Travel – 50 Shades of Gray Hair

In the blink of an eye…

Last post was a week until…
This post is a week gone since…
In the blink of an eye it’s over
*
Last post I showed you where…
This post I’m showing you why…
In the click of a button it’s forever

1.) Human Fun & Games

(Hover over photo or click on it for captions)

His and Hers

2.) Nature Au Naturale

**“Will ya looky there Junior…them’s called bipeds. If’n it t’were huntin’ season, I’d show ya how to cook ’em real good in lots o’butter!”**

**“Hey Ground Walker! Can’t you read?? You can’t park here! Just look at ’em Ralph…think they own the joint!’**

**“Good grief, can’t fly ANYWHERE around you bitches!”**

**“That ain’t no jet kids…that’s your cousin George”**

**“Jeez Louise…can’t a fella visit his relatives?”**

**“Hey Georgie…you can come visit me. I’m free as a bird tonight. Dinner?”**

**“Whassat? Let me just clean my ears, thought you invited me to dinner.”**

**“Well, alrighty then! I’ll just hop, skip, and a….**

**“Really? He’s this desperate? I’m BAIT not dinner! The bird brain!!”**

**“I don’t get the whole beach thing Dorrie, do you?”**

**“No, me either Handsome. Why hang out in all that sandy muck when you can lounge around with me surrounded by all this love stuff?”**

**“Gee, I wonder if he’s noticed I’ve picked out the wedding bouquets? Oh Handsooooome? Wanna play Peek a Love-Dove?”**

**“Handsome? Handsome? Hmmmm, I guess he noticed…that CHICKEN!”**

3.) Art…Is Where You Feel It

(click on a circle for captions)

Fa Dayz

The Serenade

Dune Seating

Local art by Man

Lone Daff

It doesn’t just collect dust!

Doo Dads

Art of a different hue

Whatchamacallits

Plucked from the OK Coral

It tries

A Tree with a Yeow

Lap of Lux

Local art by Arachnid

The famous Yellow Rope Fish

Sea for Two

Lost in the Sand

The Shell Game

I’ll leave the light on for ya

Sharp Dresser

Sun Kissed

Picnic Poles

Hammock Prone

Sea for Two

Pole Dancing

Center Stage

Could he – Wood he?

Shellmates

50 Shades of Grey

Crabby

Brushed Off

I don’t give a Twig

Mission Scrubbed

Stark Contrast

Like I said…Art is where you feel it

*
Thanks for coming along…I do hope you enjoyed.

Next time it’s sand and surf, then worshiping the heavens

🙂

One week from today…

Wanna join me?

Schooled

I spy with my beady eyes something on the beach

But what I spy I cannot lie is not something to eat!

What is this crap you’ve left behind on this beach I come for dinner?

If I did that to you humans FAT you’d soon be a whole lot thinner!

Nasty things…

… you human beings

Yeah I said that out loud

You’re selfish leeches, who ruin our beaches, instead of feeling proud!

Now I spy with my beady eyes something that belongs

And if in fact it’s still intact I’ll eat it all day long

And when it’s gone I’ll move along and leave my trash behind

The difference being what you are seeing is what you want to find!

So HU-MAN next time you pan my table for your treasure

Just bear in mind that trash you find brings years of joy and pleasure!

As a guest you are a pest and if you keep this up

I will fly high in the sky and aim right for your cup!

So be like me and leave the sea and beaches free of litter

For if not I’ll take my shot…

…and trust me I don’t shit glitter!

Peter Piper Pix…

Apologies to my FB friends as you’ve already seen these…but I thought my WP friends would enjoy a bit of a beach break too!

Peter Piper Patrols

Peter Piper Patrols

Peter Piper Peers Potential Pickins' — **Peter Piper Peers Potential Pickins’**

I’ve been framed!

This week, Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack fame, gave the theme FRAME for her Travel Theme Photo Challenge.

I like this theme because even interesting or good photos can be elevated to something a bit more special in how they are framed.

Let’s see if I have proven this point somewhat…

Reflections – I could have stuck to just taking photos of the stained glass windows and stone work at Canterbury Cathedral, like most people do. But I thought seeing them in the reflecting font was so much more interesting.

This house is interesting enough on its own to be sure, but I loved seeing it reflected in the puddle in the road. It added just enough to make it ‘more’.

There’s more to windows than just seeing out of them too…when used as mirrors to frame something interesting…it can be quite wonderful.

I can’t say I would always advise looking backwards as a way to move on in life, but in photography…why not?

Man-made structures can be a fun subject matter when you find them framed this way. Makes one wonder if the architects were in cahoots with Mother Nature doesn’t it?

And of course, in grand old cities, there always seem to be the old framed by the new, which of coure, makes for another type of frame job!

There is nothing like catching beautiful creatures of land and air, framed in their natural environments is there?

I especially love when I can catch the moon, in daytime or night, framed softly by something earthbound. Definitely one of my favorite framing jobs!

To say nature is a wonder is an understatement. It’s so much more than that. Ever changing, season in a and season out, always there for any who wish to see. Whether naked or adorned by something man-made; it’s nature’s frame that is the star.

Cheers 🙂

One Word Photo Challenge: Winter

426775_3085336863263_911556598_n[1] — Night time cherry tree – Massachusetts

538123_10200540609828605_1316359688_n[1] — Ice flow off the mountain – Vermont

the-last-summer — The final descent – Vermont

King of the Mountain - Alaska — King of the Mountain – Alaska

I guess you could say I love winter and I’m glad it’s almost here

Cheers 🙂

Me…from down under

Is it possible that I’m a dreamer?
Do I spend too much time with my head in the clouds?
Or my nose in the air?
Or my eyes on the sky?

Maybe, just maybe.

Because when I was getting photos together for Ailsa’s Travel Theme Challenge theme BELOW, I realized how much time I spend looking up and how lucky I am I haven’t fallen over and broken my nose!

But then again, perhaps it’s not so much dreaming [though that’s okay] as what I like to think of as paying attention, seeing the whole picture, taking stock in everyday life, seeing beauty in the ordinary…

Right?

Oh alright. I’m a dreamer then and damned proud of it!

So let’s see what a dreamer with her head in the clouds, nose in the air, eyes on the skies, is all dreamy about then.

And if you are a dreamer too…would you see what she sees when the lens go vertical?

The Tate Museum in London from an ant’s perspective:

A Lloyd Wright design as seem from this lowly architecture lover on the ground:

Reflections are just reflections until they become art. Can you see the cranes? Construction never looked so good!:

It would be shameful it no one paid attention to the details of something as innocuous as ceilings…but when they look like this, it would be a crime!:

Bridges are a favorite of mine, and the Tobin in Boston is no exception. This, however, was taken on the fly and yes (shhh) I was driving! Thank goodness for sun roofs 🙂 Oh, and thank you God that I’m still here (dumb, I know):

Street light art? If you’re in London, the answer is a resounding YES!:

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a bird, it’s a ….yup, like that:

It’s a religious experience!:

Clouds are the ultimate source for wonder and awe from below:

Ever the Patriot:

Goodnight Moon:

Cheers everyone up there…from me, down below 🙂

I Believe in Signs!

TRAVEL THEME: LETTERS

Alisa at Where’s my backpack has a travel photo challenge, and as this appears to be my new hobby (challenges), I thought I’d jump into this one.

When I first saw the theme, I thought of letters. You know, snail mail letters, like this one I received from one of the busiest blogger/vloggers I know! My friend Paula Acton in the UK. She even wax sealed it for me like the blogging Queen she is!

But on seeing the entries, I realize most are of letters.

Words. Letters. You know, like the alphabet.

And boy, do I have those!!!

So many in face, I think I’ll collage them to save space and you from becoming insanely bored! 🙂

1.) The world of words being a New England (and the Bal’more O’s of course) sports fan

2.) The words of the places I love to eat, drink, and be ~~mary~~ (oops) merry

3.) Advertising is all about letters making words that drive us to WANT, NEED, CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT! And I saw a story in this group…can you? (Not to worry…all in fun. I LOVE ooze and wine!)

4.) Famous words that drew me to interesting places while in London

5.) And lastly (I know what you’re thinking…phew right?) But, lastly some local favs

These letters may not be the same as writing or receiving a letter…but as letters go…these’ll do nicely!

Cheers 🙂

SOMEONE has to be the Grownup!

This is where they’ll be this time tomorrow…

Would YOU say no?

No, didn’t think so.

Headed to one of my favorite places so Mom can spend time with the ‘girls’…friends of a certain age who haven’t ‘laughed like they used to’ for more than 20 years…think they’ll have fun?

Yeah…me too.

Hopefully I’ll come back with stories to tell and photos to share…along with a sunburn.

Outer Banks…the Mother Duck’rs are coming…you ready?

The joy of discovering the cure for MINIpause…

When we last spoke about Mini Me’s Misadventurous adventure…the Misogynistic Mini Mechanics had replaced her engine and assorted internal organs, but left her night-blind in one eye because I wouldn’t pay them $79 bucks to change her bulb.

That aside, Mini and I had a bit of a Me to Mini convo, where I told her I was taking her into a Mini-Mechanic Free Zone so she better be on her best behavior.

If not…I was abosofrigginlutely ready to take her into the woods and introduce her Bonnet to her Boot, if you catch my drift.

She apparently didn’t want her face to meet her arse because we made it home in one piece and in time for supper.

That was Saturday.

Do you know where she was on Tuesday?

Yup.

Back in the shop.

It seems, the poor dear was low on oxygen and needed a new sensor.
(O2 Sensor…get it?)

Anyway…

$405 bucks later, she was breathing freely again, which is good, cause I had a special day planned for that Mini-~~bitch~~.

You’ll remember the little convo she and I had before we left the dealership?

Well…

So, it is now official…I’ve had my last Mini-break

I. Am. Now…

Post-MINI-pausal!

I’d like to introduce you to my new friend…

∗This gal has stars in her eyes∗

Let’s see how we get along…’cause I’ve already warned her…

I know a place in the woods…
😉