Summer seems to have fizzled out like a damp squid where I am, and to make matters worse, some of the stores have started carrying Christmas stock. Don’t get me wrong, I love a bit of yuletide cheer as much as the next person, but in August? To counteract this overhasty exodus of summer I am attempting to heat things up with a sharp injection of spicy colour. Orange is hot and tropical but it is also the colour of fall. It energizes, stimulating creativity and symbolizing joy, love and purity but it also polarizes. Most people have a very strong reaction to the colour, they either love it or hate it, but there are so many different hues, from rust and terracotta to apricot and peach, there’s an orange for everyone to love. Here are a few oranges I’ve found along the way.
A levitating street performer on the streets of Rome dazzled in silky orange robes.
Sizzling sunset along the California coast.
A very New York Hallowe’en.
A piece of the Berlin Wall that ended up in the heart of Manhattan.
Did you know that up until the fifteenth century there was no word in English for the colour orange? It was simply referred to as red-yellow. Whatever you call it, amber, saffron, tangerine, flame or persimmon, are you ready with your fifty shades of orange? If you would like to join in this week’s travel theme (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Orange
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
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xxx Ailsa
Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow. – Wassily Kandinsky
Orange is the happiest color. – Frank Sinatra
Where's my backpack? 
Stunning sunset.
California knows how to do sunsets, Colline. 🙂
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Must agree with Colline – that sunset is absolutely gorgeous, Ailsa!
Here’ s as orange as I could get this time: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/travel-theme-orange/
Wow, that was super quick, Ese, and a lovely array of oranges. The fabric is wonderful but the bashful kitty is my favourite. 🙂
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Oh yes, I love this, Ileana, that quote on the door is fantastic. Wonderful capture. xxx
Thanks Ailsa! 🙂
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A little bit of Orange from my side… http://vosperdruiter.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/orange-ailsas-travel-theme/
Flip!! You’re SO right about summer loosing the plot here! Dastardly deed!! Yep… see if you can find a word that rhymes with orange and I’ll entice summer back!! 😉 I’ll have to see what I can dig out of the archives for this one… 🙂
Spectacular!
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Here is my orange side 😀 http://hamburgundmeehr.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/travel-theme-orange/
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This orange had traveled far, but this was the end of the road… http://windagainstcurrent.com/2014/08/22/travel-theme-orange/
lovely pictures, Ailsa! here’s my orange: http://lolawi.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/travel-theme-orange/
thank you and have a great weekend!
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I have to admit my ‘orange’ is a little tenuous this week, Ailsa, and limited to the first part of my post. Hope you don’t mind!!
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Hi everybody friends !
Here my orange shots during my travels…
Enjoy !
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I don’t know where you are Ailsa, but it summer has definitely disappeared here in the Shires 😦
Thank goodness for your splash of orange. I hope you like mine 🙂
Jude xx
and I couldn’t resist posting this one too: http://wp.me/pL5Ms-1RO
Here is my entry for this week’s challenge: http://wp.me/p24idL-2oH
I really like the composition of the image with the Berlin wall as well as the contrast between the ambiance of the cafe table and what the Wall represents.
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Marvelous oranges. Here is my entry!
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/08/22/travel-theme-orange/
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Orange is the new orange–always been my fave color. ;o)
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http://trzypotrzyblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/weekly-travel-theme-orange.html
Lovely pictures! Here is my entry for this week’s challenge 🙂
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Great shots – absolutely fantastic sunset! Here’s my Orange http://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2014/08/23/travel-theme-orange/
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Great to see that piece of the Wall again 🙂
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Lovely big lens sunset! We should all have bit of that Berlin wall to remind us. Here’s mine:
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Your sunset is so much better than mine, so thought I should travel all the way to my front garden for the 2nd photo.
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Orange comes in many shades…
http://quotidianhudsonriver.com/2014/08/22/8-22-14-afrayedorange-weekly-photo-challenge-and-travel-theme/
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Here’s my entry for the week.. my first time seeing Crown of Thorns blossoms in Sri Lanka… http://lifeinminutes.com/2014/08/23/travel-theme-orange/
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