Wordless Wednesday: Life Imitates Art

Is it real or is it Memorex?

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Wordless Wednesday: Beauty and the Beast

The Beast Observes Beauty

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Repurpose

Ideas for repurposing often spring out of economic necessity, and thus they often begin with something that is usually thrown away or can be acquired free. If it is a good idea, it can become trendy and shabby-chic. Pallet furniture is an example.

First there was pallet furniture, then Christmas season brought pallet trees!

Partial Pallet Tree

Last year I went to the Megacities exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The art for this exhibit was mostly made out of what some would consider “trash.” The art in the rotunda was made from plastic dishes!

Megacities Exhibit — Plastic Dishes Repurposed

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Room

I’m a bit late this week, but better late than never. This is the biggest “desk” I’ve ever seen; that’s some room to work!

Now That’s an Executive Desk!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument

The week’s challenge topic is Monument. Here is a gallery of monument photos I have featured in the past, plus a couple of new ones.

The Boston area of the U.S. has a lot of history, though we are really a “young” nation compared with Europe. So, none of these monuments are really “old.”

Pilgrim Sculpture

George Washington in Public Garden

Mayflower II

Statue of Mayor White

Sachem’s Rock

Adams Library at Peacefield

Massasoit monument

The Library at Peacefield is from the 1800s.

So too, is the statue of Washington in the Public Gardens.

The original “Mayflower” that brought the pilgrims to America is long gone; the Mayflower II is a replica built in the 1950s.

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community

The Weekly Photo Challenge topic this week is Community. As the year winds to a close and the snow falls outside, I reflected on the past year and decided to post pictures from an important event (and remind myself of warmer weather).

After the Boston Marathon bombings in April, people tied prayer flags to the wrought iron fence of the Arlington Street Church, down the street from the finish line where the bombings occurred. I was in the city of Boston in August and took these shots. It was very moving — an impressive demonstration of a sense of community.

Prayer Flags at the Arlington Street Church in Boston

An Outpouring of Prayers…

After the devastation of the bombing, Boston’s sense of community culminated in the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series with the slogan, “Boston Strong!”

The prayer flags were later painstakingly untied by volunteers with knitting needles. Some were saved for a memorial quilt and some were burned, so I’m glad I got to see them while they were there.

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: One Item or the Number One

Cee’s Photo Challenge this week is to show one item or the number one.

Here’s a few that fit the bill. I took them on a recent trip to Boston,walking on the Greenway on a rainy day.

One Lamp Post on the Greenway

One Person Walking on the Greenway

One Red Leaf

One Lost Sneaker

One Dog Celebrating the Red Sox Win

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Lines to Patterns

The topic this week is the lines and patterns we see in the world around us.

These are a few I have seen recently.

Standing inside the pavilion in Boston Common

 

Bridge Railing

Park Bench with Blossoms

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual POV

Cheri Lucas Rowlands gives us this week’s Photo Challenge: Unusual Point of View.  She introduces it this way:

Challenge yourself to rethink your ideas about what subjects are appropriate, and then challenge yourself again to find an unusual perspective on your subject.

Globes Along Boston Common

I recently went into Boston to meet a friend and saw these “Cool Globes” in different areas of the city. The art exhibit is to call attention to the issue of global warming. (You can read about it here.) All of the globes represent an artist’s unique perspective on the issue.

Globe Created Using Plastic

Globes in Early Morning

I really enjoyed looking at them as I walked around and took pictures of some of them…and I took pictures of other people taking pictures and enjoying them too, which I think is a unique perspective!

Hiding Behind a Globe, Photographing Someone Else Photographing a Globe

In Copley Square, These Kids Found a Globe They Could Sit In

 

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Tree Tuesday

We had a glorious day in Boston on Sunday: not a cloud in the sky, not too hot, not too cold…PERFECT. I walked around the public gardens enjoying the flowers and trees. Some of my favorites: the majestic weeping willows that surround the Swan boat pond. They just say “summer” to me.

 

 

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