Picture This #340 ~ Bend And Twist

I am back more  or less to normal, although still hobbling around on a cane, but I can use the computer - main thing.

Here are some bends and turns in Tabby's steps to the top of the cupboard.

A worm spends its life bending and turning.

And a tree on the bank of our local River, forming bends and turns whilst growing.

Picture This #340 ~ Bend And Twist

Many thanks to Benni for hosting this week. A great theme, one I don't think we've had before!! Lots of possibilities here!!

Here are mine:

1) One of the commonest twists, seen in many many places.

2) I call this one 'The Wriggly Tree'

3) This is the ceiling of the 'Y Synedd', the Welsh Assembly building, Cardiff, Wales.

4) Let's twist again...........

PICTURE THIS #340 ~ BEND AND TWIST

HI ALL!! 

THANK YOU BENNI FOR BEING OUR LEADER. 

LOVE YOUR THEME BEND & TWIST.

BENDI TWISTI

LOTS OF BENDS

BEND AND TWIST

   

 THEY BEND AND TWIST THEIR WAY THROUGH THEIR WORLD .

Picture This #340 ~ Bend And Twist

Hi, this is me, Benni, once again hosting from the warmth of Florida's shores. Congratulations to Belita on a wonderful banner shot. Very nicely done.

The theme for this week is "Bend and Twist". As you might know, it's always more important to me that people have fun than stick hard-and-fast to the theme. Anything bendy, twisty, leaning, and so forth will do. Have fun taking pictures or looking through your folders. Here are mine.

Pelican contortion.

A shell in the afternoon light.

Arnold bending his muscles. Or is he twisting?

The gentle bend of a leaf.

PICTURE THIS #339 ~ CHILDREN

Congratulations, Benni, for the very beautiful banner image! 

My contributions for this week's sensitive (delicate?) theme.

PT CCCXXXIX ~ Children

Wonderful theme by Heidi and banner by Benni.

These two shots were taken at the visit of my cousin and family.

Picture This #339 ~ Children

Hi folks, thanks for hosting Heidi! You sure have some cute children in your pictures.

Thank you for putting my beach detail as banner picture. I'm chuffed.

I don't have children or grandchildren, but I did some lateral thinking.

Got to be children around here somewhere!!

Tom, in green, talks to a dozing baby.

Picture This #339 ~ Children

Many thanks to Heidi for hosting this week. Her theme is probably one of the most difficult for me. I don't have any children of my own, and as a single man, taking photos of other people's children  could get me arrested!! LOL. I didn't want to miss out on a theme, so did a bit of lateral thinking...and came up with a solution!! Sorry for the picture quality, but they are all scans of pre-digital photos. 

1) The only photo in existence of me holding a baby!! This is my god-daughter Angela on her christening day.

2) This is me as page-boy at my uncle Bill's wedding with my cousin Gail. I think I was 7 years old. 

3) Me as a budding 'biker', aged about 5 (I think).

4) Me, aged about 4 (not sure exactly) with my grandmother's dog 'Buster'

PICTURE THIS #339 ~ CHILDREN

NARI NARO. THAT IS WHAT WE SAY WHERE I LIVE DURING THE CARNIVAL SEASON. 

OUR THEME FOR THE WEEK IS 'CHILDREN' IN ALL THEIR YOUTHFUL GLORY. 

ENJOY THE THEME AND ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

NARI NARO

HE IS EATING THE BREAD!! LOL

FUN FUN FUN

NARI NARO

CLOWN 

PICTURE THIS #338 ~THE BIG PICTURE AND DETAILS

Congratulations, Pat, for the very original banner image! 

Thanks, Anders, for the never-chosen-before theme!

The Chinese New Year, the year of the monkey, starts on Feb. 8, but yesterday and today the many thousands of Chinese living in Lisbon have already kicked off the celebrations. This afternoon, I happened to walk through a park where many Chinese were attending traditional performances. 

Giving red envelopes is a custom at the Chinese New Year (I stopped just to take the photos but I believe the envelopes would be given to the children who were wearing traditional attires to perform Chinese dances)

Picture This #338 ~ The Big Picture And Details

What a great theme, Anders. I do not think we have ever had it before and it allows us to look at all the different elements in our subjects.

Wonderful banner shot by Pat, showing that everyday items have beauty.

Big picture - the Gulf of Mexico.

Details in the waves.

A pelican taking flight.

On the shore, tiny details in the sand.

Picture This #338 ~ The Big Picture And Details

Many thanks to Anders for hosting this week, and a really good theme, I like it a lot!!! Got me thinking  what subject to choose. In the end I went with one of the iconic buildings of the world: The Empire State Building.

1) The 'Big Picture' was actually the most difficult for this subject. Anyone who's visited New York knows that trying to photograph the entire building from ground level is almost impossible. I did, however, get this one on the upper part catching the colour of the sinking sun.

2) Detail No.1: The name over the main entrance.

3) Detail No.2: Close-up of Lobby detail.

4) Detail No.3: Inside the 'Empire Store'.

Picture This #338 ~ The Big Picture And Details

Thank for hosting Anders.

My draining stopper in the sink is famous, who would have thought. If I had suspected that this photo would become a suspected Pulitzer Prize winner, I would have cleaned the tea stains away before taking the photo.

If I had to do details of the local buildings it would mean a walk into town and creeping up closer to the objects in question. My only great achievements at the moment are views of the Alps from the local super market, and I am not visiting the Bernese Overland to climb the Eiger and get a closeup of a few death defying ravines and crevices. I decided to see what my home has to offer.

First of all my daily faithful companion - The Dyson vacuum cleaner.

Let's get a little closer to see what this wonderwork of modern house cleaning has to offer.

And even closer. I had to take this photo with my phone as I did not have time for the full enchilada this morning. Mr. Swiss did wonder what I was doing taking a photo of my vacuum cleaner.

PICTURE THIS #338 ~ THE BIG PICTURE AND DETAILS

HI ALL ~WE ARE GOING INTO CARNIVAL WEEK. 

ANDERS, THANKS A LOT FOR BEING OUR LEADER.

LOVE THE THEME.

ST. MARKS IN VENICE

ST. MARKS

ST. MARKS

Picture This - Week 338 - The Big Picture And Details

Great banner by pat.

Greetings and welcome from Sweden. Im your host this week and the chosen theme is...The Big Picture And Details.
The three shots below show of details on the old Steamferry Station which soon will be moved to make place for a very much unneeded conference centre which will be an eyesore for all locals and tourists coming to see our beautiful city.