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Thursday’s Special: Inflated

Inflated is a word that lends itself to quite a few interpretations:

  1. Blown up, puffed out

  2. Raised, escalated

  3. Exaggerated, overstated, embellished

  4. Pompous, pretentious

Use these or some other meaning of inflated to show it in picture.

 

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This is Romeo. He is so full of himself. 

 

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This is my challenge for this Thursday. I look forward to seeing your interpretations and participating posts. Happy Thursday!

 

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P.S: The deadline for this challenge is 17th May. Please, read this notice.

 

Here is what the participating bloggers have offered for this challenge. Click on the links bellow:

Blowing Big Bubbles In Bishop’s Castle By Tish Farrell

Windy day at Porto by Debbie Smyth

Inflated storm clouds by Patricia

Fresh Icelandic Mountain Air by Cardinal Guzman

Inflated by Irene Waters

Airborne mood by Le Drake Noir

Inflated by Lena

Inflated by Jude

Inflated to the Max by Sylvia

Bubble by Lynne Ayers

Inflated by Anna

Inflated by Marilyn Armstrong

Inflated by Klara

Inflated by Sonya

Inflated by Pommepal

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75 responses to “Thursday’s Special: Inflated”

  1. Debbie Smyth Avatar
    Debbie Smyth

    Oh, I do like Romeo!
    Brilliant match for your theme, Paula, and the music has me smiling

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      🙂 The song is in Istrian dialect (part of Croatia). It is even funnier when one understands the lyrics. Thank you for lending your ear, Debs.

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  2. equinoxio21 Avatar
    equinoxio21

    Very good. “La grenouille qui voulait se faire plus grosse que le boeuf (La Fontaine)
    😉

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    1. Debbie Smyth Avatar
      Debbie Smyth

      Oh yes – most definitely!

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      1. equinoxio21 Avatar
        equinoxio21

        Hi Debbie. Just browsed through your blog. I have a lot of catch up to do. great eye.

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    2. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Merci de me l’avoir rappele 🙂

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  3. Nautical Puffery – Travel with Intent Avatar
    Nautical Puffery – Travel with Intent

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  4. Patti Küche Avatar
    Patti Küche

    How cool is Romeo! Love the brilliant pond colours and looks so great zoomed in, eye to eye – which I hope everyone will do!

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      🙂 many thanks, Patti

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  5. DailyMusings Avatar
    DailyMusings

    what an amazing capture Paula! I love it! 🙂

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      That’s very nice to hear. Thank you, dear. I look forward to your entry.

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  6. Inflated storm clouds… | Patricia's Place

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  7. Patricia Avatar
    Patricia

    I have never seen a “Romeo” before. He is quite cheeky.

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      😀 Great comment on him, Patricia. Cheers!

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  8. Sue Slaght Avatar
    Sue Slaght

    Oh my goodness he looks like he is going to explode like a bubble gum bubble. What a capture Paula!

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Yes, like a bubble gum. Great imagery, Sue 🙂 Thank you.

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  9. morselsandscraps Avatar
    morselsandscraps

    Astonishing image. His surrounding are as beautifully capture as his inflatedness. May you only encounter inflated frogs – inflated people have no charm!

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    1. Sue Avatar
      Sue

      😀😀

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    2. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Very true my dear 🙂 I found Romeo in a place that you also know – in the botanical garden of Zagreb. Thank you for your kind comment, Meg.

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      1. morselsandscraps Avatar
        morselsandscraps

        Even if my comment is totally illiterate? Try “surroundings” and “captured”! I could visit the botanical gardens in Zagreb a million times and I’d never get a shot like this.

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        1. Paula Avatar
          Paula

          Yes, you would with the right lens. xx

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  10. Thursday’s Special: Inflated – artishorseshit

    […] For Paula’s https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursdays-special-inflated/ […]

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  11. Cardinal Guzman Avatar
    Cardinal Guzman

    Great capture. My son is obsessed with frogs.
    Here’s my entry this week https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursdays-special-inflated/

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      😀 I can picture him chasing frogs. Thanks for the cans, Max.

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  12. Sue Avatar
    Sue

    Love the photo of Romeo and his bubblegum cheek sacs! Another tricky prompt, well done!

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  13. ledrakenoir Avatar
    ledrakenoir

    Cute fellow, probably an accomplished trumpet player… 😀

    Very well captured… 🙂

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      😆 cheers Drake!

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  14. Airborne mood | Le Drake Noir Avatar
    Airborne mood | Le Drake Noir

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  15. 76sanfermo Avatar
    76sanfermo

    Incredibilmente bella!
    Romeo e’ un tipo simpatico….,ma i fondali ,che splendore!

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Grazie tanto, Anna.

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  16. klara Avatar
    klara

    what a capture!!

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      🙂

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  17. Tish Farrell Avatar
    Tish Farrell

    That’s a fascinating composition, Paula. He’s looking you straight in the eye too. You didn’t kiss him did you 🙂
    Great track too. Now I need to go and inflate brain cells.

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      No, not this time 😀

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  18. Blowing Big Bubbles In Bishop’s Castle ~ Thursday’s Special | Tish Farrell

    […] Paula’s theme this Thursday is ‘inflated’. Please pay her a visit. You won’t be disappointed. Promise! […]

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  19. Tish Farrell Avatar
    Tish Farrell

    Your frog made me think of magic, which reminded me of this: http://wp.me/pKVAM-1Q3 Have an uplifting day, Paula.

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Your entry touched me, and made me remember a scene I have long forgotten. Thanks, dearest Tish.

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  20. lumar1298 Avatar
    lumar1298

    What a great capture… It is just magical…

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      🙂 I’m happy you think so, Lor. Have a great day!

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  21. themofman Avatar
    themofman

    Happy Thursday to you too, Paula!

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  22. Inflated: Thursday’s Special | Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist)

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  23. Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist Avatar
    Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist

    Love Romeo and his air sacs. I’m glad I’m not there to listen to his singing all night though.https://irenewaters19.com/2016/05/12/inflated-thursdays-special/

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Fabulous. A to Z about inflatables – you covered them all. That sheep rocks!

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  24. Thursday’s Special: Inflated | iPictureThis

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  25. Lena Avatar
    Lena

    Oh I love frogs and toads, such a great picture!

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      The world of fairy tales, right? I am coming over to see what you’ve got 🙂

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      1. Lena Avatar
        Lena

        Absolutely… 🙂 You are welcome!

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  26. Thursday Special – TRAVEL WORDS Avatar
    Thursday Special – TRAVEL WORDS

    […] Paula’s (Lost in Translation) challenge this week is Inflated […]

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  27. Heyjude Avatar
    Heyjude

    Well captured Paula, well worth enlarging to see those bubblegum cheeks – makes me want to pop them!
    Mine’s a case of not being inflated enough! https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursday-special-5/

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  28. anotherday2paradise Avatar
    anotherday2paradise

    What fun music, Paula. Romeo has such a cheeky face. Love him. ❤ Here's my entry: https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2016/05/12/thursdays-special-inflated-to-the-max/

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      And yours is not cheeky but adorable 🙂

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  29. restlessjo Avatar
    restlessjo

    A fun one to come home to, Paula. 🙂 I’ll be a day or two getting back on track and you’ve already seen my Bristol Hot Air Balloons so I may not make the deadline. Hope you’re well, and not too stressed? I see you’ve been making more blog work for yourself. 🙂 I’m ambivalent about your idea, hon. Often there are several entries that I totally love and usually very different from each other. I don’t think I want to vote on them.

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      That’s fair, Jo and I can understand. Thank you for telling me.

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      1. restlessjo Avatar
        restlessjo

        I just read through the comments on the post, Paula, and I appear to be out of step, but that’s fine. I have to be honest with you. I didn’t leave my comment over there to save me time, but I did note you’re just as overworked as ever. No surprise there. Hugs, darlin’ 🙂

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        1. Paula Avatar
          Paula

          Yes, and under the weather too. Thank you for honesty and caring.

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  30. lauramacky Avatar
    lauramacky

    Nature is so amazing!

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  31. Marie Avatar
    Marie

    Love your Romeo. Hope he finds his Juliet. My contribution is a bit different but somehow seemed to fit into the inflated definition, at least for people with a strange sense of humor. (Me) 🙂 https://3rsofretirement.com/2016/05/13/thursdays-special-inflated/

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  32. 76sanfermo Avatar
    76sanfermo

    I’ve just posted my contribution……..
    Thanks for all, a big hug!
    http://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com

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  33. sonyavdg Avatar
    sonyavdg

    Wow. Love it

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      🙂 😀

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  34. Lynne Ayers Avatar
    Lynne Ayers

    This was either a very lucky shot, right place right time, or you have incredible patience. Great capture.

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Patience 🙂

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      1. Lynne Ayers Avatar
        Lynne Ayers

        Even better. Congratulations on the shot.

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  35. Bubble/7 – Beyond the Brush Avatar
    Bubble/7 – Beyond the Brush

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  36. INFLATED – THE WINTER THAT WAS | SERENDIPITY

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  37. klara Avatar
    klara

    here is mine:
    http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2016/05/inflated.html

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  38. Mark Kertesz Photography Avatar
    Mark Kertesz Photography

    Hi Paula, What a fun photo and the music is perfect. I hope you are doing well? I haven’t had a chance to come around in a while.

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  39. Thursday’s Special: Inflated | Middleton Road

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  40. sonyavdg Avatar
    sonyavdg

    I love your shot – very unusual. The weather hasn’t been great here so I haven’t been able to get out much – so its one from my archive this week https://sonyavdg.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/thursdays-special-inflated/

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    1. Paula Avatar
      Paula

      Terrific 🙂

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  41. Inflated… | Memories are made of this

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  42. pommepal Avatar
    pommepal

    Just had to blow Romeo up and he is very inflated, well caught and love the music too. I almost missed out this week, where did it go too. But here I am and I noticed your new addition to our enjoyment for next week. Hope it isn’t going to be too much overload for you. https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/inflated/

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  43. Linda Arthur Tejera Avatar
    Linda Arthur Tejera

    Well, Romeo certainly seems to be showing off! Lively music (even though I don’t understand the lyrics)! 😄

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  44. Thursday’s Special: Park | Lost in Translation Avatar
    Thursday’s Special: Park | Lost in Translation

    […] last week’s challenging theme inflated to which you responded with brilliant interpretations, this week’s theme does not seem like a […]

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  45. Lignum Draco Avatar
    Lignum Draco

    Amazing looking guy. I’m not sure about the concept of voting, but I’ll leave that to you. The idea of receiving votes would not necessarily encourage me to participate.

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