Lost in Translation
Looking for meanings in words, images and sounds
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD – APRIL 2021
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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THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD -FEBRUARY 2021
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)
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN OCTOBER – YEAR 4
Posted on August 30, 2020
This month again I am short of complicated words. Here is my simple collection for October. As always you can pick any of the offered words or several or all of them. Please take your time posting, and have fun!
marsh
symbiotic
stately
shack
scarlet
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN AUGUST – YEAR 4
Posted on August 22, 2019
Hello and welcome to the August edition of the Pick a Word photo challenge. I hope that again you will find the offered words inspirational and intriguing and that you will respond as creatively as you did in July.
Here is what I have come up with:
ursine
earthward
coeval
connubial
adorned
ursine
earthward
coeval
connubial
adorned
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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
You may have noticed that I don’t provide definitions of the selected words. I omit to do that on purpose so that you can make your own research and find other synonyms. I enjoy that process a lot, and naturally I think that you might too.
Once again you are free to chose either of the provided words, or more or all of them.
Have fun!
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN APRIL – Y4
Posted on April 4, 2019
Welcome to the April edition of “Pick a Word” photo challenge (now running for the fourth year) where you are supposed to post photos (a single photo or as many as you like) as a response to one (or more/or all) of the offered word(s) in the challenge.
The following choices is what I had in mind for April. I know that some of these words are tricky to interpret in images, but still I wanted it to be a real challenge. 😀
resplendent
alluring
plagued
copycat
timeworn
resplendent
alluring
plagued
copycat
time-worn
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This event was originally conceived as part of the Thursday’s Special photo challenge that also included three more recurrent (or not) photo themes per month but lately, due to the busy life I have only been posting this challenge once a month. Still, I am sure that this is not going to stay this way and that I will be able to go back to posting more themes more regularly some time soon. In the meantime, I hope you will enjoy the little that I have to offer.
*Images taken at the following locations:
- Venice
- Dugi Otok, Croatia
- Somewhere in Brittany
- In Istria
- Portovenere, Italy
SCORE INFO: Sara perche ti amo, Ricchi e Poveri
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN MARCH – Y4
Posted on March 7, 2019
Hello again!
I am sorry I had to skip this event in February, but here is the March edition of Pick a Word photo challenge which I hope you’ll enjoy. As usual, you have a choice of 5 words and you can do just one, or more, or all of them. I know they are a bit demanding this time.
inversion
circuitous
corniculate
sabulous
interstice
inversion
circuitous
corniculate
sabulous
interstice
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THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN JANUARY – Y4
Posted on January 24, 2019
Welcome to the first Pick a Word photo challenge in 2019. This is the only challenge/post from me this month and the choice of words includes the following:
crepuscular
coded
lofty
scintillating
detox
crepuscular
coded
lofty
scintillating
detox
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Please take your time posting. A new challenge will not appear before the mid-February. Have fun!
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN DECEMBER – Y3
Posted on December 13, 2018
Welcome to the special edition of Pick-a-Word Thursday’s Special photo challenge. The thing that is special about this one is that you get to choose between five different colours and not just words. Here is what I had in mind for this December:
aquamarine
cyan
maroon
pale pink
golden
aquamarine
cyan
maroon
pale pink
Golden
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Take your time posting. I am not sure if I will be able to prepare another challenge/post before the end of the year and what it will be, but I am not giving up on blogging in 2019. Have a happy and merry holiday season and thank you for being so patient and pending of my posts throughout the year. ❤
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN NOVEMBER – Y3
Posted on November 15, 2018
Welcome to another Pick-a-Word Thursday’s Special. I hope that you will find this month’s choices sufficiently challenging and varied. As always you can pick either of the 5, some or all of them. Here are the words to choose from:
palatial
spurting
cerulean
radiating
comic
palatial
spurting
cerulean
radiating
comic
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN OCTOBER – Y3
Posted on October 4, 2018
Welcome to another Pick-a-Word Thursday’s Special. I hope that the choices I made for this month’s photo challenge will allow you a lot of liberty in interpretation. As always you can pick either of the 5, some or all of them. Here are the words to choose from:
gushing
aperture
frontier
triplets
tapered
gushing – Lamont, Italy
aperture – window on borghetto sul mincio
frontier at HADRIAN’S WALL
triplets
TAPERED – A church tower at Buje, Istria
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Next photo challenge on this blog may be expected on 15 November. You might have noticed that my presence on WordPress is scarce, but I have a good justification. There is no need to rush with your submissions as I will only look at them after my trip in November. See you soon!
THURSDAY’S SPECIAL: PICK A WORD IN SEPTEMBER – Y3 (cavernous, extractable, inhabitable, diurnal, conspicuous)
Posted on September 6, 2018
Welcome to another Pick-a-Word Thursday’s Special. This will be the only TS this month, and due to my busy schedule, I will look at your entries in a few weeks. So, think about the offered choices and take your time responding.
Here is what I chose this month:
cavernous
extractable
inhabitable
diurnal
conspicuous
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