Bekymmerslös på svenska, men fri från bekymmer låter mycket skönare. Som så ofta säger det engelska ordet mycket tydligare vad det är frågan om. Men, hur visar jag en känsla som den? Vilken eller vilka bilder kan över huvud taget visa den?
Naturligtvis ligger bilden i mig och i min kropp och själ. Det beror på min bakgrund, mitt yrke och den kultur och geografi jag är född i. Det beror på…mycket. Jag har funderat ett tag och kommit fram till några nyckelsituationer och nyckelord. De viktigaste ingredienserna är: vår eller sommar, ledig från arbetet, öppet landskap, ljudet av vind, vatten och fåglar, blå himmel, hög luft, mina barn och/eller mina hundar.
Carefree is this week’s challenge from WordPress. I have spent some hours thinking about – when do I really have that feeling? And, what pictures might best show it?
To imagine this feeling I had to think about some essential ingredients. My conclusion is that they are: spring or summer, vacation, open air landscape, the sound of wind, water and birds, blue sky, crisp air, my children and/or my dogs.
There is one place on Earth, that more than any other place makes my heart soar by merely thinking about it. One place where my feeling of freedom and being carefree never left me. New Zealand. This photo is from a lonely beach on the Coromandel peninsula. My son is walking barefoot in the sand, where his sister’s footprints still are visible. I was walking right behind them feeling the warm wind in my hair and the soft sand under my feet. A crystal clear moment of sheer happiness. Far away from all troubles, but together with my loved ones.
This photo is from a day on the southeast shores of Skåne in spring 2008. Mille running wild and free in the waves and not a single other human being on the beach. Totti wasn’t born yet. Being a water dog, Mille’s joy over the rolling waves was unstoppable. I remember shouting at him when he jumped too far out and the waves seemed to swallow him. But freedom is a great thing…We both felt its presence that day.
Leya 
Har sett detnne posten før, men fikk da ikke til å skrive noen kommentar om hvor søt den lille hunden er ensom på den store, stranden.
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Bra val av bilder och kloka ord som jag håller med om! // Maria 🙂
Tack, Maria! Ta det lugnt, du behöver inte jaga ifatt mina inlägg! Jag tycker det är underbart att som du kunna låta bli datorn! Dina läsare lämnar aldrig dig ändå!
Millie is so darn lucky! By the Sea, by the Sea, by the beautiful sea – that’s how I feel when I see your lovely photographs.
🙂 He is lucky and we are too!
We look forward to visiting New Zealand some day, too. Lovely shots.
janet
I can understand that. I wish I could come back some day too, but it is very far away from us – they are our antipodes.
Så fint med den lille hunden på stranda. 🙂
Jo han var glad!
Carefree with blue sky and a wide open horizon where our spirits can relax, roam and soar if they want to. Lovely.
You know what I mean!
I can imagine his wild unbridled joy at the motion of the rolling waves….our three cant get enough of water and will stand pleading us not to leave, even when they have had a good long play!
Your description of carefree is beautiful.
Thank you so much…
Mille is mostly used to our summer stay with silent waves and calm sea, so this was thoroughly exciting.
Nature’s beauty that takes all the worries away…even if for a while.
PS: A new photo challenge – you are welcome to participate! http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/eses-weekly-shoot-quote-challenge/
Thank you for commenting and for the invitation to your shoot and quote! I will try to find the time to participate!
how fun to see Mille running wild and free! Beautiful images!
Thank you, Amy! He had never seen waves like that before, so he ran rather crazy…
Truly beautiful and carefree… Thank you for sharing the lovely shots, Ann 🙂
Thank you for a nice comment!
Reminds me of our beaches on Lake Michigan!
I have never been there…but if they do, then they are beautiful!
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I too like beaches with no or very few people :). Mille must have had a really great time – I once had a black Labrador – he too would have loved those breaking waves.
Yes, I believe so too – labradors seem to be a very happy sort!
Excellent choice …. both photos … spot on for the challenge and how you describe them – still struggling … just now with my problems I’m thinking of taking photos of medicine. *laughing …
You are so funny…in the darkest pain you can see the brightest pills…or how to express it. Looking forward to your post!
All done now …. not the most artistic post – but .. neither is my bum. Have to see the fun in the situations … but just now is truly hard. *smile … so sore.
I feel so sorry for you, really, something must be done about it!
A-C, yesterday was very bad .. but I had been sitting by the PC for quite a few hours .. if it goes so bad again – ER next.
I felt sorry for myself yesterday too. *smile