Category Archives: Photo Challenges

Symbols of Cities and Lands

Posted on July 13, 2015 by The Retiring Sort

Some landmarks are iconic – a single image of them conjures the names of the places they represent. They become symbols of their locations… Like the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower in Paris… The Great Wall of China… Tower Bridge in … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation, Travelogues | Tagged Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Great Wall of China, lifestyle, Louvre, Photo Challenges, photography, postaweek, Space Needle, Tower Bridge | 6 Comments

Land Meets Water

Posted on July 13, 2015 by The Retiring Sort

In May, my beloved and I went out to the West Coast for a family wedding, and took advantage of the time to do some travel and sightseeing in the Bay area and north. These are some images from small … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation, Travelogues | Tagged Beaches, lifestyle, photography, photos, Shores, Weekly Travel Theme | 6 Comments

The Slow Evolution of a New Home

Posted on December 5, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

When my beloved and I purchased our “fixer-upper” retirement home last year, we weren’t thinking The Money Pit – we were seeing possibilities. We had a home inspector and a contractor go through the house with us to help us make a realistic … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Retirement itself, Ruminations | Tagged change, lifestyle, moving on, postaday, postaweek, retirement, retirement planning, Slow, Weekly Travel Theme | 29 Comments

Crimson Cutouts

Posted on November 22, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

A few weeks ago, the Japanese Maple tree on our front lawn presented us with an amazing fiery display. For about ten days, each day it was a little more brilliant than the day before. And then, before we knew … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges | Tagged change, Colors, Colourful, nature, Weekly Travel Theme | 12 Comments

Beautiful Gardens, Elusive Dreams

Posted on March 16, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

OK, I confess. I had a sort of nerdy childhood. The heroes I hungrily read about were composers, artists, writers, kings and queens. My mother was particularly fascinated by Henry VIII and his family, the Tudors. She told us stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation, Travelogues | Tagged Gardens, Hampton Court, Henry VIII, lifestyle, photos, Tudors, Weekly Travel Theme | 12 Comments

Ancient, Abandoned, and Repurposed

Posted on March 2, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

I’m not always a fan of the way we design new words in English. It’s sometimes a little grating, for example, when we make nouns into verbs. But one of those expressions has caught my eye quite a bit in … Continue reading →