On the way back to Seattle from a recent camping trip, my friend Sylvia and I encountered a massive traffic jam coming over Snoqualmie Pass. As the heat index rose, people abandoned their vehicles and a group of children up ahead of us started a game of football. Watching them play in the hazy heat against a line of silvery trucks, I couldn’t resist taking a photo. The guy camped out on the side of the road in his chair makes me giggle too; he came prepared for traffic.
Here are a few variations on the theme of play that I found looking through my travel photos. How about bagpipers piping up a storm in Edinburgh…
…or a glass of wine after playing the slots in Vegas…
…playing dress up on Hallowe’en in New York…
…and playing with fire on Bonfire Night at Golden Gardens in Seattle.
Now it’s your turn to play with your own interpretation of this week’s theme. If you would like to join in (everyone’s welcome) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Play
- 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. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS – I’m in the process of changing over to a new website host but will give you all a heads up when the changeover happens. If you’re following via email there won’t be a change but if you’re following via WordPress you will need to sign up for email or RSS.
Can’t wait to see your take of this week’s challenge. Play ball!
xxx Ailsa
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” – Plato
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
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Play is a fun thing… as I’m big into fun I’m sure I can think of something… I’ve already Thought of a photo or two… based on what you have shown us! 😉
All good clean playful fun! 😛
In the very wise words of Dr Seuss… “Fun is good.” 😉
Great selection of photos Ailsa, This will be fun. I have an idea…
Hurrah, looking forward to your post, Debbie. xxx
Great selection of …. photos again and great challenge subject. Edinburgh photo – excellent, Ailsa!
Thanks viveka, those bagpipers were pretty impressive! 🙂
wonderful photos for the theme Ailsa …I love how you always find so much variety … now I will have to search for some too 🙂
Hurrah, happy photo hunting, can’t wait to see what you come up with. xxx
Great theme! I’ll have to see what I can find for it.
Love the bagpipers photo.
I love the mournful wail of bagpipes, bev, especially in a setting as romantic as Edinburgh! 🙂
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I couldn’t resist using family photos for this theme- sorry!
http://vosperdruiter.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/play-weekly-travel-theme/
Love it, it certainly looks like your family knows how to have fun! That shot of them in the chair-o-planes is wonderful! 🙂
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Playing with horses in Austria! http://annarashbrook.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play
Oh Anna, this is brilliant, that sneaky Viking in the background made me laugh out loud! 🙂
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Play at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade…. http://windagainstcurrent.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
Oh Vlad, I am still laughing at Johna’s rendition of the Mermaid Parade, it sounds like quite the party, sorry I never got to see it when I was in New York. 🙂
That and the Halloween Parade are the parade highlights of NYC, it would appear 🙂
Indeed – they make the St Patrick’s Day Parade look far too unimaginative, with far too few mermaids and ghouls. 🙂
Jealous of your photos.Here is mine: http://nagpanaoan.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
I love that shot of the beach at Carmel, at first glance I thought it was covered in snow! And that first photo makes me want to rush out and get a hula hoop, it’s been ages since I last did that. 🙂
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This is such a fun theme, Ailsa! Your collection is beautiful but those bagpipes…impressive! 🙂
A bit of my playfulness: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
Hya Ese, what a fun collection of shots you have this week – those bubbles are great, but my absolute favourite is of that football field in Marseille, what a wonderful photo with those dramatic cliffs and the water in the background. Love it!
Wonderful photos, excellent captured… 🙂
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A leather-clad skeleton and vampire amidst a horde of zombies?
http://pathsunwritten.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
Nice one, Ben. Way to stand out from the crowd (of zombies!) 🙂
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Hi, this is mine…
http://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play-bermain/
What a lovely tradition, a portable carousel with music, how gorgeous – and I am in love with the name odong-odong – it sounds almost as fun as it looks! 🙂
Hehehehe, that’s why…but you cannot ride odong-odong, right?
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Hi Ailsa, great images! Here’s my take on children at play from my travels: http://suejudd.com/2013/08/23/weekly-travel-theme-play/
Those makeshift Go Karts look like an awful lot of fun, sometimes health and safety is over-rated! 🙂
Thanks for the comment, Ailsa….and I think Health and Safety is too much present….definitely the Spoiler of the Fun…
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Another fun challenge, Ailsa. Love the Halloween costumes. And of course,the glass of wine and the Scottish bagpipers! Here’s mine: http://catbirdinamerica.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
Ooh, I love it, the bottle cap checkers in Ethiopia is my favourite, and what a fantastic spot for a glass of wine. Cheers! 🙂
Thanks, Ailsa. I loved that checkerboard with bottle caps too. Yes, a glass of wine with views of the Acropolis was one of those wonderful experiences in a lifetime! 🙂
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Yes, indeed. Fun is good – here’s my ‘play’ photo – http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/game-of-petanque-in-carcassonne-france/
Very fun, Lynne, I played pétanque once but was not very good at it! Thanks for the education about the origin of the name. I love your photo with that gorgeous castle in the background.
You took it a step further than I, Ailsa – I watched and photographed. 😉
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this was fun!!!! http://playamart.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/i-dont-have-to-be-me/
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Alisa, I heard about that back up over the pass and am happy to see you found some fun in the very long wait!
My summer play picture is here: http://nwframeofmind.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
Lisa
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Great photos and a great theme! http://sasieology.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
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Interesting theme and great photos Ailsa, my playful interpretation is from a selection of images of Geneva: http://smallbluegreenfotos.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
Jude xx
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ciao! just the best theme and photos. yes, keeping the child in us at play is what it is about. i am giggling.:)
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Here is my take on play. http://publictransituser.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/travel-theme-play/
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Hi Alsa – Nice Theme
http://alienshores52.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/travel-theme-play/
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Play = fun! This was fun! Chose today to show you the results of some fun: http://wp.me/p1tzBV-29g
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Had a lot of fun and got very creative with this week’s theme Ailsa – thank you! Here’s my play on the theme http://wp.me/s1tbVN-4898
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My contrived contribution: http://northumbrianlight.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/travel-theme-play/
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