Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
I’ve just spent a week in Sicily and as you can imagine I have lots of photos to share. Where to begin? I thought I would post some shots of the flowers and plants, they are lovely and some, like the soapwort, are brave little things bursting their way through the soil that is always recovering from Etna’s eruptions. Click on any one to see a larger image.
Cheri says ‘Sometimes, we long for the past: for moments we want to remember or recapture. The good times. The golden years. Or perhaps we’re homesick, or longing for something — or someone — that might have been.’
Here are my entries
I wonder if he is nostalgic about travelling back in time.
Boats like this always make me feel nostalgic, I wonder what she was like in her heyday.
An old soldier shares stories with his grandchild at Gallipoli.
Do you have something nostalgic to share?http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/nostalgic/
Sonel asks that we post a photo of a bridge for her black and white challenge this week. I’ve just got back from Sicily where I saw this one above the Roman Naumachies, or gymnasium in Taormina.
You can join in at http://sonelcorner.wordpress.com/black-and-white-photo-challenge/
Thank you all for your lovely visits while I’ve been away, hope to catch up soon!
Ailsa wanted ripples, Dido and Daisy are bringing you ripples! Desperate to cool down, they flopped into this muddy puddle on Dartmoor one day.
Don’t worry they had fresh drinking water!
Join in here, http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/06/21/travel-theme-ripples/
‘A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road,
for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. There are many different designs that all serve unique purposes
and apply to different situations. Designs of bridges vary depending on the function of the bridge,
the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed and anchored, the material used to make it,
and the funds available to build.’ says Jake.
My bridge has been around a very long time. It may be small but must have kept an awful lot of feet dry so was well worth the enormous effort involved in creating it from a slab of granite. 
Jake’s post with his clever animations can be found here http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/sunday-post-bridge/
Cheri Lucas Rowlands says,
‘The World Through Your Eyes. Earlier this week, photographer Ming Thein gave us an overview of the fundamentals of photography and talked about observing your subject or scene and what’s needed to create a good photograph. We see many excellent shots out there in which a photographer’s intent is clear: where he or she leads us to the photo’s subject or main focus — using light, composition, and other criteria — and is able to convey what they see in their mind at the moment of capture.
It’s that little extra something in a snapshot that transforms a photograph into something more: a visual interpretation of one’s vision. A story, captured in a frame. It’s that special skill that Ming mentioned — the photographer’s eye.’
This is my interpretation. My eyes see art, do yours?
My eyes see the built environment at it’s best, do yours?
My eyes see the natural environment – with some ancient dry stone walls
My eyes see people
My eyes see wildlife
Show us the world through your eyes this week at
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/world-through-your-eyes/
Our British weather has been predictably unpredictable so far this ‘summer’, so when there is a sudden burst of heat it has to be grabbed with both hands. An after work trip to the coast was called for yesterday, with fish and chips from Crispys, Exmouth’s finest, a walk on the beach and the first Pimms of the season on the balcony at the Grove. Top this off with a stunning sunset at Topsham and todays return to rain didn’t seem quite so terrible.
In Wickham and Titchfield Haven, and taken with my android.
I popped to the beach ahead of the crowd this morning, just to see if it was peaceful there. What do you think?
This is for Ailsa’ travel theme,visit her here http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/06/07/travel-theme-peaceful/
Lucid Gypsy 