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A dog’s life.
Playing…
Eating…
…and eating again.
After expending all that energy,
it’s time for a sleep,
before starting all over again.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTO: A-Dogs-Life
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Somme Battlefields
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On
ANZAC DAY
I felt it appropriate to feature
Flanders Field poppies.
It wasn’t until my visit to the Western Front in 2017
that I realised how prolific these poppies are.
Like wildflowers turning fields of battle red.
Found on
the Somme Battlefields
of France.
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ANZAC Spirit
(Australian & New Zealand Army Corps)
During my 2017 visit
to the World War I
Western Front Battlefields,
…I often saw this, but…
felt that someone was watching
over us as we toured.
ANZAC Day
April 25.
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SUNDAY STILLS PHOTO: Spirit
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This area seems…
…so serene.
So calm.
So peaceful.
And yet these Bullecourt fields were
the scene of ugly battles during
World War I
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Word of the Day Challenge: Ugly
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During my 2017 visit to
The Western Front Battlefields
in France and Belgium…
I came across the
Lochnagar Crater Memorial.
THe crater was created by detonating 27,000 tons
of explosives under the
German Front Line
Surrounding the crater are tributes and memorials
to many men and women who served…
on the Western Front during
the Great War.
The boardwalk around the crater is created by 4 inch planks.
At either end of these planks a small tribute
can be placed to commemorate one’s relatives.
I placed/paid for this tribute to my Grandfather
who served all along the Western Front
after being part of the gun crew
which fired the First Allied Shot of World War I
from Point Nepean at the mouth of
Port Phillip Bay,
Victoria.
The time was 1245, August 5th, 1914…
a mere 2-3 hours after War had been declared in London
at 11 PM the previous night…August 4.
Lest We Forget.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Tribute
FOWChallenge-Contrast
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The editing to these images is
to add extremes of contrast
to each….high and low..
A Western Front headstone….high contrast…
and low contrast.
High Contrast
Low Contrast
High Contrast
Low Contrast
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Contrast
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Not the first time I have posted this photo…
however, even though I have created the ‘extras’, in this image,
I’m sure there are spirits of the fallen, lost and missing
standing guard over these cemeteries.
