January CDP Theme Day

Posted on January 1, 2015January 1, 2015 Posted in Art, Blogging Challenge, building, CDP Theme Day, eatery, everyday life, Food, Historic, Holiday, museum, Nature: flora or fauna, peopleTagged art, China, destruction, Jinan, modern, nature, new, old, plum blossoms, pollution, postaday, postaweek, Red Door Restaurant, Shandong Art Museum, springs, tattoos, trees, wedding3 Comments

Photo(s) of the Year

Socialist Values

Jinan Police

at the new museum

Downtown Jinan

Old friends

New life together

A dear restaurant gone

New café

New signs

Happy New Year!

As is the tradition with City Daily Photo, bloggers are challenged to post based on a theme. In January our theme has been “Photo of the Year.” On the CDP website I saw one photographer comment that he was going to make a collage and I thought “great idea” (and easier). So I’ve chosen a few photos of new discoveries or experiences that were particular to 2014.

If you want to see more photos from the CDP community, click here. There are great photos from all over the world.

Travel Theme: Autumn

Posted on November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 Posted in Blogging Challenge, everyday life, Nature: flora or faunaTagged autumn, autumn leaves, Jinan, leaves, November, postaday2014, reflection, springs, Travel Theme, waterLeave a comment

Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack invites bloggers to post travel photos each week. This time she’s given us “Autumn” for a theme. I’ve gone to the springs downtown for golden leaves reflecting in the water.

To see more autumn photos, click here.

If you want to join the fun, here’s what you should do:

Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Autumn
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
Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS!

I love the quotations, Ailsa shared this week:

The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. – John Muir

Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower. – Albert Camus

Black Tiger Springs

Posted on September 19, 2014December 18, 2013 Posted in everyday life, Nature: flora or fauna, Park, peopleTagged Black Tiger Springs2 Comments

Ink Painting

Posted on July 23, 2014 Posted in Art, museum, Nature: flora or faunaTagged ink painting, mountainLeave a comment

Travel Theme: Close Up

Posted on May 8, 2014 Posted in Nature: flora or fauna, SpringsTagged challenge, flower, garden, meme, pinkish, Quen Cheng Square, rose, springLeave a comment

DSCF3640[1] — An Quencheng Square’s rose garden

To the Virgins to Make Much of Time

by Robert Herrick
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles today,
Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the Sun,
The higher he’s a-getting
The sooner will his race be run,
And nearer he’s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times, still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time;
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.

Each week Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack? inspires photographers with a travel theme prompt. If you would like to join in (everyone’s welcome!) here’s what to do:

Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Close-up
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
Don’t forget to subscribe to keep up to date on the latest weekly travel themes. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS!

Last of the Spring Blooms

Posted on April 28, 2014 Posted in Campus, Nature: flora or faunaTagged blossom, flower, pinkLeave a comment

All the trees have their leaves so I think these are the last of the spring blooms. Lovely though, huh?

Dragon Mosaic

Posted on April 18, 2014April 18, 2013 Posted in downtown, Nature: flora or fauna, UncategorizedTagged pond, sight, springLeave a comment

At Five Dragons Pond

Returning Home

Posted on March 28, 2014 Posted in everyday life, Nature: flora or fauna, Neighborhood, Park, peopleTagged bird, pet, routine, traditionLeave a comment

Travel Theme: Pink

Posted on March 25, 2014 Posted in Blogging Challenge, Campus, Nature: flora or faunaTagged blossoms, plum, Shandong University of Science and Technology, trees2 Comments

Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack is challenging photographers to share a photo featuring pink. Here’s mine of the fleeting, gorgeous pink plum blossoms. They’ll be gone far too soon.

You can find links to other pink photos here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

Posted on March 23, 2014 Posted in Blogging Challenge, downtown, Historic, Nature: flora or faunaTagged "City of Springs", bridge, Jinan, night, postaday2014, postaweek2014, Shandong, springs, water14 Comments

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Follow The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements, and subscribe to our newsletter – we’ll highlight great photos from each month’s most popular challenge.

Other great photos: