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Gallery: pick a word (May 2025)

June 6, 2025 / 25 Comments

Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That’s the thing about painting, photography, cinema.

David Lynch

While it is true that each of us can get something different from a picture, I think it is also the case with words. We often bring our own interpretation to them, do we not?

Certainly Paula’s Pick a Word challenge would suggest that we do, as there is always a variety of responses to her words. This month she has again provided us with a mixed set of words, some easier to illustrate than others. And as always, I set myself the challenge of using all five words in this response.

I’m coming late to this challenge this month as I was away in the second part of May, spending time in Sicily and Malta with friends. So I’ve chosen to select all my images from that trip (making life harder for myself in the process!)

FORSAKEN

Old house in Randozza, Sicily

In this less-visited medieval town in the shadow of Mount Etna we came across this crumbling but obviously once beautiful house.

MATERNAL

Outside a house in Mdina, Malta

Almost every older house in Malta, it seemed to me, has a small religious image by the door, marking the traditionally deep faith of the Maltese people.

RURAL

Panorama, Giardini Naxos, Sicily

From the terrace of our B&B near Giardini Naxos we enjoyed sweeping views of Mount Etna and the lemon groves that surrounded the property. I created this panorama by stitching three photos together.

TRANSCENDING

Rainbow flag in Noto, Sicily

Many buildings along the main street of Noto were displaying these flags which celebrate diversity and peace, both such important messages for our time, transcending hatred.

VERNAL

Growing in a lemon grove in Giardini Naxos, Sicily

For me the poppy is the quintessential flower of the late Italian spring. It is also one of my favourites.

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