What a way to begin the new Theme Challenge year…one week behind!
My husband and I spent the past few days at one of my favorite spots to relax and take photos: Playa Barqueta in Chiriqui Province, Panama. Our friends have a fabulous beach house with a very welcoming pool. Overlooking this pool are two custom-made statues of storks, the owner’s favorite bird. For a change, this photographic effort to suit the theme was actually planned. Before sinking into the beckoning water, I lay on my towel beneath the raised foot of a stork, trying not to be blinded by the sun, and deciding that this could be a worm’s view if it was emerging from a hole in the ground. Luckily for any worm in the vicinity, this bird is incapable of devouring any living creature.
And this is my view of the storks, unless I’m lying on the grass under descending claws!
August 9, 2015 at 10:44 pm
You may already be a week behind, but you’re definitely on top of your game. Love the worm’s view! Very creative, Ida.
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August 10, 2015 at 8:49 pm
Thank you, Mary Nell. It was fun trying to get the right angle in a tight spot.
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August 9, 2015 at 10:45 pm
If the stork was real that worm would digging a whole as quick as he could. I liked your photo
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August 10, 2015 at 8:57 pm
Thank you, Ann! 🙂
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August 10, 2015 at 7:28 am
Great idea, wonderful photos!
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August 10, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Thanks, Vincent! 🙂
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August 10, 2015 at 7:49 am
Great shot from the worm’s view
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August 10, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Thank you, Sue.
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August 10, 2015 at 8:34 am
A scary angle. Good interpretation. For this theme, I have determined we need to get down and dirty…on the ground. lol
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August 10, 2015 at 8:57 pm
I had a towel and grass beneath me, Judy. I would not have liked being on the hot sand to take this photo.
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August 10, 2015 at 8:40 am
Fantastic shot Ida, and so creative! The view from the pool looks amazing, I would never want to leave.
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August 10, 2015 at 8:52 pm
The heat and humidity is sometimes overwhelming, Carolyn, but I truly enjoy each visit here. It is so quiet other than the waves and the thunder storms which we had this weekend.
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August 10, 2015 at 10:02 am
Great shot. I wouldn’t want to be that worm! 😊
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August 10, 2015 at 8:55 pm
Neither would I. It’s the first time I’ve seen the stork from this angle and those claws are pretty menacing!
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August 10, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Very cool shot!
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August 10, 2015 at 8:53 pm
Thanks, Marjie. 🙂
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August 10, 2015 at 8:45 pm
Cool shot!
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August 10, 2015 at 8:53 pm
Thanks, Erin. 🙂
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August 10, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Nicely done … You certainly must have been in a contorted position to get that shot! What people will do for their art!
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August 17, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Yes, Patricia, it was far from elegant. There I was, scooting under those lethal claws, trying to avoid having talons rake across my scalp, and laughing at myself. Quite mad I’d venture to say. 🙂
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August 11, 2015 at 11:18 am
Very cool Ida. I’d love to have seen that :0)
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August 11, 2015 at 10:12 pm
Love how you shot this and perfect for the theme! I feel sorry for the worms now it looks kind of scary !
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August 17, 2015 at 5:24 pm
Thanks, Roxana. I have to agree; being a worm is not something I’d like to be in another life!
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August 12, 2015 at 11:56 am
I definitely can identify with that little worm from this perspective! Good job.
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August 17, 2015 at 5:24 pm
Thank you, Karen. 🙂
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August 14, 2015 at 4:06 am
This is great, it made me smile thinking of you lying under the bird’s foot!
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August 17, 2015 at 5:25 pm
As I mentioned to Patricia…unladylike for sure. 😉
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August 17, 2015 at 5:56 pm
You could never be unladylike Ida! (Ignore mindy)
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August 14, 2015 at 8:23 am
I love that you gave us both perspectives to explain the worm’s view better. Good thing you are flexible!
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August 17, 2015 at 5:26 pm
I’m glad I included both now, Diane. 🙂
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August 17, 2015 at 11:20 am
two great shots, I’m glad I got to see what they look like from a people’s view.
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August 17, 2015 at 5:27 pm
Thanks, Christine. It was fun getting the first photo.
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