Thursday Thoughts – Slowly

Back from Spain, but only slowly returning to blogging. Thank you for all your lovely wishes for a good rest and reload!

I have just started reading, and somewhere next week I hope to read more and to post something more substantial…Thought I would send you this memory – a most significant sight along the Spanish summer roads.

My Illusory, Illusive Week…

Strange things this week…It all started out so well…but these are my memories …

…in my ordinary Blekinge again. Don’t we all have crazy dreams sometimes…?

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CFFC: Walks – Indoor or Outdoor

Walks for Cee – Indoor favourites are churches or monastery aisles, and outdoor walks should, if possible, include flowers…

Spain in the header and from the Acores – one of my favourite walks. For more favourites, click here.

 

Vandring med hortensia och montbresia som sällskap

Vandring med hortensia och montbresia som sällskap

CFFC: Events – Wild Flowers’ Day

In the header – The caterpillars of the Peacock butterfly sitting on the upper parts, and, the undersides of leaves of a nettle plant.

Today is the Nordic event of Wild Flowers’ Day. Originating in Denmark, the purpose is to give people the possibility of finding, learning about and enjoying the diversity of wild plants in nature, in order to have an even more intense experience when spending time outdoors.

Det samnordiska evenemanget ”De vilda blommornas dag” har sina rötter i Danmark, där det har arrangerats ända sedan år 1988. Syftet med de vilda blommornas dag är att människor skall få möjlighet att upptäcka, lära känna och glädjas åt den mångfald av vilda växter, som vår natur bjuder på, och på så sätt få en rikare naturupplevelse.

 

This event started at 10 a.m and the flower walk, arranged by local botanists, lasted for three hours. I’ll be happy to bring you along! For more events, click here.

Celebrating Mother at Hovdala Castle

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A nice lunch at the restaurant and then a stroll in the beautiful surroundings was perfect for my mother’s 81st birthday.

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We were lucky with the weather…

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The conservatory has been restored over the years, and is now a building used for exhibitions as well as wedding  ceremonies.

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Inside is a cool, white dream.

P1040751_copyMy mother was happy today – and so were we.

 

Travel theme: Plants

Plants, butterflies and insects from a trip to a hidden valley in the Pyrenées. Gorgeous  hikes and nature amazingly full of life.

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This Astrantia major, common name great masterwort, and below, Eryngium maritimum, or the sea holly, are two of my favourite plants.

Love plants? There are more of them here, at Ailsa’s.