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!
Art
Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Birds
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 birds swing to and fro in a delightful dance.
Thursday’s Special – Lost in Details
For Paula this week – Building turf houses in Iceland.
Kites – A Marvelous Day On the Beach
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 room for new kites…
But in this glorious weather, we kept strolling along, getting even more favorites!
But in the end – believe it or not – our own shining sails were filled as well –
and…
We flew up, up and away…
Leaving solid ground, rolling with the colourful wheels…
Realizing that we just could not take any more kites – at least for the rest of the… week…?
Even the dogs wanted to go home for a good night’s sleep…
and the small children got tired of playing along…
So…some people took their bikes and rode to town, while others walked the lonely beach ahead, contemplating –
It had been a marvelous day – Good Night for now, and thank you for tagging along!
Thursday Thoughts – The Kites
Fanö is a very small island west of Esbjerg, Jylland, Denmark. Go to Vivekas site for more love of this island and more interesting facts!
We started out to get to the Rindby beach on the west coast by 10am – which was the time said for the kite flyers to start. Some of them had been there for two weeks, but June 14-17 was marked for the finishing festival. Non commercial and 5000 enthusiasts – besides the three of us…Viveka, (Myguiltypleasures) , me and my husband.
They come from all over the world…and they all make their own kites from sailcloth and nylon fiber. Some kites are made in a couple of hours, but some take weeks to make.
To give you a taste of what this is all about – here is a short youtube introduction:
To give you something of my own taste – here we go…am:
Wishing you all a lovely Midsummer!
I’ll be back Sunday with the afternoon kites…if you haven’t got enough of them! I haven’t… Or better yet – go visit Fanö yourselves – you will love it!
CFFC: Horizontal Lines – Subtle
CFFC: Columns and Vertical Line(s)
Columns and Vertical Line(s) for this Tuesday – natural ones and man made.
The header – my forest
Riga, outdoor museum
Copenhagen, old reserves with installation
Morocco, construction area
Vadstena – Town and Castle Villa
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.
And – people live in them. It is not a museum, even if you are tempted to think it is.
The old town is well preserved and the streets have not changed much over the centuries. The Town Hall is Sweden’s oldest, dating back to the early 15th century.
A look into our lodging as well – the Castle Villa in charming Jugend style. All in all it was a lovely stay – to celebrate Spring and our son’s birthday.
Vadstena – Castle and Abbey – A One Day/Night Stay
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 castle has been very well preserved, and is one of Sweden’s best examples of Renaissance architecture.
In the fog and greyness, it looks stern and almost hostile – but in the evening sun, I could almost imagine a Cinderella somewhere…
Vadstena Abbey, close by, was the motherhouse of the Bridgettine Order. The abbey started on one of the farms donated to it by the king, but the town of Vadstena grew up around it. It was active from 1346 until 1595, but there are still a handful of nuns here.
The castle on the left hand side and the abbey on the upper right hand (The red dot: Här är du!)
The Abbey is now turned into a hotel – and a beautiful one. The different houses decorated in different styles, and we stayed at ”The Castle Villa” in Jugend style.
We had breakfast under the old vaults, and I had some difficulties in resisting the pots for sale. Swedish design inspired by China.
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