Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
December 05, 2018

Week 49 - Vision: Look Back

December 5, 2018 (339/365)

[We need to look back to see how far we've come. If you were Captain Ahab, which skill/week would be your whale? Post a comparison.] 

When I look back on this year's #Dogwood52 Challenge, I think my two weakest weeks were Week 2 - Composition: Color Harmony (since there isn't much color in Wisconsin in January and because I'm not a fan of saturated color in my images) and Week 6 - Alternating Rhythms (I love the photo of Piper running through the fresh snow and the shadows cast by the bare trees, but I don't think that this picture really met the challenge). So I looked way back to this photo taken on trip to San Sebastián/Donostia, Spain. I love the symmetry and and the colors of this building in Constitución Plaza. The grey and yellow are opposites on the color wheel and thus fulfill Week 2's challenge, while the repetition of numbered windows, open and closed shutters, and wrought iron railings against the white washed walls creates a pleasing alternating rhythm...Though, if I'm honest, I really chose this photo because it reminds me of an Advent calendar. #dogwoodweek49
November 03, 2018

Je reviens...


November 3, 2018 (307/365)

"America is my country and Paris is my hometown." - Gertrude Stein

Yep, I just booked a flight -- Paris in February encore une fois!
September 21, 2018

French Friday: Avignon

le 21 septembre 2018 (264/365)

« Sur le Pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse, l'on y danse; Sur le Pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse tous en rond... »

Pont St. Bénézet aka Le Pont d'Avignon - Begun c.1234 AD and abandoned in 1644, spans half-way across the Rhone River
L'Hôtel de Ville - Avignon
Le Palais des Papes - the seat of Western Christianity during the 14th century papal schism. 

September 04, 2018

On the Horizon

September 4, 2018 (247/365)

"You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose." ~ Dr. Seuss

La Rentrée -- "the reentry" -- I love this French expression for back-to-school. As much as I relish summer's languid pace, September makes me eager for change. As Jordan Baker told Daisy Buchanan, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” (F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby). It's hot and humid today, but soon, we'll be enjoying cooler weather, cozy sweaters, fires in the fireplace, hot cider, football games, and the beautiful fall colors. School starts today, and even though I never really left this summer, I am ready for The Reentry. As I begin my 25th year in the Pewaukee School District and I am excited to discover what's on the horizon.
August 03, 2018

French Friday: Aix-en-Provence

 le 3 août 2018 (215/365)

« Il ne s'agit pas seulement de regarder...mais aussi de ressentir. » ~ Paul Cézanne, peintre aixois

Hôtel de Ville
Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur 
Cours Mirabeau
la Sainte-Victoire
Atelier de Cézanne
Les amis qui me manquent beaucoup!

June 15, 2018

French Friday: Monaco

le 15 juin 2018 (166/365)

« Tout le monde semble vivre plutôt bien à Monaco. » ~ Roger Moore


May 11, 2018

French Friday: Versailles


le 11 mai 2018 (131/365)

« Tout ceci est ridicule! » « Tout ceci, Madame, c’est Versailles. » ~ Marie Antoinette, le film