LAST WEEK’S FABULOUS BLOGGERS
Last week for PPAC #48, I had fun responses from all of you. With all the other challenges, even public art, I thank all the bloggers who participate in PPAC. Please honor these bloggers with your visits this week.
- BOOMER COUPLE TRAVEL JOURNAL
- EAT, PLAY, LIVE
- GERIATRI’X’ FOTOGALLERY
- KANLAON
- LIN’S DOODLES
- MY CAMERA & I
- NOW AT HOME
- PHILOSOPHY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPHIAS
- PHOTOS BY JEZ
- RAMBLINGS OF A RARING WRITER
- WIND KISSES
- WOOLLY MUSES
IT’S EASY TO PLAY ALONG WITH #PPAC
- There is no weekly theme even though my post has a theme with murals, statues, fountains, scrap art, graffiti, store windows, seasonal displays, car or art shows, artistic construction, or even artistic neighborhood decor. Photograph the public art that is available to you.
- Art should be freely visible from a public street, freeway, or walkway or inside a publicly accessed building like a library. If you pay, it’s not public.
- Photographers should have free access of use for their photos – no copyrights by the artists.
- The challenge starts every Friday at 9:00 a.m. Phoenix Time and it ends on Thursday at noon.
- Write a post on your blog, publish it, and include a link back to my weekly post not my page preferably in a comment. Sometimes pingbacks are missed. See how to create pingbacks here.
- Take time to visit other PPAC participants throughout the week. I recommend visiting at least two or three other participants in the community and leaving them a comment.
- Have fun! Art is to be enjoyed!
For More Ideas about PPAC…
These early-bird participants might give you some great ideas about something you’ve never thought about as public art or how to photograph it.
- YOUR BLOG POST GOES HERE
- BOOMER COUPLE TRAVEL JOURNAL
- EAT, PLAY, LIVE
- GERIATRI’X’ FOTOGALLERY
- NATALIE THE EXPLORER
- NOW AT HOME
- PHILOSOPHY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
- PHOTOGRAPHIAS
- PHOTOS BY JEZ
- PICTURES IMPERFECT
- TRAVEL WITH ME
- WIDE-EYED WONDERINGS
- WOOLLY MUSES
My Choices for PPAC #49 Prescott Courthouse Square Comes Alive
In the last two weeks, Vince and I have attended two free events at the Courthouse Square. In addition to taking pictures of the events, I focused on one public art display each week.
Fountain Focus
“The National Association of Counties (NACo) has awarded Yavapai County with a National Achievements Award in the category of Arts, Culture, and Historic Preservation for the restoration of the Historic Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza “Lady Ermintrude” Fountain.”
David McAtee
Statue Focus
You never know who is going to be at Courthouse Square in beautiful weather like this.
“Do you want to ask me what I have on under this kilt?” says the guy on my left.
“No,” I said.
“Socks and shoes,” he said.
Groan
“Do you know why blind people don’t skydive?” he asked.
“No,” Vince and I answered.
“It scares the dog.”
Huh? (Think Buttercup)
Ongoing on Always Write
- 21 Flash Fiction Challenge Entries – Spinoff May’s Story Chat
- June Story Chat “The Backpack” by Aimer Boyz coming Tuesday, June 7.
- WQW #20– The only rule is to have at least one quote in your post about the topic. Remember a song can be a quote, too. Then just post either a story, poem or pictures that tie into and respond to your quote or quotes.
Now it’s your turn.
What’s your PPAC theme this week? Are you into statues or sculptures (and what’s the difference anyway?) Did you find some cool murals? Did you go on a trip or a walk around your hometown and grab a bunch of different kinds of public art? I can’t wait to see it.
Marsha Ingrao - Always Write 
We were in Wilcox and Tucson over Memorial Day and I thought of you. Still want to get to Prescott, Sedona and Flagstaff but that will be another trip.
What a beautiful war statue/memorial. You find the best public art. I have a statue I snapped in the town square in Wilcox. Will try to add it to my Instagram feed and tag you.
Have been away from blogging but slowly dipping my toes back in again. Nice to connect with you. Love the photo of you flanked by the kilt-wearing (and socks and shoes, apparently) fellas.
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Let me know when you are headed this way, or when we come to Scottsdale, I can contact you. I’d like to go to Flagstaff or Williams this summer. I love going to Sedona any time. The kilt guys were fun. I think Scotts are a bit flirty. I have a picture of me in Boston of a Scottish guy in a kilt (a firefighter) giving me a big hug. They were there a year after the big fire in Boston commemorating. I happened to be staying in the same hotel as many of them.
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Super adorable photo, Bren.
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Lovely post! I could really connect with her!
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Love this post! You had quite the accidental adventure. 🙂
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Love the Lady Ermintrude
It’s a sweet gesture from the Art Festival attendees and the click of you with them is fantastic!
My contribution
https://philosophyvia.photos/2022/06/07/shiva-is-everything-and-nothing/
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Thanks for the great entry, Philo. 🙂
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🙏🙏🙏
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Great Photos and fun Dad jokes, Marsha. One can tell that you had a good day.
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It was fun to stay home and happen on to this great event. Only a few more days. I just heard a great quote on Deb’s World that applies to your art show. https://debs-world.com/2022/06/05/making-the-days-count-sundaystills/
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Thanks Marsha. I’m definitely making the days count. I’ve been very busy, not only painting but also volunteering at lawn bowling club by getting out the word for the open house and I’ve played in a tournament. Also volunteered at the art gallery where I’m showing my work in three weeks.
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I’m so excited for you. My first daughter-in-law was an artist and I went to her first (and maybe her only art show. It was so much fun and very exciting for her and my step-son.
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love your pics in next to the guys in the kilts. oh a man in a uniform …it doesn’t take much to get them started. 😂
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They were pretty funny! 🙂
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I bet!!!💖
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Great photos, Marsha! Who were the guys in uniform (and kilts)? I couldn’t zoom in enough on the badges on their Glengarry’s.
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They were set up (I think for the purpose of taking pictures). They didn’t do anything while we were there except take pictures. It was fun, though. 🙂
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It certainly looks like it was a fun day!
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Funny guys! It must be something to do with their kilts. Scottish men are the same…full of fun and divilment when wearing their kilts! All harmless fun.😆
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I agree. 🙂
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It looks like you had great fun, Marsha, even with the dad jokes 🙂
Here is mine:
https://photographias.wordpress.com/2022/06/04/ppac-lisbon-10/
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Great mural, Sofia. I love the colors even if it is a reminder of how much junk we pile up! 🙂
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https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2022/06/04/climbing-art/
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Fabulous, TG. 🙂
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Lol, great Dad jokes!
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I thought so. I’m sure he had a million more, but he had to move on.
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Seems like a fun place to be! Thanks for linking my two blogs, Marsha.
Here is mine for this week: https://boomercoupletraveljournal.wordpress.com/2022/06/04/quirky-side-of-vienna/
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You had the best weekend with PPAC and Memorial Day. I love Courthouse Square. There is always something going on. Love your photo with the Scottish… They are full of it…
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It was a lot of fun! It was a Western Art show from the Pippin Art Museum.
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Great art and the jokes were simple and fun!
Scares the dog!!
🤣
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I know, wasn’t that cute? It had to be simple or I wouldn’t have remembered it. I am super bad at joke telling. 🙂
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And then you threw in butter cup for those that know that pup!
Haha
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You catch everything. I love it!
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No way – I miss a lot – and I also
Do skim some of the longer posts (and bookmark to come back at times) but even when I read the full post I am not sure I catch everything – hahaha
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You do well, though. It takes a lot of time to read all the posts you do.
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Well I am Not sure if you know that I mostly a lot of photographers – and a good number of authors from my Flash fiction years –
And so I don’t have too much text come my way –
And not sure about you – but my reader doesn’t really give me the blogs I want to visit (and it constantly has blogs coming up –
That I never followed but it says I am – and no big deal
– I just unfollow –
Anyhow – this year so far has been “lighter”
Blog reading for me compared to last seasons – but I do treasure so many of the blogs I follow and I benefit when I do make the time to read — because I learn so much and also connect that way – as you so we’ll know 😉
Oh and as noted before – I love how you organize your posts – the headings and chunks make them
Digestible and interesting
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Thank you so much, Yvette. I learned a lot from all the pro blogging lessons I took online. I don’t put it all into action, and I don’t have a pro reason for oing them like some do, but making the post readable is the number one first thing to do.
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😊☀️☀️☀️
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Love the jokes, Marsha 👏 particularly the skydiving one 🤣🤣🤣 Here’s mine: https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2022/06/03/painted-bollards-ppac-49/
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It took me a few moments on the sky diving one.
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😂
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Love this. Thanks for linking Jez
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Lovely fountain and your Courthouse Square seems to be such a great focal point for community activity 🙂
I had my contribution all lined up, just waiting for your link to include: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-cape-verde-street-art/
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Cool photos for this week. 😀 😀
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https://nowathome.wordpress.com/2022/05/31/ppac-48/ Last week’s post 😀
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