7-Day Nature Photo Challenge ~ Day 1

We were nominated by fellow blogger, projectrelish, for a seven-day photo challenge, so we will be posting one of our nature pictures every day for the next seven days.

For our first post, we’ve decided to use a picture of a Betel Nut Palm Tree (Areca catechu) with its red ripe fruit from our trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.  We took the picture of the fruit while we were walking through the resort, but it actually took us a while to find out what type of tree it was.  The bright red fruit just jumped out against the lush green tropical fauna.  Although it is called an areca nut, it is really a fruit and apparently in some parts of the world, the fruit is chewed along with a betel leaf.  We’re not sure that it looked that appetizing, but it was definitely beautiful.

Ripe Fruit on Betel Nut Palm Tree

Rules: Post one nature photo and nominate someone else for seven days.

Nominating setmeravelles for the challenge, who has a wonderful site about travelling across Spain.

Daily Post Photo Challenge – Harmony

There are probably a lot of nature pictures we could have chosen to demonstrate a world in harmony, but instead we decided to share one of our concert photographs. We are avid music fans and go to a lot of concerts, but one of our favorites is the Van’s Warped Tour. We were watching a band called Breathe Carolina and they tossed out these large beach balls into the crowd. As you can see, everyone in the crowd had a wonderful time as they swayed in harmony with the band. It was one of those “feel good” moments that makes you happy inside.

Crowd Enjoying Breathe Carolina at the Warped Tour

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Daily Post Photo Challenge – State of Mind

Perhaps it is just because we’ve just come back from travelling, which means getting caught up both at work and at home, but when we saw this challenge for a photo that describes your inner feelings, our first thought was that we were feeling a little overwhelmed.  Work is being demanding at the moment, we’re trying to plan our next trip, we’re trying to spend time with family, and we’re still trying to wrap up our home remodel.  For us, there is nothing that represents being overwhelmed more than our trip to India.  The number of people, the aromas, the sights and colors were all contributors to sensory overload.

Streets of Chennai
Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Chennai, India

 

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