It just won’t stop raining and I’m beginning to reach maximum saturation. In an attempt to manipulate the weather gods, I’m channeling all things dry for this week’s travel theme. First up, the dry and dusty Mojave Desert.
My favourite time of year in any Piet Oudolf designed garden is winter, after all the leaves have gone and all that is left are the architectural elements, like this flurry of dried seed heads in New York’s Battery Park.
An ex-pond in Wisconsin at the height of summer when drought was taking its toll.
Coffee beans laid out to dry on a plantation in Guatemala. Mmm, I’m just going to make myself a cuppa… be right back!
I can’t resist leaving you with one more shot from Battery Park during winter, It really is the most beautiful place to wander through on a cold winter’s day.
Now that I’ve given this week’s theme a dry run, it’s over to you for your interpretation. If you would like to join in (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Dry
- 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!
Don’t leave me high and dry, get busy with this week’s challenge!
xxx Ailsa
“I am sure it is a great mistake always to know enough to go in when it rains. One may keep snug and dry by such knowledge, but one misses a world of loveliness.” – Adeline Knapp
“Write till your ink be dry, and with your tears
Moist it again, and frame some feeling line
That may discover such integrity.”
– Shakespeare
Where's my backpack? 
Nothing as dry as the end of a bottle of good red… 😉
Haha, a man after my own heart, AJ.
Hahahaa I thought of that for my entry too… but in the end, I had to go with what I got now. This is a great challenge word coz it can warrant creative thinking.
Ailsa, I’m in love with your second and last photo. Such beauty, stunning! Thank you for another photo theme.
Here’s my dry entry: https://wheresmybackpack.com/2014/01/31/travel-theme-dry/
Every time I visit a garden by Piet Oudolf, I bring extra batteries for my camera, Marion! Absolutely stunning photo, looks like we share the same love of the off-season. 🙂
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Fantastic photos Ailsa. I love it out in the desert, and my initial thought was to use some shots of Death Valley for your challenge this week. But in the end, I decided to go with something a little different, from my last trip:
http://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/maui-pineapple-tour-is-golden/
Ooh, I love Death Valley – don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll give you another reason to post those shots in the future! What a fantastic tour around that plantation, you’ve got me craving pineapple now! 🙂
Sneaky confession – I have, on occasion, managed to eat an entire fresh pineapple in one go. It’s just sooooo good. 🙂
So good, but too much acid for my sensitive lips! ;o)
It was really tasty!
Did you notice the photo I’m currently using as my homepage banner was taken in Death Valley?
http://jaspasjourney.wordpress.com/
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Great shots! Here’s my DRY http://lagottocattleya.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/travel-theme-dry/
Ooh, very dry and dusty, lovely shot, Ann-Christine, and I adore the header shot too, those dried out seedheads with little beads of water. Beautiful. xxx
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Awesome photos as always Ailsa. Get your hiking shoes . We are off to the Grand Canyon for my take on dry http://traveltalesoflife.com/2014/01/31/travel-theme-dry/
Oh Sue, that looks like it was an amazing trip. Love the desert bighorn and the pretty flowering cacti, but that Western Chuckwalla wedged between the rocks is my favourite. How on earth did you manage to spot him? Brilliant shot. 🙂
Ailsa thank you for your generous comment. We were with a guide and he pointed out the wee fellow. I honestly don’t think I would have noticed him. That photo is one of my faves from the trip. Again my gratitude for your feedback.
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As kayakers, we like Wet. We don’t like Dry at all! http://windagainstcurrent.com/2014/01/31/travel-theme-dry/
Haha, this was hysterical, Vlad. Loved it. 🙂
very fun!@!!
Lovely pictures Ailsa, in such soft tones.
Here is my first entry on the theme
http://lanterfanteren.blogspot.be/2014/02/droog.html
Have a great weekend
– Dauw –
Really beautiful, Dauw! Have a wonderful weekend too. xxx Ailsa
Love your image, beautiful…I am commenting here because I can’t on your blog…
How nice of you, Suej. Thanks.
I don’t understand why commenting on my blog is so difficult for WordPress accounts. I ‘ve had this complaint before, you know, though I have no restrictions on my blog. No idea how to solve the problem.
I’ve had it with some other blogs…just going to have another visit to yours and try something out…
… And ?!? What has happened, Suej?
That wine was delicious, just none left when I took the photo….!!
The second and last photos are my favorite and very dry.
I love gardens that have gone to seed, Lyle, it’s like seeing the bones of the plants.
Great metaphor.
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May I join? this is wonderful
http://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/travel-theme-kering-dry-droog-tuyo-garing/
Absolutely, everyone’s welcome to join in the fun. Lovely photos, I can almost hear the sound of the waves crashing against the shore! 🙂
Thank you very much..let’s go to the beach (after the cold one’s over)
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Obviously I’ve planted the seeds of my second contribution by mistake on a more humide part of your blog 😉
Thanks Ailsa, for letting me try another time here…
http://dauwpics.blogspot.com/2014/02/all-for-price-of-one.html
Glad you’re having so much fun with this week’s theme, Dauw, what a beautiful shot. xxx
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Pics from Arizona. 🙂
http://abstractlucidity.com/2014/01/31/travel-theme-dry/
Gorgeous, Shannon, I adore that one of the cacti, I’m getting thirsty just looking at your drier than dry photos. 🙂
Thank you! Even though it’s beautiful, I wasn’t a fan of the desert. Made my skin and eyes dry up!
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I love that rock, Kongo’s got a good eye! 😉 I’ve always wanted to visit Saguaro National Monument, thanks for the sneak peek. xxx
Hope that you get some dry weather soon, Ailsa!
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Thanks for the change of scenery Alisa, the gloomy wet was really getting to me! My interpretation of dry is here: http://nwframeofmind.com/2014/01/31/travel-theme-dry/
Ooh how lovely, I’ve dried roses before but never thought of hydrangeas. Totally stealing your idea. 🙂
Oh good, they are super easy to dry!
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Hi Ailsa …. Here is mine
http://alienshores52.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/travel-theme-dry/
Aagh, that last one freaked me out, I actually jumped away from the screen! 🙂
It was just a little dry humour …..
🙂
Your pictures are gorgeous!
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Beautiful, Ailsa – I love the Mojave Desert photo the most!
Here’s my entry: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/travel-theme-dry/
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Believe it or not, it’s raining here in Wales too 🙂 http://sasieology.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/travel-theme-dry/
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Withering and dry, the flowers in my different homes…
http://vackrare.com/2014/02/01/dry
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Hi Ailsa, here’s my Dry bottle: http://suejudd.com/2014/02/01/weekly-photo-challenge-object-travel-theme-dry/
Beautiful images, especially the second and last. Hope the weather gods give in to your manipulation;-)
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Hello Ailsa, and fellow Travel Themers! Here’s my take on this week’s Dry Challenge:
http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/ailsas-travel-theme-dry/
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We live in two different worlds, Ailsa
http://angelinem.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/travel-theme-dry/
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Your second picture is marvelous!
Here is my dry scene: http://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/la-donana-national-park/
Hi everybody.
Here my entry
http://max510.com/2014/02/01/weekly-travel-theme-dry/