Studio 365 is mobile again, tonight in Ottawa. The Canadian National War Memorial is always such a moving monument to visit but particularly so this afternoon as tomorrow is VE Day commemorating the end of the war in Europe on the 8th of May 1945. It was a beautiful warm evening here as the sun was setting and casting a golden glow across the historic capital city of this great country that is Canada. Here are some images for you to enjoy from my evening stroll.
No mountains, canyons, vistas or waterfalls today but instead the wonderful artistry of the women of the weaving cooperative in the village of Chinchero in the Sacred Valley of Peru where we visited on our trekking adventure to Machu Picchu in the summer of 2013.
In response to Krista’s question for this week’s Photo Challenge:
“What does the word “intricate” mean to you?”
So here we are home again after ten memorable days filled with sights and sounds that had all of our senses tingling with excitement and anticipation each day. The studio is as I left it as you can see, except for two treasured additions to the picture. Can you spot them?
For Day 117 I thought I would post a few of our favorite moments from the trip, and yours I might add, to enjoy one more time and reflect on how fortunate and privileged we have felt, particularly at a time when others across the world are struggling to cope with so much devastation around them. We live in such a beautiful and yet often so cruel a natural world.
Our welcome home sunset tonight reflected in the waters of English Bay.
When I published the first Monday Bouquet at the beginning of the year I wrote that my goal for 2014 would be “to post a bouquet, photographed or painted, each Monday throughout the year.” With the posting of yesterday’s Monday Bouquet, which is to be the last, I’m happy to say that my goal has been met.
I hope you enjoy the warmth and colour of today’s gallery of all the bouquets and perhaps find one that you might like to download to brighten your days in the year to come. If you do, let me know which one you choose. I certainly have my favourites now that I see them all together for the first time.My thanks to all of you for visiting this past year and commenting so warmly.
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year.
Photography 101, Weekend Four: Get out and Explore
Yesterday was one of those magical days in Vancouver. There was fresh snow on the ground and the air was crisp and cold with the sun shining from a blue, blue sky. Although I posted a farewell to Photography 101 with its a wrap, I did indeed “get out and explore” as Cheri had suggested, and with Ben’s convergence very much on my mind had an early morning walk along Kits beach as the sun began to rise.
A little later in the morning it was the turn of Spanish Banks where the tide was out.
It was one of those days that just doesn’t get much better.
LA Live comes alive at night.
For another series of nighttime LA Live photos see my previous post for Ailsa’s Weekly Travel Theme: Illuminated
Sailing up to the glacier’s edge in Glacier Bay, Alaska on the elegant SS Arcadia, proud member of the P & O fleet, sadly no longer with us.
Arcadia entered Glacier Bay on June 1st 1970 and was the largest ship ever to have sailed in these waters on this first Alaskan Cruise. Here is the entry in the diary I kept during that remarkable summer, a summer that still remains fresh in my memory:
“Monday 1st of June: The climax to the whole cruise – Glacier Bay. How to describe the beauty of this awe inspiring scene. We felt we had arrived at the end of the world. Nothing but these magnificent mountain peaks, the silence and us. Slowly we moved round the bay exploring its hidden most channels, gliding up to the glacial faces, blasting the ship’s horn in the hope that we might produce an icefall – with no result other than the echo reverberating about us for a full minute. We saw seals playfully swimming beside us. I think there was no one who wasn’t moved by the sight. The sheer unexplored natural beauty that surrounded us is something we shall never forget.”
For lovers of So You Think You Can Dance I took these photographs during the broadcast just over a week ago of the exquisite Jacque Le Warne dancing a pas de deux with allstar Chehon Wespi-Tschopp. They were choreographed by the brilliant Travis Wall and were dancing to the Adagio for TRON by Daft Punk. If you saw this magical performance, which was made even more magical by their silhouettes, I’m sure you will agree that it was sublime in every way; true Poetry in Motion….
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