Sunday Snapshot

Winter afternoon. 

It's cold but there are still kids playing on the shore, and people kayaking.

"I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, 

they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime." 

~Will Rogers

More rough stuff

Some more shots which fit the rough theme at Thematic Photographic. I took these late this afternoon while walking the dog in the area of native bush up at school; they're a few of the things I saw looking down at the forest floor:

It's Rough when....

.... the cliff's too rough to climb!

This seal looked as if he was contemplating how on earth he was going to get up the cliff. 

I took this several years ago on the rugged coast down south of New Zealand.

Posted for Thematic Photographic's "Rough" theme, over at Written Inc.

Sunday Snapshot

This man reads the paper near the Library in a small town neighbouring the one I live in. 

His dog waits patiently for his attention.

The sculpture has a lovely restful air. Many times I have seen people sitting close beside 

him to have a photo taken - he never seems to mind their presumption,
but continues to look calmly across the street.

Trawling for Red: Thematic Photographic 156

People have been posting some great RED shots in answer to this week's challenge over at Written Inc.

I don't have any fantastic red sunsets, but I found a few red pics in a quick sweep through my albums.

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At the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations in Ankara, Turkey, I took this lovely bronze artifact. It was used by Hittite priests and symbolises the universe, and it is dated from 2100 B.C.

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Four shots from this year's trip to Italy: 

poppies growing at an arborio rice farm

 a red lighthouse spotted from the ferry trip  along the Ligurian coast

and one of the beautiful beasts at the Ferrarri Museum at Parma

 This little red Fiat parked along the road from the Museum didn't match the Ferrarri, but

it's cute! One of these was my first car ever.

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Finally, back home in New Zealand: a beautiful  bloom from the native Pohutukawa tree, growing in my own backyard

Sunday Snapshot

 While I was looking for photos for Thematic Photographic's BIG theme this week, I came across these photos of the 'Trojan Horse', taken when I visited Troy, in Turkey, last year. 

Before you visit Troy, the guidebooks warn that there "isn't much to see". Archaeologists have found evidence of 9 different civilisations, the first dating from 3000 BC and the last from about 200 AD. But there are no pillars or columns, no temples or statues to be seen. I didn't mind that one bit - I loved the peaceful grassy mounds and the stone remains of walls that are visible.

However there is this rather kitschy-looking wooden horse, which is supposed to be symbolic of the wooden horse which Odysseus had built to trick his way into the city.  You can go inside and climb up to look out of the square 'windows' and out of the horse's eyes, which of course I did.

 

Have a lovely Sunday!

"Always carry a frying pan by its handle" ~ Catalan proverb.

Thematic Photographic: BIG

This week's theme is 'Big' - people have been posting some GREAT BIG PHOTOS !
Head over to Carmi at Written Inc if you're interested in finding out about this non-competition for people who like taking photos.

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I'm going to limit myself to 3 shots this week. Click on the picture to make it BIGGER !

The Roman aqueduct near Aspendos. Those Romans sure thought big:

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Barcelona, inside the Cathedral of the Sagrada Familia. I love the way the sunlight has turned
the column yellow and blue:

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Finally some BIG people at my favourite place for hanging around and filling in time between flights: Singapore's Changi Airport