# 62 Farkost – Boat (60/365)

30 januari, 201530 januari, 2015 / Leya / 17 kommentarer

Från en resa till Peru och Titicacasjön 1987. Uroindianernas vassbåtar är fantastiskt välbyggda – alla som känner till Thor Heyerdal och Ra och Ra II, vet hur mycket de tål.

Här får lammskinnet vara vågorna.

From a trip to Peru and Lake Titicaca in 1987. Reed boats are still used among the Uru indians and the famous Thor Heyerdahl proved to the world how much they can take, sailing Ra and Ra II.

My lamb skin rug will be the heavy waves here…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru_people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_Heyerdahl

# 13 Behållare – Container (55/365)

30 januari, 201530 januari, 2015 / Leya / 2 kommentarer

Det här är en behållare som inte håller vad den lovar – den innehåller snäckor från stränder på Nya Zeeland.

This container doesn’t contain what it says – it’s filled with sea shells found on the shores of New Zealand.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Express Yourself

24 januari, 201526 januari, 2015 / Leya / 40 kommentarer

I don’t know if this is a proper example of how I express myself…but we had great fun – and that surely is a way of expressing oneself.

The three of us had been a whole day exploring British Museum, and on our way out, my son caught sight of this bench with sleeping people. Irresistable! So we sat down beside them and tried to look exactly as tired as the other ”benchers”. My daughter took the picture. Nobody noticed…they kept sleeping as we left.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: My Favourite Things, Verse Two

22 januari, 201527 januari, 2015 / Leya / 31 kommentarer

For Cee – sleighbells and wild geese are some of my favourite things.

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels, Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles, Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, These are a few of my favorite things.

Grandfather’s horses used these bells. Sleigh bells? I love the sound and the worn leather. We’re fortunate enough to have kept them, even if we don’t use them. I knew they were down in the cellar, and I found them in grandmother’s old rocking chair.

Wild geese and cranes early in the morning at Hornborgasjön.

# 222 Pimpad – Pimped (42/365)

20 januari, 201520 januari, 2015 / Leya / 4 kommentarer

Pimpad…ett bidrag som jag var osäker på om jag skulle kunna få med. Men, när man minst anar det så löser det sig! Sonen gillar att bygga, måla och teckna – han jobbar med grafisk design. Plötsligt stod han i dörröppningen med ett brett leende – han hade hittat barndomens Gameboy och pimpat den. Ny fräsch färgkombination och de rätta figurerna på. (Jo, han är 22…)

Pimped – an entry I didn’t believe I could match, really. Until my son stood smiling in the door holding the Gameboy of his childhood in blue hands…Pimped in new colours with the ”right” stickers and paintings on. He loves everything to do with games and art – working with graphic design.

#319 Träskor – Clogs (29/365)

9 januari, 20159 januari, 2015 / Leya / 10 kommentarer

En avgjutning av Sveriges mest berömda (?) träskor. Ett antal berömda människor har fått sina skor avgjutna och ställda på en bro i Malmö.

Replica of maybe the most famous clogs (?) in Sweden – worn by a famous actor in his movies. Many famous actors has got replicas of their shoes standing on a bridge in Malmoe.

2014 in review – and Happy New Year!

31 december, 2014 / Leya / 21 kommentarer

-To all my faithful readers, commenters and viewers – My Friends – in the blogosphere.

My heart is filled with gratefulness for you being here, making this blogging year a great joy. Thank You for staying with me during 2014! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and pieces of your lives, for helping us understand how this World maybe works about the same for us all. Support is what we all need, often, and sometimes even more.

I like to think of You as bright sparkles in the sky, and so I send you my best stardust wishes for a bright, healthy and joyful 2015. See you Next Year!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 22,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 8 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

The Night Before Christmas

23 december, 201423 december, 2014 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

I have been sitting in the darkness by the Christmas tree. It’s raining. Some days ago I went to see The Hobbit – the last movie on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. I enjoyed it even if there was too much war and fighting. A sad ending – of course. I was reflecting upon it, there, in the darkness.

I remember when I was young and read all his stories…just How Much I loved them. I think I still do. Black and white – not much grey. And, sometimes I still wish for a Magician to come and put everything right in this world…even if I know things will go wrong again – it’s human nature.

In order to restore my happy mood, I persuaded my children to watch The Intouchables (2011) with me. I love that movie, and I knew they would love it as well. It’s based on a true story, and its positive views and humour concerning the grim life we lead here on Earth cannot be overestimated.

From a dark and rainy Skane, Sweden, I wish you all a

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

To my help, I’ve had a little Magician of my own – Totti. Maybe that’s why you perhaps do not recognize him in this picture…

WP Challenge: Twinkle

14 december, 201422 december, 2014 / Leya / 19 kommentarer

No stars to be seen, no snow, no nothing…I live up north in the darkness, so the twinkling I must search for – in my old vaults and chambers…This Christmas will be my number four, blogging, so here are some memorable twinklings from 2011-2013!

Travel Theme: Freedom

13 december, 201422 december, 2014 / Leya / 19 kommentarer

Freedom…a magical word. To those who live in countries with dictators, to those who live under dictators at home, to those who are chained to their jobs, to those who…

The word freedom I think belongs to those words that never will be worn out. Partly because there are so many ways of enterpreting its inner meaning.

When I think of freedom, in my life, I would say it means freedom of thought and freedom to live some days without any ”musts”. Those days are so precious…and without doubt, they are often connected to being alone, hiking and travelling. Travelling in a mindblowing book or travelling over geographic land and sea.

I will try to picture my Freedom, and I’m grateful to Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack, for being allowed and able to. I looked through pictures I thought would give me that feeling, and my final choices were these: