This Sunday’s word is Arches hosted by Debbie from Travel with Intent. Starting with a quote I found on Pinterest, a line from a conversation with Kublai Khan.
One Word Sunday – Arches
Category: Challenges
Old Buildings around the World
The featured image is the old salt mine in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands
This week’s challenge from CFFC are photos of old buildings, barns, sheds and houses. Here’s mine! I really look forward to Cee’s different challenges. Taking photos of old buildings is something I really enjoy and now I get a chance to show them off.
On one of our trips across the Nullabor from West to East. The old Nullabor Roadhouse.
Somebody’s “sanctuary” in Denmark, Western Australia
Turfed roof farmhouse in Iceland
An old Spanish granary raised on wooden stilts in Ribadesella, Spain
Beautiful green tiled house on the esplanade in Ribadesella, Spain. Built by a returning Spanish merchant from Cuba after he had made his fortune.
I love this quote I found on Pinterest!
All you need is a Passport – Six Word Saturday
At the moment my passport is just gathering dust along with thousands of others I imagine. By the time I get to use it again it may well have expired. So I have dug deep into the archives of my gallery once more and posted a few of times gone by!
From a cruise we took from Singapore back to Perth with a few detours, missed ports, two deaths and long days at sea due to norovirus and pneumonia amongst passengers!
It’s very unlikely we will take another cruise for many years if at all! Given the bad news surrounding cruises at the moment. So I’m so happy that we have been on two cruises during our travels.
Posted as part of Six Word Saturday. Thanks to Debbie for hosting!
Thursday Doors – Doors from around the World – 13 August 2020
Doors from the archives for Norm’s Thursday Doors
From Leigh on Sea, Essex 
Door to the oldest medieval building in Porto, Portugal 
Brightly coloured beach huts on Brighton Beach, Melbourne 
Door to Guia Lighthouse, Macau 
Door on the side of the Ladies Toilets! in a winery in the Perth Hills
I have so many doors it’s hard to know what to post! This is a great challenge, thanks Norm.
A Cloudy Perspective for Wordless Wednesday
A view of cirrocumulus clouds
Posted as part of Square Perspectives and #Wordless-Wednesday
Sunset on the Sunset Coast 🌅
Just minutes to spare before the sun disappeared completely. The sky then changes colour rapidly from a golden orange to a burnt orange.
We were out for dinner last night and I managed to catch this amazing sunset as I stepped out of the car and then around 20 minutes later another one from the restaurant.
Fisherman catching the evening’s dinner and cargo ships waiting to dock at Fremantle Harbour.
Posted as part of Becky’s Square Perspectives.
Some of my other posts below of Perth, WA
A Gem in Perth, Kings Park
As I live in this beautiful city of Perth I thought it was about time to do a post on Kings Park. It’s great for a short stroll or a longer walk, a picnic or a play with your kids. There are a few cafes and restaurants there where you can eat and enjoy the fantastic…
Life through a “Rose Tinted Glass”
My photo for today’s Square Perspectives hosted by The Life of B
This was taken when we were on a three island boat trip in Croatia. This island is Lopud. One day I would definitely like to go back and stay so much longer than an hour or two.
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Square Perspectives from a geometrical point!
My Square of the Day for Square Perspectives hosted by Becky from The Life of B is a photo of The Montcalm Signature Tower in Shoreditch, London. The Hotel M by Montcalm is situated in this building. The architecture is amazing and it looks like it has been squashed between the adjacent buildings.
Squares, Rectangles and Triangles!
Square Perspectives and Flower of the Day
My Challenges for today!
Two in one again! Square Perspectives from The Life of B by Becky and FOTD by Cee.
Two photos from my garden around a week apart.
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This Aloe Vera grows more profusely every year. It needs hardly any care and sits in an almost overturned tub! It is amazing to see it blossom.
An evergreen perennial, it originates from the Arabian Peninsula, but grows wild in tropical, semi-tropical, and arid climates around the world. It is cultivated for agricultural and medicinal uses. Source: Wikipedia
I’m not sure why it grows so well here in Perth, WA in our very dry hot climate.
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Sculpture Saturday from a reflective perspective
Incorporated in today’s post is a double challenge: Sculptures and Perspectives. Sculpture Saturday hosted by Mind over Memory and July Perspectives hosted by The Life of B
This is from Sculptures by the Sea in Cottesloe. An annual event where sculptors enter their exhibit. Some are put together at the beach over several days. It’s a great free event that lasts two weeks.
On the left you can see me and my parents having a bit of fun with this mirrored sculpture. The name of the sculptor is Silvia Tuccimei.
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone else’s posts from these challenges.
Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine! 😎
