After a long and arduous winter that felt like it was never going to end, yesterday marked the vernal equinox up here in the northern hemisphere. As if to mark the occasion, when I was out walking yesterday, a solitary, fragile cherry blossom drifted into view, breaking through the winter gloom with a promise of warmer, longer days ahead. So it is with great glee that I offer up pink as this week’s travel theme. It’s a colour you either love or hate, but if you look closely, there’s an awful lot of it around.
This is how Seattle does spring time.
Utah is positively bursting with pink, like the haunting pink hoodoos of Bryce Canyon…
…and the mesmerizing Coral Pink Sand Dunes at sunset…
Then there is the elegant pink of glorious flamingos…
…a dramatic pink-streaked sunset over Manhattan…
…an utterly romantic smoky blush of dawn from the window of the Empire Builder train crossing the US…
…and a deliciously delicate pink dawn from the window of an airplane.
I hope you’re tickled pink enough to come up 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: Pink
- 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!
Show me your flushed, blushed, rosy shots. Think pink!
xxx Ailsa
Almost all words do have color and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone’s eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too. – Gladys Taber
Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. – Francesca Lia Block
A kiss, when all is said, what is it?
A rosy dot placed on the “i” in loving;
‘Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear. – Edmond Rostand (Cyrano de Bergerac)
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Aailsa, I love tyour dawn photo from the train. Indeed I love them all. He is my pink offering. F
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Hi Ailsa, not sure if my pink message arrived. I love your dawn shot from the train. Here we go again with my travel pinks -http://almostitalian.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink-in-myanmar/
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Another try- my pink messages seem to be landing elsewhere on another site?
http://almostitalian.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink-in-myanmar/
Hi Francesca, your comments are coming through fine – it’s just that the weekly travel theme gets so many comments that you have to page through the comments to see yours – the first 50 comments show up on the first page, then you click to the next page to see the next 50! Superb photos, so mystical and dreamy! 🙂
ah ok!!! Whoops, didn’t see the next page! Thanks F
Maybe you could delete the extra ones when you get a chance. F
Awesome photos. I’m in love with the first one! Here’s my entry: http://shootngo.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/travel-theme-pink/
Pretty 🙂
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I immediately remembered the pink accents in La Boca. Enjoy!
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They are beautiful shots Ailsa, but the blossom is just wonderful. Here is mine for the week: http://travelwithintent.com/2014/03/22/exploded-enlightenment/
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Hi Ailsa. I do like the Seattle blossoming shot!
Here my take on geting pink: http://wp.me/p16tta-x3
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I love your flamingos! Here is my entry :http://nowathome.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
Hi everybody friends…
Here my pink selection !
Love your pink photos and quotes Ailsa. As you said there is a lot of pink around (I’m going to have to search for some I feel)
Hi, Ailsa. I took a page out of your book and went with the flamingo too. 😉
Have a great weekend.
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Flowers are nice. But my favorite version of pink is Pigs! See the pink blur of pigs racing by in my post: http://browsingtheatlas.com/2014/03/22/the-pink-blur-of-pigs-racing-by/
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You have some marvelous pinks on display!
Here is my entry for this week! ENJOY
http://ceenphotography.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
Some great shades of pink there Ailsa. Here are my flushed, blushed, rosy shots for you: http://wp.me/pL5Ms-1gs
Jude xx
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here is my entry http://wp.me/p3FrDU-lF
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Pink isn’t a favourite of mine but you’re right – there is a lot found in nature. Love that wing shot and the one-legged headless flamingo 😉
great choice of theme this week.
pink in Hanoi, Vietnam
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This is such a welcome color this time of year, thanks for the great theme Alisa! My pink image is here: http://nwframeofmind.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
Glad you enjoyed it, Lisa – love your pale pink hydrangeas 🙂
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It’s been quite some time since I’ve added something to your Travel posts. Hope you enjoy my entry as much as I’ve enjoyed yours. Thanks for hosting.
Isadora
http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
oopppsss … http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
a bit wo many 2’s on the first url. If you can adjust this onto the 1st reply it would be greatly appreciated. My eyes were mesmerized with the color pink … lol
Changed it, Isadora – by the way, you didn’t see your earlier comment because it’s on a later page of comments – when there are over 50 comments on a post, there’s a new comment page created – so you just need to click on the link ‘Newer comments’ at the top right of the comments list and it will take you to the next page of comments. x a
Somehow my first post was deleted. Here goes … a visit here has been long overdo. Your photos of the color pink are great and extremely varied. Of course, because I live in Florida I like the flamingos the best. ~~~~ : – ) Thanks for hosting
Isadora
http://isadoraartandphotography.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
Welcome back, Isadora, love the Aruba photos, how very pink indeed! 🙂
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I wanted to avoid flowers and sunsets, despite how beautiful they are in pink 🙂 and went with architecture – http://lynneayersbeyondthebrush.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/in-the-pink/
This was fun if a little confusing for me
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Your pinks are a delight 🙂
Here is my contribution to this week’s theme: http://wildsherkin.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
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Love this theme! Here’s my entry: http://transplantedtatar.com/2014/03/22/travel-theme-pink/
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GREAT theme–so much so that I’m going to do two PINK posts! =) Here’s the first one:
Hope you enjoy ❤
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