Category Archives: travel

Weekly Travel Photo Challenge: Fluid

Posted on November 24, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This weeks travel photo theme is Liquid……my post for last weeks theme Mystical would have fitted just as well this week, but I put on my thinking head and went for a browse through this summers photos. These shots were … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged beach, dogs, East Lothian, Edinburgh, fun, outdoors, photo, photography, playing, scotland, scottish, walking | 3 Comments

Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Water

Posted on November 3, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This is my entry for the Lets Be Wild photo-challenge. This week’s Challenge is: Water If you like the photo please click to the link and post a vote/comment:-)

Posted in nature photo, photos, travel, Uncategorized, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Applecross, beach, gentle waves, Highlands, nature, Ocean, photo, photography, scotland, scottish, sea | 2 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry

Posted on November 3, 2012 by greenmackenzie

I took this on a visit to the interior of Tunisia in 2009. The sheer size of the building and all its repeating geometry was so stunning. As we looked a little closer we could see that the columns were … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient sites, history, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged columns, Great Mosque of Kairouan, Mosque of Uqba, photo, photography, pillars, postaday, travel, Tunisia, Unesco World Heritage site, vacation | 10 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign

Posted on October 28, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This was taken from a boat while we were travelling between islands in Thailand. We were told that birds nests were harvested from the roof of these caves, and exported to China for the infamous birds nest soup. All very … Continue reading →

Posted in nature photo, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged birds nest soup, caves, nature, photo, photography, postaday, Thailand, travel, vacation | 7 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge : Silhouette

Posted on October 21, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This is taken beneath the shade of a big old sycamore tree, looking from Plockton towards the Applecross peninsula. I spent countless childhood hours in the branches of this tree and running through the meadow grass and wildflowers which stretch … Continue reading →

Posted in nature photo, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged meadow, photography, Plockton, postaday, scotland, silhouette, travel, vacation, Wester Ross | 4 Comments

Market Value: Another Urban Myth?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by greenmackenzie

Looking back at these shots from a market I visited deep in the heart of Tunisia, made me think about the way we buy and pay for things in ‘the West’. The cart piled high with fennel fresh from the … Continue reading →

Posted in food, mindfulness, philosophy, photos, thoughts, travel | Tagged bread, buying food, fennel, food, haggling, life, market, market produce, market stall, market value, mindfulness, philosophy, photo, postaday, travel, Tunisia, Tunisian market, vacation | Leave a comment

Weekly Photo Challenge: Big

Posted on October 13, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This big bronze horse is carrying his big hero of a rider, Wellington, towards the rather big New Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. I took this photo on my way to a lovely family meal in the hotel on a warm … Continue reading →

Posted in Edinburgh, history, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Edinburgh, photo, photography, postaday, scotland, scottish, sunset, travel, vacation | 6 Comments

Chinese Guardians

Posted on October 6, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This photo is my response to the Travel Photo Challenge: Animals Okay Im cheating a little with my mythic animal, but she is so magnificent I couldn’t resist sharing her. This shot shows a female Shi shi, stone lion, or … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient sites, history, mythology, photos, travel | Tagged animals, Beijing, China, chinese guardians, Chinese lion guardians, Chinese lions, chinese luck, guardian lions, lion dragon guardians, luck, palace guardians, photo challenge, protection, Shi shi, symbolism, travel | 6 Comments

Travel Theme: White

Posted on September 24, 2012 by greenmackenzie

This amazing marble relief staircase is inside the Forbidden City, in Beijing. I took this photo back in 2004, and was captured by the shimmering white, swirling clouds and dragons, which seem to move in the shifting sunlight. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in history, mindfulness, photos, travel, weekly photo challenge | Tagged Beijing, China, Chinese, dragons, marble staircase, palace, photo, travel, travel photo, white | 10 Comments

Cloud watching

Posted on July 31, 2012 by greenmackenzie

So this morning I sailed into the Gym for my usual yoga class, only to be told it had been cancelled, very last-minute, for gymnastics…..I was so stunned…it was fairly early in the morning….that I didn’t ask any questions. As … Continue reading →