Today is World Bee Day – build them a hotel, plant attractive trees, flowers or herbs, leave a wild space in your garden, work for farmers to leave the edges of their fields for wild flowers, and do not use pesticides! Did you know that every third bite of your food you eat is only […]Read Post ›
As so many of you expressed your appreciation over my son’s inspirational desk (Creativity Challenge #42)…I thought I would invite him this Thursday, to share some of his creative work with us. And he said Yes – so – I hope you will enjoy his explorings! Sösdala Distillery There lies an old distillery right next […]Read Post ›
Frank goes for Connections this week, and I have a story. Last week I went to The Netherlands for the grand flower festival and the parade – but also to reconnect with a man I met almost exactly 30 years ago when hiking the King’s Trail from Abisko, Sweden. We have not seen each other […]Read Post ›
Snow asks us to feel Dreamy this Friendly Friday. To me, mountains are irresistible, they hold my dreams of faraway countries and endless, secret paths beyond every peak. And then…lying on my back in the grass, looking at the summer clouds. As a child I used to imagine and fantasize around their figures and shapes. […]Read Post ›
The challenge from Amy this week is Landscapes. And I must agree with her, searching the archives for landscapes I have traveled through brought back many fond memories. I also got reminded of my love for two English painters, namely John Constable and William Turner. Constable a naturalistic painter and Turner a Romantic – they […]Read Post ›
Amanda asks us to revisit this Friendly Friday, and I have chosen Iceland. We have visited several times, and never tire of this magical saga country. This summer we are going back again, to the western part of Iceland, and to revisit Vestmannaeyar. Seljalandsfoss 2006 – in the header, 2016 and winter. Gullfoss winter 2016 […]Read Post ›
Paula is back with a new prompt this month. As this challenge is a favorite of mine, I am here already! But only with four of the five words…the last one, in the header, is detox. I had to do mental detox… crepuscular coded lofty scintillating – blixtra, gnistra, tindra
Patti’s challenge this week is Reflections – and I agree, it is a fascinating theme! New worlds. Worlds in worlds. Your eyes are meant to see, and sometimes they surprise you, they open your mind to dimensions you never dreamed of… Buildings change faces… Nature becomes glass art… The street dips into the ocean…or the […]Read Post ›
