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Miscellaneous NEW stuff i gotta share

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Happy Friday! (At least it’s Friday in Australia, but as I type this post, it’s still Thursday back home in the USA).

I sort of forgot about my Movie Set Locations bucket list. I only had one listed for a long time. But I’m now able to increase that to 2! Yay! The photo above is in Singapore, where the wedding party scene in Crazy Rich Asians was filmed.

And somewhere in the movie, the main character is having lunch across the street from this building with the colorful windows.

Also, I thought I’d join in the fun on a couple of photo challenges. The photo above is for Lens-Artists Challenge #390 – Color in Black and White. And the photo below is for Monochrome Madness #56 – On the Roof

If you’ve seen a map of Brisbane, Australia before, you may recognize the shape of Brisbane River displayed on the side of that building. Here’s a screenshot of Google maps:

And here is the same “design” on our shower in our hotel room. I guess it’s safe to say, they love their river!

We quite enjoyed it too! Brisbane is one of the best cities we’ve visited! Here’s one of my favorite shots of the river.

That’s about all the miscellany for today. I hope you have a great day and get to learn or do something NEW today!

more NEW photos from Vietnam

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Happy Monday! We’re experiencing a bunch of NEW things on this trip. In my last post, I created a 5-senses portrait, but really, I could do that over and over again! I’ll just add a few new photos this time. The photos above and below are of Hoi An, Vietnam. Hoi An is a UNESCO heritage site because the town is a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port from the 15th to 19th century that remains largely intact. They have lantern festivals every month (which we will just miss), but every night there are lantern boats out on the river.

This is at Ba Na Hills. It’s a pretty iconic bridge in the area! It’s on top of a mountain. People get here by cable car, and as you go up the mountain, you go up into the clouds/fog! Pretty cool!

I’ve lost track of how many temples and pagodas we’ve visited! All are ornately beautiful!

As you all know, I adore experiencing NEW things and learning NEW things. Traveling sure is the best way to do that! I hope you have a terrific day and get to learn or do something NEW today too!

a NEW 5-senses portrait

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Happy Monday!

I often listen to Gretchen Rubin’s podcast (link HERE). She and her sister chat about a lot of different things. Sometimes, Gretchen talks about doing a 5-senses portrait of someone or something, and that makes her more fully appreciate it. Here is a link of Gretchen’s 5-senses portrait of her dog, Barnaby (link HERE). I decided I’d do a 5-senses portrait of our trip to Vietnam. Here goes:

SMELLING:

The incense burning at the entrances to many of the temples; The street vendors cooking various foods; The stench of garbage that hasn’t been taken care of; The smell of the ocean surf.

SEEING:

The chaotic driving in Hanoi was SO interesting to watch! They don’t have many traffic signals. The drivers just go where they need to go! Whether it’s turning left into a mass of traffic, or weaving back and forth between vehicles and motorbikes, the system seems to work. We only saw one accident. And there are so many motorbikes! I’m hoping to prepare a collage soon of all the crazy things we saw people carry on their motorbikes. Stay tuned for that, haha!

Of course, seeing the rock formations in Halong Bay was also highlight (see this post), and riding in a bamboo boat through those rock formations and through a small arch/cave was great fun!

TASTING:

Pho, spring rolls, lots of fresh seafood, lots of fresh fruit and delicious soups.

TOUCHING:

A fish massage! We stopped at a little village on Cat Ba Island and we dipped our feet into a small pool of water and fish sucked on our feet! What a freaky feeling! That was a NEW experience for me. Apparently, the fish like to suck the dead skin off the bottom of your feet. Ha! I didn’t get any photos of my feet, but here are my brother-in-law’s feet with the fish having a feast!

While visiting a Buddhist temple, I missed a step and came crashing to the ground. I sprained my ankle, pretty badly. So my ankle was very tender to the touch for a few days. This was me lounging by the pool the next day, trying to baby it! Ouch!!!

HEARING:

The sound of the Vietnamese language and lots of honking horns!

So I’ve tried something NEW and created this 5-senses portrait today! I hope you have a terrific day and do or learn something NEW today too!

a NEW thought thursday

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Happy Thursday!

And hello from Halong Bay, Vietnam. We’ve loved cruising around these awesome rock formations! So pretty. Here are a few more photos (the number of photos on my phone from just the last few days is insane). Vietnam is a NEW country to us, and we’ll be visiting many more NEW locations on this trip.

Have a terrific day, and I hope you get to do or learn something NEW today too!

a NEW photo challenge entry

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Happy Wednesday!

This photo is my entry for “The Space Between” prompt for the Monochrome Madness photo challenge.

The space between allows for a pixelated view of the powerful waterfall, but the distorted perception stops me from having a complete experience and divides me from fulfillment.

However, I appreciate these challenges for the kick in the pants to review my files for appropriate images to use. How about you? I haven’t been out shooting much lately (I’m basically a lame, fair-weather photographer, and it’s COLD outside!). I hope you have a terrific day and get to do or learn something NEW today!

a NEW thursday thought

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Happy Thursday. I fell in love with all the layers in this photo, taken recently in Newport, Rhode Island. The sky…the horizon…the ocean…the waves (in all their various strengths and sizes)…the birds, the wet sand, the drier sand. Therefore, I would edit this quote just a bit… I’d add that we are the sum of all the layers and layers of our experiences. Because I believe one experience wouldn’t be quite the same without a previous experience. It’s the layers of experiences, not the individual experience that make us what we are. What we will, eventually, become.

I hope you have a great day and get to do or learn something NEW today.

another NEW photo challenge entry

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Happy Monday. Wow…I’ve participated in 2 photo challenges within a week! (I must not have a time-consuming job anymore! Haha!) Here are my entries for Lens Artist Challenge #363. The rules were to go through our photo archives and find at least 5, but no more than 10 of the following: Zig-zag lines, something with green eyes, some cool jewelry, something circular, something rectangular, something with a design, something with a pattern, something with a bumpy texture, something with a soft texture, something with water in it, a set of keys, something glass, a zipper, shoelaces, or art supplies.

I took the challenge a step further and challenged myself to find any 5 from one trip. These all came from our 2017 trip to Europe. I chose the photo above as “something rectangular”.

Here’s something with a pattern:

…something zig-zag (does this roofline count?):

…something circular:

…something glass (do “glasses” count?):

…something with a bumpy texture:

…something with water in it (does the Mediterranean Sea count?)

That’s about it. I guess I didn’t take any photos of cool jewelry from the British Crown Jewels Museum that I remember going to on that trip (maybe photography was not allowed?). But hey, I found more than 5 photos for this challenge! Win.

That’s it for today. I’m off to find something NEW to do or learn. I hope you do too!