Tag: Saint Petersburg

If

“If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
    Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,….”
excerpt from ‘If’- Rudyard Kipling
Melbourne International Flower Show
Human Traffic at Victoria Station
Waiting at Tate Britain
Catherine Palace, Saint Petersburg
Throne Room, Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg
King Charles IV of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor
Photo at top of page: Sculpture of Rudyard Kipling, by Steve Andrews, chainsaw sculptor, at Kipling’s Estate, Batemans, East Sussex, now a National Trust property.
Yvette over at the Priorhouse Blog provided the stimulus for this sharing of my favourite poem! (Day 3 of 3)

WPC : All-Time Favourites

How does one choose “All-time favourites”? Is it the quality of the photo, or the memory it evokes? There are inevitably sunsets, at home and abroad, or the amazing ‘golden light’, just ahead of sunset, when it catches the gum trees. There is the lonely fisherman, in the early morning, on the Vltava River in the middle of Prague, contrasted to the illuminated splendour of the Parliament in Budapest. Here are some favourites, from the last four years

A home among the gum trees
Spring emerges
A visiting tawny frogmouth
Illuminated Parliament, Budapest
The fisherman
Clouds alight
There’s a bird in there!
Palace Square & Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg

The final  episode of Weekly Photo Challenge – their decision, not mine!

WPC : 2017 Favourites II

As there is no new challenge this week, a second trawl through the year revealed some more memorable moments.

Lincoln Cathedral & Castle
Michelam Priory, Upper Dicker, East Sussex
A 7.5 km walk along the shore to Brighton, East Sussex
The Sibelius Monument, Helsinki
Helsinki, Mayday
Petrovskaya Akvatoria – The history of St Petersburg in miniature
Siege of Leningrad Memorial
Quirky gardenalia at Melbourne International Garden Show
Quirky gardenalia in situ
Meals with family (and their devices)

Another contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge