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Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge- Man Made Stuff

Here’s a collection of man-made orchids- if you are not careful, you can easily mistake them for the real thing! How colorful are these ceramic objects at Old Town, San Diego? Tempting man-made fruits- at the Corning Museum of Glass

Travel Theme: Intense

While the word can have many interpretations, the force with which water cascades down at Niagara Falls is intense..

Morning chant

This poem is in response to Indispire challenge to write a 2-minute poem: https://www.indiblogger.in/indispire_topic.php?topic=81 Every morning I rise With stars in my eyes With a sun-kissed smile I sprint forward in style Each step has a spring This day will bring Challenges new, I am certain Can’t wait for the curtain To rise, and reveal onceContinue reading “Morning chant”

CEE’S WHICH WAY CHALLENGE 2015 WEEK #34

Finally I have some new pathways to share from my weekend visit to the Winterthur estate in Delaware. Enjoy!

CEE’S WHICH WAY CHALLENGE 2015 WEEK #32

Railroad along canal, Manayunk, Philadelphia Another view of the same

TRAVEL THEME: GREY

Think I am dreary Perhaps you should think again My shades will leave you weary Though I’m modest and plain I am the color of a mountain Storm clouds that bear rain I’m the color of a pachyderm The color of rocks firm I am a sculptor’s delight I’m neither black nor white When molded into aContinue reading “TRAVEL THEME: GREY”

Travel Theme: Grasses, with a verse!

The grass was always greener On the other side of the pond Thus I was always keener To break free from the bond That had me to my land tied The land that gave me nurture But my eyes looked in directions wide Through hope’s narrow aperture And saw that the land across the oceanContinue reading “Travel Theme: Grasses, with a verse!”

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Red

Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum. -Derek Jarman The Hotel with Red Walls, San Diego, CA Red sculpture at the “Art of the Brick” exhibit, Philadelphia Red floral arrangement in the form of a scorpion Tulips in various shades of red- LongwoodContinue reading “Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Red”

Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Older Than 50 Years

While I could potentially use pictures of my house (built in the 1950s) or those of buildings built in the BC era, 1000 AD, 1500-1900 AD, I decided to pick out some more recent ones….Horton Grand Hotel, San Diego, built 1886, renovated 1912 Dining room of a Victorian home in the 18th century, Annapolis, MDContinue reading “Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Older Than 50 Years”

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge-Lime-Bright-Green

Some interesting ones- Lime green flowers- at the Philadelphia Flower ShowNiagara Falls in lime green lightLime green bottles at the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY

Sunday Stills, the next challenge: Groups of Birds

Travel theme: Land meets Water

My spirit as vast as the ocean Meets the land of matter Dreams arise from this collision At this juncture and scatter My fantasies, fluid as the waves Meet reality on firm ground Opening new vistas that my heart craves New visions that astonish and astound. Where the Adriatic meets land-Venice, Italy The Pacific Coast-atContinue reading “Travel theme: Land meets Water”