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Weekly Photo Challenge: Today

Posted on June 1, 2012 by The Retiring Sort

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge for this week is Today, meaning that the photos couldn’t be from an archive – they actually had to be taken on the day of the post. So… today was the last sunny day in … Continue reading →

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Travel Theme: Street Markets

Posted on May 28, 2012 by The Retiring Sort

Ailsa at Wheresmybackpack presented another photo challenge this week – street markets. I couldn’t think of anywhere I’d photographed one, and then I remembered our trip to Beijing. We started out shopping for souvenirs and gifts down the main shopping street, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Retirement itself, Travelogues | Tagged Beijing, China, Photo Challenges, photography, photos, postaday, postaweek, Street market | 44 Comments

Travel Theme: Summer

Posted on May 22, 2012 by The Retiring Sort

Summer oficially starts in a month, and most people are looking forward to their vacations. Ailsa at wheresmybackpack suggested a Summer travel photo challenge on May 18th, and I responded with this post. Now the May 25th WordPress weekly photo challenge has … Continue reading →

Posted in Photo Challenges, Recreation | Tagged canoe, kayak, lifestyle, outdoors, Photo Challenges, photography, photos, postaday, postaweek, recreation, Summer, Water Sports, Weekly Photo Challenge - Summer | 63 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Hands

Posted on May 18, 2012 by The Retiring Sort

This week’s Photo Challenge from WordPress is hands – a photo where hands are part of the composition or theme of the picture. So… I got thinking a little about what hands signify, and how we use them. Folded hands … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Blue

Posted on May 14, 2012 by The Retiring Sort

This week’s official WordPress photo challenge is “blue” – images cast somehow in the color blue. This challenge comes late – on a Monday. Usually we get them Friday and have the weekend to dig through our archives. (Not that a silly … Continue reading →

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Reflections – An Alternate Photo Challenge

Posted on May 13, 2012 by The Retiring Sort

WordPress didn’t publish a Weekly Photo Challenge this Friday, but several other options cropped up in comments on their Daily Post page, and this one I got by invitation! So here are a couple of takes on the alternate theme … Continue reading →