In 1964, 17 muskox calves were transferred from east Greenland to west Greenland via Copenhagen zoo. One of them was Willi.
Willi got used to people at the zoo, and came to like people more than his fellow muskoxes. One day he decided to stay at the airport, and he became very popular with everyone there – except for the pilots of course.
They tried to scare him away from the airpost, but one American soldier had to be sent to hospital and the airport fire engine got some heavy dents on the car.
Dogs were brought in from Denmark, but they were too scared of the huge animal. Finally an American cowboy from the US Army caught Willi with lasso and transported him to Lake Ferguson, 5km away.
He is still there, at Lake Ferguson – but in stone. Unfortunately his ending was sad, because he returned to the airport, and there he attacked a transit passenger and her little child. By that incident, he signed his own death sentence.
He will be forever remembered though, as a much loved citizen. A country- and western singer, Al Perry, even wrote a ballad about him.
This truly is something we never had before … – and What is it? Sofia is the quiz leader, and now I try to jump in with more…
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I know these are quite easy, but I hope you will have some fun with them anyway!
So, now it is your turn. Think of anything that looks ambiguous, difficult to understand or unusual, look for details instead of the whole thing, conceal what might give away what your subject is, but most of all, have fun! Please remember to link back to Sofia’s original post and to tag Lens-Artists so we can easily find you.
Last week Ritva was our host with a looking back challenge focusing on editing. It was a very interesting challenge with different ways of editing our shots and also to see the end results.
Next week is John’s turn to lead us, Saturday 5th September. Until then, take care and be kind.
Here is today’s facit:
ICM at a pond with yellow lilies. Blekinge, Ronneby Brunn.
A close-up of a big Allium ball from Keukenhof, Holland.
My collection of foil balls, given to me by my daughter…A thing she had with that since she was very little. I took care of everything that should not be dropped on the ground. I still do.
Hotel Hvide Falk, Ilulissat, Greenland. The evening lamp inside was reflected through the windows and moving outdoors!
Close-up of a Van Gogh painting. Unfortunately I don’t remember the title.
The header? A male lion vanishing in the high grasses…
Tina reminds us this week of the rule of thirds, and points out another ”rule” to try, the rule of 3. Please visit her beautiful site for more inspiration! I decided to give my morning dogwalk the first try. And three beautiful birch trees were my choice – but, they were impossible to catch in only one photo! Here they are, three in two – top to bottom.
The magic number is three
At noon, we went for a visit to one of our nearby castles, Bosjökloster, where we found several exhibitions giving possibilities within the rule: here some beautiful straw vases and straw bags.
Straw craft reminds us that true beauty is grown from the earth and shaped by patient hands.
— Anonymous
Close to the playground, there were some colourful hens walking. I waited a while to see if they would come together for a photo, but this was the closest they got to each other. I could not resist a photo anyway.
We’re not just friends, we’re family
“Three things are needed For humanity to co-exist: Truth, peace and basic needs. Everything else – Is irrelevant.”
― Suzy Kassem
Another exhibition at the castle featuring Ukrainian artists’ quilting (Ukrainian Quilters Association) – was totally fascinating. Their skills, the motifs honouring damaged cities and villages – and some places that don’t even exist anymore.
They are a strong people, Ukrainians, and they will never be defeated. Even the war pieces breathed of hope and a peaceful future. They are also assembling quilt patches from more than 36 countries over the world, making a1.1 km long quilt to be rolled out on Kyivs main street, Khreshchatyk, when the war is over.
Thank you, Tina, for another interesting challenge! I hope you’ll join in exploring the concept of 3 in photography. If you cannot find examples in your own work, maybe head out like I did, to see how many 3’s you can find once you start looking! Please remember to use the Lens-Artists Tag in your response and to link to Tina’s original post to help us find you. Many thanks to Egidio and to his respondents for last week’s beautiful explorations of being “stuck in place”. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope you did too. Finally, we hope you’ll join us next week when Patti leads us once again on her P.A. Moed site. Until then, please stay safe and be kind.
I have no siblings, but as a child and young woman, this didn’t bother me. I loved being on my own – whether it was reading, sketching, painting, writing, collecting stones or walking in the forest or in my grandmother’s garden. But as a grown up, and now aging – I would have loved to have a sister or brother to share memories with and consult about our old parents.
So, where am I going with this? Well…in South Africa we met two beautiful brothers, cheetas, where the first photo is from our first meeting, the day we arrived.
The second meeting was three days later, and luckily we found them resting in the same place again.
Our ranger, Charles, told us their story, how they had lost two partners and also their cubs, to lion attacks.
This led to them being monitored – and the pack of lions as well, in an attempt to protect them. I read that 90% of all newborn cheetas are killed by other predators, such as lions. If they survive the first critical months, they can reach 15 years of age.
I wondered if the reserve was going to find new mates for these two and give breeding another try. Charles had no answer to that, and stated that nature works things in its own way.
In my opinion these cats are one of the most beautiful creations in nature – their agility, their speed, their beauty. They hunt daytime and cheetas are the fastest, now living land mammals, with a short distance record of 104.4km/h in 200m.
Charles clearly spoke with affection when he told us their story, because he had been following them since their first day. And, it was not only Charles who had tears in his eyes when we left them resting in the evening sun. Their story touched my heart, and I felt some comfort in knowing they at least had each other. I wish them good luck in the future – may they be lucky in hunting and may they find new mates and be blessed with little ones.
Leya 
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