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  • Jilly 7:01 pm on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Theme Day: Changes 


    Theme Day this month is ‘Changes‘ and this photograph, taken at Le Balico in Menton reminded me that Martini has changed the shape of its bottles. Remember the old Martini bottle? – you see it on the left. And below the new one. I love the old one, same as I love the old Martini poster in the photo. But everything changes unless we believe, ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.’

    Henri-Louis Bergson, the French Philosopher who in 1927 won the Nobel prize for Literature wrote:

    ‘To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.’

    ‘Exister, c’est changer ; changer, c’est mûrir ; mûrir, c’est se créer sans cesse.’

    To see how other CDP bloggers have interpreted today’s theme please click here to view thumbnails for all participants.

    HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!

     

  • Susanne49 1:07 pm on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    New Year Resolutions 

    May all your troubles last as long
    as your New Year’s resolutions.

    ~Joey Adams~

    HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my friends and visitors!
    See you next year?

    Susanne

     

  • Toon 9:26 am on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    David Terrazas Photography 



     

  • tewfic el-sawy 7:18 am on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Tom Bourdon: Varanasi Holy Man 

    Photo © Tom Bourdon -All Rights Reserved

    I thought that Tom Bourdon’s photograph of a sadhu offering water to the sun on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi would be a perfect choice to end my blog posts for 2009. It projects the optimism we ought to feel today while we are at the cusp of welcoming a brand new year.

    Tom Bourdon is UK born, and is an award winning international travel photographer who specializes in photographing religious and cultural festivals/celebrations across the globe. To my knowledge, he’s one of the very few who specialize in documenting festivals, and if I’m not mistaken he might be traveling to the Kumbh Mela this year in Haridwar. If he does, you can bet he’ll have splendid images to show.

    Happy New Year to all my readers…and looking forward to see you again next year!

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  • tewfic el-sawy 7:10 am on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    NGS’ Traveler: Best of 2009 

    National Geographic Traveler’s Editor-in-Chief Keith Bellows presents his favorite pictures published in his magazine throughout 2009. The audio slideshow features 14 photographs made by various photographers in countries ranging for Malaysia to Peru.

    I’m always intrigued how photo editors choose the photographs that are published, but I haven’t learned much from Bellows’ narrative. This collection actually mystifies me…sure, there is a bunch of lovely photographs but many are pedestrian and unimaginative, to say the least. The photograph of the four women on a bench in Shanghai is one of those. I looked at it for a while, trying to figure out the reason(s) for its inclusion here, but honestly couldn’t.

    I don’t know if this was rush job put together by novice interns, but it’s certainly not a shining effort by the National Geographic.

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  • Jilly 2:05 am on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Chemin des Crèches – the Artist’s Crib 


    Giovanna is an artist who lives at the top of Roquebrune village, opposite the entrance to the medieval Château.

    The red sign invites visitors to look through the French windows to the crib she has created but on the day I was there it was impossible to see due to lack of light. Nevertheless, I thought you might like to see her charming house with the lady at the upper window…

     

  • Jilly 2:05 am on December 31, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Chemin des Crèches – the Artist’s Crib 


    Giovanna is an artist who lives at the top of Roquebrune village, opposite the entrance to the medieval Château.

    The red sign invites visitors to look through the French windows to the crib she has created but on the day I was there it was impossible to see due to lack of light. Nevertheless, I thought you might like to see her charming house with the lady at the upper window…

    Happy New Year everyone!

     

  • Susanne49 1:44 pm on December 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    It was a Great and Strong Year! 

    Looking back to 2009 I can say, it was a great, happy and a “strong” year for us!

    We made our “dreams come true” and did our since many years planned travel trip across America for almost 8 months – 20′000 miles on the road, from the East Coast to the West Coast and everything in between.

    I’m so happy we did it, it was quiet a wonderful experience – and America is BEAUTIFUL!
    We met a lot of people, made some new good friends and I have x-of hundreds of photographs in my archives now. There will be one day a book (or two) made with some of the best photos and I’ll be selling them also as prints, framed or not and printed on canvas, online.

    It was a wonderful year for us, yes! I wish you ALL a great 2010 too,
    work on your dreams!

    And today is a special day for someone special in my life : My love of my live – my husband and partner since almost 10 years now – it’s his Birthday today.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY Darling, I LOVE you so much! Let’s celebrate!
    Susanne

     

  • tewfic el-sawy 6:56 am on December 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Michael Bednar: Eagle Hunters of Mongolia 

    Photo © Michael Bednar -All Rights Reserved

    I like big pictures, and Michael Bednar’s website galleries have such large photographs, that viewing them is a virtual immersion into his imagery. His photo story about the Eagle Hunters of Mongolia is a visual treat…especially since it features not only environmental portraits of the hunters and their eagles, but also breathtaking imagery of the stunning Mongolian landscape.

    For Kazakhs, hunting with eagles is ingrained in their cultural heritage, and historians believe hunting with birds of prey was practiced by nomadic tribes in Central Asia almost 6000 years ago.

    Michael Bednar is a travel and documentary photographer based in Vancouver. He started by discovering the diversity of life and cultures in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. After some years of globetrotting, Michael returned to Canada to attend the Western Academy of Photography and secured a diploma in Professional Photography.

    He worked at daily newspapers in Southern Alberta, and eventually turned freelance, with his photographs published internationally.

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  • Jilly 2:34 am on December 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Chemin des Crèches – the 2000 year old Olive Tree 


    Some of you will remember this beautiful 2,000 year old olive tree in Roquebrune village – particularly the bloggers who climbed it.

    Here is it used to display a nativity in a bird cage. Hard to see the actual crib as the camera focused on the wire of the cage.

     

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