Celebrations

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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Anniversary

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anniversary

the date on which an event took place or
an institution was founded in a previous year.

Two years ago we celebrated….

…our thirtieth wedding anniversary…

30th Wedding Anniversary

with a hot  air balloon ride over Melbourne.

 We received a copy of pictures taken by the company’s camera…

 

…and I captured this shot of Melbourne

just as the sun rose…

…before touching down in one of

the leafier northern suburbs.

This activity comes with a high recommendation

from yours rlly for tourist and locals alike.

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Word of the Day Challenge:  Anniversary

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WeeklyPrompts-PC-Rectangular-Prism

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Rectangular Prism

A solid (3-dimensional) object which has six faces that are rectangles.

It has the same cross-section along a length, which makes it a prism.

Less than 90 days…

…until these rectangular prisms

are on display again.

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Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge:  Rectangular Prism

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WeeklyPrompts-PC-Grin

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grin

smile broadly

A party smile

A birthday grin

This is mine…all mine.

 

Finally, who wouldn’t grin?

It’s not every day one receives a certificate

from the Vienna Waltz Academy.

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Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge:  Grin

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Lens-Artist-PC-53-My-Choice

 

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First up,  Happy Birthday

to all concerned with the

Lens Artist Challenge.

The My Choice theme has seen me needing to curtail my choices….

and still there are too many images.

Sorry.

I have quite a few ‘favourites’ of Corio Bay.

This is one of them.

The Het Zand Square fountain in Brugge, Belgium.

Special, because I like the fountain and it was

our first night on the European continent.In Canada’s Rocky Mountains,

in the province of Alberta is the Columbia Icefield.

It was here on the Athabasca Glacier that many of us

experienced falling snow for the first time in June 2018.

Our visit to Wiseman in Alaska

took us further north than ever before.

At 67.41 Degrees North and

63 miles north of the Arctic Circle,

took us further north than ever before.

Prior to last year my furthest north was

about a half-hour drive north

of Loch Lomond in Scotland.

October 2018 was also when we visited

Shires Rest and Hobbit movie set

in New Zealand.

 

Definitely the first of our wonderful travel experiences

was the last evening and an unexpected game drive

of our 2013 African Safari.

We came across Limpy and her cubs.

For around 20 minutes we had these two cubs

within a few metres of our vehicle.

A day or two ago I read on Facebook

of a Namibian tusker being shot.

When beasts will come to within a few metres,

where is the sport in shooting them.

I refer to this shot as my ‘National Geographic’ shot.

Probably because I had only ever seen this shot in a

National Geographic magazine.

Again the leopard sat there while we clicked away.

 

 

 

 

In 2017 I was fortunate enough to return to

France and Belgium and tour

the Western Front Battlefields of world War I.

I visited many of the well known areas, memorials

and sites of (to me) lesser known battles.

All I could think of was how lucky my Grandfather

was to survive when so, so many didn’t.

The Last Post Ceremony at Menin Gate

was worth the visit alone.

 

Finally, a recently posted blue hour

image of Geelong’s Western Beach area.

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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti:  Your-Choice

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya:  Your-Choice

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy:  Your-Choice

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina:  Your-Choice