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THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: WINDING
Welcome to Thursday’s Special photo challenge again. Today’s theme is WINDING. Instead of sharing why I chose today’s theme, I would like you to read this great quote by Yeats:
“Life is a journey up a spiral staircase; as we grow older we cover the ground covered we have covered before, only higher up; as we look down the winding stair below us we measure our progress by the number of places where we were but no longer are. The journey is both repetitious and progressive; we go both round and upward.”
The example bellow shows a well from Quinta da Regaleira, a bewildering estate located near the historic centre of Sintra in Portugal. “Built at the turn of the 20th century owing to the rich imagination of its owner Carvalho Monteiro and that of Italian architect Luigi Manini, the estate is an enchanting property featuring a palace and a chapel, a luxurious park with lakes, grottoes, benches, fountains and a vast array of exquisite constructions among which the most mysterious and appealing are initiation wells that resemble underground towers lined with stairs. The wells were never used as water sources; instead they served for ceremonial purposes that included Rosicrucian initiation rites.” (text taken from some tourist brochure).
©Paula Borkovic
To join the challenge:
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Make a photo post post on today’s theme, before next Thursday.
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Link to this challenge post, and tag your post #thursdaysspecial
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Leave a comment under this post.
Happy Thursday!
Please have a look at the great entries to this challenge:
Lost in Translation 
Welcome back Paula. I hop you had a great break. And what post to return with – I love it 🙂
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Thank you so much, Debbie. It’s good to see you.
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And I loved the music too. I am really expanding my musical tastes and awareness through you 🙂
And I have a post too:https://travelwithintent.com/2017/03/23/a-winding-rose/
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Many thanks, Debbie. Yes, you should listen to my scores (well, most of the time 😉 )
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That is one incredible photo, Paula! And a little philosophy to go with 🙂 I’ve missed you! Hope you thoroughly enjoyed your break. How could you not in Venice, but I hope it did your health good too. I meant to email but here you are again and the time has slipped past. Hugs, darlin!
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Thank you for the warm welcome. The trip was great Jo and eventful 🙂 Hugs. Missed you too!
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What a wonderful well and wonderful perspective, Your quote holds a lot of meaning- I can relate to it, and it matches so well with the photo. Love the music too.
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Thank you very much, Lisa. It means a lot that you can relate to it and appreciate it. Hope you’ll have a great weekend.
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That is so wonderfully twistingly winding. i don’t have anything in my pile of photos like it, so all I can do us absolutely admire yours!
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Ludovico Einaudi always moves me so deeply. Thank you, Paula your musical selections are such a delight to listen to (not to mention the stunning photographs).
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I’m happy to share music with people like you. There aren’t many that can appreciate 🙂
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Jorge Mendez’s Cold is another piece you may enjoy listening to.
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Wow I’ve never seen a well like that, a stunning photo Paula! It’s good to have you back, hope you had a good time!
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This is so beautiful. For some reason anything to do with Portugal at the moment is pulling at the heart strings!
I have just spent fifteen minutes ”with” my Brother-in-law, thanks to Google, staring out the windscreen of his very large truck. He’s on his way to Italy! It’s pouring with rain, and he is stuck in traffic, cursing ”Pora drivers”.
I laughed my head off!
It would be nice to have a bit of rain. It’s baking hot down here in Jo’burg!
Hmm…. Winding … I wonder what I can find? 🙂
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What is “Pora” in “Pora drivers”? Nao falas Portugues?
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It is SA slang for Portuguese. The family used to live here and as Francisco grew up here he naturally adopted all manner of colloquialisms and still speaks ”South African English” to this day.
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And I thought that “pora” was Portuguese pronunciation of English “poor” as in poor drivers 😀
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Maybe … But that doesn’t sound like my BIL, even with a bad Google connection.
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🙂
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Breath-taking, Paula. It’s nice to have you back 🙂
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It’s great to see you too, Tish 🙂 Thanks so much.
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And here’s my winding – more of a ramble and in all sorts of ways: http://wp.me/pKVAM-2gz
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One of the most amazing photographs , ever……..
Marvelous, Paula!
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Molto gentile Anna. Grazie 🙂
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This is an impressive sort of staircase, must have been a nice place to explore. 🙂
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Indeed. The whole area is fairy-tale like.
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That’s one great photo of an amazing well, Paula! Fascinating! And welcome back! Hope you had a good break! 🙂
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Nice to see you Linda 🙂 I had a great break and even shot a couple of cats for you 😀
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Only with your camera, of course! Bwahahaha! LOL! 😆
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Amazing shapes, they have the free symmetry that plant structures have. Very appealing.
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That is one dizzying photograph Paula, I would have had trouble taking that one! I missed out on the gardens there as we ran out of time, but they sound most unusual. I have a slight twist on your theme this week, I am sure you will have been to this place… https://smallbluegreenwords.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/thursday-special-17/
Have a lovely weekend and I hope the sun shines for you 🙂
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Your entry is perfect Jude, so much appreciated. Have a great weekend!
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Thanks Paula 🙂
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And here it is: https://teepee12.com/2017/03/24/a-winding-path/
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Thank you, Marilyn, for appreciation and an excellent entry. So glad you liked the theme.
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I’m having a day off work Paula and I think the excitement has gone to my head! https://lucidgypsy.com/2017/03/24/the-winding-path/
Thanks honey 🙂
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No, thank YOU, Gilly. 😀
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Lovely photo. Here’s a bit of winding spiral: https://3rsofretirement.com/2017/03/24/thursdays-special-winding/
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Hi Paula, hope you enjoyed your break. Great photo. Makes my stomach wind just looking down. This made me remember a song which I then couldn’t get out of my head – https://irenewaters19.com/2017/03/24/winding-thursdays-special/
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Reblogged this on All About Writing and more.
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Great photo, Paula. It reminds me of the spiral staircase of the Scala Contarini del Bovolo in Venice. My contribution takes us to the winding boardwalks of Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia: http://bit.ly/SSC13-Water
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Thank you, Jaspa. 🙂
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I don’t have nearly as beautiful or classic photos of winding as you do.
Here is my first entry into this challenge. I hope you like it.
http://wp.me/p3ZTqs-5YD
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Welcome back, I missed you and your specialposts. What a stunning photo! It looks like you could walk down.
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That’s very kind. Thank you very much.
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Love the song and your photo to enlighten us for your theme
Here is my contribution
https://bushboy.blog/2017/03/25/thursdays-special-winding/
Lovely to have you back 🙂
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Very grateful for your nice visit and comment Brian. It feels great to be back 🙂
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Here’s my modest contribute:
http://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2017/3/25/Thursday-special-Winding
Hugs,
A.
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good to have you back :-). a fine stairwell – is it a mosaic on the bottom?
http://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2017/03/winding.html
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No, it is not a mosaic. Thank you, Klara. It’s nice to see you participate.
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Hi Paula, I enjoyed this challenge a lot. What a terrific quote to use for inspiration. Thank you. I have a new blog for my photos now. Here’s the link to my response to your challenge. https://suzannemillerphotography.wordpress.com/2017/03/25/winding-through-life/
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It’s lovely to have you participate Suzanne. Yours is a great idea for winding 🙂
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Thanks Paula. I hope to join in more of your challenges
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Excellent captured, fascinating view… 🙂
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I love the quote and will remember it Paula. Here is my take this week. https://dailymusing57.com/2017/03/26/thursdays-special-winding/
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This picture is truly a work of art Paula. I’ve come back to look at it three times. I would hang it on my wall.
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Thank you, Lisa. You are too kind.
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Hehe, I almost got dizzy… 😀
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Hi, where have you been?
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Traveling a bit, plus I’ve been busy lately with editing photos…
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