Photo Challenge 27 – Silhouettes

November 29, 2011 · 22 comments

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It must be a sign of the busy holiday prep season that no one has been pestering me to post the latest challenge pics. This latest challenge was SILHOUETTES and we have some interesting entries to choose from.

The voting options that I spoke of last time didn’t really work out so well, so I’m still doing a bit of testing on that.  Stay tuned.

The next challenge is NUMBERS chosen by Wendy Taylor and submissions will be due on Wednesday December 14 at 7:00 pm EST.  Let’s all encourage some new friends to join in for this round, shall we?

Okay, now enjoy the pics! And remember…

“Don’t just take pictures, make pictures!”

Photo Challenge 26 – Skylines

November 1, 2011 · 23 comments

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Finally! Yes, folks, the Hubbers Photo Challenge is finally back on line after a 10 week hiatus! First there was the 6 weeks of European Vacation followed by 4 weeks of trying to get back into some sort of routine. Honestly I’ve barely even picked up my camera since I’ve been home. (Blog posts from the trip can be found here and I’ll be posting a gallery once I’m through sorting through the 6,290 photo’s that Mollie and I took with our three cameras!)

This latest extended challenge was SKYLINES, which I picked when I was thinking about my upcoming vacation and enjoying a few cool skylines in Europe.

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Let’s go Dutch!

October 7, 2011

We arrived in Boxtel to visit Koos (my father’s 84 year old first cousin) in the mid afternoon on Tuesday, and spent the next couple of days visiting family.  Koos’ daughter, Marie-Christine, lives just down the street and made a couple of excellent dinners for us, and for our final night we were invited to [...]

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Dubrovnik Redux

October 3, 2011

After a week on the boat, Mollie and I headed back to Hotel Dubrovnik Palace for our final three nights in paradise.  Our days consisted mostly of lying in the sun, swimming in the pool, snorkelling in the sea, and walking down the street in search of some exceptional food experiences.  We headed into the [...]

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Return to Split

September 30, 2011

In some ways it’s hard to believe it has been a week since we set sail, and we were a bit sad to arrive back in Split Harbour tonight.  We had arranged to take the walking tour and learned a great deal about this city, which is some 1700 years old.  It’s amazing to see [...]

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Hula Hula Club

September 29, 2011

Our new friends Gary & Jayne had told us that their daughter insisted that when the boat ported in Hvar they must find the Hula Hula Club to watch the sunset.  We asked directions at the port and were told it was just a 20 minute walk that-a-way, so away we went. I would have [...]

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Korcula

September 28, 2011

Tonights port is Korcula, which is a nice sized Roman era town on the island of the same name.  We wandered through the town while others enjoyed the organized walking tour, which they told us afterward was excellent.  We had dinner by the seaside, and then wandered through town to find a nice dessert in [...]

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The Captains Dinner

September 27, 2011

I haven’t been mentioning it in previous posts, but the day times on the boat are all pretty much the same, not that that is a bad thing.  Breakfast and Lunch is served on the boat, we leave port around breakfast or shortly after and typically arrive at a new port in late afternoon.  The [...]

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Full Circle

September 26, 2011

We’ve come full circle back to Dubrovnik (for the first time), except this time we are sleeping in our cabin on the boat.  Apparently our ticket included a walking tour of the old city, so we met the rest of our fellow passengers at the appointed hour at Pile Gate, the north entrance through the [...]

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Mljet

September 25, 2011

Mljet is one of the ports in Croatia without a bank machine, and few restaurants from which to choose.  The big attraction seems to be the National Park with an old Monastery, so we did the tour.  This started out something like our navigating in Spain and Portugal: missing the turn off due to lack [...]

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