Category Archives: Photo Challenges

A Peek Through the Window

Posted on January 11, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

Windows serve so many purposes. They can let in light, while doubling as decorative elements…. Sometimes they inspire us…. and sometimes they’re a portal from the every day to our dreams and imagination… What’s outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Ruminations | Tagged Photo Challenges, photos, Portals, postaday, postaweek, Windows | 30 Comments

Possibilities and New Beginnings

Posted on January 7, 2014 by The Retiring Sort

Here we are in January again, turning the page of the calendar. January symbolizes fresh starts to many of us, and is even named for Janus, the Roman god of gates, passages, and doors; of beginnings, transitions, and endings. Janus is … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Photo Challenges, Retirement itself | Tagged Beginnings, Fresh Starts, lifestyle, New Year, Possibilities, postaweek | 29 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways

Posted on August 14, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

There was an interesting photo challenge presented by WordPress this week – to take two shots of the same place, one vertical and one horizontal, to express two views of the subject. I’ve been offline for a while, taking care … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Ruminations | Tagged Changing view, Montreal, Perspective, postaday, postaweek, Travel | 31 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

Posted on May 19, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

I can think of of many places to which I love to escape… northern New England, the Scottish Highlands, Hawaii, even just our local rivers, ponds, and hiking trails, or the pages of a book. Still, when I heard this week’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges | Tagged escape, lifestyle, photography, photos, postaday, postaweek | 26 Comments

Travel Theme: The Four Elements

Posted on May 18, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

“The elementary qualities are four, and any four terms can be combined in six couples. Contraries, however, refuse to be coupled: for it is impossible for the same thing to be hot and cold, or moist and dry. Hence it is evident that … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges | Tagged Air, Earth, Fire, Four Element, photography, photos, Water, Weekly Travel Theme, Wind | 23 Comments

Do You See a Pattern Here?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by The Retiring Sort

Front Porch Snow “Tears of the Arizona” Pearl Harbor Skylight, Honolulu Courthouse Painted Overhead Beams, Summer Palace, Beijing October Moon through the trees in New England Paris rooftops from the Eiffel Tower Dancers – Closing Ceremonies, Beijing Olympics Shadow of … Continue reading →