The 30th of March is “Take a Walk in the Park Day” – nobody is quite sure how, when or by whom this ‘holiday’ was started, but who cares, what a fabulous idea. I love that it falls on a Monday this year, giving beleaguered workers a really great reason to escape the workplace for a few stolen moments and get out into the great outdoors. To get you in the mood for Monday, here is my homage to great outdoor spaces. The first thing my mind skips to when I think of the outdoors is mountains so I’m starting off with a snowy day and cool cloud formations on Mount Rainier.
Alongside mountains there have to be trees. lots of them, forests of them in fact. Here is a shot of dawn breaking over lofty evergreens in Salmon La Sac.
From forests to sandy shores, with warm breezes dancing by and gentle waves lapping at your feet. Dusk beginning to fall over Kailua Bay. Which reminds me, I am so overdue a vacation!
From Hawaii’s gentle outdoors to California’s ruthless Mojave Desert; the hottest place I have ever been to. Seriously, my flip flops nearly melted.
Are you ready to get outdoorsy 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: Outdoors
- 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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Have fun walking in the park this Monday.
xxx Ailsa
Of course I have played outdoor games. I once played dominoes in an open air cafe in Paris. – Oscar Wilde
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books. – Theodore Roosevelt
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The great outdoors!! I think I’ll have to slip out at lunchtime and take a short stroll along the Royal Canal… it’s most definitely the closest to a outdoor park space near work. 😉
I’m in agreement with you… I need a holiday as well!! 😀 Badly!!
That sounds like a grand plan, AJ – the stroll and the holiday. 🙂
Outdoors is the place to be (here probably our last bright sunny mild weekend until Oct – and mosquitoes aren’t out yet) The clouds over the mts. picture is magical.
Ahh those dreaded mozzies, phil. I can’t stand them. There are around 20 different species of mosquito in Ireland but the disease carrying ones were wiped out during the little Ice Age in the late 1600s. Not much consolation to Oliver Cromwell who died of malaria in 1676. He is believed to be the last person to contract the disease from an Irish mosquito when he was in Cork.
If there’s on little biting mosquito or gnat around, it will find me. Maybe Cromwell, too? Enjoy the weekend!
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Ah Ailsa, you’ve shown us so many magical outdoor places. And I want to thank you for that *warmest hugs*.
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Gorgeous series, Marion, that first one is wonderful – that’s what I call a picnic table with a view! But the one that really captured my imagination is the fourth one, of the towering forest and the flower strewn clearing. It’s so evocative I can feel the air and hear the sounds of the forest from here. Where was that photo taken? xxx
One of the highlights of our road trip to the US. That photo was taken in the Sequoia National Park in California, Ailsa. I have wandered (and wondered) there for hours. These trees are ancient, majestic and I wanted to wrap my arms around them. Well, I did, for a bit. The meadow was filled with sunshine and bumble bees. These memories…
xx
Oh how I love the Joshua trees!
Me too, there’s something so strange and wonderful about them!
They each have their own personality which is what I love about them.
that really is a cool cloud- WOW!
It almost looks like a UFO or something, hovering like a halo over the mountain – it happens quite often over Rainier, it’s called a lenticular cloud and any time it happens you know to expect rain and lousy weather the next day. 🙂
I’m sure it (the special cloud and mt Rainer ) was featured on that amazing weather programme on British TV.
I bet it’s been on loads of shows, it’s such a strange sight – sometimes there’s a double halo, and sometimes it looks like an upside down Mr Whippy ice cream.
Love the outdoors:) Regards.
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Wow, that is really a mud road! Those temple bells are lovely. xxx
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I love the outdoors! Here’s a recent walk from me: http://wp.me/pL5Ms-2uM
Jude xx
Oh those darling little deer, I want to hug each of them one by one, hee hee! I have a fascination with walled kitchen gardens on those great old estates, I’ve always wanted one of my own. I just love the great brick or sometimes stone walls enclosing the space and creating the perfect micro climate to grow crops. I read somewhere the Victorians had it down to a fine art, even down to the direction the land should be sloped towards and the orientation of the rows. The fact they could grow pineapples way back then using just the heat from decomposing compost is staggering. xxx
You and me both! I’d be happy with just a small walled garden 🙂
outdoors! my favorite place to be. I am so lucky to have a great park on my doorstep so my lunch breaks are often there.
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Ooh, how lucky you are to have Park Cinquantenaire on your doorstep, I would spend my lunch breaks there too if I could. 🙂
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What amazing photographs. They really make me feel as if I’m there 🙂
What a coincidence! A Monday walk! Smirk, smirk! I might not have seen this but Jude linked to me, Ailsa. 🙂 I think Kailua Bay would make a better venue for a walk than Mojave desert, though I love sand between my toes. Happy walking! 🙂
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Fantastic…all of them!
Such stunning shots. I will post tomorrow.
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Hey,
I’ve been meaning to join in with your travel theme for ages, and only just got round to it! I love the outdoors so I couldn’t resist! Here’s mine! https://gemmajaneadventures.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/travel-theme-outdoors/
https://regionalcognisance.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/outdoors/
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Beautiful photos of outdoors! I can’t wait for spring to arrive properly (about another 3-4 weeks!). Here’s my entry: https://aquamarineeyes.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/smokey-mountains/
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Beautiful outdoors – the place to recharge your batteries through Mother Nature. My entry is from my home region, because there I spend the most of my time . outdoors! http://wp.me/p1hCI2-4f8
You capture some fabulous outdoors there, Ailsa. That cloud formation is a stunner!
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Thanks for another great challenge. Here is my response: https://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/2545/
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Wow – Some truly wonderful images, Ailsa. Love the tress, and the beach, but the mountain shots are just breathtaking – desert and snow… gorgeous! I’m afraid I went only to my own backyard for my entry…. here it is: http://theretiringsort.com/2015/03/23/the-ephemeral-nature-of-days-and-of-gratitude/
Should be trees, of course, not tress!
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My first entry for a while. https://jennysotherstuff.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/photo-challenges-outdoors-ephemeral/
Hi everybody guys…
Love so much outdoors and this is a sweet theme for me
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Hi Ailsa, here is my entry:
http://cubusregio.com/2015/03/28/travel-theme-outdoors-drausen/
And now I leave the house (and the computer) and go outdoors.
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Your travel theme grows with each post. So enjoyable to see this after a break. YOur first photos is the winner. The cloud is amazing. Here am I:
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Marvelous photos all Ailsa! Especially Mount Rainier! Happy weekend 🙂
I found some postcards from our recent visit to the jungle Ailsa: http://theurgetowander.com/2015/03/31/postcards-from-kabini/
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Here I am again: http://ingriddphotography.com/2015/03/28/travel-theme-outdoors/
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