I’m weaning myself off my recent obsession with collective nouns, but gently, as you see. Why this tower was disguised as a giraffe, I do not know, but it caught my attention because tower, is used for a group of giraffes! Tower is used for stationery giraffes, journey for those on the move, and herd, troupe and even kaleidoscope get used too.
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Welcome back to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own tower post.
To join the challenge, please use pingback by putting a link in your post to the URL of this post, allowing others to have the opportunity to visit and join the challenge. Then come back here and leave us a comment.
WordPress have recently admitted intermittent issues with ping backs vanishing (April 2019) so do feel free to also add your URL to your comment over here – I’d rather see you twice than not at all!
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Thanks to everyone who brought us a memory or two last week – it was great to see so many glances back in time. A very special thank you to Sue for a wonderful poem and a great matching image.
If you didn’t have chance to check them out, the links are below.
Brian at Bushboy’s World
Brian at Bushboy’s World
Carol at Light Words
David Meredith’s Photo Blog
Eklastic at Pictures Imperfect
IJ at Black Body
Jackie at JunkBoat Travels
Jason at Proscenium
Jaspa’s Journey
Jesh Studio
Just Snaps
Ken at Pictures without Film
Little Pieces of Me
Maranto Photography
Maria at Kamerapromenader
One letter UP
Pat at Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss
Ryan Photography
Sue at Words Visual
Travel with Tech
Yvette at Priorhouse Blog
Next week’s theme will be pollution.
Other forthcoming themes are listed here, and to see previous weeks of this challenge, click here
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 April 2019
Posted as part of One Word Sunday
Travel with Intent 
Love the giraffe tower! Amazing… Here’s mine – https://myheart2heart.blog/2019/05/02/some-iconic-and-not-so-iconic-ones/
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My son love cranes and every time I drive next to the port side road in my city with him, he just don’t stop looking at them, until they vanishes.
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hi debbie, a wonderful idea and pictures for the week theme, here is my post, https://wp.me/p2AvI7-35t. greetings robert
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Great towers Robert – glad you enjoyed the theme
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I am loving the “mechanical” version of the giraffe. Incidentally, I love visiting Malta.
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A very pretty place. And I was surprised at the length and variety of its history
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A Towering three-eyed child in an animal suit, Mardi has become a feature of Phuket in Thailand. http://bit.ly/JJ-Mardi
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I’ve never come across ‘Journey’ as a collective noun for giraffes, on the move or otherwise, Debbie. So it’s an amazing coincidence that Rich’s series books about my adventures around the Serengeti and the World are called Jaspa’s Journey! http://www.jaspasjourney.com/
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Ah yes. You can use it in your marketing 🙂
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At the very least it’ll make it into one of the books, Debbie!
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Our kids called all these cranes “giraffes”, there must be a reason… Here is my tower: https://geriatrixfotogallerie.wordpress.com/2019/04/30/the-tower-of-a-castle/
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Children usually see things more clearly 🙂 It took the painted one in Malta to show me the huge similarity
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Giraffes make for fun towers:) Thank you for hosting:)
https://thejeshstudio.wordpress.com/2019/04/18/tower-in-the-netherlands/
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🙂
and thanks for your historic tower
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Someone was having a lot of fun with that crane long before you had fun with “tower.” 🙂 I’m using “tower” as both a verb and a noun today. Cheers!
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/one-word-sunday-tower/
janet
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Your use of the word works well, Janet, with a lovely fiery image.
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I recognized it was a giraffe right away! How amazing that they camouflaged it like that!
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Lovely images Debbie I know the feeling about cranes… photographing in London is a nightmare with the number of cranes that up and spoiling cityscape shots… Many thanks for the mention. Here is my contribution for this week’s challenge.
https://ryanphotography.uk/2019/04/28/one-word-sunday-tower/
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Someone should invent invisible cranes
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Oh yes..
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I’ve never seen anything like that, Debbie. So creative!
Here’s my entry: https://outofmywritemind.com/2019/04/28/vantage-point/
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Love it!
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Wow, amazing photos, Debbie! Love the connection between the crane and the giraffes.
I left a little something for you at the end of my post. 😉
https://figmentsofadutchess.com/2019/04/28/tower/
Have a wonderful Sunday.
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🙂 🙂 snap!
I can’t open your post, though. I can see it on your home page, but clicking on the post and using your link both give “page not found”
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Oh that is weird. It opens just fine for me. Do others have the same problem? Could someone else try it, please?
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I got in once, but it crashed out when I left a comment and I can’t get back in. Very, very strange. Hopefully a Sunday blip. I’ll try again tomorrow
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Very strange. I hope you won’t have more problems at my blog!
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The crane camouflaged as a giraffe is pretty unique.
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The cranes were getting in all my shots across Valletta and the three cities – but at least the giraffe made me smile 🙂
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you are so creative with your connections – makes it a lot of fun – be back later with my entry –
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The cranes in Malta were very obliging, as I already had tower listed as a theme 🙂
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love it when the themes connect – and seriously – how fun is this to have the giraffe crane (and did you hear the recent news that a crane feel in Seattle and killed four people – so sad – I think we take it for granted that they will stay upright and do their job safely – ugh – feel so bad)
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Love the “wanna be” giraffe. And the real ones are gorgeous.
Here is my entry: https://mariawijk.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/tower/
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Humor at work, the giraffe tower is great
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And humour is so important – especially given some of the recent tragedies around the world.
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That giraffe crane!!!! I LOVE it! 🙂
Here’s my contribution to this versatile challenge:
https://naamayehuda.com/2019/04/28/towering-time/
Na’ama
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Thanks for your poetic words and image
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🙂 A bit LOTR feel to it, me thinks … Thank you!
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That crane is excellent. Here’s my contribution:
https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/tower-2/
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I’m so enjoying the collective nouns and the safari animals that go with it.
https://littlepiecesofme1.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/ows-tower/
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I think I’m over that for a little while now – but I’m sure I’ll do some more in the future
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Here’s my towering contribution,
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2019/04/28/tower/
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Thanks – nice sepia tones, David
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Fascinating and fun.
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What fun!
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Well, who knew about tower as a group of giraffes! Great crane-as-giraffe!
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A fascinating aspect of our language. Collective nouns were apparently first documented in a book printed in St Albans in the 15th century!
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Is there no end to St Albans’ talents??
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What a great idea as a comparison. An original giraffe crane, and the real thing.
One Word Sunday: Tower (with stork)
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Glad you liked the combination
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Adorable! Just imagine – all that heavy building machinery looking like animals, how much fun that would be.
I am offering tower towers: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/towering-memories/
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that would brighten the days of the workers – though they may argue of who got which animal!
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😀
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I love the giraffe-disguised tower – if only there was more humour/creativity in the world like this.
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Absolutely!
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I like that cross between a crane and a giraffe.
https://blackbodyblog.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/high-sunset/
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It was fun to spot
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Interesting towers 🤣
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Good to see a sense of fun in such a busy shipyard
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Looks like Transformers to me haha
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Interesting post !!
Enjoyed the analogy between the huge crane and giraffe 🙂
Thank you for sharing 🙂
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