Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life. The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. I don't think I am alone is saying that we don't explore our own city enough.
Lake Burley Griffin is a lovely addition to my city.
Last week we went on a small outing, down to the lake. After himself's recent trip the Beijing Gardens seemed an entirely appropriate place to visit. They are close to the Chinese Embassy and while we quite often drive past them I don't remember stopping in before. A mistake. We enjoyed our visit.
The Cninese Embassy.
Beijing is one of the cities which has 'sister city' status with my own, and the Chinese gave us the Beijing Gardens to honour the connection.
We could just see it, through the trees.
This is titled 'Bronze Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow' - which isn't an act of cruelty (precisely) but signifies just how fast the horse is travelling.
The 'Stone of Appreciation' which signfies the recognised qualities of fineness, openness, perforation and wrinkling.
The next photos come from a sculpture depicting the four Celestial Symbols.
The Azure Dragon (East/Spring).
The Scarlet Bird (South/Summer)
The White Tiger (West/Autumn).
The Black Tortoise (North/Winter)
Some detail from the roof of the pagoda.
Isn't it a lovely area? Nearby is a garden established to recognise our sister city status with Nara in Japan. I will take you there soon too.
Next week we are going back to our National Gallery to see the hyper-real exhibition. Photographs from the exhibition suggest that some of it will be very beautiful and some I will find confronting.
The meme is now continued by River at Drifting through life. The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to River. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
Like River I usually run with a theme. I don't think I am alone is saying that we don't explore our own city enough.
Lake Burley Griffin is a lovely addition to my city.
Last week we went on a small outing, down to the lake. After himself's recent trip the Beijing Gardens seemed an entirely appropriate place to visit. They are close to the Chinese Embassy and while we quite often drive past them I don't remember stopping in before. A mistake. We enjoyed our visit.
The Cninese Embassy.
Beijing is one of the cities which has 'sister city' status with my own, and the Chinese gave us the Beijing Gardens to honour the connection.
We could just see it, through the trees.
The 'Stone of Appreciation' which signfies the recognised qualities of fineness, openness, perforation and wrinkling.
The next photos come from a sculpture depicting the four Celestial Symbols.
The Azure Dragon (East/Spring).
The Scarlet Bird (South/Summer)
The White Tiger (West/Autumn).
The Black Tortoise (North/Winter)
Some detail from the roof of the pagoda.
Isn't it a lovely area? Nearby is a garden established to recognise our sister city status with Nara in Japan. I will take you there soon too.
Next week we are going back to our National Gallery to see the hyper-real exhibition. Photographs from the exhibition suggest that some of it will be very beautiful and some I will find confronting.
![[39+] Esstisch Aus Holz](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tZKYueyrlEX7RI6-HGrlFVLKtaMBhcVKM_K3sIhhbOd3vQLmNsGausXlZ81Q9NCsv70hVUS9Qls6K_gDneymb51n-ZXRlt7huOZJSjHS0S7gSUDYgZ7YJ-SBWJQs4rzT4EjLbrLYpO1ID4zlXfyGvkn5zYXwFtzD-aQyki61pCPzbVq0LnBmFb0eDSHtI=w100)
0 Yorumlar