Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Thursday, January 2, 2025

The View From My Window


One of the best things of the Internet, in my opinion, is the way it brings the world to you. It's wonderful to be chatting to someone in World of Warcraft, who is on another continent, or find a kindred soul whom you would never have met, had it not been for the World Wide Web or Facebook. This Facebook group uses images shared as a medium of saying hello to someone far away. And it's not necessarily the stunning, touristy scenery that's shared in snapshots - just moments of life, little pieces or local, with a few words that say, in so many ways "Look, I am here!" Take glimpses through windows in Australia, Kenya, Argentina, Chile, Minnesota, USA, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Malta, the UK, Madeira, the Orkney Islands, Norway and Northern Ireland.   You may see newsworthy moments, adorable pets, visiting wildlife, sunsets, water, greenery and snow-capped firs, traffic and laundry, flowers, swimming pools and lawn flamingos, garden gnomes in Germany, visiting kangaroos in Australia, marinas, seascapes and beach views, the vastness of Canada and quaint little gardens and so much more. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy this wonderful collection of crowd-sourced postcards and pictures.

Members: 1.6 million at time of writing.

Trigger warnings: None. 

Go here to visit or join. 

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Sunday, April 28, 2024

Snapshots of the World

In an older version of the world we live in, people sent postcards to friends and family, or tacked their memories in photo albums. Today, sharing is immediate, and if you're smart, you'll save your best one for a photo-sharing Facebook group like this one, where you can anonymously browse through the curated memories of random strangers. Immerse yourself in beaches, city-scapes, canals and flowers. Soak up the sunset or gaze at a distant galaxy. See the full moon from several different wind directions on the same night. See woodland creatures or wild horses. Be dazzled by reflections of light. Calling all you armchair travelers to enjoy a thousand different moments of this beautiful planet we all call home. 

Members: 110.9k, at the time of writing

Trigger warnings: None.

Go here to visit or join.