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Weekly Photo Challenge: STREET LIFE

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If it’s Friday, it must be France …

La Vieille Ville-Nice

 

Yay! It’s another Daily Post weekly photo challenge. This is actually last week’s theme, but I couldn’t resist it for today’s post. Some weeks there just isn’t enough time to dive into my photo albums but, when there is, you know how I love to share my photos of France.  Come on along and check out some typical “Street Life” in a few of my favourite spots on the Côte d’Azur.

Part of the fun is checking out other photo blogs! 

http://beautyalongtheroad.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/a-slice-of-scottish-streetlife/

http://theurgetowander.com/2014/04/01/les-rues-de-paris/

http://mondasiregar.com/2014/04/01/weekly-photo-challenge-street-life/

http://williamsdavid.me/2014/04/01/weekly-photo-challenge-street-life-reflections-of/

http://quotidianhudsonriver.com/2014/03/28/3-28-14-weekly-travel-theme-street-life/

http://gideonquick.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/weekly-photo-challenge-street-life/

http://maulzxxx.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/indonesian-weekly-photo-challenge-street-life/

http://quotidianhudsonriver.com/2014/03/29/3-29-14-weekly-photo-challenge-street-life-a-water-view/

http://sherrimatthewsblog.com/2014/04/01/wpc-the-streets-of-old-city-dubrovnik-croatia/

http://rjbailey.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/weekly-photo-challenge-street-life-and-some-excitement/

Take some time to wander your neighbourhood streets to see what’s going on!

Bon weekend tout le monde!

 

Weekly Photo Challenge:REFLECTIONS

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It’s the most basic interpretation, but this challenge caused me to instantly recall a day wandering around charming Bruges: a reflection of reflections.

Bruges-PSandsPhotos
Bruges-PSandsPhotos

In Venice a few years ago, we rented an apartment for a week in a former palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal. I took almost 800 photos and long to return. It was heaven! Everywhere I looked, an image waited to be captured. Initially I was upset about the reflection of the other side of the street in this shot. The more I looked at it, the more I began to like the feeling it gave me of fusing the intriguing tradition of masks in magical Venice’s history with every day life. IMG_2375

If you have some time to enjoy other interpretations of “Reflections”, simply click here to see over 600 other photographers’ entries, many far more professional than mine. Better yet, look through your albums and join in!

Don’t forget you can see a larger image by clicking on the photo.

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspectives

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I’m just sliding in under the wire with this challenge from The Daily Post! The new one will be out in a day or two, but this was too much fun to miss! Here is my entry for “Perspectives”:

Tofino-PSandsPhotos
Tofino-PSandsPhotos

Sometimes, when you get very, very close to things, your perspective changes. Be sure to click on the photo to see a larger version.

Tofino-PSandsPhotos
Tofino-PSandsPhotos

Peeking into the tide pools on a beach at beautiful and wild Tofino, BC, offered hours of fascinating exploration. If you have never been there, add it to your wish list!

Pop on over to the photo challenge page to check out more entries. It’s worth the time!

Travel Theme: Sweet

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July has been busy! As a true Leo, I’ve loved every minute of all the action, sharing the good news, releases, reviews of other authors and friends as well as my own France Book Tour.

My special writing group, Her Books, pulled our resources together and published a FREE Book Club Picks sampler that features excerpts from some of our newest novels. If your book club is looking for suggestions, you can sample some of the work here first.

Then there was the fabulous RWA National Conference in Atlanta (see the effervescent Tameri Etherton’s equally fabulous post about it – she has photos!), followed by my own birthday celebrations last week ~ time with my family was the best gift of all!

Now it’s time to slow down, catch my breath and get comfy in my cosy writing den as my next book begins to take shape.

One thing that always grounds me is the good karma that wraps around me as I relive memories flipping through my photo albums. Today I’m responding to Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack Travel Theme “Sweet”.

The sweet window of my favourite patisserie in Antibes ~

Antibes-PSandsPhotos
Antibes-PSandsPhotos

A sweet local young cat adopted us for a week in a hilltop village in Italy ~

Gingolo/Sermonetta-PSandsPhotos
Gingolo/Sermonetta-PSandsPhotos

The sweetest thing of all … grandchildren …

The Adorables-PSandsPhotos
The Adorables-PSandsPhotos

To see more photos about “sweet”, pop on over to Ailsa’s blog. Just click here.

Here are a couple of my favourite sites with this theme: Ese’s Voice , Picture Perfect Memories For Life,

ShootnGo,  The Urge to Wander,  My Sardinian Life

What are some of the sweetest things in your life?