Tag Archives: Charlotte

Weekly Photo Challenge: SCALE

Posted on October 11, 2017 by johnvic8

The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is SCALE. The size of this sculptured hand is certainly out of scale with the people passing by in uptown Charlotte: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/scale-2/

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ambiance

Posted on January 14, 2017 by johnvic8

The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is AMBIANCE (or is that ambience???) Either way The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, NC has indeed created an evening with a special mood: the ambiance is JAZZ. On the first … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: H2O

Posted on October 7, 2016 by johnvic8

The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is H2O. A watery man made stream in a Charlotte garden: A watery nature made stream in the North Carolina mountains: They are both beautiful; I can’t choose between them…nor do … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Alphabet

Posted on January 15, 2016 by johnvic8

The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is ALPHABET. I understand an alphabet to be a series of written, inscribed or carved characters that represent the sounds of a particular language. It’s primary purpose is communications. I attended a reception this … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ornate

Posted on November 6, 2015 by johnvic8

The theme of this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is ORNATE. I recently spied a reproduction of a Well, Fargo & Company 19th century stagecoach on the streets of downtown Charlotte, NC. It was part of an Arts Festival celebration. … Continue reading →

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A Pick-Me-Up Day

Posted on November 21, 2014 by johnvic8

For the past week we have been joining the rest of the country in unseasonably cold weather. Our garden had a welcomed one inch of rain, but it was sandwiched between two days on either side of the rain with freezing … Continue reading →

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A Special Celebration

Posted on October 14, 2014 by johnvic8

On Sunday, 12 October, my Arranger and I joined members of the Charlotte Garden Club as we gathered to celebrate ninety years since its founding in 1924. It is believed to be the oldest continuing garden club in the Carolinas. Since we … Continue reading →

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A Visit to a Daylily Garden

Posted on June 21, 2014 by johnvic8

Today my Rector, my wife and I visited the Billinda Daylily Garden in the Charlotte suburbs. The garden developed by Bill and Linda Gluck is an official American Hemerocallis Society display garden, in which there are over 650 daylily cultivars on display in smartly … Continue reading →

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