In the header – playing old viking games. From a trip to Scarborough some years ago.
A good friend of ours playing at his own wedding
Mmm, another of my favourite dogs!
Best friends playing ! Mille and Totti in the garden
And these two are the top two! And they could play…the whole day without getting tired!
Jen, at WordPress, asks us to show local life…and where my heart is.
In my garden with my dog…who always occupies the most comfortable places…
Walking in the forest every day with the best of friends.
Places and friends closest to me – between the ground and the heavens above. The header photo and the last picture.
We spent an evening walking in Lerma, in Castile and León, Spain. A little village the size of my home town in Sweden, but Lerma has important monuments dating from the 17th century, which were built by the Duke of Lerma, the King’s favourite.
To me, the greatest attraction here was the two main streets. One of them in the header, and in the very old part, I found this remarkable house.
Its façade and its colours caught my eye – and held it there for longer than just a moment.
The unevenness was made even more beautiful in the stray rays of the setting sun.
And further on, down the road, I also found a little door into the unknown…maybe 45 cm wide and 1.50cm high – No key. A stray…uncomfortable bench in a dark alley and some dry thistles on a stone fence…
I do love these things…
…as I loved the stork nest on the church and the lonely dog in the lonely street…
…and the charming restaurant waiting for its bustling guests arriving by 9 p.m.
I do love odd places and odd things and – almost everything about Spain.
Ailsa throws in a helping hand for us all who are both low and high these days. The world is so troubled and it is impossible not to get depressed by the news received every day. Let us all try to muster some hope, some enlightened thoughts and deeds – we need Peace, Love and Compassion on Earth.
In the header, two old gentlemen walking in Segovia.
Love – my son and his dog
Love – my two children
Love – parent and child
Love – drawing by my daughter of two of her friends
Love – still hiking together
For Sylvain Landry’s challenge this week, we should look at the world from a child’s position. And indeed, my Mille looks much bigger than he was. His height was 48 centimetres – and the mountains somewhat higher…
I am sorry, Ailsa, but I seldom photograph things fierce…these are both good humoured of course – but at least they might Look fierce!
Go to more accurate fierceness here.
A lovely morning, maybe the last summer trip, in our very, very old canoe…
The stillness in the air, the soft misty dew and the knowledge that this might be the end of a long, lovely summer.
Why do many of us love things with history, crafted things with ”life” inside – more than the newest of new? We know that we cannot stop development and the growing cities, but my heart aches when everything old is falling apart and being replaced with – what? Soulless machine made things, gigantic glass houses …and more.
As I was walking north, out of the restored Old Town Vilnius, the typical wooden houses appeared again – and I had been waiting for them. In Uzupis we saw some, but now their full glory hit me. Planted in lush gardens, they were also home to several cats and dogs.
The houses may be dilapidated, but the owners’ love of fruit and berries, flowers and details like colours and lace curtains…
…bring gracefulness and beauty to any worn down house. This is what life was in the old days. Now they are all living in the shadows of glass giants and heavy traffic. And, soon they will all be gone, the houses and their inhabitants, and all that is left will be some photos and maybe glimpses in old people’s memories.
Mirror, mirror on the wall…Which is the best representation of them all?
This is a challenge where I think most people have many options in their archives – interesting…which ones do we choose?
In the header is a Bilbao photo from opposite the Guggenheim museum. There is this house mirroring a bridge with a red car passing. The other three photos I guess you have seen before – if you are following my blog.
For more of mirrors, click here.
Switzerland, the Fluela Pass in the early morning.
My beloved Mille…looking out for me, walking in the late evening.
Auckland harbour by the fish market.
Leya 
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