This spring, I visited Bhutan, and met so many fantastic people and a landscape so different from ours in Scandinavia. Harmony – this is the word describing it best. I eagerly noticed all the patterns in people’s lives – in clothes, buildings, decorations, religious paintings and habits…as well as patterns in Nature herself. Like the […]Read Post ›
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Week 1 Photo – geometry, bushes, window, brick, etc Switzerland has much to offer – a little village totally covered in decorations like these. I hope this covers some of the words – at least windows, bushes and geometry!
Paula’s Pick a Word is always a treat – but this time…I only managed four of her five words. I will have to look closely at how you all solved it! splash – Seljalandsfoss, Iceland feathered – Designer Wallin, Sweden. If this does not count…Galapagos’ swallow tailed in the header! marine – Switzerland scenic – […]Read Post ›
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Piles or Stack For Cee this week – one of my favorite stack photos is this one, with my mother walking between what once was my forest. In the header: boxes of butter!
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Birds This week I thought I had nothing to enter – until I remembered the kite flyers of Fanö, and one of their funny inventions. Here we go – unfortunately there is no wind, but just use your inner eye and imagine the wind catching their bodies, making all the […]Read Post ›
For Paula this week – Building turf houses in Iceland.
From all over the world they gathered here on Fanö for a fortnight – just to enjoy… Relaxing over a beer and a barbecue, and …releasing their new kites for others to marvel at Or, gliding down the beach in good winds – In the afternoon, the sky seemed totally filled up – no more […]Read Post ›
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Horizontal Line(s) Horizontal Line(s) they are – but subtle ones…
Vadstena – is named a city despite its only 6000 -7000 inhabitants. This is a very charming place, where the main street still has got all the shops gathered – just as they would have been in the Middle Ages. The buildings in the city center date mainly from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. […]Read Post ›
Vadstena Castle was originally built by King Gustav I in 1545 as a fortress to protect Stockholm from enemies approaching from the south. Indeed it looks massive and strong today as well. By 1620, when the castle was completed, all the kings of the House of Vasa had contributed to its construction. Since 1620, the […]Read Post ›
