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#FriFotos – Balls

Trish Burgess Posted on06/04/201207/04/2016 FriFotos 25 Comments

An unusual theme for this week’s #FriFotos theme on Twitter, organised by @HotelPRGuy, @EpsteinTravels and @TravelDesigned: Balls.

Here’s a few balls from my travels:

Oskar Schlemmer Reina Sofia madrid
Madrid – Museo Reina Sofia

Found in the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid, this is a ballet costume designed by Oskar Schlemmer, a German painter, designer and choreographer associated with the Bauhaus school. It is part of his most famous work, “Triadisches Ballett,” 1922, in which the actors were morphed into geometrical shapes and danced like puppets. This particular costume translates well into English as “Ball Gown”.

Copenhagen – Kongens Have

This was exactly a year ago today: Good Friday, the King’s Garden in a very warm Copenhagen. Teenage son having a rest: must have got up too early.

Barcelona – Nou Camp 

My son, Rory, in 2006, at the Nou Camp in Barcelona. Posing in between Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto’o. Unfortunately the two players were just cardboard cut-outs but, admit it, you were fooled for just a few seconds?

Penis Museum in Iceland

Husavik, Iceland – Outside the Penis Museum

Regular readers will recognise the photo above as it’s a favourite of mine from the Penis Museum in Iceland, hence the big smile on my face.

So there you have it from me: a load of balls. No change there, then. 

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25 Comments

  1. libby Reply
    06/04/2012 at 8:07 am

    Yes I was initially fooled by the footie players, and you can see the 'teenage' face from Rory. There is something quite pleasing about the ball costume, and the last pic is a treat!

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      06/04/2012 at 9:02 am

      Thanks Libby. I found it amazing to see how Rory had changed in just a few years too!

  2. Steve Reply
    06/04/2012 at 8:59 am

    I like the fact your jacket in the last photo is sympathetic to the subject of this post.

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      06/04/2012 at 9:03 am

      Ha! I didn't think of that. Excellent spot-the-ball work there, Steve.

  3. Kelloggsville Reply
    06/04/2012 at 10:02 am

    Oh balls! I've nothing to add.

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      08/04/2012 at 2:20 pm

      No balls, then.

  4. About Last Weekend Reply
    06/04/2012 at 7:07 pm

    Trish – you're always on the ball!

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      08/04/2012 at 2:20 pm

      I'd like to think so 🙂

  5. MsCaroline Reply
    07/04/2012 at 6:09 am

    You must have had a ball writing this! (sorry, sorry, I couldn't resist…)And, yes, I was fooled, too. I *must* get to that museum in Iceland!

    ….any good spam yet? ; )

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      08/04/2012 at 2:22 pm

      I hate to think what spam will come my way from this. I will let you know!

  6. Macy Reply
    07/04/2012 at 9:52 am

    Another Saturday morning talking balls…. I'm having trouble enough explaining blogging to aged relatives…

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      08/04/2012 at 2:24 pm

      Have you finished yet? Did they understand or glaze over?

  7. Troy Reply
    07/04/2012 at 4:44 pm

    Those ball photos weren't as bad as I sphered they would be.

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      08/04/2012 at 2:26 pm

      Groan!

      I was waiting for you to comment on my previous post – I thought that was just up your street.

  8. Curry Queen Reply
    07/04/2012 at 11:04 pm

    Iceland has a penis museum? *rushes to Easyjet website…*

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      08/04/2012 at 2:27 pm

      Indeed it does. Shame I didn't take any photos from inside: the whale specimens would make your eyes water.

  9. Funky Wellies Reply
    12/04/2012 at 2:42 pm

    That Iceland photo still makes me laugh… xx

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      12/04/2012 at 6:08 pm

      I really must stop posting it so regularly!

  10. Anonymous Reply
    12/04/2012 at 4:19 pm

    Hyspherically funny, except, every time I see you in that jacket my eye-balls bug out and I bawl — I want that Roxy Jacket!! If I ever make it back to the UK I will be scouring TKMaxx,(is he the twin brother of TJMaxx in the US??)acting really ballsie, pushing people out of the way as I try to find 'THE' anorak!! If not, prepare for a robbery — I swear I'll only take the anorak so don't break my balls about my impending life of crime.
    Marion

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      12/04/2012 at 6:15 pm

      Ah Marion, my lovely friend from Panama. You still going on about that jacket? Can just see you going nuts in TKMaxx.

      Will find out if TK has a brother…

  11. Anonymous Reply
    13/04/2012 at 3:46 pm

    Love that jacket!!
    Marion

    • Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
      14/04/2012 at 1:04 pm

      Apparently TKMaxx and TJMaxx are the same company!

      Get your own spotty jacket 😉

  12. Anonymous Reply
    14/04/2012 at 8:58 pm

    "Get your own spotty jacket" — well IwudifIcudbutIcan't — the third and oldest brother, TIMaxx grabbed them all to sell to tourists at the Penis Museum in Husavik. The only thing left to say, me being spotty jacket bereft is that I know I'm never going to find one — balls.
    Marion

  13. Trish @ Mums Gone To... Reply
    15/04/2012 at 3:01 pm

    Haha! Apologies, of course you can't get your own spotty jacket, that's why you asked me in the first place.
    I suppose they market them outside the Penis Museum as 'Spotted Dick'?

  14. Anonymous Reply
    15/04/2012 at 11:46 pm

    Oooohhhh, you win this "round" definitely – didn't "spot" that one coming!!
    Marion

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