Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

21 May 2013 3 Comments

by smkelly8 in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge Tags: , , , ,

Shandong Provincial Museum, my favorite escape

Shandong Provincial Museum, my favorite escape

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2013″ or “postaweek2013″ tag.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Merge

17 Aug 2012 16 Comments

by smkelly8 in architecture, Blogging Challenge, travel Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

A merge of Neo-Jacobean and Romanesque styles

Seiberling Mansion, Kokomo, Indiana

Share a picture that means MERGE to you! 

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Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

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Great Wall, Simitai

26 Jun 2012 Leave a Comment

by smkelly8 in China, culture, History, photos, travel Tags: , , ,

From my archives, in 1999 I went to the Great Wall at Simitai. My travel companion, Teresa was heart set on going to this portion of the wall. It was rawer, less developed. When we went hardly anyone was there. No souvenir stands, no real toilets (just stalls consisting of dirt holes in the ground). It was peaceful and majestic in a wabi sabi kind of well worn way.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Today 2

04 Jun 2012 13 Comments

by smkelly8 in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge, China, photos, travel Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

At Thousand Mountain Buddha

Another Buddha, one of a thousand

I like this challenge so I’m adding a post.

Another day, another adventure since I’ve got a friend visiting from the U.S. We went to Jinan‘s Thousand Buddha Mountain, a lovely park/sacred site. Afterwards we went on to Shandong Elite Teahouse. très elegant and soothing.

Shandong Elite Teahouse

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Today

03 Jun 2012 10 Comments

by smkelly8 in Blogging Challenge, China, photos, travel Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Zhujiayu, an ancient village

Lots of wabi sabi

Off the beaten path, Zhujiayu, Shandong Province

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I Saw Sunday

19 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment

by smkelly8 in architecture, Blogging Challenge, culture, media, meme, museum, musing, theater/music Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Here’s a new meme: I Saw Sunday

So, what did you see this week?

One thing or a whole list! – Words or photos or both!

Share it here with us.

The Rules

1. Write your post on your blog and include a link back to I Saw Sunday.
2. Leave the link to your post in the Mr Linky widget so we can find you.
3. Leave a comment after linking so that I know you have been here.
4. Please be sure to visit the other participants and share what they saw.

Chicago's Wrigley Building

Whoa.

It’s been a whirlwind, a lovely cultural whirlwind the last few weeks in Chicago.

I got to see a clever production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night‘s Dream at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and at the Art Institute I wandered through their Asian and European galleries.

I loved the Japanese Woodblock prints from the 1960′s and 70′s.

Modern Japanese Print

Modern Japanese Woodblock


Wandering downtown lead me to the Chicago Cultural Center, which has interesting exhibits. Their Project Onward, a gallery that sells art created by artists with disabilities charmed me. Lots of whimsical and thought-provoking work.

At the Chicago Cultural Center

At Project Onward

I loved Showboat at the Lyric Opera. Anyone in the city must take this in! I had no idea how much I’d like this musical or how many of the songs were well known.

Although I was leaving for China on Tuesday morning, I couldn’t pass up tickets to Showboat. That was a wise choice. The Lyric put on an excellent production, which knocked me off my feet. For days the songs lingered in my head. By all means go see this if you can.

I just saw that this meme has been closed. Oh, well. I’ll find another or just keep up with these Sunday reviews on my own.

“Slow down and take the time to really see. Take a moment to see what is going on around you right now, right where you are. You may be missing something wonderful.”
- J. Michael Thomas

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