It is one of life’s major moments and nowhere is it celebrated better than in Europe. Imagine a beautiful bride in a stunning wedding gown with a handsome groom on her arm exiting a historic church. This photograph was taken in Prague’s historic quarter but we other similar scenes from Sicily to the Balkans, ParisContinue reading “Todays Image • A Prague Wedding”
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Todays Image • The Hindu God Of Graffiti
Street art in the Azores is amazing. It’s fun, thoughtful, beautiful, political and literally everywhere, but it’s more street art than thoughtless graffiti. The image featured here was on a doorway near downtown Ponta Delgada and it seemed obvious that this was the Hindu god of graffiti. Ugly defacing graffiti is a growing blight inContinue reading “Todays Image • The Hindu God Of Graffiti”
Todays Images • Monuments In The District Of Columbia
There are three major monuments (memorials) in Washington D.C. honoring past Presidents; the Washington, the Lincoln and the Jefferson, The Jefferson Memorial, in my mind occupies the best location. While the needle of the Washington Monument dominates the city’s skyline and the Lincoln Memorial sits at the end of a great reflecting pond, it’s JeffersonContinue reading “Todays Images • Monuments In The District Of Columbia”
Image Of The Day • Washing Hands
Rather than playing with the water this young man is intent on washing his hands. This was in the town square in historic Visby, Gotland Sweden. It seems that the Swedes have a fondness for running water in preference to spraying water in fountains. We’ve visited a number of cities in Sweden and almost everContinue reading “Image Of The Day • Washing Hands”
Image Of The Day • In A Halifax Pub
It is not unusual to see Scots in Halifax in traditional dress. Scots represent a significant percentage of the population (over 30% have Scottish ancestry) and there are numerous social groups and events. Starting in 1768, the North British Society (also known as “The Scots”) was the oldest Scottish heritage society outside of Great Britain,Continue reading “Image Of The Day • In A Halifax Pub”
Image Of The Day • Window Shopping?
Walking down a street near the Sorbonne we passed a gallery where a woman was looking in the window. Somehow I didn’t take her as an art lover but I’m often wrong. C’est la vie… Sometimes an image just screams “grab me”. Such was the case as we strolled near a Paris college one afternoonContinue reading “Image Of The Day • Window Shopping?”