Sunday 15 November 2020

Something Different

 


Welcome to sunny south Manchester on lockdown day 247, 17 days into the full England lockdown with another 16 to go. I’m used to the restrictions now because since March 23rd, we in Manchester have only managed a couple of weeks of what you would call a less limited existence. The good news is that the infection rates are falling in the city, although in the rest of England there has been a slow rise as other parts of the country start to increase. But given the fact that it takes a couple of weeks for any change to be noticed, I expect rates to start falling countrywide in the next week or so.

Anyway – enough of that nonsense; let’s have a bit of fun with Sunday Stealing

This week I am going to show photographs based on the questions. I took them all (except for the ones I am in obviously). I hope you like them.

1. Something held together with ribbon, string, or rope.

Taken in Bodrum, Turkey as the sun was going down in 2011. Bodrum is a lovely little town and the harbour front is beautiful, particular at sunset. 

2. Something related to travel.

Taken in Dubai in 2012, this is the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, standing at 2717 feet tall (828m – heading towards a kilometre in height). It scared me half to death, both when we went up to about two thirds of the way to the top and also standing at the bottom looking up. I don’t want to go anywhere near it again – the vertigo I suffered was terrible. It is a beautiful building though.

3. Someplace people gather

Taken in 2019 at Old Trafford in Manchester where people gather to watch Lancashire and England play cricket. Over to the left you can see the tall buildings of Manchester city centre. This match was an Ashes test match against Australia.

4. Something cold/frozen

Taken on a glacier in Brewster, Canada in 2010. I am on the left, Mrs PM is on the right and in the middle is our tour guide who supplied us with a nip of scotch to help keep us warm in the blizzard conditions. All three of us were cold and frozen.

5. Something with a hole in it.

Taken in 1999 in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. This is the Repulse Bay, a residential building that has a massive square hole in the middle, supposedly to allow dragons coming down from the hills easy access to the sea. Or perhaps it is there for feng shui purposes.


 6. Something striped

Taken in Salvador, Brazil in 2015. This is a lighthouse – and strictly speaking it is striped (although perhaps I am cheating a little).

7. An animal.

Taken in Kuranda National Park, Australia in 2005. In case you are wondering, the animal in question is not me, it is the koala I am holding.

8. Something cute.

Taken this afternoon. This is one of our new cats – Star – supervising me while I type this post to make sure that (a) I choose the right photos and (b) that I don’t make any spelling mistakes.

9. A food.

Taken in 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. This is an assorted dish of sushi and sashimi that we had for lunch on our last day in this beautiful city.

10. Something warm

Taken in 2014 in Nice, France. This counts as warm because it was a beautiful and warm day and this is the view of the coastline taken from Batterie Mont Boron.



20 comments:

Annie said...

Lovely photos. Lucky you holding a koala! You've had some interesting travels.

Martha said...

Fantastic collection of photos! Now I'm craving sushi ;)

Bev Sykes said...

We've been to some of the same places. I remember that building in Hong Kong, and I think I probably have the same picture of Nice. It was nice to "meet" you and Mrs Plastic in person, or in photo anyway.

Kwizgiver said...

Incredible photos--they're exotic!

Elephant's Child said...

Welcome Star.
Love your photos.
Years back a politician (the Minister for Tourism no less) described koalas as "flea-ridden, it piddles on you, it stinks and it scratches." I am glad to see that you ignored him.

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Annie,

It was an experience holding the koala. We were only allowed to do so for the few seconds it took to take the photo.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Martha,

I love sushi and in Japan it is even better.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Bev,

It sounds like we have. I love Hong Kong - it's a wonderful city.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Kwizgiver,

I'm glad you think of Manchester as exotic.

;o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi EC,

I have to confess that the koala did stink. It's handler was close in case it tried to scratch.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Lori said...

That Koala tho! I am so jealous! I HAVE heard they are smelly, but OMG, they are so cute. Thank-you for sharing your beautiful pictures of your travels. I love the picture answers today. This was fun. Have a nice day.

https://lorisbusylife.blogspot.com/

CountryDew said...

You're a good lookin' fella! I enjoyed the photos a lot! That picture of Nice, France is amazing. I wish I'd traveled more when I could.

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Lori,

I have to admit that I agree with you about the cuteness of a koala.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi CD,

It was taken from a hill that overlooks the city. It is such a beautiful city and I aim to return as soon as this coronavirus stuff is over.

:o)

Cheers

PM

zippiknits...sometimes said...

Something held together with strings is so clever! Good Eye!

Nice is beautiful. If I have to be reborn, I want to it to be there.

Have a lot of fun with that camera. And I have heard from my daughter, who should know, that Koalas are pretty stinky. lol

LA Paylor said...

good job... scritches to Star

Me, Myself, and I said...

I love the building with the hole in it, and the idea that dragons fly down from the hillside to the sea....nice to see your face and Mrs. PM too. Have a great week PM :)

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Zippiknits,

Nice is fab - it has a beautiful old town full of narrow streets, cute shops and lovely little bars and restaurants.

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi LeeAnna,

Star says hi!

:o)

Cheers

PM

Plastic Mancunian said...

Hi Me,Myself and I,

It is a fabulous building abut I hear there are others like it too.

:o)

Cheers

PM