Walking down the famous stone Hosier Laneway and admiring the street art that has made the Melbourne urban art scene well known around the globe. Here are some door murals for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge and for Photographing Public Art Challenge.
Which Way?
“How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing.” – John Lennon These photos were taken in Rome in 2016. I am posting these for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge -CFFC and for my first time joining the Which Way Challenge.
Bloganuary: “My Fave photo…”
What is your favorite photo you’ve ever taken? The prompt ask for my favourite photo. But asking that from someone who takes millions of photos is really a difficult task. So let me look at it from a different perspective. Which photo makes me so happy? Which photo gives me a lot of unforgettable memories?…
In the Garden
“Flowers grow back, even after they are stepped on. So will I.” – Unknown I choose the purple and pink flowers as my entry to Cee’s January Pick a Topic from my Photo. Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – CMMC and FOTD and for Whatever is so Lovely Challenge (initial entry)
The journey continues …
“Roads were made for journeys not destinations.” – Confucius After an overnight stay and 2 days on the road in Vigan, we were off again. before it was Pam, my niece, who was driving, and now it was Ram’s turn, my nephew. Sharing this for Jo’s Monday Walk And so, the adventure continues… Next stop…the…
Windows and CFFC
When you peered into the windows of someone else’s life, you could only guess what was going on. – Elin Hilderbrand The following are windows of cafes and restaurants and I found the murals outside them quite fun and interesting! Ludwig’s Monday Windows Challenge and Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-CFFC
Bloganuary: “How I wish I can fly”
What is a superpower you’d love to have? Just for fun…how I wish I can go travel the world but not taking the airplane and not sitting tightly with other passengers. I can go for 5 days in Morocco and go for 10 days in Portugal then another 6 days in Vietnam and a few…
Uhmmm … Interesting?
“Freedom: feeling whatever your heart wants to feel regardless of what other prople thknk.” – Paulo Coelho Interesting as defined means arousing curiosity or interest; holding or catching the attention. Here are some interesting objects that I found in some random places that got my attention around my home city, Melbourne. For Lens Artist Photo…
Bloganuary: “Life lesson”
What is a life lesson you feel everyone can benefit from learning? The one life lesson that is important to remember, especially during this time of pandemic, is not to take things for granted. Your entire life can change in an instant due to sickness, due to accidents, due to the passing away of your loved…
Birds In White or Black & White
“Life is in color, but black and white is more realistic.” Samuel Fuller I am incorporating two of Cee’s challenges for this week. The topic of Birds for Cee’s Black and White Challenge – CBWC and the colour white for January’ Midweek Madness Challenge – CMMC
Nothing wrong with doing simple things
“There’s nothing wrong with doing simple things.” – PCoelho Double dipping with challenges is not a new thing for me. In fact, I consider it as part of my personal challenges … combining as many challenges in one post. So, here I go with challenges dipped all together… Lens Artist Photo Challenge,, Photographing Public Art…
Bloganuary: My “today”
“Today is a perfect day just to be happy.” – unknown My day isn’t over yet since it is only midday here in Melbourne. It was a wonderful sunny start of the day but slowly turning out to be a scorcher…. it may not be an ideal day or a perfect one but I am…
Windows in Ilocos
“Beauty exists not in sameness but in difference.” – PCoelho As part of our road trip, here are some olden style windows all found in Ilocos, the northern part province of the Philippines. Metal Grillwork on stone structure These are the traditional Capiz on wooden sliding windows. What is a capiz window? Capiz (Kapis) shell…
Containers
“There exists a language that is beyond words.” – PCoelho for Cee’s B&W Challenge
Roadtrip
“Discover how beautiful our country is and how wonderful our people are. Time to fall in love with the Philippines.” – Tony Meloto A few years ago, my husband and I went with my family on a road trip to the northern part of the Philippines. And that was the last time I have visited…
Cottage Windows
”I opened the window and my heart. The sun flooded my house and Love flooded my soul.” – Paulo Coelho These are windows at the original cottage that can be found at the Heide … a Museum of Modern Art in the Melbourne suburb of Bulleen in Victoria, Australia. I went there with hubby and…
How to begin?
“How to begin? Silence . The hubbub of life outside seems to pause in the night. Words, ideas, memories, and stories are the paths that guide my step.“ – Paulo Coehlo Today is the first day of the 365 days of 2022. It is time to start anew. Forget all the tears, the fears, the…
Unfortunate last few Days of the Year
Plan was … having a set meal dinner at Hochi Mama, a Vietnamese restaurant in the Melbourne CBD. Then welcoming NYE in one of the Celebration Zones set up all around Melbourne offering live music and entertainment culminating in a midnight firework display. Successfully booked a hotel and overnight parking ticket staying overnight in the…
Christmas Markets
“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree“. – Roy L. Smith Taken from Christmas markets in London and in Budapest in 2018. For Jude’s Life in Colour – Kaleidoscope
Just having a bit of fun…
“Colours speak all languages.” – Joseph Addison During the day, these installations at the Northcote Town Hall is cute, colourful and playful for kids and kids at heart (as you can see here). But I heard that it really is something else when the neon lights at night. This large scale interactive neon installations is…
A garden of purple
”A garden of purple is always in bloom.” – unknown I don know why, but this first one is my favourite and as you can see I even made it my wallpaper. FOTD Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – CMMC
So… where does this lead you?
“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.” – Elizabeth Taylor For the last Thursday Doors challenge for 2021, i am putting out there something with a blast of festive colours. This is in relation to my previous post when I went for…
Christmas Colours
“God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving. If He gives us the gift of Christmas, it is because we all have the ability to understand and receive it.”- Pope Francis Globally, whenever we see red and green, it is automatically associated with Christmas. Although no one knows the origins of…
I Chose to Visit the City last Weekend…
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” – Charles M. Schulz I have always loved the Christmas season especially when the kids were small and we all decorated the Christmas tree together. But now that they have their own individual worlds, hubby and I still have fun making our own special memories. We…
Holiday mood …
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie Last weekend, my hubby and I wanted to finish our Christmas shopping, so we decided on visiting this shop that we haven’t seen for awhile. We went to The Glen, which is a regional shopping centre located in…
Bare Tree
”Bare trees have a power that the most lush ones don’t… The bare ones, have nothing to lose …” – Diti Swain The silhouette of the bare tree on the hill against the winter sky. This was taken last winter, a few months back.
Hydrangea
“If you peek at Hydrangea petals through a kaleidoscope…Happiness dances round and round.” – unknown Hydrangeas are much loved for their colour-changing blooms which is an awesome addition to the garden. FOTD
Back in Cebu
“Once I had put enough distance between myself and where I grew up, I started to see its beauty. I started to see it the way outsiders do – maybe because I had become an outsider.” ― Taylor Jenkins Reid October 2016 … It has been more than a month that I have been away…