Weekly Photo Challenge

Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument

April 12, 2014Uncategorized, Weekly Photo ChallengeBattle of Vimy Ridge, First World War, monument, photography, postaday, Rememberance, Vimy, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 9 comments

The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France

The monument is dedicated to the memory of the members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force killed during the First World War. It was designed by Walter Allward and took eleven years to build. It was unveiled in 1936 and following an extensive restoration rededicated by Her Majesty the Queen on 9 April 2007 during a ceremony to commemorate the battle’s 90th anniversary.

Today marks the 97th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place from 9 to 12 April, 1917. Those of you who follow my blog will have seen my post this week commemorating the Battle and where you will find links to previous posts of mine containing more images and a video from the Vimy Memorial site.

The threshold of Machu Picchu’s Royal Tomb

Market Day in Beaune the capital of Burgundy Wine country in France

Happy First Day of April!

Back from an afternoon walk down our street, which is alive with blossoms, I couldn’t resist just one more submission to “Street Life”. It’s too beautiful not to share. I hope you agree.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life – Revisiting Vancouver 2010

March 31, 2014Uncategorized, Weekly Photo ChallengePhoto Essay, photography, postaday, Sarah McLachlan, Street Life, Vancouver 2010, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 4 comments

…As promised, more of the colorful street life in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, from Sarah McLachlan carrying the Olympic Torch, to street hockey, to drumming on the newspaper boxes, to waiting for the lights to change, and always thousands in the streets celebrating day and night. Enjoy the ride!

Vancouver 2010.

Street Life during the Winter Olympics was never more exciting with more to come!

A minor blogging celebration this week with over 200 fellow bloggers now following thechangingpalette. By way of a thankyou to you all I thought I would re-post, as a final submission to this weeks Weekly Photo Challenge, my most favored photo since I started blogging last May. It was taken early one summer’s evening from the Youth Hostel in Cortona, Italy and shows the bells of the Chiesa del Torreone reflected in our bedroom window with Lake Trasimeno seen shimmering in the distance; a moment of pure magic.

This is also a moment to reflect on all the encouragement, support and inspiration that is to be found in the blogosphere and to which you all contribute in your own brilliant and unique ways. Thanks again for making this journey such an enjoyable and enriching one.

One of the great memories and pleasures of visiting Siena is sitting in the afternoon sunshine on the warm stone of the Piazza del Campo enjoying the view of the magnificent Palazzo Pubblico reflected here in my wife’s sunglasses.

To learn more about Siena visit Magdalena’s wonderful site Just Visit Siena.