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On my way to watch morning practise in the riding school in Vienna, a dream coming true. I was chatting excitedly to my sister-in-law about how wonderful it was going to be, when suddenly I had a close encounter with one of the gorgeous Lipizzaner horses. I’m not sure who was the more surprised, but I think he was used to the adoration don’t you?

Weekly photo challenge – Summer

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This photo always makes me smile and says “Summer” to me.

I love being near to water and walking along the beach with the sun shining down is one of life’s simple pleasures for a life lived in the northern hemisphere, and more used to rainy than sunny days.

Unfocused – weekly photo challenge

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I don’t usually keep photos that turn out to be not what I expected, but rummaging around for something for the weekly photo challenge, which incidentally is a great place to meet new people, I came across these two shots.  The one of the flowers is a bit blurry round the edges and I’m not sure whether is counts as unfocused, the other is a view of Cairo from the Citadel and is certainly not the view I thought I was capturing.  Anyway, see what you think……

I’ve waited two years for this………..

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I love peonies.

I ordered a Peony Tree from a very reputable grower and planted it with great care almost two years ago. I watched as it grew and produced lots of lovely green leaves that danced in the summer breeze and withstood Autumn gales; waiting for the beautiful pink blooms to appear.

I waited and waited. I asked a professional gardener friend what I was doing wrong, “Don’t worry” he said, ” be patient and the flowers will come”.

I waited a little longer and finally, last week I looked out of the window and could see something pink where days before there had only been green and here it is, my first peony……..

Weekly photo challenge: Two subjects

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This photo was taken on holiday in Sicily. We stayed in Taormina a beautiful place, quite high up, with narrow, twisting roads providing stunning views at every turn. We had great views of Mount Etna from our hotel and each day I would try to get a better shot.  Late one afternoon, we strolled down to the pool area, the mountain seemed almost close enough to touch. This is the photo I took that day. The umbrellas by the pool became the main subject, with Etna looming in the background.

Arranged – weekly photo challenge

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Here’s my selection for this week –

Chairs – arranged just so…..

Mini strawberry flans….

A few lovely Japanese boxes…

A few more chairs….

My photos arranged here, for you to arrange to find….hope you like them

First Nations Art in the Museum of Anthropology Vancouver

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On our visit to Vancouver, we took a trip out of town to the Musuem of Anthropology on the University of BC Campus.  It isn’t on the normal tourist trail, but if you get the chance it is a place you must visit.

The staff were incredibly helpful and very knowledgeable; the site is very well set out and signposted.  All the exhibits are clearly detailed and there is so much to see that by the time I had reached the bottom of the ramp at the start of our visit, I had run out of adjectives!

These are some of the wonderful, clever, amazing and awe-inspiring things we saw there….

A collection at the bottom of the ramp

In the Koerner European Ceramics Gallery a tile stove from 1500-1600

and finally, in the Bill Reid Rotunda, my favourite “The Raven and the First Men”

 

The Raven and the First Men depicts human creation according to Haida legend and was commissioned by Walter and Marianne Koerner for the Museum. Bill Reid took two years to carve this amazing work from a giant block of laminated yellow cedar and it was dedicated on 1 April 1980.