Halloween origins from the Celtic holiday Samhain which over centuries turned from a pagan ritual to a week of costumed parties, trick-or-treating and jack-o-lanterns. Whereas adults tend to celebrate Halloween with costumes and parties, children often walk from door to door in their neighbourhood, dressed as witches, ghosts or vampires, to ask homeowners for treats,Continue reading “‘Trick Or Treat’ – Happy Halloween”
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Symmetry – weekly pictures
As the weekly photo challenge of the Daily Mail ended, I thought I’d keep up the challenge of uploading a weekly topic which I chose myself, depending on what inspired me. This week, I chose the topic ‘symmetry’. I thought it is really fascinating how some buildings are structured. Especially old cathedrals and gardens haveContinue reading “Symmetry – weekly pictures”
Prolific – photo challenge
Last week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post was about something ‘prolific‘ – for me it is about something successful. The first things that came onto my mind were ‘U2’ and ‘Dublin’. Being such a successful band, having fans from all over the world traveling to their hometown to follow the footsteps of music historyContinue reading “Prolific – photo challenge”
Smile – photo challenge
Last week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post had the topic ‘smile’ 🙂 As I currently attended a guided street art tour with Shoreditch Street Art Tours I got some inspiration for the challenge seeing all these amazing pieces of art. With the information we got during the three and a half hours walk throughContinue reading “Smile – photo challenge”
Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Even though I know that Easter is a religious Christian tradition, I always wondered how colourful eggs rabbits and sweets became the main Easter symbols and traditions nowadays of the holiday, as well as what’s the story behind them. Easter is traditionally the celebration of Christ’s resurrection. The exact origins of theContinue reading “Happy Easter”
Favourite Place
I again run a little bit behind with last weeks photo challenge of the Daily Post, so apologies for that! Nonetheless, I still wanted to share it with you anyway, so here we go… The topic for the challenge was ‘favourite place’ which instantly made me think of Camden in London 🙂 I absolutely loveContinue reading “Favourite Place”
Tour Guide – photo challenge
This week’s photo challenge of the Daily Post has the topic ‘Tour Guide’. It is about showing the most interesting or significant places of the places someone grew up. As I was looking through my pictures thinking of places around the area I grew up that mean something to me, I quickly had to realiseContinue reading “Tour Guide – photo challenge”
Peek: Raglan Castle – photo challenge
This week’s photo challenge of the daily post was ‘peek’ – showing a glimpse of something that might awake curiosity. A very different way to approach this photo challenge is showing smaller parts of a bigger building as I learned a while ago in my art class at school. Very often, architecture and buildings areContinue reading “Peek: Raglan Castle – photo challenge”
Rounded: pumpkin for Halloween – photo challenge
This weeks photo challenge of the Daily Post had the topic ‘rounded‘. A perfect topic for today – Halloween 🙂 Walking through the street and stores, there are pumpkins everywhere. The mainly orange coloured roundly shaped vegetables are not only delicious to eat, but also used for a very special tradition around this time ofContinue reading “Rounded: pumpkin for Halloween – photo challenge”
Windows – photo challenge
The latest topic of the Daily Post’s photo challenge is ‘windows’. It’s a very versatile topic that can be used literally or metaphorically. Eyes for example can be also seen as the window to somebody’s soul or it can be the view into another world. However, literally, windows are holes in the walls of buildings,Continue reading “Windows – photo challenge”
A Special Time Creative 