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Fun for Friday: Meow Wolf Images from the Ossuary

| November 17, 2023

On our recent roadtrip, we ended in Denver, where my youngest sister really wanted us all to go see Meow Wolf. She had previously been to the one in Santa Fe and enjoyed it, and I’d heard great things about it from my friends. So we went! If you’re not familiar with Meow Wolf, it’s […]

Fun for Friday: Meow Wolf Photos from Eemia

| November 3, 2023

On our recent roadtrip, we ended in Denver, where my youngest sister really wanted us all to go see Meow Wolf. She had previously been to the one in Santa Fe and enjoyed it, and I’d heard great things about it from my friends. So we went! If you’re not familiar with Meow Wolf, it’s […]

Fun for Friday: More Meow Wolf Photos!

| October 20, 2023

On our recent roadtrip, we ended in Denver, where my youngest sister really wanted us all to go see Meow Wolf. She had previously been to the one in Santa Fe and enjoyed it, and I’d heard great things about it from my friends. So we went! If you’re not familiar with Meow Wolf, it’s […]

Fun for Friday: Images from Meow Wolf

| October 6, 2023

On our recent roadtrip, we ended in Denver, where my youngest sister really wanted us all to go see Meow Wolf. She had previously been to the one in Santa Fe and enjoyed it, and I’d heard great things about it from my friends. So we went! If you’re not familiar with Meow Wolf, it’s […]

Fun for Friday: Three Interesting Images

| June 9, 2023

This week’s image prompts come from street photography of various interesting shapes and scenes! The first image is rendered in black and white and features rows of windows, each one lighted, from a lower viewpoint. The second image depicts a concrete railing that appears to be on a staircase on the side of a building. […]

Fun for Friday: Urban Images

| May 12, 2023

This week’s images all involve urban places. The first image shows two partial train or elevated rail cars, both in silhouette, with few people in either car. In the background, the cloudy sky is partially lit by the sun, as though the image was taken at sunrise or sunset. The second image is a nighttime […]

Fun for Friday: A Batch of Photo Prompts

| April 14, 2023

This week’s Fun for Friday is three somewhat random photo prompts. The first photo depicts four people wearing long pants and coats, and holding umbrellas, walking in front of a white wall painted with blue that resembles a waterfall or surf waves. The second photo depicts two elaborate microphones sitting on a flat surface in […]

Fun for Friday: Birthday Images

| March 24, 2023

My birthday is tomorrow, so I decided to celebrate with some birthday themed images for this week’s Fun for Friday! The first image depicts a round cake with rows of pink roses along the edges and three curly pink lit candles atop it. In the background is a metallic vase holding a bouquet of pink, […]

Fun for Friday: A Story in Three Images

| March 10, 2023

I’ve already got a story in mind, looking at these three images, but I wonder what others might make of the same prompt! The first image is of a female-presenting person from Vietnam, dressed in white clothing and carrying a conical hat woven from straw with many large gaps between the straw. Her right hand […]

Fun for Friday: What’s Going On in This Picture?

| March 3, 2023

There’s a column in the New York Times called “What’s Going On in This Picture?“, where they strip captions from assorted news images and post them for students to explain and discuss. But it’s also a great random story prompt, as you fictionalize what’s going on, or otherwise use the image to inform a story. The […]