Picture-A-Week-2015 - Week 01

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Took the family to see the Rose Parade floats yesterday.

 

[TLCOhio]

Took the family to see the Rose Parade floats yesterday.

 

Appreciate this more close-up picture that gives us a better idea for how the individual flowers make it all work. On TV, it is harder to see those "details". Show us more pictures. Nice to see these colorful floats.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

Enjoyed a 14-day Celebrity Solstice, Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 2014, Sydney to Auckland adventure, getting a big sampling for the wonders of "down under” before and after this cruise. Go to:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974139

for more info and pictures of these amazing sights in this great part of the world. Now at 91,181 views for this posting.

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Thanks Terry. Yes the detail is really amazing when you get up close. Here are a couple more.

 

Cal Poly University float

 

 

Eagle from the City of Alhambra float

 

 

Dole float

 

[Cruiser Forever]

Great photos to start the new year. Love the flowers. Every CC member surely takes some amazing photos. Thanks for posting everyone.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Hi! I'm a new poster to the photo board, but I have been inspired and educated by you folks for awhile now! I'd like to try to participate in the picture of the week starting right now...

 

 

We spent the week of New Year's at a cabin we rented near Leavenworth, Washington. It was beautiful, but COLD!!! I spent a good half an hour trying to capture the icicles to my satisfaction, and this one is my favorite of the bunch.

 

 

While I was messing around with the icicles, this little squirrel scampered up the tree right behind me. I couldn't resist taking his picture too.

 

 

Welcome to our photo boards.

There are lots of different threads to post pictures in.

Love the squirrel.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Yes, super agree on loving the wonderful B&W picture by Dave of the cousins with their sparklers. WELCOME to upriver mama and I offer strong encouragement to post more of your nice pictures. Loved both of your pictures, especially of this cute squirrel. Keep up the good work!! Give us more!!

 

I am not a great chef, but here is an update for our Saturday evening dining experience at our favorite neighborhood place, the Iron Grill BBQ & Brew. My cooking skills are limited to doing basic warm-ups, heating canned soup and making popcorn in the microwave. But, I love to eat and appreciate good, fun dining!!

 

Look good and interesting? Now watching the start of the NFL play-offs. The NFL, for those in Europe and around the world, is the National Football League. They are the big-time pro's who will have their Super Bowl game on Feb. 2 while we are sailing on the Amazon River in Brazil.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

If Venice is one of your future desires or past favorites, you might look at this earlier posting that shows many options and visual potentials for this city that is so great for "walking around", personally sampling its great history and architecture. This posting is now at 45,338 views.

Venice: Loving It & Why??!!

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1278226

 

 

First, it was a cold draft of my favorite, Stella Artois. Then their wonderful baby back ribs with onion rings and garlic toast. The owner came by and offered us, for free, some of her home-made apple pie. Wonderful!! We shared the dessert among the four of us at our table. These pictures were taken with my iPhone, but they worked out fairly well in their quality.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well this was not a good time to look at these wonderful food pictures.

Now I am hungry and it is too early for dinner.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Took the family to see the Rose Parade floats yesterday.

 

 

 

Great picture.

Did you get any pictures of the "the Love Boat" float?

[TLCOhio]

Thanks Terry. Yes the detail is really amazing when you get up close. Here are a couple more.

Cal Poly University float

Eagle from the City of Alhambra float

Dole float

 

Krazy Kruizers: Did you get any pictures of the "the Love Boat" float?

 

Krazy Kruizers: Well this was not a good time to look at these wonderful food pictures. Now I am hungry and it is too early for dinner.

 

Appreciate these picture of the wonderful' date=' added floats from the 2015 Tournament of Roses Parade from Pasadena. But, YES, would super enjoy seeing more of the [b']"Love Boat" float [/b]that was in this year's parade. Great to see that floral display and especially with the stars from that original show riding on the float.

 

Glad that my pictures of food made you hungry. That's a sign of success for me!! My pictures have no calories, but don't blame me for making you want to dine early.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

Did a June 7-19, 2011, Celebrity Solstice cruise from Barcelona that had stops in Villefranche, ports near Pisa and Rome, Naples, Kotor, Venice and Dubrovnik. We are now at 191,553 views for this live/blog re-cap, including much on wonderful Barcelona. Check these postings and added info at:

http://www.boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1426474

[subtchr]

I was also at the Rose Parade this past week. I was there for my job -- I am a group tour director for high school bands and choirs. We were with the Round Rock HS Band from near Austin, TX. It was a 28-hour bus ride in a caravan of 7 motor coaches from Austin to southern CA (and a 30-hour trip home thanks to icy roads covering west Texas!).

 

For the parade, our group of chaperones and parents were high in one of the grandstands, so my photos aren't as "up close and personal" as Goofy's, but here are a few, including the requested Love Boat float:

 

Untitled by suegee57, on Flickr

 

Untitled by suegee57, on Flickr

 

The group visited the float assembly tent. It smelled lovely in there from all the flowers! It was very cool to see them painstakingly place flowers and otherwise build and embellish the floats by hand:

 

Untitled by suegee57, on Flickr

 

Untitled by suegee57, on Flickr

 

by suegee57, on Flickr

 

by suegee57, on Flickr

[PurpleHays]

Love the float prep photos. I've always wanted to see that.

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Great pictures of the floats being made. Here are a couple of Princess Love Boat float up close.

 

 

 

 

[Krazy Kruizers]

Great pictures of the work being done on the floats and the Regal Princess float.

On Sundays we try to watch the Regal Princess leave Ft Lauderdale and her whistle is "The Love Boat" theme as she goes by the condos.

On Monday the Royal Princess does the same thing.

[TLCOhio]

Great pictures of the floats being made. Here are a couple of Princess Love Boat float up close.

 

Appreciate these great, addition pictures in connection with the "Love Boat". The had lots of "details" on this float with its many buildings, etc.

 

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

 

Enjoyed a 14-day Celebrity Solstice, Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 2014, Sydney to Auckland adventure, getting a big sampling for the wonders of "down under” before and after this cruise. Go to:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974139

for more info and pictures of these amazing sights in this great part of the world. Now at 91,636 views for this posting.

[boeckli]

Great photos of the Rose Parade floats! I really enjoyed the 'behind the scenes' ones too :D

 

Saw this flowering shrub on our neighborhood walk

 

[PurpleHays]

That looks a lot like our crepe (or crape) myrtles. Very pretty.

[boeckli]

That looks a lot like our crepe (or crape) myrtles. Very pretty.

 

Thank you :)

[hamacting]

Okay, coming late to the party. I've already slightly introduced myself in another thread on the board here, but maybe I can introduce myself further through some photos.

 

I do a Project365 (have been doing so for a few years) so I'll try to submit one picture a week from the Project365. The full 365 is linked below, as is my flickr account (to which I also post my Project365 pictures)

 

Okay, here's week 1 - the moon in the tree caught my eye here

2015-01-03 (Day 003) Moon Tree by atp, on Flickr