Lens-Artists Challenge #360 – Found at the Fair/ Market

9 augusti, 20258 augusti, 2025 / Leya / 104 kommentarer

You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

– Walter Hagen

We have all been to a market or fair at least once when we were children. Some of these are still fun to visit as grown-ups, even if we don’t buy anything. It is the joy of an abundance of fruit and vegetables, flowers, people…And often everything for sale is elaborately exposed.

Here are some of my summer memories from such events. Enjoy the season and the smiles, and then – I’d love to see some of your memories too! They can be from any fair, Farmers’ market, Christmas market, or maybe a carnival? From your own country or from abroad – feel free to choose whatever you have in store!

Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise.

– George Gershwin

Ystad Jazz festival last week – Good music, lovely people and beautiful, creative art! (And ice cream of course…) Jazz maybe attracts mostly grown-ups and elderly people, but they do bring their children and grandchildren too. (And dogs) Hoping they will get hooked on the feeling?

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

– Hans Christian Andersen

Every year there is jousting at Hovdala castle – our nearest castle just 10 kilometers away. I used to go when one of my students was in the competitions. Fun for all ages. Knights, horses, castles and fair ladies!

To me, flowers are happiness.

– Stefano Gabbana

Finally, Madeira – the lovely land of flowers. When we visited for a week in June, we came upon several different fairs and markets. They have quite a few over the year. One of them had a sustainability theme. At the harbour they had put up big hearts for life and painted recued PET bottles as a ceiling.

A big Thank you to John for another turn of learning last week! I truly enjoyed seeing examples and tips. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week! Next week we will have another chance of ”Looking Back”, with Sofia at the helm. Be sure to visit her beautiful site for more!

Until then – stay calm, be careful and loving.

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Tuesday Photo Challenge – Back Catalogue

18 oktober, 2019 / Leya / 23 kommentarer

For Frank this week – a memory. ”…find an image in your back catalog that still grabs your attention and share it!” This is the only time in my life that I have seen snowy apples…our neighbour had not finished his autumn harvest, and suddenly, one morning, it was snowing heavily. I can say I was fast getting my camera out. I still love the sight of those snow capped apples!

CFFC: Reds

11 september, 2018 / Leya / 22 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Red

There are so many kinds of reds…

…but my favorite ones are always natural

Of course the Swedish Falu red (made from copper) house is a must, and so is Christmas red! Wishing you all a lovely week!

Amazon Lily

3 september, 2018 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

This year my Amazon lily has got 6 stems with 5-7 flowers on each one of them.

I fell in love with this flower at first sight – when I was in my twenties.

I bought a bulb in the 1980’s when we had a very good plant shop in the nearest town – where I worked then.

I have always loved flowers, and very seldom fail with new ones – I am always well prepared. But the Amazon lily – no. The first bulb did not ever come up above the soil.

The second one did. But only never to set flowers. Then I got an upcoming pot plant from an old collegue of mine. Or in fact, from his wife. He grows orchids and she loves plants too –

On their porch she had 5-6 Amazon plants – and she gave away one of them to me. With a piece of good advice…

Let them stand outdoors during summer – and they will shoot flowers.

They did, already the first year.

Now they stand out there from May to September – and they grow marvelously beautiful flowers – with scent like a dream.

They stand below the grapes – getting ready now to eat. They really match – the grapes and the Amazon lily. In outdoors beauty. And eating – with eyes as well.

Thursday’s Special – Pick a Word in June -y3

7 juni, 2018 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

For the lovely Paula at Lost in Translation – a new word lesson! This time, I had to look up pullulating and victuals. Thank you for the useful knowledge. Interpreted my way.

Pictures from Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Poland and Britain.