Sometimes ones eyes need a rest from the garish colours that surround us. Pastel shades have always been restful. Here are some of my pastel photos:
pastel shades in Köln (Cologne), Germany
London
a Christmas rose flower (hellebore)
water lilies for sale in a temple in Myanmar
cherry blossom
lotus blossom bud with grasshopper
Do you prefer pastels to brights? Take a look at some more here.
looks like there will be a good hazel nut harvest this year
bee on a teasel
thistledown
Queen Anne’s lace
you might almost call this “digital graffiti” – seen in India
sculpture in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
a bird in the hand ….
Fortune teller’s sign, Yangon, Myanmar
a girl embroidering a picture from a black and white photo, Halong Bay, Vietnam
view more hands via Ailsa’s links
WordPress editor Cheri Lucas Rowlands recently shared a post entitled “Doors are stories” and invited artists, photographers, fiction and non-fiction writers to share their take on doors.
I’ve always been fascinated by doors and windows and wondered what lies behind.
not so much into the lion’s den but in through the lion’s mouth (entrance to an Indian temple)
entrance to the Durgiana temple, also known as the Silver temple, in Amritsar, India
view through a doorway in the Golden temple, Amritsar
a doorway in the old village of Khajuraho, India
a door with a fairy tale to tell (Luxembourg-Grund)
main entrance to the Katasteramt (cadastre/land registry office), Trier, Germany
a door within a door, Trier, Germany
A few “entertainment” photos from my archives
graffiti/wall art in India
a group of sculptures in Luxembourg’s Place du Théâtre
colourful characters in Beaufort dispensing good will and alcohol
a series of photos from Luxembourg’s annual street art/animation festival
Tutti Frutti
Gromit
Every couple of years Bristol organises a festival to raise money for the Children’s hospital. Much like the elephant or gorilla parades seen elsewhere in the world Bristol makes use of well known-characters. Blanks are sold to local businesses to be decorated and they are then placed in different locations around the city. A map is provided so that you can visit them all and the figures are of source of entertainment to the children (and adults). In 2013 the theme was Gromit, who features in the cartoons, created in Bristol, called Wallace and Gromit. In 2015 it was the turn of Shaun the lamb (note the play on the words for ‘shorn’).
Thailand
circular window in a friend’s house
The Tuch Fabrik industrial museum, Luxembourg
St Mathias church, Budapest
Szechenyi baths mosaic ceiling, Budapest
hot air balloon in Cappadocia
icon in the icon museum, Girne, N. Cyprus
stained glass window at Chambercombe Manor, N. Devon
ferris wheel, Luxembourg
Su Mei Tse’s installation in the Mudam, Luxembourg
sharing with Sunday Stills
a modern take on an ancient stone circle at Campo del sole on Lake Trasimeno, Italy
the Harmonic Fields sonic installation in Dorset
animal sculpture in human pose (Luxembourg)
this hand sculpture in Ettelbruck (Luxembourg) gives me the creeps with all its little mouths
Do you like modern art? I’m not always a great fan but sometimes it surprises and delights me.
sharing with Ailsa and other travel themers
Hats in Luxembourg’s Street Art Animation festival
hat made out of a water lily leaf in Sri Lanka
girl making a “poem” hat in Hue, Vietnam. Called “poem” hats because when they are held up to the light you can see a picture in the hat
these very young boys and girls are about to undergo the initiation ceremony to become monks and nuns at Ananda Paya, Bagan, Myanmar
woman in tribal headgear, Myanmar
Sharing with other hat lovers and Ailsa
The question is not what you look at, but what you see - Thoreau 