Tag Archives: ocean
Weekly Photo Challenge – Future
When I was thinking about the future for this week’s challenge, for some odd reason I thought of the saying ‘when my ship comes in’. If your ship has come in, it means something very good has happened to you. I believe it’s origin is based on an old sea merchant term, when you used to pay
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Minimalist
This weeks Photo Challenge is – a minimalist photo can also effectively tell a story, in spite of its relative simplicity, and it is anything but “plain”. This photo was taken in Instow, a small village in Devon. There were many boats sitting on the sand waiting for the tide to come in, but this
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Perspective
What a great challenge this week… perspective. The beauty of photography is being able to capture and create different perspectives of the world; to show things in a different light. The above is not a great work of art, or photography for that matter (smiling), but it demonstrates how you could mistake this photo for
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Travel Theme (Through)
While traveling around the English countryside this summer I took this photo of the trees creating a ‘porthole’ in the road. While we couldn’t see around the corner, we could get a glimpse of what was ahead, through the trees. I do realize this looks more like a path than a road, but there are many
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Weekly Photo Challenge – Sea
What does the sea mean to me? Well first and foremost I find being near the sea relaxing and inspirational, however, I also find it intimidating. The pure expanse and depth of the ocean with its underwater inhabitants and potential for huge roaring waves, make it as frightening as it is wonderful; to me anyway. I enjoy
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Sunset on Newquay Bay
I have just got back from a wonderful two-week vacation in England where I was visiting my parents. It was six years ago when I saw them last, when they visited Canada, so I thought it was about time. We spent a few days touring Cornwall and Devon as I was craving the smell of sea air and even though the
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Shade On The Beach
This photo was taken on the beach at Varadero, Cuba. It was an exceptionally hot day as we went in August, so if you weren’t in the water, you needed to be in the shade. It was a beautiful beach and if you look in the background you will see the beach bar hiding in the bushes.
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HOTEL RIU VARADERO – Varadero, Cuba
My daughter and I went to Varadero in August of last year and I wanted to offer some information about our vacation there for anyone who is looking for a great place to stay or for feedback on the Hotel Riu Varadero The resort offers three sections, hotel rooms, superior rooms and Royal Suites. We
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