“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher Thanks to Amy, I was brought back to the recent travels that I had, to the future travels that I am planning and even to the time that I never thought that I could travel….
Tag: streets
In black and white
“There’s so much grey to every story – nothing is so black and white.” – Lisa Ling For people who follow me on WordPress, they will know that I am a ”colour” person. But today, let me take you down some of the laneways of Melbourne to show you some of the Black and White…
Locked Doors
“Don’t give up. Normally it is the last key on the ring which opens the door.” – Paulo Coelho Some closed and locked doors in Sassafras for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and for Dan’s Thursday Doors Challenge. I have posted so many items, doors, chairs, windows, flowers and so much more from Sassafras, a quaint…
Laneway Doors
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.
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…
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…
Colourful Murals
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ~Wassily Kandinsky Here is my entry for Sami’s Monday Mural, for Ludwig’s Monday Windows and for Jude’s Life in Colour December Challenge – Kaleidoscope
Sassafras Part 2
“Today is a perfect day for opening a new door.” Part of the Series are these doors of shops, nursery, art gallery, clothing and jewellery shops in Sassafras.
Christmas Windows
“Believe in the magic of Christmas.” – unknown For Ludwig’s Monday Windows… Here is a Christmas Window display still from my fave town of Sassafras.
Sassafras
“In every work of art, the artist himself is present.” – Christian Morgenstern Sassafras is a quaint little charming village in the southeast part of Victoria, Australia in the mountainous and scenic Dandenong Ranges. Here are some public art, some chairs and some windows for this week’s challenges.
Seats & Public Art
These are Public Art and Seats in the plaza of Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne, 35 km south-east from the CBD.
Laneways
“Laneway culture is the beating heart of Melbourne.” – Karl Quinn Doors in some of the Laneways in Melbourne.
Public Art – Women’s Right to Vote
Great Petition is a Public Art located in Burston Reserve, near the Victorian State Parliament Building, in Melbourne, Australia. The sculpture was commissioned by the State Government of Victoria and the City of Melbourne, designed by artists Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee. The Big Petition sculpture is a 20-metre-long scroll which goes on the ground…
Light and shadow
“All the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.” – Leo Tolstoy For Cee’s B&W Challenge – CBWC – Vanishing Point Please click image to enlarge Decided to add these photos as well to show more vanishing point looking upwards.
That time of the year again …
“ When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ’tis near Halloween.” – author unknown Before 2020, Patricia went back and forth to several countries for work. In November of 2019, she was in New York and she sent me these Halloween decoration photos. These may not be as…
In an Alleyway
“Always follow your dreams, even if they lead you down a few dark alleys.” – Teresa Mummert Doors and Public Art on one of the Alleyways in Northcote in Melbourne. Patricia being silly on the corner of the alleyway.
Orange Tree
“Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.” – Rabindranath Tagore I have posted these together with a lot more autumn foliage and autumn colours in From Orange Trees to Orange Beanies. I am now posting it as part of Becky’s PastSquare and Parul’s Thursday Tree Love
Midweek Madness
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – unknown Cee’s challenge is to find words with the letter “Q” or “U” somewhere in the word. CMMC Firstly I considered some rusty shots Here is a sQUared photo of a rUsty sUnflower And more rUst here… This is also…
October last year
Posted this in October 2020 of an awesome moonlight … kinda mesmerising but kinda eerie! for Becky’s PastSquare
A little girl…
“Like stardust glistening on fairy wings little girl dreams are of magical things.” – unknown A mural of a little Asian girl sent to me by Pat, which I am posting for Sami’s Monday Murals Challenge.
Round the Corner
”Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J.R.R. Tolkien According to Wikipedia, Trompe-l’œil is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. I have posted this previously (see here the complete post in Squares Perspective)…
Twisted
About four years ago, my daughter, Patricia went on a trip of a lifetime to Nepal. I could remember that she sent me this photo so I tried to search for it because this really would fit the topic for CFFC – TWISTED
Rediscovering Melbourne…
Melbourne, where I grew up, is one of the street art capitals of the world. Something about discovering freshly painted walls always fills me with optimism; its autonomous and democratic, and reminds me that maybe people are paying attention after all.”— Penelope Mitchell It was announced yesterday that Melbourne is opening up on Thursday. The…
Take me back to Acland Street
“I don know where I’m going but I’m on my way.” – unknown Melbourne has traded its prominent title of most liveable city (for 7 years) for the world’s most locked down city, as it officially recorded the dire new milestone.The city has now spent 246 days locked down, with the Covid restrictions among the…
A different view
I posted this last year as “A View from the Opposite Side” but I didn’t have the WordPress Image Compare yet then, so today I am posting it again for Becky’s PastSquares. It is a bridge that seemed to be shot at a different time of day just by photographing it from the opposite side.
Doors & Murals
“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…
Hop, Dot, Boy, Clock…
Cee’s topic for this week for CMMC – September Alphabet (something with O in the Middle)