Thursday’s Special: Bird’s Eye (View)

On July 2, 2015 By Ese' s VoiceIn Photo Challenges12 Comments

“Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.” /Greg Child/

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Thursday’s Special: Breaking the Rules

On March 19, 2015 By Ese' s VoiceIn Photo Challenges18 Comments

I was thinking about breaking the rules…specifically and in general, and this photo seems to fit the theme. If it was me (instead of the snowman), I would probably consider a couple of things before getting to the action. For example, not cutting the branch you are standing under. Or how safe it is to hold the saw barely with your fingertips. What about staying around after all the snow in the town is gone for good…also against the rules, isn’ t it?!
On the second thought…”If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun!” – Katharine Hepburn

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Thursday’s Special: Abstract (Guest Challenge by Suzanne Miller)

On March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 By Ese' s VoiceIn Photo Challenges20 Comments

This time on Thursday’s Special the guest challenger Suzanne Miller inspires us to experiment and have fun taking photographs: “The contemporary world is filled with visual stimulation that demands we pay attention and engage with it in some way. Sometimes it can be relief to take time out and let go of the urge to make sense of what is seen – to focus instead on the act of seeing rather than the intellectual processes of naming and analysing what is being seen.”
I decided to give it a try…

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. /Lucian Freud/

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Thursday’s Special: Restoration (Guest Challenge by Restless Jo)

On February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 By Ese' s VoiceIn Photo Challenges6 Comments

This time on Thursday’s Special Challenge the ‘lady of the manor’ is a fellow blogger – the one and only Restless Jo. She inspires us to think of a restored property that we would like to share, or maybe one that’s in need of love and attention, so…this is what came to my mind…

All my life I have had (and always will have) a “special relationship” with Kuldīga – a town in western Latvia therefore I decided to make this post a little about it. For the first time Kuldīga was mentioned in 1242. In the 17th century it was one of the capitals of the Duchy of Courland, and today the town is proudly called “the pearl of Kurzeme” (Courland). One of the main symbols of Kuldīga for many years has been the old masonry arch bridge across the river Venta.

The red brick bridge was built in 1874, and it was done, according to the 19th century standards – 500 feet long and 26 feet wide, for two carriages to pass each other. It consisted of seven spans of brick vaults, and during the World War I two of the spans were blown up (you can see them renovated in much more pale colour also in the photo above).

Image courtesy: the archives of Google