This week Debbie challenged us with the following:
Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own curve post.
‘Stone’, Grey wethers stone circle, Dartmoor, 2018.
“There is something particularly special and personal about the circle and how its curves comfortably rule every aspect of our lives.”
― Kat Lahr, Parallelism Of Cyclicality
Ken
Each week at XingfuMama we are asked to ‘Pull up a seat‘.
Something about the simplicity of this one that I really like.
‘A bench to eat chips by’, Cemaes Bay, 2019.
Ken
Each week at XingfuMama we are asked to ‘Pull up a seat‘.
‘Evening sitting’, Brecon visitor centre, 2019.
Ken
Each week at XingfuMama we are asked to ‘Pull up a seat‘.
Possibly not the most comfortable of places to sit.
‘Sketching’, Barbrook II, Peak District, 2013.
Ken
This week Debbie has challenged us with the following:
Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own home post.
A place where we always feel at home.
‘Walking among stones’, Merry Maidens, Cornwall, 2019.
Ken
This week Cee challenges us with – Circles, Curves and Arches
I think by now most of you will expect a photo like this for a challenge that even remotely mentions anything circular!
‘Stone girl’, Castlerigg stone circle, 2018.
Ken
This weeks challenge from the Lens-Artists is:
Tina, Patti, Ann-Christine, and I [Amy] are looking forward to seeing your photos and reading stories of countryside and/or a small town.
I would say that at lest 50% of my photos could fit into this category as I live fairly rural, and my holidays usually take me to rural places, in search of ancient stones I tramp across wild open spaces, through forests, past lakes, up and down hill and mountain, and along public pathways. Farmland and the ever patient farmers with the walkers on the land are a recurrent theme. I live in Wales so I have access to some of the UK’s best countryside and small towns, even our big towns and cities are small :).
The countryside and our towns can be both wild and tame, so here are a few photos for you about what this means to me.
‘Cerrig Duon View’, Brecon Beacons, 2019.
‘Brecon stream’, Brecon Beacons, 2019.
‘Working’, Anglesey, 2019.
‘601555’, Anglesey, 2019.
‘Beaumaris’, Anglesey, 2014.
Ken
This weeks challenge from the Lens-Artists is:
But Magical can mean so many different things to everyone of us – At Lens-Artists, we have already had Magical Light as a theme, (last year) but this time it is all up to you! What is Magical to you? People, places, things, nature, adventures, moments… – this week we are looking forward to having some of Your magic!
I think it might be fair to say that most of you have realised that I find monumental ancient places magical. There is a mystery around their purpose, how and why they were constructed, in the locations they were. What went on here? would there architects approve of my visit, my capturing of this place, and my interpretation both mental and visual? Surely this would be seen as magic.
I still find the ability to capture images of what we see magical, it was magical when it was chemical and mechanical, and it is still magical now it is captured by a small electronic box. It is now made even more magical by the fact that I can perform so many interesting tricks after the image has been captured, a magic that once could not be performed at home nor in the studio in many cases. Once we had to send our undeveloped film off to the chemical magician, and wait for the sound of that small packet hitting the doorstep. For those lucky enough we could perform this magic in our own homes, the smell of developing fluid and fixative in our nostrils and under that magical red bulb. I do sometimes miss those days.
So here is a photo of the Merry Maidens in Cornwall, an especially magical place as this is where I proposed to my wife, the thought of asking someone to share their life with you, and the in the asking and answering a magical contract made between two souls.
Ken
This week Teri has challenged us with:
Blue
We are soon to off on another adventure into the wide blue yonder, so you can expect some photos from that, but first a photo from a previous adventure.
‘Adventures’, Castlerigg, 2018.
Ken
Yesterday was a special day for the Lens Artists Quartet, their 53rd post, the one year anniversary of their Challenge, and so we had a special challenge from Tina, Ann-Christine, Patti, & Amy.
Your Choice
They chose Friendship , A Country That’s Special to You , Imagination , and Connected. I like the fact that these posts all deal with the web that has grown between us all as a community across the globe, holding different views, and beliefs, but brought together every Saturday to share our pictorial thoughts. Each week a little of our personality is shared with the other members of our group, and we in turn learn a little more about our place in the world and how we relate to others.
Most of you are aware that I enjoy visiting ancient stones, often in remote locations, so once more I will share a photo of the ‘Druids circle’, Penmaenmawr.
‘Ancient view’, Druids circle, Penmaenmawr, 2019.
I like to think I am taking some of you along with me for the walk, inspiring some to visit such places, or simply showing you something you otherwise would not have seen. In my imagined world I publish a post and then members of our digital community that exists as ones and zeros to me on the whole, but who are indeed real people slowly make the trek to the stones with me.
‘Ones and Zeros’, Druids circle, Penmaenmawr, 2019.
Ken
