The beginning of a new year fills me with a sense of boundless possibility; of places yet to be explored, people to encounter, experiences waiting to be uncovered. Here are a few photos that signal the promise of discovery or adventure.
A bend in the road, or in this case, a bend in the train tracks of the Empire Builder – and the thrill of discovering what’s hiding around the corner.
All the possibilities inherent in cracking open a book for the first time. Or catching a glimpse of a very old book at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in New Haven, CT.
But perhaps predictably, my favourite way to open up a world of possibilities is with the help of a good map. As a child I spent hours pouring over a giant, well-worn hardback world atlas my mother owned. I can still see it now if I close my eyes; so big it was taller than I was for quite some time; its musty, faded blue cover promising adventure and every page filled with unfamiliar, exotic and evocative place names.
What sparks your sense of limitless possibility? If you would like to join in (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Possibility
- 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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Show me the possibilities!
xxx Ailsa
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility! – Soren Kierkegaard
I dwell in possibility. – Emily Dickinson
28 years ago today life was full of possibility. It still is: http://wp.me/qJ7j
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I’m a map fiend too! For the challenge, though, I have the possibilities of stepping through an open door: http://travelwithintent.com/2014/01/04/an-open-door/
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I love the way you’ve illustrated your possibilities, Ailsa. Her’s mine:
http://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/ailsas-travel-theme-possibility/
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Hi Ailsa,
I just followed the link to your Empire Builder blogs (I’ll save tales of the very cute Sprocket for another day) and, as usual, have something else to add to my ever-growing bucket list. Coincidentally, my contribution this week is about a bucket list item I recently crossed off my list… although only in pencil, as you will see:
http://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/hot-helicopters-over-hawaii/
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I love old maps, great choices today Alisa! My post about vanishing elephants is here: http://nwframeofmind.com/2014/01/04/weekly-travel-theme-possibility/
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Happy New Year Ailsa. Here is my entry: http://nagpanaoan.com/2014/01/04/travel-theme-possibility/
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Happy New Year! The train tracks are for sure my favourite. Here is my contribution. http://k2incanada.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/travel-theme-possibility/
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Happy New Year everyone! http://sasieology.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/travel-theme-possibility/
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Consider a simple wheel above a well. What possibilities emerge when people have water to survive and thrive in a citadel over 2500 years old!
http://madoqua.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/a-small-metal-wheel/
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Thank you Ailsa, for the great theme. All the best for the New Year.
http://cocoaupnorth.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/travel-theme-possibility/
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Here’s mine, Ailsa… Possibilities linked with Beginnings : http://suejudd.com/2014/01/05/beginnings-and-possibilities/
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I can spend hours studying maps. 🙂
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Possibility. http://holley4734.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/possibility-travel-theme/
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Always love a good train picture.
Possibilities in the past…
http://quotidianhudsonriver.com/2014/01/05/1-5-14-possible-travel-theme/
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Brilliant theme for the New Year :). Love the map :). Wishing you a 2014 filled with many possibilities :). Here’s my take:
http://jkatwilson.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/travel-theme-possibility/
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I do love a good map. 😉 Here are my possibilities for the week. http://ididitforjohnny.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/travel-theme-possibility/
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Very timely theme. Here’s my take on it http://zimmerbitch.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/on-the-beginning-of-a-new-phase-and-the-possibilities-it-brings/
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These are my possibilities: http://cosytravels.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/travel-theme-possibility/ Happy 2014!
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Oh, the possibilities of maps! I, too, spent many a happy hour as a child with an atlas open on the table in front of me. I still enjoy poring over an atlas now. 🙂
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Great selections, Ailsa! I’m a little late to the party, but here’s mine… http://theretiringsort.com/2014/01/07/possibilities-and-new-beginnings/
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Thank you Ailsa. My interpretation is the possibility of a drop off a cliff in Spain! http://traveltalesoflife.com/2014/01/07/travel-theme-possibility/
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