Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge for this week asks us to find a theme in the second and third verses of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”.
In 1999 my family and I went on a camping trip to Namibia. Three weeks and seven thousand kilometers later I was convinced that country is one of the most beautiful places on Earth, and I’ve selected a few of the pictures I took for my contribution.
NOTE: These are scanned copies of photos I took with my ancient Canon A1, before I owned a digital camera (had they even been invented then?). Unfortunately the quality is not great (and I am completely clueless when it comes to picture enhancing programs like Photoshop) but hopefully you will get an idea of the grandeur and beauty from the few I have chosen for this post.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I’ve roamed and I’ve rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me
Those are wonderful pictures, what a stunning holiday.
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Thank you.
It is a holiday which will remain for me forever. I hope to go back. One day…
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Beautiful words and stunningly majestic pictures – this Earth is indeed a magic place.
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Thank you 🙂 It certainly is wonderful.
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Marvelous entry for This Land is Your Land. Thanks for playing 🙂
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Thank you Cee 🙂
I always seem to be a week late for these 😉
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Incredible photos. There is an extra dimesion to scanned pre-digital photos, something you can’t copy no matter how much you photoshop. I’m heading to Namibia soon…these photos put me even more in the mood.
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Oh you are so lucky – I’m jealous! It’s definitely a place I need to revisit soon.
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looks like Namibia is pretty beautiful and full of natural beauty! I think you’re lucky !
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It is a wonderful place. I hope I get the chance to visit again one day.
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Love these photos and your captions. Those are such familiar places. I agree, Namibia is one of the most beautiful places.
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I hope to go back and visit again one day.
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