Going off the beaten trail in #Cambodia. Learned after that this area hadn't really been cleared of land mines, so it was good I hadn't gone really off trail. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMForMemories #BlueSkyArtShow #TheRoad #EastCoastKin #Photography #TravelPhotography #TravelMemories

#PalacesAndGardens Very colorful #lanterns hanging in the very colorful hallway of a palace, I think in Vietnam. #EastCoastKin #photography #travelmemories

I don't remember what I was taking a photo of, but I remember this was my first camera. Peel-apart film, maybe 8 pics per pack and cost a fortune. I didn't get a lot of practice. (Dad took this with his much better Canon film camera.) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #vintage #photography

The first half of 2009 was interesting. -18 meters, in the Andaman Islands; +5416 meters, crossing Thorong-La in Nepal; (not pictured) 0 meters, laid low with Chikungunya. Two left me hallucinating; one left me terrified and fascinated. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekMforMemories #travelmemories

Some of the #lines and #angles in the main lobby of the school where I work. The entrance in the mirror 4th from the left is actually on the left side of this photo. It's a lot to deal with before 8am. #BlueSkyArtShow #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines

A #bluesky cloud #scape as a peace offering before what I have for tomorrow's lines and angles. For today, there is peace and calm, with just enough wind, far enough away, for a hint of movement. #EastCoastKin #photography #clouds

Live your life in such a way...

Leading #lines in the supposedly longest hall in an Indian temple, Ramanathaswamy Temple. Very old digital pic enlarged way beyond where it should be. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines #architecture #travelmemories

Lots of straight lines so far, so here are some squiggly #lines in a wrought iron gate in #Charleston, SC. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekLforLines #architecture

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (This is part of the Annapurna range, and it actually is high enough.) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke #mountains #landscape #photography

#bloomscrolling #flowers A bit of vibrant, resilient life in a bad news day.

青花瓷 (qīnghuācí) "Blue and White Porcelain" – Jay Chou I was recommended to learn this one to be able to join in at KTV. Way above my level, but the tune is pretty. YouTube link in the comments. The porcelain is from a museum, I think in western China. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke

I Want to Break Free - Queen #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKforKaraoke #bloomscrolling #photography

The jet black stillness of the tomb. This is one of many smaller tombs on the grounds of the Humayun's Tomb complex in Delhi. I like the simplicity compared to most of the others. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #architecture #mughal #photography

I seem to be on a Sri Lanka kick for J - here's a backlit eagle (?), probably from Yala National Park. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Sometimes staring straight at the sun isn't a bad thing. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #ocean #beach #nature #photography

A blur of jet black baby sea turtles. These were at a hatchery near Bentota, a couple of years after the 2004 tsunami. They were still rebuilding, so the tanks they did have were packed with active babies. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #seaturtle #nature #wildlife #photography

A jet black Little Cormorant, not in a classic cormorant pose. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

Took a little while to find some pics that might count as #iconic 🙃 Left, the Frontenac hotel in Quebec, from along the river; top right, the Library of Celsus in Ephesus; bottom right, the Shore Temple and nandis in Mahabilipuram. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIconic #travelmemories

Thought I posted this back when I joined, but can't find it. It remains my favorite, most fortuitous photo, maybe ever. Chandrashila, where Rama meditated to atone for killing Ravana, in northern India. #WorldPhotographyDay #India #photography #mountains #travelmemories

This one will be a challenge indeed. While I'm looking for proper hats, here's part of a Uyghur bowl dance. Details in the ALT. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHat #travelmemories

Glass in glass in glass, to wrap up the week. Could be any new city center anywhere, but most likely Singapore. (Would have worked for #UrbanGaze and #Scape too, but I didn't see it in time. Oh well 🙃) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass #photography

Skyscape #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass #EastCoastKin #scape #photography #travelmemories

Thin vertical #glass panels on a mall create a curved surface; imperfect construction means the reflections are all trippily fragmented and misaligned. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass #UrbanGaze #photography #travelmemories

#bloomscrolling #orchids More than a year after most of the student-gifted orchids were thrown away, the last of this year's blooms persevere. I've always thought orchids were too finicky for us marginally-green-thumbed-people, but sometimes life really is resilient and we get lucky.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass Portrait of the artist in a reflection in #glass, in Düsseldorf. (Wish I had swung that camera bag behind me.) #photography #travelmemories #accidentalselfportraits

Didn't know there was a #MosaicMonday - here's one from Heraclea, near Bitola in North Macedonia. The mosaics there were periodically covered and uncovered (with sand) for protection. I lived there off and on for a year and only saw this part once. #travelmemories

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGlass Mosaic #glass and brass lamps, in a tourist shop somewhere in Türkiye. #photography #travelmemories

Odd for a #stunday, but I've always liked this pic and just found the original. The world held up by doves. I think it's in Jakarta; definitely in Indonesia. #EastCoastKin #photography #travelmemories

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire Somewhere in the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, near Québec Ville. This might have been temporary for restoration, because it definitely doesn't match the other photos from that set. #travelmemories #quebec

Happy #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay! Barn owl kids on their ledge outside my window in Chennai, a long time ago. I remember they are thought to be omens of doom, and/or a blessing related to Lakshmi (India is confusing). I thought they were cute, albeit noisy. #owl #barnowl #travelmemories #india

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire Felt bad for going right to a sunset, so here are a few very old photos of bits of real fire from a Ganga Aarti at Haridwar, many years ago. After the ceremony, people release these offerings on the river to float downstream. #travelmemories #india

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFire Sky on #fire in Jakarta. The rainy season plus loads of pollution made for some dramatic sunsets. #travelmemories #indonesia

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEasy One of my favorite pics of wild Indian #elephants. Happy to NOT see any (but we did hear and smell them), since in Madikeri they ain't playin'. My guide had a whole escape checklist to learn before he would take me. Excellent hike. #travelmemories

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekEforEasy Lots of African #elephants, so here are a few from a different time and part of the world - Tamil Nadu, India. Elephants were rare in the temples and streets by the time I lived there (2005-2010). 1 Kanchipuram; 2 Vaitheswaran; 3 Mahabilipuram. #travelmemories

Happy belated #WorldNatureConservationDay! Could also work for #WeekEforEasy: enchanting escape? This is halfway up a mountain in a large national park in the Balkans. Wish more land was left alone like this, and that this observance got more notice. #AlphabetChallenge #landscape #travelmemories

Another quiet #stunday today. Reflection of willows on troubled water - troubled because I had just released a large turtle, rescued from becoming soup, into this pond. Story in the ALT. #EastCoastKin #photography #rescue #bekindtoallkinds

#BlueSkyArtShow #Alternating roofs and walls in a very old river town in China, built onto a steep hillside. #EastCoastKin #photography #architecture #travelmemories

Fly the great big sky, see the great big sea Kick through continents, bustin' boundaries - The B-52s Another great song for road trips. Left: Jakarta to Singapore during rainy season. Right: the closest I'll ever get to Somalia. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDrivetime #roadtrips #travelmemories

I'm taking a ride with my best friend - Depeche Mode (This best friend has never let me down; nor have the other best friends in the travel boxes. So it's really just that line, and that it's a great song for a road-trip.) #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDrivetime #roadtrips #dogsofbluesky #rescue

And the whole damn complicated Situation could've been avoided If I'd only shut the window - Old 97s #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDforDrivetime #travelmemories #roadtrips

48 seconds of puppy joy for a Sunday morning #timelinecleanse. Sandy being a good uncle to my recent rescue, Smudge. #dogs #dogsofbluesky #rescue #adoptdontshop

A quiet, early-morning #stunday on the Kerala backwaters, a long time ago. I was on a boat similar to the one pictured. #EastCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #travelmemories

#BlueSkyArtShow #Smooth Lake Ohrid is almost #smooth in the calm before a storm. As the clouds move in, all the details blend together smoothly. #EastCoastKin #Photography #travelmemories

Sunrise this morning was a glorious painting. I will endeavor to live up to it.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCommunication I didn't need the stenciled bit to understand this one - a win for global communication. (Apparently adding English has become common, though, which doesn't speak well of a lot of us.) #travelmemories #cambodia

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBars Cat behind bars. Don't worry, it's a baby gate to keep the dogs out, in case the cats need a break from them. Barely a hop. #catsofbluesky #rescue #adoptdontshop

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforBars Ancient bars, of a sort? Taking refuge from the rain inside a temple in Siem Reap. #travelmemories

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