Croatia – Cycle 365

Rocky at the vanishing point

Posted: October 09, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 3 Comments

I’m of course exceptionally lucky to have a cycling partner to share my life with. Among the many other benefits, one big plus is that I have a subject at hand to include in action shots. Without that, I’d be dependent on either getting better at cycling selfies or on becoming a better artist so … Continue reading "Rocky at the vanishing point"

In Nin: one last arch for the road

Posted: October 07, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 4 Comments

Not that we’re sorry to see September go, but we’re dragging our feet just a bit. Here’s one last arch for the road, from our ride to the historically important Croatian city of Nin. Time enough to find some vanishing points for October – they seem easy enough to find.

An arch in Cres

Posted: September 26, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 4 Comments

No confusion here. I know it’s September, and I know what the theme of the month is still. We’re running out of days, but I think we can still squeeze an arch or two if we look around. Oh, here’s one: at the entryway to our apartment in Cres.

An archback selfie

Posted: September 17, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 6 Comments

Does this count? It’s a shot taken looking up at the mirrored ceiling in the lobby of our hotel, at the end of our ride to Labin. It’s a stretch (ha, ha), but there’s nothing else archlike in this post so it will have to do. There are a few arches in the photo gallery … Continue reading "An archback selfie"

The Marmantov Bridge

Posted: September 15, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 4 Comments

The feature photo is deficient in bicycles, but it more than makes up for it by a surfeit of arches – 12 in fact, although only 8 are visible here. We passed this stone arched bridge on our ride to Ogulin a few days ago. It’s an interesting bridge. Built two centuries ago by a … Continue reading "The Marmantov Bridge"

Samobor Castle

Posted: September 06, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter No Comments

Finally, some variety. I was beginning to despair of finding any secular arches in Croatia, but finally I found a few in the dramatic ruins of Samobor Castle. It’s unfortunately placed up on the side of a rocky hill, so there’s no bike in the photo – it was hard enough dragging ourselves up there … Continue reading "Samobor Castle"

Along the Sutla River

Posted: September 06, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 3 Comments

OK. Back by popular demand, we have yet one more church/arch shot, from another day ride through the Zagorje. Thats it for a while though. I have to look for a different class of arched subject before I can post again. I sure hope I can find one!

Stuck on a theme

Posted: September 04, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 4 Comments

I’m a reasonably creative sort. I’m sure if I put my half-wit to it I could find all manner of unique arches, never before contemplated as such, to present to you. But, I’m also a decidedly lazy sort; and Croatia has enough interesting churches that just keep coming along demanding to be photographed that it’s … Continue reading "Stuck on a theme"

Starting the month off right

Posted: September 02, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 1 Comment

I like this! The first subject of interest that I see this month has an arch or three! And, stepping a bit further back, we can bring in a veritable tunnel of arches pointing at them like a weapon. Really, there are enough arches here that I can kick back and take the rest of … Continue reading "Starting the month off right"

In Međimurje

Posted: August 31, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 6 Comments

I can’t believe it’s the end of the month already. I have to say that the August challenge fell off the mental map for the last few weeks while we were transitioning to Croatia, but I’ll try to do better next month. Surely we’ll see an arch or two along the way here. i wasn’t … Continue reading "In Međimurje"

Rotating radiance?

Posted: August 20, 2020 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 9 Comments

Do propellers qualify? They’re spinning too fast to see their radiant pattern, but trust me. So we landed in Zagreb last night; and other than a few tense interactions, everything went as well as we could have hoped. The tour is on! I have to say though that seeing the news of fires erupting along … Continue reading "Rotating radiance?"

A sign for September

Posted: September 15, 2018 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 1 Comment

Not the most imaginative offering, but the month’s half over already. I’m afraid if I don’t put something up now I’ll forget until it’s too late and break my perfect record. The featured photo is just your normal roadside directional sign. It’s perhaps a bit more interesting than most because it’s from Istria, where the … Continue reading "A sign for September"

Rising to the challenge at last

Posted: August 31, 2018 Under: Challenge of the month By Scooter 2 Comments

I can’t believe it’s taken me so long, but I finally got around to taking a phot that includes both water and a bicycle in it. Just in the nick of time too, since the month’s all but over. The featured photo is taken on the island of Mljet, Croatia – a beautiful, parklike island … Continue reading "Rising to the challenge at last"

In Korcula

Posted: August 15, 2018 Under: Photography By Scooter 5 Comments

I’m enjoying being back in Portland for about two weeks, usually starting the days out slowly by checking in at one of my favorite coffee haunts that I can only make it to once or twice a year now. This morning I’m in Ristretto Roasters, enjoying a mustard and cheese croissant and surreptitiously glancing at … Continue reading "In Korcula"