Taj Mahal – Oh, the Places We See . . .

Weekly Photo Challenge: Intricate

In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Intricate.” The Taj Mahal is known for intricate design, inlays, and details. But this stitched version seen in a tapestry shop in India caught our tour group’s attention: fine detail executed in tiny stitches in an exquisite wall hanging. Not surprisingly, there was no price on […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette

Staging a silhouette takes patience and good background lighting. But sometimes a silhouette appears unexpectedly. Like when we toured the Taj at sundown, right before closing time. We snapped a photo of the long lines waiting to snake around and up and around again on the plaza level, despairing as we noted the time remaining […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand

Nothing we saw on our trip to India was more grand than the grandest site of all — the Taj Mahal! Perhaps it was the anticipation as people funneled themselves through the opening in anticipation of that first view that could only be seen on tiptoe. Or perhaps it was not the massive structure that […]

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A Word a Week Challenge: Arch

This week’s A Word a Week Challenge brings up the word Arch which, in turn, brings to mind two buildings flanking the Taj Mahal that held us spellbound. These two red sandstone buildings, identical in structure, open to the Taj Mahal and allow glimpses of the iconic structure through the arched openings. We found much […]