WPC: Against All Odds

Against the odds – my very special and wonderful friend, Mille, survived his severe illness and lived his last two years thanks to my daughter’s loving care. He was so close to death several times, but she managed to save him through natural medicine from the Japanese sea, and through loving care. No veterinary has managed to explain how this really worked – but it did. He was strong and lively throughout his life. And we are so very grateful to have known him. I have had some dogs in my life, but no one like him. I called him Iron Man.

Mille died in May 2014. This is the last picture of him, standing in his beloved water, the sea at our summer house. He had just turned 12.

WPC: It’s Not This Time of The Year Without…

For WPC

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…my youngsters filling the kitchen with good friends and happy, (or sad…) tasty,  Swedish Lussebullar!

CFFC: Windows

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Windows

Windows for Cee – gigantic formats from Madrid’s old railwaystation and Bilbao’s Guggenheim museum.

 

Travel theme: Playing

Travel theme: Playing

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

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Mmm, another of my favourite dogs!

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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!

WPC: Local

Jen, at WordPress, asks us to show local life…and where my heart is.

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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.

Travel theme: Enlightened

Travel theme: Enlightened

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.

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Love – my son and his dog

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Love – my two children

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Love – parent and child

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Love – still hiking together

WPC: Nostalgia

Nostalgia

My Islands in the World – Azores. And this little Island, Corvo. Blue Hydrangeas in the blue ocean. My daughter as a young girl…Someday I hope we will return.

SL -Week 2-02: Ground

 

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…

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