I don’t know what it’s with Porto that makes me want to return before I have left – one thing is for sure it’s NOT the hilly streets. Especially R. de Mouzinho da Silveira that goes from Infante to Porto São … Continue reading
So I’m back home after 5 fantastic days in Porto and 24 hours at Costa Nova …. and the memory card is full of images. It became a long journey home yesterday … because both my flights were delayed and … Continue reading
You can’t buy happiness but you can photograph people and that’s the same thing. Unknown “We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!” Theodore Roosevelt “There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags … Continue reading
“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” Roger MillerIt’s RAINING and it has gone wetter by the hour, but it hasn’t stopped Oscar and me from having fun. I had to buy an umbrella for 3.00€ … … Continue reading
“The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” Ansel Adams “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis The ceiling at the … Continue reading
What household chore do you absolutely enjoy doing? To be honest – NONE!!!!!! Create a sentence with the words “neon green” and train”# The passengers were surprised when train conductor was wearing a neon green T-shirt to his uniform. Other than … Continue reading
… and their friends. But no cygnets yet. Today was my last chance to get a picture of the cute cygnets … before my take off to Porto. But nothing has happened yet. She is still brooding. I got a chance to … Continue reading
“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” Ernest Hemingway https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/liquid/
It’s a good while since I participated in this challenge! A brilliant challenge, but I have a tendency to forget about it. But here I’m!!!! If you were given $22 million tax-free dollars (any currency), what is the first … Continue reading
My place in the world has been on the ocean … and by the sea. In my book there is only one ocean, it has been given different names depending on where it docks. (The Bosphorus strait, Istanbul – May … Continue reading
“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” David Alan Harvey “Taking pictures is like tiptoeing into the kitchen late at night and stealing Oreo cookies.” Diane Arbus Claudia@HappyFace313, Albertina Museum – Vienna, November 2015 “Essentially what … Continue reading
for the cygnets!!! Last year something happened to “my” swan pair … the male was gone for months, she was nesting, but nothing came out of it. I don’t know where the male was???!!! Maybe he was injured or something, he … Continue reading
The room is 80 meters long. And there they are 45 clowns in colorful costumes. Some sit and lean against the walls, others lie scattered over the floor as though they were resting. It is the artist Ugo Rondinone who … Continue reading
“Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.” Carlos Santana Unlikely to be a safe luggage chart, especially for the cars! Landskrona, Sweden – May 2012 https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/unlikely/
“Photography is a love affair with life.” Burk Uzzle “When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top” German Proverb Village steps, Weißenkirchen in der Wachau/Austria – April 2018 “We are all on the stairs, my friend; some of … Continue reading
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