Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
Jude’s Garden Challenge has moved into a new month with a new theme, the essence of summer. ‘What does summer mean to you?’ she asks. A garden with water is the ideal, but without it, a view of water will do.
An exotic National Trust garden on a sunny, belated birthday, with a sea view like this is paradise.
and no, I don’t mean me, despite another birthday.
DECREPIT is another pick from Paula’s list, the one she didn’t think I’d do. She doesn’t know me very well yet, but I’m another blogger who likes images of decay. Visit Lost in Translation, to join in.
Anyone else struggling with the weekly photo challenge this week?
Pamukkale is a town in Western Turkey and its name means cotton castle. Part of the landscape looks like a large terrace of ice, but it is in fact a travertine terrace formed by mineral rich water cascading down a steep valley.
When I went, you could walk on the terraces, barefoot and at your own risk, because they were rather slippery. Now I believe you can only look from above, well done turkey for protecting this very unusual Unesco site. On a sunny day the surface looks turquoise, but here under a grey sky, and looking into the misty distance the landscape looks quite spare.
It’s Paula’s special Thursday and I’ve got the day right! Paula says that we all need light and glow in our lives, and she wants to see glowing images. I’ve picked this one from Barcelona last year, maybe I’ll get a better shot when I go back in September.
If you want to join Paula with a glowing image she would be delighted.
I’m posting for Paula, over at Lost inTranslation who says,
For this theme you are invited to translate the tactile quality of the surface of an object into an image, and to make it black and white.
I’ve chosen some texture from 2500 years ago, that’s getting more tactile as it ages.
Jithin at Photrablogger says that his challenge is to find the beauty in almost everything and that it helps you to see ordinary things in a different way. This is my entry this week.
I had to work out from dates where I took this photo. I know it was near Techiman, perhaps Baobeng Fiema in the Brong-Ahafo region. But I’ve never forgotten the joy on these children’s faces, jubilation even. 
They will be teenagers by now, I wonder how their lives have evolved.
Jubilant, adjective: showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant.
And any of my friends that want to play.
One of my favourite things as a child was to roly-poly down a grassy slope in the park, was it yours too? It isn’t actually that long since I last had a go. It was still fun, but would have been more comfortable if my plump places were distributed slightly differently. I’ll probably still do it again though.
Last year when my son and grandchildren had a go at Killerton Park, I took the photos instead.
There was definitely mischief in the air that day!
Paula wants to see your favourite park, large or small for her Thursday special.
Lucid Gypsy 