Artifacts

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

Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity

Posted on January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 Posted in Blogging Challenge, downtown, everyday life, Historic, Park, Weekly Photo ChallengeTagged bridge, Daming Lake, Jinan, night, old, photo, postaday, postaweek, Weekly Photo Challenge8 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 <strong>(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:

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East Train Station

Posted on January 13, 2015January 9, 2015 Posted in building, everyday life, TransportTagged old, station, trains, Travel1 Comment

Now that on the west side of town there’s a sleek, new station few people use this older one. It only serves local and semi-local trains. No high speed trains come here and more and more those are the trains most people take. Still if you want to go off the beaten track you’ve got to take a slower train.

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.

Jade

Posted on November 5, 2014November 5, 2014 Posted in museum, TraditionalTagged ancient, big, jade, old, postaday2014, Shandong Provincial MuseumLeave a comment

Ancient status symbol or bank account or both?

Posted on September 11, 2014September 11, 2014 Posted in Neighborhood, peopleTagged old, persevering, sleeping, womanLeave a comment

This woman sells used clothes on a street near campus. She’s part of the neighborhood and though she clearly is needy, there’s nothing pathetic about her. She tends to her business and somehow survives. She’s got drive and dignity.

Last week I did give her a bag full of old clothes to add to her inventory. As an outsider, I don’t feel I should ask her story. It seems insensitive to ask, even if I could, for her to give a stranger an account of how she wound up here, scraping by. I do wonder though.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Relic

Posted on July 12, 2014July 12, 2014 Posted in Antiques, Art, Blogging Challenge, Historic, museumTagged artifact, ceramic, home, house, model, old, postaday2014, postaweek2014, relic3 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: