March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 29: Slice, suggested by @meandering

A spiraling staircase, slicing its way through the floors. Taken at Antinori nel Chianti Classico, a winery in Tuscany, Italy.

A spiral staircase winding its way up through the floors, outside at Antinori nel Chianti Classico, a winery in Tuscany, Italy


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 28: Prompt, suggested by @moonmehta

This little guy looks as though she’s waiting for a train. I hope that it was on time and prompt. Taken at Temple Meads Station in Bristol, England.

A pigeon standing on the platform at Temple Meads Station in Bristol, England


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 27: Support, suggested by @JohnAN

A detail of the support that the Japanese give to long branches on trees. A long wooden pole, tied in place by rope. This photo was taken in the Gyoen National Garden in Kyoto.

A detail of the support that the Japanese give to long branches on trees, usually  made from a wooden pole tied in place by rope


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 26: Instrument, suggested by @UnfocusedWanderlust

A display of Ukuleles in the store front of Porto Guitarra in Porto, Portugal.

I always thought that the Ukulele was a Hawaiian instrument but Wikipedia says that it is of Portuguese origin.

Ukuleles in the shop window of Porto Guitarra, in Porto, Portugal


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 25: Spice, suggested by @cygnoir

The spice draw in our kitchen.

A black & white photo of a draw full of bottles of spices in our kitchen


My not so good or clear attempt at catching Venus above a sliver of a new moon, last night.

Blurry image of Venus above a sliver of a new moon


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 24: Court, suggested by @rom

I want to say that I didn’t get to the court today because I was sick. However, while the latter is true, I actually never get to the court. 😔

Pickle ball rackets in their covers sitting at home


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 23: Chance, suggested by @V_

You take a chance walking under a Kiawe tree that’s growing on a beach in Maui. A Kiawe’s branches have nasty thorns on them. Those branches can break off and lie buried in the sand, waiting for unsuspecting bare feet.

Kiawe tree on a beach in Maui


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 21: Tiny, suggested by @jasonmcfadden

A tiny Buddha, who my grandson refers to as “Baby Buddha.”

A small Buddha statue or rupa


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 20: Houseplant, suggested by @jensands

The only houseplant currently in our house are these dried seed heads.

Dried prickly seed heads in vase surrounded by three small and large pots, one made out of wood


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 19: Analog, suggested by @skarjune

My current note book.

My current note book from Fieldnotes with a pen from Virgin Atlantic


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 18: Portico, suggested by @annahavron

A portico in Bath, England.

A portico lit up at night in Bath, England


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 17: Early, suggested by @krisfredrick

Early this morning.

Dawn just before sunrise with a corner of our house


It’s a shame that there isn’t a March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt along the lines of hanging around, or feet first.

I have a photo for them.

Looking through a window and seeing only the legs of a man sitting on a horizontal ladder


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 16: Road, suggested by @dejus

The remote road on Haleakala’s south flanks, looking towards Kaupō.

The road on Haleakala’s south flanks on Maui, looking towards Kaupo


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 15: Patience, suggested by @amit

On the reception desk at a hotel in Siena, Italy.

Two little squeaky toys and a sign to say squeeze me if you want help on a hotel reception desk in Siena Italy


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 14: Horizon, suggested by @crossingthethreshold (me)

The horizon from my front door this morning.

Looking to the Pacific Ocean and the horizon from my front door in Maui


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It includes some interesting app icon options!

App icon options for Video For Ants iOS app

March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 13: Connection, suggested by @agilelisa

Since my first visit to the Himalayas in 1989, I have felt a connection to Tibet and its people. This photo, of a projected slide, is of me on the roof of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, in the 1990s.

Me on the roof of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet in the 1990s


March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge

Day 12: Shiny, suggested by @odd

This shiny store reminded me of a fairground ride. It is situated in Lisbon airport and sells sardines.

A brightly lit sardine store in Lisbon airport