I feel like a character out of Wuthering Heights right now, having just returned from a blustery, windswept walk with gusts that threatened to knock me off my feet and squalls that have left my hair looking, umm, rather more distressed than usual. As I’ve been struggling to get a comb through my tangled locks, I’ve been leafing through my photos to see if any of them could offer up a depiction of winds, gales, breezes and flurries of air. First up, Coney Island in the off-season, biting winds driving carpets of sand across the beach and out to sea.
Kite Hill in Seattle is just about the best place to be on a windy day.
A stormy day at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Sanctuary out in Queens, NY.
The Pacific Ocean meets the Hawaiian Islands with a little help from the wind.
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xxx Ailsa
Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny. – Carl Sandburg
Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame. – WB Yeats (The Land of Heart’s Desire)
Where's my backpack? 
Hmm, interesting theme, Ailsa – I’ll see what I can come up with…
It was a tricky one to find photos for, Sue, but I love a challenge. 🙂
Me too!
Interesting – yes! I just don’t know if I can find something here…but, your series is great and my favourite is the first one.
It’s a tricky theme for sure, Leya, but that’s half the fun. 😉 Yes, those shifting sands in Coney Island were quite an amazing sight, but boy did it hurt when the sand got in my eyes, I had to wear sunglasses even though it wasn’t sunny.
I can understand that…but the photo is great!
Ah the great Irish summer… like a breath of fresh WIND!! 😉
Summer? You mean that one sunny day back in June? 🙂
No… back in March!! 😉
All lovely, but that first is the killer! 🙂
I love that quote from Yeats & especially your first pic. Great theme.
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The moving sand carpet of the first one is full of motion.
Great pictures – can almost hear the various winds blowing in each one
Your wind photos are fantastc Ailsa. I love the sand; enemy of the camera. I live in a very windswept place but as it is not my favourite condition, I rarely photograph it. I’ll see what there is in the basket, or maybe photograph it myself this week.
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Great theme! Thank you Ailsa! This is my contribution: http://wp.me/p4YOtr-1ZG
You want to hear about storms at sea? No? Then, how about this? Is using video to convey ‘wind’ cheating? I liked it, anyway! https://travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/international-kite-festival-semaphore/
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The carpet of sand shows perfectly the wind!
Here is my wind image: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/catching-the-wind/
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Had to laugh at your first paragraph! I know exactly how you feel. My hair is short but thick and painful to comb after being out in the wind. My husband, who has little hair, just thinks I’m vain but I HAVE to comb it regularly.
Love the sand picture the most.
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I actually love the wind Ailsa, it gives me a feeling of freedom, but it can be destructive too. https://pommepal.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/travel-theme-wild-wind/
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Hi Ailsa, here is my entry:
http://wp.me/p3c0SB-2v6
Beautiful pictures for this theme. This theme stumped me! Took me some effort to find the relevant photos. Here is mine: http://cocoaevenings.com/2015/08/02/travel-theme-wind-power-and-livelihood/
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Hi Ailsa, how are ? Wonderful series !
Here my entry
http://max510.com/2015/08/01/weekly-travel-theme-wind/
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It’s a difficult theme. Taking a cue from your beautiful photographs I could collect these- https://amaltaas.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/travel-theme-wind/
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Hi Ailsa,
here are some of my windy photos 🙂
https://hamburgundmeehr.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/travel-theme-wind/
Cheers Angela
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Here’s my windy day travel memory… so much fun! http://teri-gonewalkabout2.blogspot.com/2015/08/sailing-against-wind.html
Exciting post.
Love the first photo the best.
Some great images of wind, Ailsa. I went through my photos and found a few related images as well. http://destinationfiction.blogspot.ca/2015/08/travel-theme-wind.html
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hi Ailsa! great images of wind! here is my entry: https://lolawi.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/travel-theme-wind/
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here’s mine https://dailymusing57.wordpress.com/2015/08/03/travel-theme-wind/