We haven't participated in a weekly photo challenge in a while but this topic was intriguing. We don't do a lot of street scenes because we aren't very good at getting them (we're looking for our cameras and the whole thing is already over) and we're more likely to be in settings such as beaches, deserts, glaciers and gardens that don't have street life. But in thinking about … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details
These weekly photo "challenges" are generally a fairly easy way to generate a post. But this week the theme generated ideas for selecting pictures but not much for generating prose. Mulling this existential conundrum (not that it's really either) on a flight from Pittsburgh to Boston this afternoon helped Blonde gain some insight into the difficulty of the assignment. Neither … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
This week's photo challenge was, well, challenging! How often is something truly unique? If you're pondering that question from either a scientific or intellectual viewpoint then you're reading the wrong blog. We were just trying to think of something clever to say about a photo and didn't want to enter a picture of a flower or something else lame (the way we usually do). So … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Delicate
Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal
Outside of Chaing Mai in Thailand Blonde was observing this tender scene of a mother elephant and her nursing baby. At the conclusion of the feeding the mother put her trunk down into a mud puddle, filled it and enthusiastically snorted a mud/snot waterfall all over Blonde. Apparently the mother wasn't pleased by the presence of Blonde observing this heartwarming scene. It … [Read more...]