If you’ve read any of my travel tales, you’ve probably got a fairly good idea of my level of gracefulness. If you haven’t, let me just say I have descended the snowy slopes of Mount Rainier with the agility of a gazelle on crutches, flounced alongside sequinned and tuxedo-clad clientele whilst sporting a rumpled shirt with a hole in the elbow in Vegas and almost knocked myself unconscious with a tent in Moab. My score of absolute zero on the scale of gracefulness might explain why I am so attracted to displays of it in others, so here is a selection of graceful photos I’ve taken on my travels. First up, the most elegant of swans, gracefully preening on the waters of the village pond in East Hampton.
Walking along the Seattle waterfront, I followed the strains of Leonard Cohen’s “Dance Me to the End of Love” and discovered these two fabulous dancers weaving a tango in a secret spot along the shoreline.
Still in Seattle, this patch of glowing, singing flowers, aka the art installation Sonic Bloom, is strangely graceful.
High up on Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic Mountains, this deer tried to steal my sandwich, and even though she proved to be the most heinous of thieves, she still maintained an air of dignified grace.
Are you ready to drift gracefully into the spotlight with your 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: Graceful
- 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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xxx Ailsa
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. – Auguste Rodin
Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it. – Douglas Hyde
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Pingback not working again…so my entry here: https://woollymuses.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/travel-theme-graceful/
Nothing as graceful as a swan…beautiful shot.
And I have just noticed I am on page 2. Oh, well. The weekend is nearly over…. 🙂
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This is mine
https://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/travel-theme-graceful-paper-ballerina/
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thank you for the challenge! https://aquamarineeyes.wordpress.com/2015/03/08/grace-at-the-hirshhorn/
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Swans also jumped into my head with this word, but instead I decided to feature Australian birds, especially the water birds with their long spindly legs. So graceful and beautiful. This was quite a difficult theme…but I got there in the end.
http://aglasshalf-full.com/2015/03/09/a-green-and-graceful-idyll/
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Here is my entry for this week. Thanks for hosting this challenge.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/03/08/travel-theme-graceful/
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It took me quite a while to find some thing for this weeks challenge Ailsa, hope you enjoy.
https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/travel-theme-graceful
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here are my graceful shots from Bali
https://traveller2006.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/travel-theme-graceful/
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Here is my entry: https://gwhphotos.wordpress.com/2015/03/09/travel-theme-graceful/
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Lovely! Here’s mine: http://brain.queenkv.org/2015/03/09/photo-sunday-graceful/
Love that you have a good sense of humor about your level of gracefulness. 🙂
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Couldn’t resist one more https://pommepal.wordpress.com/2015/03/10/travel-theme-graceful-2/
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That deer is so beautiful. Thanks for another thoughtful topic! http://blackpantysalvation.com/2015/03/10/evasive-grace/
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Another, hopefully graceful, combo…
http://quotidianhudsonriver.com/2015/03/10/15-03-10-graceful-orange-challenge-theme/
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Here is ours— http://windagainstcurrent.com/2015/03/10/graceful/
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It’s Southern gracefulness all along the road to Fernandina Beach, Florida: http://ohtheplaceswesee.com/2015/03/10/travel-theme-graceful/
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Didn’t think I would find anything for this challenge and now this is post number 3… https://pommepal.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/travel-theme-graceful-3
I loved the swan especially. They look so graceful and in reality are soooo mean!
http://josephelonlillie.com/2015/03/10/travel-theme-graceful/
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What a wonderful theme. Your dancers delighted me, but all your pictures are elegantly graceful. Here is my attempt at producing grace. http://wp.me/p2jC53-6HZ
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