Patti, welcome back and thanks for an interesting theme! I have gathered some different ”mysteries” here. Hope they will fit the bill. Shadows, darkness, mist, tunnels, abandoned places, artworks…and unexpected items in unexpected places. Often also a limited colour sphere – or a fireworks of colour! adds to the feeling.
First out, a levada in Madeira – in the middle of nowhere and roadless land. Suddenly we passed a resting place – for tired hikers?…How did a car seat end up here?
Natural mysteries – Last time I visited this pond, there really was a pond – now only a mysterious, dead piece of land with stumps sticking up. Quite eerie.
In this park in Copenhagen, the trees reached out their spooky fingers to touch the grey sky.
A late evening walk with ominous skies – natural mysteries are the best!
Abandoned houses, streets and cars have their own kind of mystery…
Every kind of Art can be mysterious. And it doesn’t have to be dark…
I love trying to figure out why/how – but also love it if I find a note from the artist on what the original intention was.
This is Prague and a hanging umbrella man by the famous Michal Trpák.
The yearly Light Move festival in Lodz, Poland. Very Mysterious and beautifully made by a talented group of artists.
A special thanks to John Steiner for leading the challenge On the Move last week – a joy to see all your posts! Next week, it’s Beth’s turn. So, be sure to visit her site, Wandering Dawgs, Saturday, November 29th at noon ET for more.
Until then, I hope you can spend time with your loved ones and enjoy doing things together. Take care and be kind.
To find out more about the Lens-Artists Challenges, click here.
Leya 
Great variety of images, but love the tree images especially
What a fabulous collection, AC! You’ve really showed us many facets of mystery and where to find it. I love the abandoned car and the mystery of the car seat in Madeira. And of course your nature images are superb as well as the light displays. The pond that evaporated is really mysterious, too! A wonderful treat to see your images, as always!
These are fantastic Ann-Christine. I was thinking the same as you about the car seat before I read your words. The man hanging with the umbrella is amazing, I love it, but did you find out what the artists intentions were. I often think mystery means asking questions, and you have done that a lot. Great post.
I love your final gallery, Ann-Christine, such a lovely and creative way to end your wonderful post. The trees win it for me, tho; spooky fingers, contorted trunks and the stumps too.
I too love the trees. They almost always win…
Such a terrific variety Ann-Christine, and of course all marvelous. I loved the dried up pond, the hanging umbrella man (my favorite!) and the Light Move (very beautiful!).
Thank you, Tina – I had fun with this one!
A wonderful selection! The car seat in Madeira made me smile, as did the Hanging Umbrella Man, and I loved all your abandoned scenes, especially the lone car on that cobbled street 😀
Thank you, Sarah! That lone car seems to be a favourite. And it was a real scary night, that one. We arrived on a train and had to walk to our room through very empty streets. We red that this was an area to be avoided – but a photo it had to be…
Ann-Christine, this is a wonderful mysterious gallery.
Thank you, Beth! A fun theme.
Wonderful, eclectic mix of mysteries in this post, A C! I liked the natural mysteries, the abandoned cars etc, and Lodz light festival 😊😊
Thank you, Sue!I had fun making this post!
Very good! Fun is good
And I thought the hanging umbrella man was the chimney sweep in Mary Poppins. >grin<
Maybe he is?
Wonderful melange
Thank you, Sheree!
A marvellously eclectic mix – with quite a few surprises.
Thank you, Margaret – I had fun putting it together.
Wonderful gallery of the mysterious and strange. I hope the pond drying wasn’t an environmental disaster upstream. The lone car in the dark, umbrella man and the spooky finger trees in Copenhagen are my favourites
Thank you, Brian! It seems the pond was being emptied to take way the fish – and now they are filling it again. That car is a favourite so far!
That is a good way to clean out feral fish with only a slight interruption to the ecology
Ann-Christine, your selections made me stop and wonder what was going on. The chair, for example, is a mystery in itself. The whole gallery is awesome, and I do have a favorite. The black-and-white street scene with the lone car. What was it doing there? I loved this gallery.
Thank you, Egidio – so glad you enjoyed my choices! That car in the empty street was a really scary moment. I think it was in Riga, a late night when we arrived on a train. Walking to our room we realised we were in a less visited/ill famed area…and I can tell you we half ran home. But I just had to stop and take a photo – you know the way we work, we who love photography!
Wonderful gallery!
Thank you!
Wonderful photos from which I somewhat turn away? Going thru’ years of war as a child – being afraid of everything you did not expect or were able to explain? It seems to have carried on for the rest of one’s life! Love the park photo from Copenhagen for its artistry, hate ominous skies, smile at the umbrella man . . . and the car seat sure looks more comfortable than the wooden one 🙂 ?
I hope you were not ill at ease with this post, Eha! So glad you liked the seat and the umbrella man!
Heavens above – no! I have been thru’ far too much in my life to ever ‘feel ill at ease’ 😂! I look, remember how it was and carry on ❤️ !!!
A lovely variety of images and ways to look at mystery. Kudos Ann-Christine.
♥ Thank you for a lovely comment!
My pleasure. 🙂