Entries from Churches in Venice tagged with 'PhotoHunt'
PhotoHunt: Birds
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Birds." My blog has been crashed all week and I thought I'd have to miss this week's PhotoHunt. I was bummed too because I love birds. But low and behold, it came back to...
PhotoHunt: Music
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Music." I was surprised to see how many photos I had in the archives for this theme. Narrowed it down by focusing on string instruments~ Violins~ A mandolin at rest~ And a guitar! You...
PhotoHunt: Bags
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Bags." A big paper shopping bag is one of little Maria's favorite toys: My orange cat LuLu loves bags too: You can find more Photo Hunters and join the hunt here. Thanks for visiting...
PhotoHunt: Tied
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Tied." Found this laying on the ground in a parking lot. A bit mysterious - purple beads and pretzels tied together with a piece of white string. I thought it was probably an art...
PhotoHunt: Free Week!
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Free Week (Share Any Photo)." No surprise that I'm going to share a few favorite scenes from Venice. I love this cathedral (Basilica di San Marco)~ I love the leaning bell towers~ And I...
PhotoHunt: Sports
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Sports." I've got a couple of sports-related signs from here in North Carolina. First is this eye-catching warning sign at the historic Durham Athletic Park baseball stadium: And this one is in a shop...
PhotoHunt: Words
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Words." I went to a Folk Art show earlier this year. This wasn't part of the show, it was just an artist's car outside in the parking lot. I don't know who the artist...
PhotoHunt: Twisted
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Twisted." I've got one from Venice and one from North Carolina this week. First is a sculpture in Durham Central Park here in NC. Definitely twisted. Next is this mosaic that's on the side...
PhotoHunt: Upside Down
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Upside Down." Fun theme! Pretty much everyone who goes to Venice with a camera ends up taking reflection-in-a-canal photos; it's just irresistible. Plus, you never know what you'll get since it all depends on...
PhotoHunt: Electric
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Electric." I'm looking foward to seeing what folks come up with for this theme. An old building here in NC, probably built before electricity. You can see that the electric wires are visible outside...
PhotoHunt: Orange
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Orange." Winter in Venice with the sun setting behind the church of San Giorgio Maggiore ~ You can find more Photo Hunters and join the hunt here. Thanks for visiting and have a good...
PhotoHunt: Surprise
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Surprise." There's a section of the Museum of Life and Science in Durham that has several carnivorous bug-eating plants including this one, the pitcher plant. Insects get trapped in the pitchers and the plant...
PhotoHunt: Ripples
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Ripples." Three turtles on a rock surrounded by ripples. The same pond, later in the day. I was trying to photograph the reflections of those little plants but ended up getting the clouds and...
PhotoHunt: Artificial
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Artificial." Artificial flowers, artificial vanilla flavoring, and artificial Christmas trees all came to mind but I don't have photos of any of those. The dictionary defines artificial as "made by humans as opposed to...
PhotoHunt: Low
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Low." Low tide at Surf City, NC, and the beach is wide. At high tide, the waves come all the way up to the dunes, and there is barely any beach at all. You...
PhotoHunt: Entertainment
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Entertainment." Round and round, up and down... You can find more Photo Hunters and join the hunt here. Thanks for visiting and have a good weekend....
PhotoHunt: Utensils
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Utensils" and I'm thinking about the Fork. Venice is often given credit for inventing the fork in the early 11th century. Throughout the Middle Ages, civilized Venetians were dining with forks while the slobs...
PhotoHunt: Rocks
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Rocks." This theme rocks! A stone wall by the walking trails where I walk sometimes. Every time I go by, that pinkish rock jumps out at me. A big pile of rocks on a...
PhotoHunt: Garbage
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Garbage." Gonna be fun to see what folks come up with for this week's interesting theme. This is my compost bucket. I keep it in the house and put all my kitchen garbage in...
PhotoHunt: Pink
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Pink." I had so many photos that would work for this theme but ended up going with flowers in various shades of pink, a color I love! You can find more Photo Hunters and...
PhotoHunt: Flags
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Flags." Various and sundry flags seen at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival. The first photo shows Buddhist prayer flags in a tree. You can find more Photo Hunters and join the hunt here. Thanks for...
PhotoHunt: Creamy
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Creamy." A couple of photos I took in Venice last year. First up is a booth at the Christmas market in campo Santo Stefano. I took this photo because of the marzipan fruit but...
PhotoHunt: Lock
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Lock." This is a roadside stand where I stop and shop sometimes. Nice stuff for sale but what's unusual about this place is that there is never anyone there. You shop on the honor...
PhotoHunt: Advertisement
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Advertisement." Two vintage ads plus one modern one, all found here in NC. And I didn't notice this until a few minutes ago, but all of these are ads for products made with lots...
PhotoHunt: Book(s)
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Book(s). I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has for this theme. I've got one from Venice and one from North Carolina. First up, Venice - a marble relief of an angel holding...
PhotoHunt: Plastic
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Plastic." It was kinda funny when I started looking and realized that everything I had that would work for this theme were photos of plastic TOYS. :) You can find more Photo Hunters and...
PhotoHunt: Painted
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Painted." This week was tough because I have so many photos that would work for this theme. I ended up choosing some recent shots of a community art project at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival...
PhotoHunt: In Memory
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "In Memory." August 2007 was a very sad time because we had to say goodbye to Jordan, my brother's dog. Jordie was a Chocolate Lab and one of the finest creatures I've ever known....
PhotoHunt: Walking
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Walking." Walking with a book on your head is supposed to help you learn good posture or at least that's what they told us in grade school when I was a kid. When I...
PhotoHunt: Protection
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Protect(ion)." This is a bottle tree. An old African folkloric tradition - put a bottle tree in your yard to protect your home and family from bad spirits who will be attracted to the...
PhotoHunt: Purple
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Purple." A few of the purples of Spring time. A couple of crocus: A spring sunset in my backyard: Wisteria Even though this vine borders on being a noxious weed, I love it, and...
PhotoHunt: Triangle
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Triangle." Many triangles decorate the apse of the Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato (also known as San Donato di Murano), a church built in 1140 on the island of Murano in the Venetian...
PhotoHunt: Stripes
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Stripes." I've got one from Venice and one from North Carolina this week. First up, boat poles in a Venetian canal: And an old-timey barber shop pole in NC. That's me reflected in the...
PhotoHunt: Hands
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Hands." A large street mural on a building in downtown Durham, NC. I don't know who the artist is but there are lots of hands (and hand holding) in the painting. A sweet little...
PhotoHunt: Yellow
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Yellow." Happy Vernal Equinox! Yellow is a perfect theme for the first day/weekend of Spring. I bet we'll see lots of happy yellow flowers this weekend. You can find more Photo Hunters and join...
PhotoHunt: Four
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Four." This theme had me stumped and I wasn't sure I had anything, but when I started looking, I found some easily. In fact, I found Four photos for the Four theme! It's a...
PhotoHunt: Space
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "space." It's gonna be fun to see what everyone does for this wide-open theme! No surprise, but I've gotta go with "Sacred Space" and the amazing mosaics in the Basilica di San Marco, the...
PhotoHunt: Thankful
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "thankful." There are so many things I'm thankful for, and it's been fun to count my blessings this week as I tried to figure out what to post for this theme. Family and friends,...
PhotoHunt: Warm
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "warm." A warm morning sunrise on Topsail Island, NC. I'm looking forward to seeing some warm photos this weekend (it is NOT warm here right now!). You can find more Photo Hunters and join...
PhotoHunt: Nautical
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "nautical." Not the easiest theme in the world this week. I don't have any photos of sailors! But luckily I had this nautical relief that I saw on the island of Torcello in the...
PhotoHunt: Bridge(s)
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "bridges." Venice has almost 500 bridges so as you can imagine, I have quite a few photos that would work for this theme. In addition to photos of bridges themselves, I have tons of...
PhotoHunt: Furry
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "furry." My cats can't believe that I'm not posting one of the hundreds of photos I have taken of them for "furry"! But I couldn't resist the green furry-looking moss on these old statues...
PhotoHunt: Chipped
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "chipped." This theme is kinda challenging! I'm curious to see what everyone does for this one. Here's what I came up with (one in Venice, and one in NC). A canal in Venice. The...
PhotoHunt: Hat(s)
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "hat(s)." Here is part of my friend Susan's collection of old hats (and heads). And from the same collection: Happy Weekend! You can find more Photo Hunters and join the hunt here....
PhotoHunt: Aftermath
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "aftermath." These photos show the Aftermath of a Hurricane. Last fall, the remnants of a hurricane came though and while there wasn't any wind or destruction, we did have a couple of days of...
PhotoHunt: Hope
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "hope." Perfect theme to begin a New Year! All over Venice, you see these flags...a lovely way for people to share their hopes for peace. Most of them are in Italian (pace) but I...
PhotoHunt: Wide
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "wide." Wide open space from the window of a wide-body jet. This is sunrise over the Swiss Alps, taken on my way to Italy a couple of weeks ago. This was the only snow...
PhotoHunt: Metal
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "metal." A classic use of metal. I'm hoping that someone will come out with a line of hybrid vehicles with retro styling. :) You can find more Photo Hunters here. Have a nice weekend!...
PhotoHunt: Reflection
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "reflection." This was taken at Surf City beach on Topsail Island, NC. You can find more Photo Hunters here. Happy weekend!...
PhotoHunt: Ruined
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "ruin(ed)." I've got a couple this week, a shrine in Venice and a shed in North Carolina. This little wayside shrine in Venice looks like it's melting into the wall. It's not completely ruined...
PhotoHunt: Together
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "together." This brightly-colored mural in Durham NC shows Pauli Murray (1910-1985), a professor, civil rights advocate, and co-founder of the National Organization of Women. Next to the image is this quote: “True Community is...
PhotoHunt: Blue
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "blue." Raindrops/roses, whiskers/kittens...blue satin sashes, etc. Here are a couple of my favorite BLUE things in Venice. Nov. 4, 2008: Make History Happy Halloween, Happy Weekend, and Happy Hunting! Find more photo hunters here....
PhotoHunt: Scary
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "scary" This stone face is in Venice on the church of Santa Maria Formosa, over the entrance to the bell tower. It’s meant to be scary although these days, most people just find it...
PhotoHunt: Family
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "family." Here are my nephews displaying Brotherly Love. Being an aunt to these two is so much fun! I'm lucky to be in a family with them. Happy weekend and happy photo hunting!...
PhotoHunt: Lazy
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "lazy." Somewhere along the way, being lazy got an undeserved bad rap (busy=good, lazy=bad). I don't agree! Regular bouts of laziness are healthy, essential, and good for the soul. Here’s one of my favorite...
PhotoHunt: Sad
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "sad." Here's a sad but beautiful angel I found on San Michele in Isola, the cemetery island of Venice. Are we all going to have the blues after this photo hunt?! Here's a Chinese...
PhotoHunt: View
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "view." LuLu's "Room with a View" I'm posting early this week since I'm going to be unplugged for a couple of days. Will visit everyone's PhotoHunt posts when I get back on line. Happy...
PhotoHunt: Road
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "road." These are photos from a road trip I took to a charming Roadside Attraction in Prospect Hill, NC. This miniature stone village was built by North Carolina farmer Henry L. Warren (1883-1978) with...
PhotoHunt: Wild
This week's theme is "wild.' You can find more PhotoHunters here. Happy weekend! "Nature alone is antique and the oldest art a mushroom." ---Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)...
PhotoHunt: String(s)
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "strings." I've been looking for some interesting strings for a week now and just haven't found anything. Where are all the cool strings?!? Fortunately I did find some in the archives. Strings of beads:...
PhotoHunt: Beautiful
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "beautiful." Hope that everyone has a nice weekend!...
PhotoHunt: Wrinkled
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "wrinkled." It'll be interesting to see what folks come up with for this one. Here's mine: This is an African Sulcata Tortoise who was born in Hawaii and now lives in Georgia, but I...
PhotoHunt: Colorful
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "colorful." Fun theme! I've got a couple for this one. Nice ride, taken in the parking lot at the Fearrington Folk Art Show: Kids' art laying in the sun to dry. Taken at Clydefest,...
PhotoHunt: Dark
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "dark." I didn't have to look hard to find something for this theme. I've been taking lots of photos lately of a little creature with a dark face, bright eyes, and an exuberant spirit....
PhotoHunt: Cloud(s)
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "cloud(s)." I'm going with a reflection of a cloud in this pond that used to be quarry but is now part of the "Explore the Wild" section of the Museum of Life and Science...
PhotoHunt: Hanging
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "hanging." Here are a few things that were hanging in the Magic Wings Butterfly House at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, NC. Happy weekend folks!...
PhotoHunt: What IS that???
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "What IS that?" What do you think? Continue reading for one theory......
PhotoHunt: Support
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "support." In this case, I'm not talking about the shrine (though that could work too) but rather that big staple-shaped metal thing above it. You see these all over the buildings of Venice -...
PhotoHunt: Pointed
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "pointed" so I'm going with these two obelisks on the roof of the enormous Palazzo Balbi on the Grand Canal in Venice. Obelisks were first seen on ancient Egyptian temples, where they were always...
PhotoHunt: Bright
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "bright." This angel on the corner of the Palazzo Ducale in Venice looks like she is averting her eyes from the sunlight. Have a nice weekend!...
PhotoHunt: Water
This week's PhotoHunt theme is water, so here are a couple that I took in Venice this past December. Reflections in a canal A water door. You can see the range of the tide levels on this building....
PhotoHunt: Emotion(s)
This week's PhotoHunt theme is "Emotion(s)." I'm going with fear. Ever wonder why we say "I'm chicken" when we're afraid to do something? I was walking along and saw this guy out of the corner of my eye. At...
PhotoHunt: Bad Hair Day
Today's PhotoHunt theme is "Bad Hair." This collection is going to fun to look at, I think! Here's mine....amazing how much fun you can have with a Carolina Blue wig! I think my nephew looks like Thing One and/or...
PhotoHunt: Self (or part of your self)
The last PhotoHunt in May. My hair, my hand, and my new kitten, Maria! Photo by Stan. Happy Weekend!...
PhotoHunt: Candy
I didn't think that I had anything for this week's PhotoHunt theme (candy), but as I was looking through my photos from my December trip to Venice, I saw this one and it popped right in my head. "Melts...
Photo Hunt: Share Any Photo
This week's PhotoHunt theme is “Share any photo” and I decided to share this one that I took of my friend’s collection of tops. What great toys they are! I do a lot of toy shopping these days for...
Photo Hunt: Signs!
PhotoHunt Girasoli and Leslie introduced me to Photo Hunt, and I decided to join in the fun since I had a couple of photos for this week’s theme: “unique/funny signs.” First up: I wish I knew the story behind this...
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