Painting of Pottery

Posted on February 18, 2015 Posted in Art, pottery, TraditionalTagged ceramics, China, painting, pottery, Shandong Art MuseumLeave a comment

Weekly Photo Journal: Symmetry

Posted on February 14, 2015 Posted in Blogging Challenge, everyday life, Market, modern, Neighborhood, Weekly Photo ChallengeTagged China, Jinan, oil, peanut oil, postaday, postaweek, product, R T Mart, symmetrical2 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 posts. Add Media photos from each month’s most popular challenge.

Other great photos:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (daily post)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (patchwork ponderings)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (snaps & stories)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (beijing daily photo)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (ruined for life)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (ewe’s voice)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (autopic)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (here and there)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (that traveling nurse)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (travel with intent)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (ohm sweet ohm)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (duckwalk vineyard)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (tish farrell)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Symmetry (no fixed plans)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (cee’s photos)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (travel with intent)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (ese’s voice)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (variety of light)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (rewired and retired)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (my point of view)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (anvica’s gallery)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth (foto challenge)

A Winter’s Day

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 Posted in Business, everyday life, Neighborhood, peopleTagged China, coal, Jinan, people, postaday, postaweek, street scene, vendors, winterLeave a comment

Street scene, Tianqiao District, Jinan, China

Artifacts

Posted on February 4, 2015 Posted in Antiques, Historic, museumTagged ancient, ancient pottery, China, old, Shandong, Shandong Provincial MuseumLeave a comment

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: Golden

Posted on December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Posted in Art, Blogging Challenge, Business, downtown, TraditionalTagged China, decorative arts, downtown store, expensive, golden, goldfish, Jinan, ornate, Where's my backpack?Leave a comment

Lots of jewelry stores in China sell figures like this

Each week Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack? challenges bloggers with a creative prompt. Last week we were suppose to post photos inspired by “Golden.”

What arches have you seen? If you want to join the fun, follow these steps:

Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Golden
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!

Check out Where’s My Backpack for more photos interpreting “Golden.”

Bridge

Posted on December 18, 2014 Posted in everyday life, HistoricTagged bridge, China, Chinese bridge, Qufu, stone, stone bridgeLeave a comment

A beautiful stone bridge in nearby Qufu, Confucius’ hometown.

Getting Festive

Posted on December 11, 2014 Posted in downtown, shopTagged cartoon character, China, Christmas, Christmas decorations, cute, for children, Jinan, Parc 66, SmurfLeave a comment

Parc 66’s Christmas theme is Smurfs. They’ve set up a village in the mall.

As a side note, I haven’t been able to blog all week due to poor Internet service. Ugh! I’ve got two VPNs but neither worked till today.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone But Not Forgotten

Posted on December 6, 2014December 6, 2014 Posted in building, Business, everyday life, Neighborhood, Weekly Photo ChallengeTagged 2014, building, China, demolished, gone, miss, neighborhood, not forgotten, postaday, postaday2014, postaweek, postaweek2014, restaurant, Weekly Photo Challenge 20142 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: