“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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
The Fairy Tree
The plaque beneath the tree says: “I have carved in a tree in the Fitzroy Gardens for you, and the fairies, but mostly for the fairies and those who believe in them, for they will understand how necessary it is to have a fairy sanctuary – a place that is sacred and safe as a…
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.
The Dolphin Fountain
The Dolphin Fountain can be found at the Fitzroy Gardens. It was unveiled in December of 1982 and it is by sculptress June Arnold. It consists of a pyramid of granite boulders and on them are assorted sea creatures like dolphins, octopus, crabs, sea horses, turtles, sea birds and shrimps. PPAC – The Dolphin Fountain
Random SS’s
“The things that excite you are not random. They are connected to your purpose. Follow them.” – unknown For CMMC – November Alphabet 2 SS’s in a Word profeSSional shopper chriStmaS snoopy saSSafras Comunity Parklet kiSSy Micky and Minnie Mouse Mugs
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.
Proteas
“Flowers are like friends; they bring color to your world.”– Unknown Proteas are native to southern Africa and belong to the same family of plants (Proteaceae) as Australia’s native Banksias, FOTD
Season Downunder
“Embrace the seasons and cycles of your life. There is magic in CHANGE.” – Bronnie Ware This week for Sunday Stills with the topic of Trees and Leaves, it is my first time joining Terrie’s challenge. Let me introduce myself by showing where I live. This was Melbourne more or less 6 months ago. Taken…
The Blue of the Sky and Water
“No water, no life. No blue, no green.” – Sylvia A. Earle It is such a rainy day today, that I thought of my walk 2 days ago in the wetlands.. Love the blue sky, the clouds and its reflection on the water below.
Laneways
“Laneway culture is the beating heart of Melbourne.” – Karl Quinn Doors in some of the Laneways in Melbourne.
Osteospermum ‘3D Pink’ African Daisy
“Comes the little daisy, blooming fresh and fair, Springing bright and joyous in the morning air.” -T F Seward For Cee’s FOTD
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…
Last Sunday
“Slow down and enjoy the simple pleasures in life.” – author unknown Melbourne opened up last Friday at 6pm, from the longest Lockdown in any country of the world (correct me if I’m wrong). Melbourne retail celebrated as if it was New Year… dining, drinking, hairdressing, and media called it a Freedom weekend. One blogger…
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.
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…
Weird & Wonderful
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” – Dr Seuss Here are some clever and attractive and at the same time unusual and strange pieces of art. hope you…
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)…
Another Year
“As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.” – Norman Wisdom Another day Another year Another chance to be thankful I have a small family and that is enough for me I don’t have many friends, but they are all very special to…
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…