Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack ? wants us to use our senses – and one of the places where most senses are at work is the Jokhang temple in Tibet. The dense smoke and all the people – eating, waiting, praying…
…and the Tibetan landscape…its vastness and immense beauty, Its total silence is overwhelming.
Sylvain Landry this week – something essential in our high – tech society – electricity.
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze River in China. The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest power station with a total electric generating capacity of 22.500MW.
The dam project was started in 1993 and completed in 2012,
As well as producing electricity, the dam is intended to increase the Yangtze River’s shipping capacity and reduce the potential for floods downstream. The Chinese government regards the project as a total success, However, the dam flooded archeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.4 million people, (See the post on Shibaozhai earlier.) It is also causing significant ecological changes, The Chinese river dolphin became extinguished and there is an increased risk of landslides. The dam was built in an area of potential earthquakes, and the consequences if – this would happen, would be disastrous.
There are two series of ship locks installed – each of them is made up of five stages, with transit time at around four hours. We passed during the night. Looking out from the balcony, this is what we saw.
Late – and early. Midnight sun, Nordkapp, Norway
More of late here. Remember, it is never Too late…to join in!
Dancing water in Barcelona and dancing Swedish people – old and young – around the Maypole. Soon we will be there again…
Music is essential to dancing, and the water here danced to classical music whereas the people clapped hands and danced to classical Swedish Midsummer songs.
I think most people love to dance…it is a beautiful, sensual way of showing emotions. Find more dancing here.
Old and very young dance around the maypole
Gratitude – a challenge hosted by Maria. I am sure you are welcome to join in.
This winter, some amazing people passed away – I guess you all know their names right know when reading this… But, Birgitta and Stig are not the names you are thinking of.
Birgitta was a tough woman with a warm and generous heart, who raised her two girls alone, when she finally managed to divorce her alcohol addicted husband. For about 20 years she was my hairdresser, and I think you all know that many people confide in their hairdressers – their social skills are extensive.
Birgitta developed a disease very few people know about – systemic sclerosis. The same illness unfortunately has come to Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, the Norwegian tycoon Petter Stordalen’s wife.
Birgitta fought bravely for many years, but this disease is lethal, and in the end she had lost several fingers and both her legs. This winter, her battered body could not take it any longer. She wanted so much to live, and had several ongoing projects until the end…She even went to the Maldives last year – a dream of hers come true. But finally, she had to surrender.
Birgitta was a very talented woman with many interests. She was intellectual and well read. We always said that we should have met long ago. In a way we were twin souls. She died 76 years old, but without her strong determination to survive, she would have been gone several years ago.
Stig was my husband’s best friend. A man with a big, warm heart, and the most honest and straightforward man I have ever known. This of course meant that he had enemies, but most people loved him for it. Not many of us dare to be as upright as he was. Whatever happened, he stayed strong, told the truth and stuck to it.
My husband and I were guests at Stig’s and Lena’s house several times a year, and they were the perfect hosts. And they visited us as well. They came to our summer house, and we enjoyed the sun and the sea – and some tasty summer food. Stig and Lena were the perfect couple even though they met rather late in life.
Stig was the planner of everything from parties to big events and sports competitions. The borne leader in his profession and also in his spare time. He had friends in every corner of Sweden. When he retired two years ago, he had many projects for their house and garden, and continued training the soccer team, playing tennis and collecting autographs from all over the world. Buying and selling. They also loved to travel, Stig and Lena, even if they had to leave their beloved dog, Soda, at home.
Stig got cancer that spread fast into his whole body. This tall, handsome, strong man was reduced to nothing within a year and a half. He died, 68 years old, February 15. Yesterday we went to his funeral, and the church was filled to the last seat.
I am so very grateful to have known Birgitta and Stig. They enriched my life and they will live forever in their friends’, families’ and collegues’ hearts. And in mine.
I am working on a photo book for my parents, and came across this old photo…Some years ago there was a competition about recycling milk Tetra Paks, and my son and daughter immediately wanted to participate. Here is what they came up with. Sowing together all these by hand…Emma wearing the dress and David photographing and editing.
Not very comfortable…but they almost won the whole competition – second prize in Sweden!
Being creative is always great fun – click here for more!
One love refers to the universal love and respect expressed by all people for all people, regardless of race, creed, or color.
—The Urban Dictionary
Sylvain Landry – Women. International Women’s Day.
In the header – The old and the new China.
Young Chinese girl of today
Rome – a connecting nun.
My mother, here 79 years old. Still hiking, still curiously looking forward to things…
A woman – not passé even if she is ageing.
Things that are wet…great possibilities again from Cee. I came across an old picture …how wet is this?
For more things wet, click here.
Leya 
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