Lake Lucerne
Tuesday-PC-Wk184-Steep
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Images from
Mt Rigi….
…in Switzerland
Mt Rigi overlooks
Lake Lucerne…
…and is so steep…
…that the cow have shorter front legs.
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Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk203-Play
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Some random ‘play’ photos.
Our first day in South Africa, 2013.
No, that is not yours truly among the trees.
Rather one of the Australian organisers.
Closer to home.
Our new timid cat (Smudge) terrorizing Candi.
Candi at play.
Not sure who gets most enjoyment,
Candi or her human thrower.
People at play on and around
Lake Lucerne.
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Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk203-Play
Lens-Artist-PC-57-Taking-a-Break
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In Switzerland we found many people…
..enjoying a break on Lake Lucerne,
in temperatures which would have had
most of us rugged up.
It was not until I cropped this photo
that I noticed the young male in the middle
and how much he appears to be enjoying his break
with four bikini clad young ladies.
I love to take a break and travel to somewhere
I have not been for a while and
photograph what I find.
Gibson Steps was a place I had not visited
for many years until two years ago.
Photography has and will always be
a hobby of mine.
About two years ago I drove back to Warrnambool,
on Victoria’s South West Coast,
where there is a whale nursery at Logan’s Beach.
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Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Patti: Taking-a-Break
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Leya: Taking-a-Break
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Amy: Taking-a-Break
Lens-Artist Photo Challenge Tina: Taking-a-Break
FOWChallenge-Skimp
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skimp
expend or use less time, money, or material on something
than is necessary in an attempt to economize.
“don’t skimp on insurance when you book your holidays”
a fashionably short or revealing garment.
“she wore a yellow skimp”
Not many years ago this hemline…
…would have shocked everyone.
Now it is rather conservative.
The bikini clad sun lovers are borderline skimpy
by today’s standards.
As I don’t shoot many people in skimpy attire,
I had too search photos like this to find…
to find any skimpy or not so skimpy clad
beach goers at Sydney’s Manly Beach.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Skimp
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Apex
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Our train ride up Switzerland’s…
Mt Rigi…
…did not take us to the apex.
There were two fairly steep walks left to attain
the full 1,798 metre height of the mountain.
While I did not hurry there were
spectacular views as we walked up.
Upon arriving at the summit the views…
of Lake Lucerne we equally…
…breathtaking.
After ten or fifteen minutes it was time
to return to the gift shop level.
The walk back seemed more difficult
than the walk up, thanks to a football injury
to my knee in the early 1970s.
Definitely worth the effort though.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Apex
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Zenith
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zenith
the time at which something is most powerful or successful.
synonyms:
highest point, high point
To reach the zenith of Lucerne’s Mt Rigi
required a train ride up a very steep gradient.
Upon reaching the zenith of the rain ride…
…there were two shortish walk up more steep gradient.
However, the views over Lake Lucerne
made the walk worth the effort.
