Photo Challenges – Page 5 – Travels with Ali

Shades of White for August – CMMC

Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge – White or Off White

**On the steps of Gaia Lighthouse, Macau**

**From a bouquet of flowers** – **FOTD**

I used the Ribbet App to frame them in white, giving them more definition.

Picking Favourite Photos – Lens Artist Challenge

Sarah from Travelwithme has challenged us this week to show our three favourite photos. What a difficult challenge for everyone. It will test everyone’s ability to decide, and they must be three different genres as well. Here goes!

My first favourite would have to be my gorgeous two munchkins, Lachie and Rosie. Although this isn’t the best I’ve ever taken, it is one of my favourites. It is so natural and not one where they pose and say cheese. I asked Rosie to give Lachie a cuddle, she leant over and just rubbed her head again his shoulder making him scream with laughter. They are the best of friends.

**Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong**

A man watering his plants amongst the rubble of the surrounding dwellings.

I love the colour in this photo and also the way it shows this man creating something beautiful outside his small apartment. It doesn’t look very sturdy but he carries on oblivious to the danger!

I took this photo of Hong Kong Island sitting outside a cafe on Kowloon side. Showing the ship “Star Pisces” setting sail for one of its popular cruises. You can just make out The Peak in the background.

These are just some of my favourites over the years, not necessarily the best but the ones I feel have character in them.

Thanks Sarah for a very challenging challenge!

Shapes in Photos

The challenge for Friendly-Friday this week is a collaboration between Frank from Beach Walk Reflections and Amanda at Something to Ponder About, it’s all about finding shapes in photos. Looking through my galleries I’ve found a few.

**The Indian Ocean through a circular sculpture at Cottesloe Beach**

**Triangles and Circles in a waterwheel in Kokonoe, Japan**

**Arches under Golkonda Fort, Hyderabad**

🎨 Art and About in Subiaco, Western 🎨Australia

On a visit to Subiaco recently I saw there were some great new murals, so I went back the other day and did a walkabout and spotted a few more. I also took snapshots of sculptures which I’ve always admired.

The featured image is called “Sky’s Chorus” by Clare MacFarlane and shows a migrating flock of Carnaby Black Cockatoos.

From the same wall, quite difficult to get a shot of the whole wall down the alley.

**Subiaco was built on a Sunday** – **Artist: Melski McVee**

**The Boy on the Red Bike – Artist Evoca1**

God’s Chair aka
Arrive to Paradise – **Ayad Alqaragholli**

The artist’s statement for God’s Chair : God’s Seat…with an angel on each shoulder, decisions being made about who gets into paradise ..

**Artist – Robert Jenkins “Works for Walls Programme”**

I enjoyed my afternoon walk in Subiaco, reacquainting myself with this suburb. It was like a ghost town during covid plus the landlords decided to get greedy! Many places shut down, but on this Friday afternoon it was buzzing with weekend drinks starting early. I noticed too that the “Sip and Paint” bars are becoming very popular. Also called Canvas and Cabernet, where you paint a masterpiece with a brush in one hand and a drink in the other, sounds like such a fun experience.

My favourite mural here is “Boy on a Red Bike” – how about your’s?

Posted as part of PPAC by Marsha at Always Write.

The Faces of My Treasures

Two for one with these challenges! Cee has challenged us for black and white heads and facial features and Aletta has asked for our treasures for the Lens-Artist challenge.

It was hard to choose one topic for treasure as I have so many, but my two fur boys, Rufus and Zac, are my daily treasures. I treasure my time in the morning with them, drinking my coffee and doing Wordle, while they sit patiently on the couches waiting for their treats. They are very photogenic, but then again I am biased.

Changing Seasons – Joyful June

Each Month Brian from Bushboy’s World and Ju-Lyn over at Touring my Backyard host a challenge where bloggers around the world share their thoughts and feelings about the month just gone.

Many of you will have already have seen some of my posts about the first half of June which was spent in Malaysia and the drama that unfolded there! I’m glad to say my dear husband is well enough now to take up his household chores once again, phew!

Although it is officially winter in Perth we continue to have the most glorious sunny dry days. Good for the laundry but not so great for the garden. There aren’t that many flowers in bloom at the moment, although the Aloe Vera is looking stunning.

**This monster has been living in the corner for many months now and is definitely getting larger**

I have continued to play Bridge twice a week, I don’t seem to be improving in the slightest though, but practice makes perfect so they say! I have also gone back to playing Mahjong with some good friends and we catch up once a week for breakfast first and then a few games.

**Pull up a Seat**
**City Beach, Perth – our view from the cafe where we play Mahjong**

Our book club this month was held at a friend’s house who had chosen the book, where we were served the most delicious carrot cake and champagne. The book this month was “Naked” by Eliza Redgold about the story of Lady Godiva. We have been theming our bookclub meetings for a while, I’m not so sure I would feel comfortable rocking up naked on a horse to this one. We had a wonderful afternoon discussing the book amongst other things.

I had a night at the cinema with a couple of girlfriends where we saw “How to Please a Woman”, it was hilarious and but I think I laughed more at my friend who was actually snorting with laughter.

My cheeky cherub of a grandson turned four at the end of June and we visited him for cake and presents.

These two beautiful little people bring the most joy to my life and I love my day of looking after them both. Although I have to say it’s hard work taking them to the park, it’s like having two run away puppies, I have to have my wits about me.

A gallery of June

I hope everyone had a good June also. Now onto July and looking forward to more sunny days in Perth.

Some photos here for

Pull up a Seat
Weekend Sky
PPAC
Thursday Doors

💒 CFFC – Churches, Cathedrals and Temples 💒

This week Cee has chosen City structures for the fun photo challenge. Mine are churches, cathedrals and temples from around the world.

**Silver Pagoda, Buddhist Temple, Phnom Penh, Cambodia**

**St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, USA**

**St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hanoi, Vietnam**

All of these structures are hundreds of years old and I often look and wonder at the sheer size of these buildings. How did builders manage without all the modern equipment we now have and just think about the fact that most of these structures are still standing.

Thanks Cee for another great challenge and the chance for me to showcase some photos from my archives.

Graveyard of Trees on the Beach

While we were at the Tanjung Rhu we took a walk along the deserted beach. In the distance I could see what looked like sculptures. When we got closer I could see they were massive tree roots. They were so intriguing I took a few photos. I like the way they had been left to their own devices creating natural sculptures.