Travel theme: Gleaming

Posted on August 21, 2015 by ailsapm

I recently happened upon a vintage car gathering, and the sight of all those shiny, polished, lustrous cars sent me searching through my travel photos for equally glossy, glassy images, and this is what I found. Las Vegas out-gleams any other city I know and really comes into its own at night. Here’s the Bellagio through an abandoned wine glass.

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The gleaming, snow-covered slopes of Hurricane Ridge in the Olympics, straight out of a fairy tale.

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Raindrops shattering light in the crinkles of leaves at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island.

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Finally, one of my all time favourite statues, the wonderful bronze Alice with her Wonderland friends in Central Park. Sadly I only had a dodgy camera phone with me, but it gives me a seriously great reason to go back for a visit, right? Anyway, Alice looks fabulous year round, but catch her on a cloudy, drizzly, overcast day and she gleams like a beacon.

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Are you ready to polish up a few of your own photos for this week’s theme? (Everyone’s welcome to join in!) If you would like to take part, here’s what to do:

  • Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Gleaming
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xxx Ailsa

Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the light, emits a brighter ray. – Oliver Goldsmith

We and the cosmos are one. The cosmos is a vast body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great gleaming nerve-centre from which we quiver forever. – D.H. Lawrence

About ailsapm

Hi there! I’m Ailsa Prideaux-Mooney. I’ve lived in many places, and travelled to many more. I had a lot of fun getting there and being there, wherever there happened to be at the time. I climbed a castle wall in Czesky Krumlov, abseiled down cliffs to go caving in the west of Ireland, slept on the beach in Paros, got chased by a swarm of bees in Vourvourou (ok that wasn’t fun, but it was exciting), learned flower arranging in Tokyo, found myself in the middle of a riot in Seoul, learned to snowboard in Salzburg, got lost in a labyrinth in Budapest and had my ice cream stolen by a gull in Cornwall. And I’m just getting started. If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read so far, I’d love you to follow my travelogue - wheresmybackpack.com - and remember, anyone who tries to tell you it’s a small world hasn’t tried to see it all.
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69 Responses to Travel theme: Gleaming

  1. restlessjo says:
    August 21, 2015 at 12:18 pm

    They don’t come any more gleaming than the Bellagio, Ailsa! That’s a great shot 🙂 And I love your raindrops too. Happy weekend!

  2. aj vosse says:
    August 21, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    Shimmer and shine… I’ll have to find something that gleams, won’t I?? 😉

  3. philosophermouseofthehedge says:
    August 21, 2015 at 1:22 pm

    Vegas only gleams at night.
    But nothing can match the sparkle and shine of fresh mountain snow.
    Beautiful

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  5. Jaspa says:
    August 21, 2015 at 1:37 pm

    You’re photos inspire a lot of memories this week, Ailsa. Thanks.

    I’ve got a pair of adventures on the Gleaming Niagara River for you… https://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/2015/08/21/getting-soaked-at-niagara-falls/

    • ailsapm says:
      August 21, 2015 at 1:56 pm

      OMG that shot with the rainbow over your heads, that is insane, how much fun! Love it. 🙂

      • Jaspa says:
        August 22, 2015 at 7:55 am

        I like that one too, Ailsa. Just wish there weren’t any droplets on the lens… although given where we were standing, that would be next to impossible!! 😀

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  8. Oh, the Places We See says:
    August 21, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    A fun word for this week, Ailsa. Lots of gleaming shots on our travels. Here are three recent ones: http://ohtheplaceswesee.com/2015/08/21/travel-theme-gleaming/

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  10. Leya says:
    August 21, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    Gleaming they are! my pick is still Alice…she is gleaming inside as well!

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  12. Francesca says:
    August 21, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    Nice gleam in your photos Ailsa. I found it had to catch the golden gleam of the Buddhas in mine, here in Chiang Mai. https://almostitalian.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/wat-chedi-luang-chiang-mai/

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  15. mickscogs says:
    August 21, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    Water droplets fantastic Ailsa. Like my sister, more Chiang Mai

    Gleaming in Thailand

    • ailsapm says:
      August 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm

      Oh cool, I didn’t realize you guys were siblings – thanks you two for the gleaming tour of Thailand, yet another place I have yet to visit. The world is such a big place!

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  17. Tish Farrell says:
    August 22, 2015 at 5:12 am

    I love the raindrops, too. My gleaming is homemade Strawberry Vodka

    Strawberry Vodka Revisited

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  19. Leya says:
    August 22, 2015 at 6:41 am

    So…when a sunset is combined with straws…

    Travel theme: Gleaming

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  22. cocoaupnorth says:
    August 22, 2015 at 7:25 am

    Hi Ailsa, thank you for the lovely inspiration. Here’s my contribution https://cocoaupnorth.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/gleaming-tones/

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  24. anotherday2paradise says:
    August 22, 2015 at 8:08 am

    Wonderful gleaming images, Ailsa! The first one is especially fabulous. Here are my gleaming ‘gators https://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/gleaming-alligators-for-ailsas-travel-theme/

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