“Doors of the future are open to those who know how to push them.” – Coluche It has been a few months since I have roamed the city and seen its murals. Here are some photos of doors and murals that I have stored in my archives but haven’t posted yet. These were taken in…
Month: September 2021
Artsy Circles & Wheel
”Life is a circle. The end of one journey is the beginning of the next.” – unknown CFFC Please click image to enlarge.
Bordeaux
From Bilbao we were off to Bordeaux. Bordeaux is a small port city in southwest France. It is not the cheapest city but it is still worth to visit, as it is said to be France’s most elegant city. This was the view when our coach was just approaching this glamorous city in France. For…
What do you see?
At the entry of the Art in Island in the Philippines which is a fun interactive 3D museum for the young and not so young. For Sami’s Monday Murals Challenge Also known as “optical art” or “3D art”, “trick art” are mostly two-dimensional images that give the illusion of the third dimension: depth. Art in…
Autumn Downunder
“Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow.”– Dan Millman It is spring where I am but it is so glorious to remember the past autumn when leaves were crackling with every step I made. “Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with…
There was a double rainbow yesterday
“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” – Maya Angelou Six word Saturday Who says you have to go far to see beauty… taken during my afternoon walk with hubby after it drizzled. Yay for double rainbows 🌈 🌈. Taken with an iphone with panorama view.
Bilbao and its Public Art
“The ‘EARTH’ without ‘ART’ is just ‘EH’ – unknown Aside from this beautiful building, the centre of Bilbao is full of amazing public art. And this is what I want to feature this week for Photographing Public Art Challenge – PPAC. Here are the many architecture, sculptures, statues and murals of Bilbao, Spain. Bilbao is…
Benches outside the Conservatory
The Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne has spectacular floral displays and artistry inside but even the benches outside have very clean lines and it seems like works of art too.
Hop, Dot, Boy, Clock…
Cee’s topic for this week for CMMC – September Alphabet (something with O in the Middle)
32 Years ago…
“Together is a beautiful place to be.” 32 years ago … I married my best friend. It sounds cliche but we were really the best of friends then… and up to now we still are. Laughing at the same corny jokes… loving the same food…liking the same travel destinations… being funny and weird and loving…
Inverted Triangles
”The object of art is to give life a shape.” – William Shakespeare With daughter and a whole lot of inverted triangles in a small vineyard. April 10 2021 CFFC
Burgos
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta As we continued on with out European tour, we arrived in Burgos, which is a town in northern Spain and is about three and a half hour drive from Toledo. The first that we saw upon arriving was this… isn’t…
Artificial Light
“I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” – Vincent Van Gogh Different uses of artificial light for this week’s Lens Artist Photo Challenge. A festival of lights in Melbourne, called White Nights A water closet somewhere An exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria Christmas light…
Public Art in toledo
“I do not insist,” answered Don Quixote, “that this is a full adventure, but it is the beginning of one, for this is the way adventures begin.” – Miguel de Cervantes This is the third and last of my series about Toledo. That shows how much you can see and do in this old and…
Wooden Benches
“If you could sit on this bench and chat for one hour with anyone who would it be?” – unknown I have four benches here, would that mean I can chat with four people? Xingfumama’s Pull Up a Seat Challenge
Patterns
“We’re poles apart on what can or cannot be done.” – Orrin Hatch Taken in the 1001 Steps in Bayview Park, Southeast of Melbourne. We usually take things for granted…like the good old Electric Pole. But looking at it from afar and observing it more scrutinously, one can see the various patterns and how intricately…
Doors
“A different language is a different vision of life.” – Federico Fellini As part of my series about Toledo, Spain, here are some doors that can be seen around the main town. Toledo is the fabled land of Don Quixote and this is where reality meets fairy tales and legends. That is his statue at…
Teach them well…
“I believe the children are our futureTeach them well and let them lead the wayShow them all the beauty they possess insideGive them a sense of pride to make it easierLet the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be” – The Greatest Love of all From at a very young age we taught…
Toledo in Spain
“Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret”– Oscar Wilde Toledo is one of the oldest and most unique cities in Spain and is the former Spanish capital before Madrid. It stands beautifully high up on a hill above the Tagus River and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. From the Mirador del Valle, you…
Soft shade of Pink
“ Don’t you know? What makes a rose beautiful is not just its petals but also its thorns.” – Simon B Thomas FOTD
Wide World
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.“ – Hellen Keller Don’t you love it when you see the horizon in its entirety … when it is only the wind between you and the mountains, the sea and the sky….
Yes, Melbourne is still in lockdown
“You couldn’t do this and you couldn’t do that, but life went on.” – Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl For Debbie’s Six Word Saturday and sorry if my title is sort of similar to yours. It has been 37 days of Lockdown for us…and that is only for Lockdown 6.0 … not counting…
Madrid
“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – unknown The city of Madrid is a captivating city. Passing through the countryside and even before reaching the main country, we already had a glimpse of how artistic this country was gonna be by seeing all…
Dark Green and Gold
“Green is the colour of hope.” – Oscar de la Renta CMMC – Dark Green “Gold cannot be pure, and people cannot be perfect. Proverb Life in Colour – Gold and Green “Everyone is on the best seat.” – John Cage Pull up a seat – Green Seats
Trams of Melbourne
“When the tram has arrived at the stop, you have to be there! Calculate where a good opportunity will stop and be there!” – Mehmet Murat ildan Trams have been an integral part of Melbourne since the late 19th century. This is a Heritage green and yellow tram which has been an icon of Melbourne,…
White flowering trees
“A white flower grows in the quietness. Let your tongue become that flower.” – Rumi These are trees that are just now starting to show its white blooms here in one of the streets where I walk. Flower of the Day – FOTD Thursday Tree Love
Today is the 6th of September
“Family is a gift that lasts forever.” – unknown …and today is my mother’s birthday. She passed away in 1991, right before my husband, my one year old son and myself migrated to Melbourne, Australia. I could still see her being so excited when she saw Tim smile at her for the first time. ……
Windows of Madrid
Madrid is an exquisite city and can be seen in its grand buildings and of course in its windows, which is the topic of this challenge. The Palacio de Cibeles, formerly the Palacio de Comunicaciones until 2011, is a palace located on the Plaza de Cibeles. What an amazing architecture. El Palacio Real or Madrid’s…
Looking Up then Looking Down
“Look up to the sky. You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.” – Charlie Chaplin For this week, the topic for Sofia’s Challenge is Looking Up/Looking Down. I experimented on the slider using it from top to bottom. This is the St Stephen’s Cathedral and is a landmark of Vienna. It is the most…
I am smiling…
“What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.” — President Barack Obama I am smiling because I have you beside me as the father of my beautiful kids… Happy Father’s Day Jack ❤️ It is FD here in Australia, I don’t know why we…