Posted on February 24, 2022
Welcome and thank you for the visit.
This is the February edition of my photo challenge Pick a Word in which you are supposed to interpret in image any or several or all of the five proposed words.
This month I am offering simple words, but hopefully not too simple to interpret in photos.
The first two are taking you to Dolomites, showing Case di Viso, a preserved village (uninhabitated) with the architecture dating to the early 19th ct and a narrow alpine road that can take you there, meandering amidst green summer meadows.
Closer to home and in winter time there is a photo of the idyllic Bled in Slovenia presented in a subdued, almost colourless winter scene.
Finally, the arranged logs and a forward facing heron were captured in my Zagreb.
Have fun and see you soon!
CONSERVED
MEANDERING
SUBDUED
STRAIGHT
SYSTEMATISED
©PAULA BORKOVIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Posted on December 23, 2021
This is supposed to be part of my photo challenge titled Pick a Word that I run every month of the year and now it is time for December.
December, the most challenging month, is the time of year when I am more introspective than usual. The work and chores triple and and everyone around thinks only about partying and what to drink and eat. Not in my household though, thankfully, and the fact that I have been temporarily removed from insensitive office environment has made my professional life easier.
Still, why do I sound as if I am bitching? Because I am.
Today I went to one of the sites (a new and one of many locations in Zagreb) of the 4-week Christmas market, a festival of flashy lights, white kiosks offering greasy food and spirits in many forms. Apparently, you need liquor to keep your spirits up and survive holidays.
If I dislike the commercial aspect of Christmas time so much why do I go to such places, you may ask…. Usually, I don’t. But today, foolish and credulous as I am, I went to see what the students and professors of the Art Academy in collaboration with the city officials chose to put in their park inviting people to linger (and to accumulate more rubbish that later on the city government will have difficulty to dispose of).
(Now I wish I had taken photos to show you the disgrace of the site that people were queuing in hours to see on the first day of the food/drink binging festival. I went there in broad daylight to “assess“ the site, without the distraction of crowds and with the kiosks closed.
I went there “hungry” not for the spirit of Christmas, for Christ’s sake I am not a child, but for some inspiration, to see beauty, to see human spirit beat consumerism, and all I saw were some ridiculous installations hoovering over three or four sculptures that had always been in that park (no Christmas surprise there), but now they were covered in dog (and I hate to think whose else’s) pee.
What I am trying to say…. is that if you belong to one of those places whose government decided to close Christmas markets in order to slow down the effects of the pandemic, and you feel awful about that, you don’t have my sympathy. The only way I could feel sorry for you is if your livelihood depended on the goods that you were going to sell there.
Otherwise, if you can’t find joy inside you, no amount of turkey or booze will bring it to you.
With this deliberation off my chest, I am still going to challenge you…. this time with the photos and the assigned words that celebrate children and the child in each and every one of you.
Good health, peace and joy to you all!
INTROSPECTIVE
ANTICIPATING
BEFRIENDING
CHOICES
WISH
©PAULA BORKOVIC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Posted on October 14, 2021
Welcome to October’s Pick a Word photo challenge. I think that this time both words and the possibilities for interpretation are easy. I am interested to see what you will post.
The words are:
SKY-HIGH
GORGE
SOCIABLE
SANCTUARY
TRANSCOLOURED
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Over the past years I have never been open to photo opportunities unless I was armed with my dslr, but I’ve decided to change that and as of now I will make sure to add a random mobile phone image to the challenge post like this mural that I snapped close to my home.
Image info:
#1 – in Austria by Grossglockner strasse
#2 – Croatia, Zrmanja canyon
#3 – mural in my neighbourhood
#4 – Santuario della Madonna della Bocciola, Ameno, Italy
#5 – Lake Jasna, Slovenia
Posted on April 22, 2021
To write or not to write; to post or not to post; that is no longer the question.
Here is the newest Pick a Word with five words for you to interpret in photos. As usual, you can post a photo for one word or more or all five. I am glad to be here and will be happy to see you entries.
Here it goes:
FURRY
PICTURESQUE
RAPID
SUBTERRANEAN
APOCALYPTIC
I already know that you will like “picturesque” and probably hate or resent my apocalyptic ;).
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Posted on February 18, 2021
Hello and welcome to the 2nd edition of the Pick a Word in 2021. I hope that you are all well and still interested in participating. I am a bit slow checking the entries and writing new posts, but I will not give up.
Here is what I have been thinking of for February:
MATERNAL
GUARDING
COHABITATION
GROUNDLESS
VARIEGATED
For those that are new to this photo challenge: you can pick one or more of the provided five words and illustrate them in your photos, or you can also do all five.
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Image info:
#1 “Maternidade” at Jardim Amália Rodrigues, Lisboa (work of Fernando Botero)
#2 Guards in front of the Palacio de Belem, Lisboa
#3 “Cohabitation” shot at Riserva Naturale Regionale della Foce dell’Isonzo Isola della Cona, Italia
#4 “Groundless” takes us to the Kielder Forest, UK
#5 “variegated” is one of my now dead orchids
The score is by Turkish film music composer Cem Tuncer. The track titled “Challenge” (Meydan Okuma)
Posted on August 30, 2020
Posted on August 22, 2019
ursine
earthward
coeval
connubial
adorned
image info:
1 – This is my Stonehenge Teddy camping in Austrian Alps
2 – A view downward from Cabo Girao, Madeira
3 – A pair of horses
4 – Ornament on a building in Vannes
5 – A nice hairdo
Posted on April 4, 2019
resplendent
alluring
plagued
copycat
time-worn
*Images taken at the following locations:
SCORE INFO: Sara perche ti amo, Ricchi e Poveri
Posted on March 7, 2019
inversion
circuitous
corniculate
sabulous
interstice
Posted on January 24, 2019
crepuscular
coded
lofty
scintillating
detox
Posted on December 13, 2018
aquamarine
cyan
maroon
pale pink
Golden