Quagmire

 

Yeah, that's what Q is for...a horrible Quagmire...but...my visit to NC last year end has helped to extricate me in the niftiest manner. 

A quilt of historical importance. This was an exhibit 
in a gallery on the history of protests. So powerful!

The label. North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, US.

At the NC Museum of History, Raleigh. Imagine!
- the quiet elation.

More quilts. I could have based the entire challenge on this gallery.

Close up of the label. Wondering if every state history museum has an
A-Z of (state name) section?

The entire section was peppered with Questions like this. 

And did you know that Charlotte, NC is named after Queen Sophia Charlotte, the queen of King George III, on the throne when the Revolutionary War was fought and US independence was gained from the British? Yeah, me neither. 

So that's the quagmire...turned into a piece of cake. By a gallery in a museum - you never know what treasures a visit might yield. Hope you've enjoyed the photos. Happy A-Zing! - if you're participating. And happy cusp season to you, if you're not! 

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Portrayal

 

P is for Photographs, of course. And P is for Potamophilia. Potamowhut?? Poh-tuh-moh-fil-ya. A love of rivers and all things riverine. That's turning out to be the theme for these posts, loosely...come back periodically to the rivers and the ghats and flowing waters generally. 

The Aire at Leeds, UK.

Thames at London, UK. 

Guadalquivir at Seville, Spain

Hudson at NYC, US

Potomac at Washington DC, US.

Purple People's Bridge on the Ohio, Cincinnati, OH, US.

Hooghly at Bandel, W Bengal, India complete with pointy boats,
a popular local mode of river transport.

Nile at Cairo, Egypt. 

Rangeet river at Baiguney, North Bengal, India.

 Gomti at Lucknow, India.

Ba, Fiji.

View of Ganges from BrijRama Palace Hotel, Varanasi, India.

Niagara, USA.

Ichhamati at Taki, border area between the two Bengals -
West Bengal in India and Bangladesh.

That's P for Photos portraying Potamophilia.  Hope you've enjoyed them. Happy A-Zing! - if you're participating. And happy cusp season to you, if you're not! 

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Outdoors

 

O is for Outdoors, where each one of these was shot...

Owl sculpture in Bath, UK.

The label. Many of these sculptures were dotted around the streets, done 

by different artists with different interpretations 

Oil tanker in open waters. Nadi, Fiji.

On the road. Upstate NY, USA.

Walking by the Ocean. Natadola, Fiji.

One of the most famous prehistoric monuments. Wiltshire, UK.

The old and the brand new. View from Karbabad Fort, Bahrain.

Plenty of Os in that picture! Bridge on Guadalquivir, Seville, Spain.

Oak leaves. Carmel, IN, USA.

On the way to Ras al Jinz turtle sanctuary, Oman. The sanctuary is
directly opposite Jamnagar in India. 

That's O for outdoors.  Hope you've enjoyed the photos. Happy A-Zing! - if you're participating. And happy cusp season to you, if you're not! 

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Many

 

M is for a Multiplicity of images... and here are the first lot. 

Mural on Lower Circular Road, Kolkata, India.

 Cincinnati, OH, USA.

NCSU, Raleigh, NC.

More murals. Pedestrian underpass near Trafalgar Sq, London.

Restaurant on Arab Street, Singapore. 

M is also for Miniature - which ties into my N as well. 

Netsuke on display at the V&A Museum, London, UK.

Of course an explanation is necessary - here it is.

Pounding glutinous rice...

Can't help but marvel at the intricacy of the work....neat or what?

Nifty, no?

That's M and N. For memories and nostalgia.  Hope you've enjoyed the photos. Happy A-Zing! - if you're participating. And happy cusp season to you, if you're not! 

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Long

 

L is for Long shadows at the higher Latitudes in winter Light, or even when the sun gets a bit Low elsewhere. 

Paris, 2010.

Neuse River Trail, USA, 2024..

Raleigh, USA, 2023. 

Kolkata, 2019. 

Aberdare National Park, Kenya, 2017

Adar, Bahrain, 2021.

Cordoba, Spain, 2015. 

Look at your shadows. The shadows tell you what the light is doing. ~ Nick Tresidder, Photographer. 

Tip on photography, but also a life lesson lurking in there. I'll keep looking, as best as I can. 

That's all for now. Hope you've enjoyed the photos and the quote. Happy A-Zing! - if you're participating. And happy cusp season to you, if you're not! 

Posted for the A-Z Challenge 2024