Happy 40th Anniversary, Sydney Opera House!
Since I’ve lately been on the subject of architecture, my favorite building in the world celebrates its 40th anniversary today! An instant icon, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened on this date in 1973. Since then it has become … Continue reading
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