Halfway through my roadtrip across the US, I stayed with a friend’s family on a farm in Wisconsin. It was the coolest coincidence in the world for an Irish girl from Dublin to find herself staying in the little town of Erin on Dublin Road bang smack in the middle of America. I had to get a photo of this sign:
Then there were the signs along the highway in North Dakota, that provided some welcome comic relief from the everlasting flatness of the landscape.
But my favourite sign of recent days was the mystical sign painted on trees along a trail that led to a very strange and very lovely waterfall in upstate New York.
So this week’s travel theme is signs. They come in all shapes and sizes and I would love to see your interpretation of the theme. If you would like to join in, create your own post with the title Travel theme: Signs and put a link to this page in your post so others can find it. And check back in next Friday for a new travel theme.
Give me a sign!
xxx Ailsa
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Great theme, hope you like these signs! http://thegingerbreadcafe.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/travel-theme-signs
Very cool, gingerbread, I love your comment that you can date photos of Times Square by what is being advertised – spot on, and I never considered that before. Nice one! xxx Ailsa
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Hi Ailsa, I found a sign today, hope you like it! http://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/travel-theme-signs/ thanks for the challenge!
How much fun, Gilly! I hope it applies to photography and blogging as well! 😉
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Well Ailsa I am showing off my town again…sorry but I can’t help myself
Nice one, Jo, I love the tyre robot 🙂
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Couldn’t help myself – http://rfljenksy.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-more-signs-some-of-my-favorites/
More great signs, rfl, the wrapped in bacon one is my favourite! 😉
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Had to wait til today to get to a rally before I entered my post. Signs…
Nice one, Gemma, love the post, and that you attended! You go, girl! xxx
Hi, Here’s our first contribution!!
Both inspirational and weird signs shot by a woman suffering from depression.
http://brokenlightcollective.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/following-the-signs/
We invite you and your talented readers to submit to our photography collective too if you or they are a match. Thanks for the challenge.
Thanks so much for joining in the weekly travel theme, you guys. Great photos, hope to see more of your group’s photos in coming weeks. xxx Ailsa
I liked your signs commanding us to be polite etc. They reminded me of a sign here in Canberra. Australians can be blunt, but I’ve always cringed a bit at this one: http://soundslikewish.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/ailsas-photography-challenge-signs/
Still, if it stops one driver from drinking before he gets in his/her car, it’s worth it.
Agreed, Trish. And to be honest, I’m ok with the idea of telling it like it is!
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Hi Ailsa, great travel theme this week. Here is my post – not really signs, more like wall art and graffiti from Prague, but serves its purpose, I guess as a “sign” haha. 🙂 http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/photo-journaltravel-theme-signs/
These are awesome, Myra, I am stealing the ‘Laugh until you fall apart’ one and painting it somewhere prominent in my next apartment. 🙂
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The best sign I’ve ever seen was, of course, one of those photographs that got away unexposed. But here are some others that I’ve snapped in my travels: http://wp.me/p1tzBV-1AO
Haha, those must be some pretty scary badgers. Or was the sign a warning to the badgers? Hmm….
Here is my contribution for signs http://scrapydo.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-signs/
That sheep cattle and wind sign is bizarre, what is the point of the guy in a suit in front of the cow and the sheep gazing off into the distance? He’s the least likely looking farmer I’ve ever seen. 🙂
We all need power and that’s what it is all about. Meridian is a power compony which provides us with power.
We all need power and that’s what it is all about. Meridian is a power compony which provides us with power.The wind is used for tribunes.
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now me 🙂
Ooh, the Tongariro Crossing sounds like a tough but rewarding hike – did you camp along the way?
Tongariro is big news here at the moment Ailsa:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0nrUWYmRgI
Wow, Jo, thanks for sharing – wouldn’t like to have been hiking right at that moment! Thankfully no one was hurt.
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Hi Ailsa – GREAT theme this week!
Here´s my contribution http://eastofmalaga.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-signs/
Hurrah, glad you like this week’s theme, Marianne. Love your biker sign 🙂
Great sign!!
Thanks Carol – it´s such FUN, isn´t it!?
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Some opulent signs from The Kingdom 🙂
Grat appoach on the theme!
Sorry – it’s late here: Great approach on the theme is what I meant!
Thank you!
Really cool, Tahira, and very, very opulent. I love how Gucci looks in Arabic.
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Sorry this is a little later than I wanted it to be! http://beyondpaisley.net/2012/08/12/travel-theme-signs/
Proof positive that there is such a thing as a free ride. Excellent! Love the masks sign. 🙂
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Sign, sign, everywhere a sign! Hi everybody (and Ailsa!) … here’s my take on the week’s Travel Theme: http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-sign/
The universal question! I love it, Stephen, wonderful capture. 🙂
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The “Be Kind” and “Be Polite” signs are a good reminder for busy roads.
I thought I’d take the challenge in a little different direction. Hope you enjoy …!!!
Thanks for pushing us to meet your challenges.
Isadora
http://insidethemindofisadora.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-signs -of-art/
Love the direction u took..:)
Very clever interpretation, Isadora. I love that red copper wind chime sculpture, how wonderful. xxx Ailsa
OOppsss .. had an extra space in there …
http://insidethemindofisadora.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-signs-of-art/
I hate it when that happens! I found it anyway though, fun post! 🙂
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Your trail markers are really unusual – as unusual as the falls! I thought I’d share an ad that I found funny, even though I really don’t know anything about the product it’s selling… http://newpillowbook.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/travel-theme-signs/
Hilarious. It has to be an energy drink, right? Red Bull gives you wings, Chino gives you bat wings…
Maybe it’s an energy drink especially designed to keep you awake all night! Either that, or to give you supersharp hearing and a taste for bugs… 😉
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Loving your inspired themes Ailsa. Chuckled at the gentle reminders to behave 🙂 Should be mandatory on Indian roads! Would at least keep the incessant honking at bay. A friend sent me a sign that read “If you are stupid and you know it honk your horn” and I am considering fixing it on my bumper 🙂
Here is my entry: http://theurgetowander.com/2012/08/13/travel-theme-signs/
Oh dear, the incessant honking of your roads puts me in mind of New York cab drivers. I am enthralled by your post about a puma-shaped city. If I lived there, I would replace north, south, east and west with more interesting directions like tailward or noseward. How much fun!
Great theme this week. Got a two for one with mine combining “Signs” with “Wrong” for the Photo Challenge:
http://ronmayhewphotography.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/weekly-photo-challenge-wrongtravel-theme-signs/
A very nice and entirely appropriate double-whammy. Perfect combination of Signs and Wrong. 🙂
Hey Ailsa, submitting another sign as suggested by Madhu 🙂
Madhu was right to suggest it as an entry – it’s perfect for this week’s theme, Kavi. Great capture! xxx Ailsa
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Here’s my share…
Hi Miljo, so glad you joined in this week’s theme with your thought-provoking post. Where was that first photo taken? It looks fantastic. xxx Ailsa
oh, it was at alaminos pangasinan… my brother took the picture 🙂
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A perfect theme. Signs make us be aware of the real truth and happenings out there. Thanks.
Thanks Mr B – another wonderful post from you. I think it’s superb how you manage to weave several themes into your post and blend them so beautifully into a narrative. xxx Ailsa
Alisa…I came visiting….after viewing blogs from several blogger friends who are doing your theme of Signs!
I adore signs! What a great theme for a challenge! I love your blog name and your blog looks wonderful!
oops….I mean Ailsa. 😦
Hee hee, so many people switch the ‘i’ and the ‘l’ and they never even notice. 🙂
Gosh, thanks for the compliments, I’m very happy you found my site, Judy. I just read on your blog that you’ve recently been to Zion and the Grand Canyon – I’m about to embark upon a road trip to that very area and would love to hear where you went and what routes you took. Were you on a road trip or an organized tour? xxx Ailsa
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G’day Ailsa, a bit late this week, been bush and just got back to a place with internet connection. Being in the bush ot here you have to be so aware of your surroundings. Danger lurkes every where… http://memoriesaremadeofthisblog/signs
Oops wrong address http://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/14/travel-themes-signs this one should work
Gulp, pommepal, crocs give me the heebie jeebies at the best of times. 🙂