This is the old Burke Building, built in 1895 in downtown Seattle. See the arched doorway in the center of the street level. Then look straight up. This old building had a real Cherry on Top. This is what it looks like now, in the plaza of the newer Federal Building on the same site. …
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Ruffles and Flourishes-Architectural Detail in Downtown Seattle
This week's Photo Challenge topic of Detail was perfect! I had been planning to do a post on this topic for a while, and everything came together nicely. This one also goes with last week's Look Up theme. So I packed up my camera and notebook, got in my car, and drove the 20 miles …
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Look Up!
I make a habit of always looking up when I'm outside. I'm an Art Deco lover, and I am especially fond of the "ruffles and flourishes" you find over the doors and windows of Art Deco buildings. I'm also a bird-watcher, so I'm alert for birds in the trees. I heard this little guy before …
Weekly Photo Challenge: Opposites
Old....And Young In Cambridge, England The young lady, walking in front of the door to the oldest College at the University of Cambridge. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/opposites/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Partners
These thoroughbred horses and their jockeys have to be the ultimate partners. As they dash around the racetrack, each pair almost becomes one entity, striving for that big win. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/partners/
Weekly Photo Challenge – Curve
This is a mysterious curve, that I wear every day. My wedding ring, by jewelry artist Margaret Brooks, is a "Mini-Moebius". By definition, a Moebius strip has only one surface. A circle, with no end, somewhat like Marriage. https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/curve/
Photo Challenge-Pure Light
Above the clouds, light fading into darkness. Was this what God saw..In the Beginning? https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/pure/
Photo Challenge…Numbers
I love palindromic numbers, that read the same forwards and backwards. I pay attention to the odometer in my car, watching for palindromic mileage. Sometimes I miss them, but this one was a very lucky sighting. I was driving down the highway, and there was a rest area just when my odometer read all the …
Brother, Can You Spare…..
An Accordion? So, you're about to participate in the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration Accordion Parade, and your bellows spring a leak. Just drop by this Vendor booth, and pick up a Spare to play! https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/spare/
Jubilant! New Photo Challenge
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/jubilant/ These Jubilant gentlemen dance and play music at the same time, celebrating Life. (surrounded by evidence of death-many of the surrounding buildings are full of bullet-holes and chips from the 1967 war)
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