This week, show us where your heart is.
By “Home” is more than where we sleep at night. It is a place that is familiar and comforting, and it gives us a sense of belonging. Home is what and who is local — the places and people we know by heart.
“Where thou art, that is home.” — Emily Dickinson
In many cultures, the neighborhood public house (or “pub”) is a place where generations of people have gone to to share stories, to share space, and to belong. The image I’ve chosen for this week is one I shot of a pub in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin pubs at night are dimly lit by candlelight, crowded with people, and are wonderfully close and cozy. Even though my home was on the other side of the world, I felt like I belonged, a part of the local community.
Dame Street Tavern, an old local pub in Dublin, Ireland. Photo by Jen Hooks.
This week, share what “local” means to you, and show us where your heart is.
Great theme this week. My photo is some breaking news of a local abandoned hospital and it’s so sad what’s happened https://steve-says.net/2016/10/14/update-aberdeenshire-horror-story-glen-odee-hospital-banchory/
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Hey guys. I’m hosting a contest on my blog@ http://okotoenigma.wordpress.com
Everyone is free to participate; and there’s a price for the winner.
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My very satisfying local home:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/weekly-photo-challenge-local/
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This is where parts of my heart is: http://wp.me/p3gqMf-wM
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Here is what is so important to me about where I live:
https://mattvonp.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/weekly-photo-challenge-local/
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Sweet theme!
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https://uniquephotographsbynaila.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/25-photography-challenge-local/?preview=true
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Love your description of home ❤
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Check this out, feel free to criticize my work
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nice theme this weekly challenge
http://ghozaliq.com/weekly-photo-challenge-local-gudeg/
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It’s not in my neighborhood, but to me this cleat represents local.
https://artishorseshit.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/kryssholt-cleat/
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That looks to be a warm and welcoming place. We too have been made to feel welcome in our new location. https://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/local-weekly-photo-challenge/
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I travel a lot and like it very much to find (and fotograph) each kind of chair, armchair or seats, sit in it and have a look to the people, to life, to the foreign town or area. And feel a bit like at home….
I show you 5 examples.
https://dosenkunst.de/2016/10/14/home/
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I have twinkly lights and banners for my WPC too. Thanks for letting me share the town I love
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/wpc-my-hearts-in-albany-ca/
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Good ol’ Dublin!! Almost our hometown! 😉
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Living, working, eating LOCAL and Sustainably is very important to me. That’s why I ‘m moving to the land that I work to help to conserve.
https://scillagrace.com/2016/10/14/weekly-photo-challenge-local/
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cool. check me out at normanstoriesblo.wordpress.com
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As I can see.. Your heart might be located @ The Irish Pub.. at least ‘part time’ 🙂 Cheers from Ireland
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https://thirdeyemom.com/2016/10/14/our-local-treasure-the-boundary-waters-canoe-wilderness-area/
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I’d love to hang out in that pub, Jen. Such a warm feeling.
Want to come to my home town too? Then take a look at https://figmentsofadutchess.com/2016/10/14/photo-challenge-local/
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Very well said.
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I love this theme and here is my answer
https://mecyme.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/the-weekly-photo-challenges-local/
Blessed weekend!
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Superb idea, thank you! This is my page on my Sweet. Resplendent. Home of Sydney, Australia.
https://somuchtotellu.wordpress.com/sydney/
Let me know what you think? 😊
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Nice one Jen. Can’t show you a pub I’m gluten intolerant.
Here’s my pick instead.
https://antimuseum.com/2016/10/14/home-paris-metro/
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Great challenge! This not so easy. Here we go anyway https://pilvipouta.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/local-the-daily-post/
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Great idea for a challenge. Local pubs are referred to as ‘my (the) local’ as in ‘Just going down the local for a drink.’
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Jen, a great challenge again! Thanks for getting us thinking and getting us to know more about ourselves and each other.
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Good morning all!
Here’s my submission for this week.
It’s an interesting theme as I imagine there will be some different views coming through.
https://stupidityhole.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/rozelle-bay-in-the-afternoon/
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Looks very welcoming. Thank you for the theme. Here is mine: http://wp.me/p2ij8U-3U1
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My photo is about my city, Tangerang
https://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2016/10/15/weekly-photo-challenge-in-tangerang-local/
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