All sorts of Laksa

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Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup in the Peranakan cuisine, which is a combination of Chinese and Malay cuisine.  It can be found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Mouth watering in all shades of orange.

Sarawak Laksa

Sarawak Laksa

Singapore Laksa

Singapore Laksa

Vegetarian Laksa

Vegetarian Laksa

Curry Laksa

Curry Laksa

Time for another multi-photo challenge!
Wow us with punchy pops of orange.

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Depth

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A field full of lavenders.  Deeply beautiful.

A field full of lavenders. Deeply beautiful.

Sailing in the deep blue sea.

Sailing in the deep blue sea.


This week, share with us your take on “depth” — you can take it literally, like me, by showing something (a dense forest, your lawn after a blizzard) that suggests volume, a distance between surface and bottom. Or go with a more figurative approach: use a deep color palette, play with your image’s depth of field, or highlight a person, a place, or an object to which you feel deeply connected.

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Express Yourself – For the love of ……..

Still love soft toys and cuddlies.

Expressing my love for soft toys and cuddlies.

Once upon a time I love golliwogs.  Today, I still love golliwogs.

Once upon a time I love golliwogs. Today, I still love golliwogs.

An expression of love for lavender.

An expression of love for lavender.

Gorgeous bears filled with lavender.  Love them.

Everything from lavender. Gorgeous bears filled with lavender. Love them.

Today, we challenge you to show us what “express yourself” means to you.

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Cover Art – Nothing like the love of a pet

This is a story of a girl and her pet dog.
They are the best of friends.
They are loyal companions.
They love and accept each other unconditionally.
Their daily walks are their greatest pleasure.
He sniffs and she smells the breeze.
To both of them, the world is beautiful, rain or shine.



If you could make a mix album of songs for yourself, a friend, or a loved one, or write a story about a particular time or experience you’ve had, what would the cover art look like?

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Texture – A beautiful world

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This is a great opportunity to look at the world in a slightly different way — along with looking at things from new angles, zooming very far out or very far in are both great ways to create texture and pattern in photos.

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Bird's eye view of land, sea, sky.

Bird’s eye view of land, sea, sky.

Beach, sea, sand and fishermen in a row.

Beach, sea, sand and fishermen in a row.

The greens and the waterfall.

The greens and the waterfall.

The sky, the trees, the sea, the beach and the beach chairs.  A blend of texture waiting for you and me.

The sky, the trees, the sea, the beach and the beach chairs.

DP Photo Challenge – Monument – Dunedin Railway Station

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Dunedin Railway Station

This building perhaps embodies Dunedin’s wealthy inheritance. During the city’s most prosperous years this railway station was the country’s busiest, handling up to 100 trains each day.
Though there have been many debates about whether the building is actually beautiful or not, the overall effect is undeniably grandiose and the station is New Zealand’s most photographed building.
Construction began in 1903 and the station was officially opened in 1906. Dunedin’s fourth railway station, it was designed in the fashionable, desirable and highly expensive Edwardian Baroque style. Unusually though, architect George Troup uses an experimental collaboration of Classical and Neo-Gothic imagery, which creates a grand and classically regimented structure, with an assorted and asymmetric countenance.
Troup displays such an unrestrained freedom of expression most prominently in the Italianate clock tower at one end and the Gothic spire at the other, as well as the use of Classical motifs to create upwards gestures reminiscent of Gothic architecture. The combination of over the top decoration and the intricate use of contrasting dark basalt and white Oamaru limestone earned its architect the nick-name “Gingerbread George”.
The exceptional attention to detail is not limited to its exterior. The foyer and booking hall’s elaborate ornamentation is bathed in a soft golden light that reinforces the wealth of the city of Dunedin at the time.
Today, a farmers market runs in Anzac Square just outside the station every Saturday morning, and daily sightseeing trains run from the station through the Taieri Gorge and up the Coast. Directly across the square from the station is Lower Stuart Street, which leads to the city’s centre, The Octagon.

– extracted from http://www.dunedin.nz.com/railway-station.aspx

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Dunedin Railway Station © little borneo girl

That's my shot of Dunedin Railway Station

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Submitted in response of Daily Prompt Weekly Photo Challenge – Monument