CFFC: Legs and Feet

9 augusti, 201617 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

Legs and feet for Cee…could not help posting this one from Le Louvre, Paris. We had great fun, and my daughter had me posing, joking about her brother’s big feet…

For more feet, click here.

A Place Where Nobody Wanted to Live…

8 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 5 kommentarer

The controversial modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is one of my own favourites…but in his own time – he was not always popular. In Barcelona, you might have visited his fabulous Sagrada Família, Casa Battló or La Pedrera and Parc Güell. And Marvelled.

Palacio Episcopal (end of the 19th century) in Astorga was seen as rather abominable in appearance and the cost for building it was just too much for the congregation. No bishop has ever lived there since…

Inside, you recognize Gaudí’s style with beautiful ceramics and stained glass.

The palace is now being restored, and I guess its future visitors will continue to admire his outstanding art.

The magnificent cross bows and his colour combinations are simply divine.

So, be sure to visit when your road leads you here…you cannot get too much of Gaudí!

As usual, click to get a larger view – sometimes you have to click twice…and click the links for my previous posts on his art in Barcelona!

WPC: Morning

5 augusti, 20165 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 15 kommentarer

The soft morning…is lifting, taking off towards the day. Ziga, Baztan, Spain.

For more mornings – click here.

Wordless Wednesday

3 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 20 kommentarer

WPC: Narrow

29 juli, 2016 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

As much as I like the open landscape, I also like things narrow – unless it turns up in nightmares where I am stuck in a narrow tunnel, unable to go either forwards or backwards…

For more things narrow, click here.

The tunnel leading to Cuevas de Valporquero, Spain. In reality – not a nightmare!

WPC: Look up

8 juli, 20168 juli, 2016 / Leya / 31 kommentarer

Look up! This is a very varied challenge with many possibilities. My take is all about nature – even if you might not think so…

In the header, a lamp from Gaudí’s Casa Batllo´in Barcelona. He always used Nature herself as an inspiration. Maybe a drop of water in a pool?

A Swedish autumn birch in its splendour – who would not look up?

Great tree ferns, New Zeeland, North Island.

New Zealand’s Great fern trees draws your eye…upwards.

Madrid

In Madrid my head went dizzy when watching this tree in a spectacular swing…

Madrid

And these well dressed trees… I just hade to peep inside for this spectacular view!

For more reasons to look up, click here.

CFFC: Bridges

5 juli, 20166 juli, 2016 / Leya / 26 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Bridges

I have one special favourite of all bridges…the old Roman bridge in Switzerland, Verzasca valley. Read my post about this valley here.

Another favourite bridge, actually an aqueduct, is Pont du Gard in France. But you can no longer walk Pont du Gard. I did in 1976, on top, about 50 cm width and I had my Swedish clogs on. I guess I should be grateful to have survived that walk…

Click the link for more beautiful bridges!

CFFC: Walks – Indoor or Outdoor

28 juni, 201628 juni, 2016 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

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

Designers and Designs for Swedish Artists

27 juni, 2016 / Leya / 30 kommentarer

Last week I went to a local museum to see a travelling exhibition with some of our famous designers’ clothes made for Swedish artists and singers.

Katarina de Bourg made the clothes for our young Japan export – Yohio. His androgynous style is not as popular here as in Japan, where he is a big star. He is greatly influenced by the Japanese genre visual kei.