After last week’s darkly spooky nod to Hallowe’en, I think we need to brighten things up a little, so here are a few photos I found to get things rolling.
First up, some cheeky hummingbirds at a vivid red and yellow bird feeder in Utah. The feeder, however, cannot compete with the hummingbird’s shiny little eye and iridescent green feathers.
A burst of purple and yellow pansies at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens is guaranteed to brighten your day.
My favourite neon in New York is to be found on South Street, at the corner of Old Slip along the East River.
Quite possibly the brightest city in the world – you’ve guessed it – Las Vegas. It’s brash and tawdry and oh so bright.
Finally, one of the most beautiful quilts I’ve ever seen, in a little market in Santiago on the shores of Lake Atitlan. The yellow almost glows. Oh, how I wish I had bought it. I may have to return to try and find it.
So what bright delights have caught your eye? If you’d like to join in this week’s travel theme, here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel Theme: Bright
- 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
- Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes
Show me your brilliant brights.
xxx
Ailsa
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Hi everybody
Here my entries for this lovely theme
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What a gorgeous quilt! I can see why you can’t forget it. Here’s my entry, from Sturbridge Connecticut – http://newpillowbook.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/travel-themes-and-cees-fun-fotos-bright-orange/
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Here is my BRIGHT post for this week’s Travel Theme. http://wp.me/p1tzBV-1MV
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Love your colorful post. However, I went for the Florida sun! http://avacationinmymind.com/2012/11/03/travel-theme-brights/
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Abadiania Brights http://cobbledtoolbox.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/travel-theme-bright/
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I love this theme. Here is my bright shot. http://aniaarcher.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/travel-theme-bright/
Hi Ailsa, rather than share more amazing photographs of the glorious Australian sunshine, my contribution is the bright nature of children. http://cinova.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright/
Definitely bright! 🙂
I’m curious about your Halloween post, sounds like it’s making a buzz, I just hope you don’t have ghost stories included there 😉
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Great challenge and great pics…
Here are mine.
Nice weekend!
Hugs from Spain
Love the photos. Vibrant colors! 🙂
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Check mine out at http://charlieray45.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright/
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a space of brightness from Egypt
Bright means India to me. http://sueannm66.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright/
Sue Ann
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Hi everybody … and thanks, Ailsa, for such a challenging challenge! Here’s my take:
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Love ALL your brights Ailsa, especially the hummingbird (amazing shot!), Las Vegas, and that embroidery from Santiago. I would love that myself!!
Here’s my entry, this time from Ethiopia. http://catbirdinafrica.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright/
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Great photos Ailsa, here are my “bright” lorikeets: http://ditravel.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright/
I love those hummingbirds of yours – such movement in the fanning of the rear bird!
Fantastic shot Ailsa 🙂 Here, the sun’s come out so of course I’m rearing to post bright things again – http://thewanderlustgene.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/the-suns-come-out/
Here is my contribution: For this weeks theme of bright I have posted the brightly coloured tulips found in Moscow during spring
http://janalinesworldjourney.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-b…lips-in-moscow/
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some bright colours in Kuala Lumpur
Thanks for the bright and cheerful photos! I especially love the one with the hummingbird.
Here’s my entry:
My second contribution this week : some cheerfull pumpkins…
http://dauwpics.blogspot.be/2012/11/vrolijke-pompoentjes.html
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Wonderful photos, Ailsa! 😀
This is my contribution: http://drieskewrites.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright/
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Excellent shot of a humming bird and flowers are always a good source of brightness, whether just in color or to brighten someone’s day. I mainly went for the flowers on my post for ‘Bright’; you can check it out at
This sounds fun, I might join in next week’s travel theme, or try and do this one.
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Taken at night, but still bright:
Cheers!
Some wow! colours you`ve captured here, wonderful shots 🙂 Just love the birds 🙂
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Beautiful colors, Ailsa! The humming bird is absolutely awesome! Here’s my entry for this week:
A bright day on Cambridge streets, http://deetoursbydeepali.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/a-bright-day-on-cambridge-streets/
Hei Ailsa, thank you for your lovely, bright and colourful post. It’s so nice to see all the vibrant colours when at the moment we only have white – snow, snow and snow:-). Here’s my contribution,
http://cocoaupnorth.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright
Love this theme!!! Thanks for the inspiration once again Ailsa!!!
http://patriciaddrury.com/2012/11/04/travel-theme-bright-2/
Thank you for visiting and the like of my Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry post.
This is a collection of eight of my “brightest” photos from various travels around the world. They include the colorful Sally Lightfoot crabs in the Galapagos, the brightly colored wooden tulips in Amsterdam, real wild flowers in the Canadian Rockies, the bright orange overalls of a fisherman in Denmark, marble eggs in China, the brightness of the ceiling in the La Coupole Restaurant and a sculptures outside the museum of modern art both in Paris, and a very colorful parrot in the Bahamas. Enjoy!
Beautiful bright spots in this oh so dreary drab depressive month of November. Thanks – one can’t help but smile at all that bright. 🙂
here’s one from my photo blog – http://beyondthebrushphotography.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/all-that-glitters/