Summer seems to have fizzled out like a damp squid where I am, and to make matters worse, some of the stores have started carrying Christmas stock. Don’t get me wrong, I love a bit of yuletide cheer as much as the next person, but in August? To counteract this overhasty exodus of summer I am attempting to heat things up with a sharp injection of spicy colour. Orange is hot and tropical but it is also the colour of fall. It energizes, stimulating creativity and symbolizing joy, love and purity but it also polarizes. Most people have a very strong reaction to the colour, they either love it or hate it, but there are so many different hues, from rust and terracotta to apricot and peach, there’s an orange for everyone to love. Here are a few oranges I’ve found along the way.
A levitating street performer on the streets of Rome dazzled in silky orange robes.
Sizzling sunset along the California coast.
A very New York Hallowe’en.
A piece of the Berlin Wall that ended up in the heart of Manhattan.
Did you know that up until the fifteenth century there was no word in English for the colour orange? It was simply referred to as red-yellow. Whatever you call it, amber, saffron, tangerine, flame or persimmon, are you ready with your fifty shades of orange? If you would like to join in this week’s travel theme (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:
- Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Orange
- 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!
xxx Ailsa
Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow. – Wassily Kandinsky
Orange is the happiest color. – Frank Sinatra
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Hi, I’m a first-timer at your challenge and thrilled to see that it’s Orange, my favorite color! Here’s why:
What Does Your Favorite Color Say About You?
http://austindetails.me/2014/08/24/favorite-color-says-about-you/
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What a glorious orange gallery! Here is my entry: https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/baths-of-lady-maria-de-padilla/
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Hello Ailsa, and fellow Travel Themers. Here’s my take on this week’s Orange theme:
http://stephenkellycreative.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/ailsas-travel-theme-orange/
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Wonderful display of orange. Very enchanting photographs. I could not find much orange here is my entry- Travel theme: Orange
Your photographs are fantastic , so much variety of pics. Wonderful display of orange.
Here is my link- http://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/travel-theme-orange/
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Thanks so much for doing this each week. Here’s my oranges: http://wp.me/p1sanj-2d9
Here’s my entry: http://nagpanaoan.com/2014/08/24/travel-theme-orange/
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This is my ordinary orange
http://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/travel-theme-orange-jingga/
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my entry for this week’s theme http://starlight427.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/travel-theme-orange-2/
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What a feel-good colour; loved this theme:
http://readsbyredriverbanks.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/sunshine-for-the-soul-and-butterflies/
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Fabulous images for your orange theme, Ailsa. That California sunset is absolutely dazzling, and your street performer in Rome has me totally awestruck. Here’s my entry: http://anotherday2paradise.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/montego-bay-lobsters-for-ailsa-travel-theme-orange/
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This was a great theme, didn’t know how much orange i’d have in the archives, thank you very much! http://blackpantysalvation.com/2014/08/26/orange-is-the-new-theme/
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The sunset is gorgeous but I am drawn to/by the mystery of the levitating man. I saw a video of one such man and I could not wrap my head around his sitting comfortably on air. 🙂
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I’m glad to be able to link up – http://mywordwall.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/grace-for-travel-theme-orange/
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You’re talkin’ Big Orange color, right? It’s football time in Tennessee!! http://ohtheplaceswesee.com/2014/08/26/travel-theme-orange/
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Hmm – a levitator. Any ideas on how he did that? I spent a day looking for orange objects and what did I come up with for a blogpost? Orange Crush! https://beautyalongtheroad.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/orange-crush/
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Those big orange boats in New York Harbor… http://windagainstcurrent.com/2014/08/27/travel-theme-orange-take-two/
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Here is mine! http://unfinishedtravelproject.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/travel-theme-orange/
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