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Breezeway at Q Station, Manly, NSW, Australia
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Q Station is a boutique hotel located at the former North Head Quarantine Station outside of Sydney. It’s a unique and most enjoyable lodging, packed with compelling history and a few rumoured ghosts.
Worth a visit if you’re ever in the area.
Be well …
Dorothy
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©Dorothy Chiotti … All Rights Reserved 2015
Weekly Photo Challenge: Angular
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The opera house ~ on the stage and in the hallways echo the dramas of life and vision and creativity.
The Sydney Opera House immediately comes to mind as a place of great theatrical drama, spectacularly reflected in all its dramatic, angular, architectural glory.
One little story … the tour guide told us that when the great (and superstitious) tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, sang at the opera house in 1983 he could not be persuaded to walk on the purple carpet because it was the same colour as coffin lining.
That, my friends, is a dramatic angle …
Thanks for visiting,
Dorothy
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©Dorothy Chiotti … Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
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For Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness Week 28 I’ve selected an image taken while on a guided tour of the Sydney Opera House.
This magnificent music venue perched on Sydney Harbour is a marvel of design and construction, and offers all kinds of interesting photographic opportunities.
On tours my tendency is to lag behind, my eyes and imagination caught for far longer than the guide’s strict window of time allows. Still, what I miss in the commentary I gain through my own observation.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
©Dorothy Chiotti … Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dialogue
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The second part of my response to this challenge also takes place in Australia, this time on the beautiful beach at Manly.
I am not a surfer … I’m not even that comfortable in water (unless it’s an infinity pool 😉 … ) so I’m always intrigued by those who are prepared to go out there and wrestle with the aquatic elements.
A school of surfers carrying highly identifiable surfboards head into the breakers with their instructor. A colourful sight indeed.
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Meanwhile, a little further down the beach stands SURF RESCUE … just in case.
That’s a dialogue that speaks volumes. 😉
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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©Dorothy Chiotti … Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
Weekly Photo Challenge: Zigzag
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For this week’s challenge three completely different travel destinations come to mind.
Each an artistic representation of the beauty of the Zigzag.
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Vienna, Austria … where the impressive multi-colour zigzag of the tile roof at St. Stephen’s Cathedral dominates the Stephansplatz …
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Monterosso al Mare, Italy … where colourful shade umbrellas zigzag across the popular Italian riviera beach …
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Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia … where the ceramic tile roof zigzags with the glow of the mid-day sun.
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Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
©Dorothy Chiotti … Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Twist
I’m not sure why, but when I saw that this week’s challenge I immediately thought of our vacation in Sydney, Australia, and recalled the many shapes and textures that garnish this beautiful city.
A beautiful city with a twist.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
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It is the ugliest time of year here in southern Ontario.
Melting snow reveals another layer of broken tree limbs after December’s brutal ice storm.
Layers of grit coat sidewalks and gardens.
The general landscape is grey and, in some cases, even a rusted brown colour where evergreens suffered during the extended periods of intense cold we experienced this winter.
As we await spring rains to wash away the grit and warming sunshine to tempt the buds and grasses to grow, I find some consolation in revisiting my photo archives.
There I find colourful images of spring in countries we have visited, their vibrant colours reminding me that soon our own backyards will once again burst with colour.
I know it’s autumn in the southern hemisphere at present, but I couldn’t resist featuring this beautiful Australian spring delight ~ the Jacaranda tree.
This image taken in Hyde Park, Sydney, Australia.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
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©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
Weekly Photo Challenge: Window
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On a trip to Sydney, Australia, several months ago, we stopped by the Hyde Park Barracks Museum to catch a glimpse of history.
These images were taken in the upstairs rooms. The silhouettes of convicts standing (and suffering) by the window were so fantastic with the light behind them I just had to capture them.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
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Images: Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2014
Shout Outs
The topic of this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Foreshadow.
To me foreshadowing sounds ominous. I think of the cloak of darkness rather than the shedding of light.
For this challenge I’ve elected to post this image taken from our verandah at the amazing Q Station in Sydney Harbour National Park at Manly, where we stayed for most of our two-week visit to the Sydney area last November.
Dusk was approaching and with it this companion creeping storm.
Talk about the foreshadowing of something ominous.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
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Shout Outs
Broken Light: A Photography Collective
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©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013
This week’s photo challenge asks us to share what pattern means to us.
Herewith a small sample of patterns observed during some recent travels.
Enjoy!
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Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
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