Lens-Artists Challenge #421 – Geometry

10 november, 2026 / Leya / 5 kommentarer

Patti‘s challenge this week is all about geometry in Architecture, Nature, & Daily Life. I agree, it is fascinating. The more you think of it and the more you discover…

Nature comes most natural (!) to me…so last week’s forest walk made this beautiful, impressionistic, geometric pattern for me to take home through the lens.

A visit to one of our distinguished architects and his old studio, showed us these strange clothes hangers. I took the opportunity to click!

Athens on our latest trip, made for both old and new geometrics. Somehow they work well together. Is it because of the water?

In Olympia we admired the remnants of this wheel from an old chariot. I think we all have seen Spartacus and other films where the heroes challenge each other with horses and chariots. Glamourous, but in reality – not at all.

More architectural geometry in Olympia. It still is a beautiful historic place that makes your thoughts wander. I always admire their ability to build and construct without a computer…today I guess everything will fall apart should we be reduced to our own calculations.

Geometry the Greenlandic way. Natural as well as man made – colourful!

Finally, this work of art speaks to us no matter who we are, where we live or when.

Thank you Patti, for a delightful challenge, and a special thanks to Sofia for her fascinating look at the imperfect, incomplete, and impermanent. Next week, it’s Beth’s turn to challenge us. Until then, stay safe and be creative!

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This Tuesday I went with Milo for a ”total makeover” before Christmas. I also hiked my golden paths again – as I do twice a year. They are just on the way to my old school, and opposite Milo’s makeover studio.

A gallery with beauties is waiting, and I hope you will enjoy – because now it is November…and in this part of the world we are struggling to survive this dark and chilly month. The weather will turn already tomorrow.

I have saved some photos for the weeks to come…to keep my spirits up!

Much love from me and Milo – who now looks, feels and smells heavenly♥

Lens-Artists Challenge # 420 – Looking Back to You Pick It #125 – Wabi Sabi

4 november, 20264 november, 2026 / Leya / 13 kommentarer

Sofia leads us this week – towards Wabi-sabi, a famous conception explained like this:

Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional. – Leonard Koren

I have a special love for these imperfect, impermanent and incomplete things in life. Nature is maybe the best example, but also fragments of art like these horses from Olympia. Dramatic still – all made with different expressions.

Many buildings fit the bill in Greenland. Worn and asymmetric, but still beautiful.

At the Blue Planet in Copenhagen, I tried my best to photograph these big fishes – I forget their name – but they were between 1 and 2 meters long. They were fast too, and the windows above their water tank made the photo totally different from what I was after – but in fact, I love it.

In Budapest, many years ago, I wanted a night photo of that iconic green bridge. This was the result…but, I loved it. I find it almost as beautiful as the bridge itself.

The last pictures have to be from nature – Nature is the master of Wabi Sabi.

I believe a major reason to why we love these things, is the fact that we shall all decay and return to Mother Nature.

Imperfection is a snapshot of our journeys of growth and living at a particular moment in time.
― Beth Kempton,

And, I don’t know about you, but for the last few years, I have found myself appreciating this concept even more. Yes, I am ageing…but also, too much perfection makes me suspect AI. And that, does not belong to the natural world.

Thank you to Sofia for this wonderful challenge, and thank you John for last week’s challenge that showed so many significant places new to me! Next week it is Patti’s turn to lead us, Saturday 7th November. Until then, take care and be kind.

If you want to know more about the Lens-Artists Challenge, please click here.

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At the end of our Mediterranean cruize, we were one single day in Slovenia – but that, meant the icing on the cake!

I knew that my blogger friend, Manja of Manja Mexi Moving (Movie) had her home there, and I loved reading about her adventures, her parents and their garden – and of course her beloved Bestia! Unfortunately her blog is not alive anymore.

When I realised I could get to Piran by bus that day at shore, I contacted Manja – just to find she would not be there then, but in Italy! She insisted she would tell her parents and that we should go anyway.

And we did.

Piran was just as beautiful as Manja always pictured it – and her parents, Meta and Branko were just as sweet and wonderful as they came out in every post of hers.

They treated us to a drink and to a very special cake – Piran’s Š’torta – made with sea salt and their own olives. Delicious.

Š’torta is the signature local dessert of Piran, Slovenia, celebrating the region’s culinary heritage.

Key Features

Ingredients: Combines delicate olive mousse made from indigenous Piran olives, silky caramel, and a touch of traditional Piran salt.
Inspiration: Designed to capture the essence of the Slovenian coast, blending local olive groves, the sea, and salt-making traditions.

And – you should sprinkle olive oil onto it as well (the little capsule on top!)

We spent some unforgettable hours there, chatting and talking about life. Thank you SO much for having us!

Branko proudly showed us their lush garden and the fruits and vegetables. He also connected us on the computer with Manja and Bestia. So wonderful, now that we could not meet properly in person. Hopefully there will be a next time?!