Colour is so much a part of our world. The challenge to capture it in a memorable way has been set by Travelsupermarket.com, and a formidable array of talented bloggers have already joined in. Amongst them, Kathryn, of Travel with Kat, who has very kindly nominated me. Many thanks, Kat. I’ll do my best.
The challenge requires that you submit a blog post with an image for each of 5 colours- red, white, blue, green and yellow. Full details are to be found on the Travelsupermarket website. The top prize, £2000 to spend on travel, is definitely worth a little effort.
Blue
I’m starting near to home with a photo that cost me a black eye. So captivated was I by the light installations at Durham City’s “Lumiere 2011” that I forgot to look where I was going and went head over heels over a concrete block- ouch! I shall exercise more caution when I return to Durham for “Lumiere” 2013, but return I most certainly will. The illumination of Durham’s historic buildings was simply spectacular. I loved the blue of the Snowdome, but equally beautiful were “The Waterfall”, and the Lindisfarne Gospels projected onto Durham Cathedral.
White
My first sight of Rynek Główny in Kraków was charged with emotion. I had the arm of my Aunt Anna tucked into mine. We had met, for the first time, just days before. She and Dad were separated when he was only 15, and reunited 64 years later, with grateful thanks to the internet. The Market Square with its medieval Cloth Hall (Sukiennice) will always be special to me. The horse and carriages are a little cliched, but perfect for my white photo, from my K is for Krakow post.
Red
My red photo transports me immediately to July 2011. The Festa dos Tabuleiros takes place just once every 4 years in Tomar, Central Portugal. The streets dazzle in swathes of multi-hued paper flowers and the 4 feet high breadbaskets are paraded on the heads of 400 or more dainty ladies. Crisply dressed young escorts slip an arm around each of the waists and help to balance the weight. It’s a sight I will never forget.
Yellow
I loved the subtlety of the old gold of this building in Wrocław’s colourful Rynek. Polish architecture is an intriguing mix, much of it reconstructed following the wholescale devastation of World War 2. It’s my offering for yellow.
Green
I’m coming home again for my green choice. National pride was strong in my local village, Elwick, when they gave their annual Scarecrow Festival a Jubilee theme. It was so much fun and the sight of the characters from Alice in Wonderland playing croquet on a traditional village green brought many a smile.
Travelsupermarket request that we pass this challenge on to 5 more bloggers, so I’m very happy to nominate:
Marcia of La Chica Writes
Andrew of Have Bag, Will Travel
Richard of A Bit of Culture
Robin of Bringing Europe Home
Zoe of Zoetic Epics
Good luck everybody!
Lovely – the blue and yellow are my favs 🙂
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Thanks Suze. Is yours up yet? Haven’t seen it.
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Hi I missed this. WordPress is so messing with the blogs I follow on my reader. I am having to manually chase everyone up. Nice variety of choices there, I’m a fan of the yellow one too. I saw this somewhere else and am still trying to work out if I have five photos! I’m sure I have, it’s just sorting through them.
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Hiya Rough! Same for me sometimes- very frustrating. You saw this on Wanderlust Gene’s lovely blog. I know because I left a comment saying “if I can, you can” but I’m not sure that I left it in the right place, or if you saw it. Good luck!
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Hi Jo, I am new to this, what is happening and how does it work?
I get new feeds in my mail with people commenting on your blog and saying they have enclosed something, can you fill me in. . . ‘drowning in ignorance’ Kerry
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You’re absolutely right. And I did see the comment, and laughed! So far I’ve got to blue 😀
With regard to WP, I think I’m going to have to write a boring old-fashioned paper list of fave blogs and leave it next to the computer instead of relying on incompetent Reader.
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Your photos are really amazing!! I like especially “yellow”
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Bless you, some of the entries have been beyond belief, but it’s nice to be able to tell a story with my photos. I love that people have different favourites.
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Loved the collection! The first photo is seriously stunning!
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Thanks Jodi. My eye was a lovely midnight blue for a week afterwards, so it definitely was a stunner. Thanks for finding time for me.
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sounds like an interesting challenge 🙂
nice photos you have there. The white carriage looks very inviting 🙂
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Thanks Amira. It’s open to all if you fancy entering some of your lovely pics too.
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Lovely pictures, the snowdome in particular 🙂 I’d love to visit Krakow, everyone says it’s beautiful so I must go 🙂
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It really is, Elisa. I’m very privileged to have family there, or I might not have made it myself. So glad I did. Thanks for following.
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Your photos are awesome! As early as now, I am congratulating you already for getting those perfect shots! 🙂
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Bless you, Michael. I do love a few kind words.
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Congratulations dear Johanna, these are amazing photographs, loved them all. Thanks and Love, nia
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Many thanks Nia! Been too busy booking daughter’s Venice honeymoon to do much visiting lately, but I’ll be there soon.
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Great choices! I really like the croquet game too… 🙂
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Thanks Meg. Thought getting “village green” in there was a good idea? Love yours too.
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Love the snow dome.
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It was fabulous! One of the stars of the show. Thanks for visiting.
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lovely images and stories jo, so interesting that you found your family through the internet too 🙂
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Thanks, Christine. Yes, that week I spent in Wroclaw recently would probably never have happened,and many other things besides. The best thing is the new lease of life it’s given Dad. He’s often in pain with arthritis but has a reason to carry on now- he’s the oldest of his brothers and sister.
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these are lovely!!
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Thank you. I don’t have to wander too far for some great places (but I still do!)
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Replied in your “About” page. Hope it’s a help?
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And where do I find that? (ha ha!) seriously where is my “About” page?
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Another question Jo (thanks for being my mentor!) where do you get the fabulous visitors widget from? I like
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Top of screen, left hand side says “About”. You can put a few facts about you in if you want- profile stuff.
If you click on my map it should bring up flagcounter.com and you download it from there I think. Don’t ask me any hard questions, will you?
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The blue one is stunning!
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Thank you! Yes, it’s my “crowd pleaser” (I hope!)
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I’m sure you will win! A lovely post.
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What a loyal soul you are, Viv! Thank you so much. Some of the entries are amazing so I’m just doing it for the shares and a bit of fun.
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Well chosen Jo! The yellow and red are my favourites.
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Glad you liked my yellow too, Madhu. Was looking for something a bit different because there are some fabulous entries. Fun, though.
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Wonderful entries to the five colours.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Thank you Francine. I was looking for something a little different.
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Touching story of your father and aunt. Thanks for sharing.
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It was an amazing reunion, thanks Lynne. Sad that Aunt Anna has since died but at least they had the chance to meet again.
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Congratulations! Great collections, especially the blue.
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Thanks Amy. I like the blue too, though the “waterfall” in the Durham post is maybe a better shot but it’s more violet than blue.
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Great entry, Jo – congratulations! The Durham snowdome is fantastic.
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Thank you. It was a beautiful sight, despite the mishap!
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🙂
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A lovely collection! 🙂
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Thanks Kat. I got there in the end!
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