Lens Artists Photo Challenge – #82 – Capital

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Viveka for hosting this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge

cap·i·tal¹

/ˈkapədl/

noun

1.

the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.

Similar:

first city

most important city

seat of government

centre of administration

metropolis
2.

wealth in the form of money or other assets owned by a person or organization or available or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a company or investing.

“rates of return on invested capital were high”

Similar:

money, finance(s), wealth, resources

adjective

(of an offense or charge) liable to the death penalty.

“murder was a capital crime”

(of a letter of the alphabet) large in size and of the form used to begin sentences and names.

Similar:

upper-case, block

A variety of photos depicting upper case letters, capital cities….Toronto (capital of Ontario), Rome (capital of Italy), Dublin (capital of Ireland) and play money.

Lens Artists Photo Challenge – Window With a View

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to the Lens Artists Photo Challenge for this week’s theme Window With a View

Over Italy

In Assisi

From Lucy’s point of view

From our apartment in Rome

Fan of…#46….Palms

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Jez for hosting Fan of….

I haven’t been anywhere tropical in over 35 years so I wasn’t sure how many palm pictures I’d find in my archive of photos. Turns out that the zoo, botanical gardens and countries like England and Italy are all keepers of this wonderful tree.

I particularly like what you find under the palms at the zoo.

Lens-Artist Photo Challenge – Nostalgia

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Tina for hosting this week’s Lens-Artist Challenge

nos·tal·gia

/näˈstaljə,nəˈstaljə/

noun

noun: nostalgia; plural noun: nostalgias

a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.

“I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days in college”

Similar:

wistfulness, regret, regretfulness, reminiscence, remembrance

I get very sentimental over my vacation in Italy where our son was married. The actual wedding took place in the hills of Assisi.

Friendly Friday – Balconies

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Amanda for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday

From Venice, Italy to Buckingham Palace in London and everything in between.

Monday Windows – A New Challenge

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Ludwig Keck for hosting Monday Windows

From Italy to London to Toronto.

Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Tourism

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Snow from The Snow Melts Somewhere for this week’s Friendly Friday Photo Challenge

I know that tourism is good for the economy and that many communities around the world rely heavily on tourism. When possible we try to travel in the off season to avoid large crowds. There are times, however, when that is not possible. One time was the summer our son got married in Italy.

I loved Italy but we did avoid some areas because of the heavy foot traffic from tourists. Most of the places we visited were very popular and the crowds were unavoidable. Two of those places were Venice and Rome. Despite the large number of tourists, we thoroughly enjoyed both cities.

Friendly Friday – Fake

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Snow for hosting Friendly Friday this week

The first thing I think of when I hear the work fake is ‘fake news’. I promise I’m NOT posting any of that. These are reproductions of famous art sculptures and wax dummies to fake Christmas trees.