The Weekly Photo Challenge this week is companionable. These two friends are, indeed. They have each other, and here they are companions to my mother too!
More lovely furs from lovely blogs are here!
Natur
Doftträdgården, Japanska trädgården och Rosenträdgården
The Scented Garden, The Japanese Garden and The Rose Garden. I have to give you a tiny hint of their beauty as well. So, we are back in Ronneby Brunnspark. Follow me on the walk, and you will catch a glimpse of the little lake and the flea market as well! Let’s start where the gulls are sitting, pass the pondering horse (Bäckahästen) and stroll for a while in The Scented garden first…
Travel theme: Ripples
Ripples – a lovely theme! There are so many beautiful entries at Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack? You just have to go there and see them!
My own contribution should have been one from the waters at Ronneby Brunn, but Ailsa’s own ducks are so lovely. Instead I picked a photo with very calm ripples from the sea by our summer house. Ripples of blue and green. Sometimes the sea is a dream of colours and illusions – but always soothingly beautiful.
Den kortaste natten – The shortest night
Färger från min trädgård i juni – Colours from my garden in June
Sveriges vackraste park – The most beautiful park in Sweden
Ronneby Brunnspark vann utmärkelsen ”Sveriges vackraste park” år 2005. Först nominerades 10 svenska parker. De skulle vara vackra, men också levande och tillgängliga. Sedan besökte en expertjury parkerna och tog närmare del av deras kvaliteter.
Juryn bestod av landskapsarkitekter, kultur- och trädgårdsskribenter, parkchefen från den kommun som vann 2004 (Örebro) samt representant för sponsorföretag. Totalt sex personer som innebar sex röster. En sjunde röst kom från allmänheten, som röstat framför allt via webb.
Ronneby Brunnspark blev inte bara juryns utan också allmänhetens favorit. Drygt 40% av allmänhetens röster gick till Brunnsparken.
Eftersom Brunnsparken vann utmärkelsen ”Sveriges Vackraste Park” 2005, deltog parken i tävlingen Europas Vackraste Park 2006. Brunnsparken hamnade på fjärde plats i konkurrens med parker från Italien, Tyskland, Storbritannien och Frankrike. Vann gjorde Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Italien.
Tävlingen hålls inte längre i Sverige.
In 1705 a spring containing mineral water was found at the western shore of the Ronneby river. This marked the beginning of Ronneby’s history as a spa resort. The water was drawn up into bathtubs for patients to bathe in and was bottled to be sold by the city’s chemist. In fact you can still taste the water from the hand pump by Gamla källan (the Old Spring).
In the late 19th century the Danish landscape architect Henry August Flindt was charged with the task of extending Ronneby Brunn. Flindt was assisted by the master gardener Henrik Madelung. Ronneby Brunn quickly won widespread fame for its diverse spa treatments, its fashionable hotel, its imposing park and the natural forest with viewing sites and bandstands.
Today Ronneby Brunn has a modern hotel, a bathing landscape, miniature golf, tennis courts, great relaxing areas…and much more. The fantastic park was nominated the most beautiful park in Sweden 2005 (this contest is not held anymore in Sweden) and was voted number four of all beautiful parks in Europe in 2006. The winner that year was Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Italy.
On our National Day, June 6, we walked one of this magnificent park’s four gardens – The Rhododendron Garden. Every summer we enjoy every garden here, and the others are: The Scented Garden, The Japanese Garden and The Rose Garden. The pictures from an earlier entry, ”Fleeting”, are also from this park.
For more information, please click the link below.
Travel Theme: Flow
Seljalandsfoss, Iceland – a fantastic flow!
Check out more entries on this theme – click the link above!
Wild Weekly Photo Challenge: Camouflage
Kamouflage är nog något vi alla önskat oss – åtminstone ibland. Att smälta in utan att bli sedd, hörd eller rörd…en dröm vid många tillfällen…För detta tema har jag valt gräsfjärilar och blåvingar från Pyrenéerna. Att smälta in för dem kan naturligtvis vara livsviktigt.
Who wouldn’t want to be disguised, melting in without being seen? I think all of us want to do that, at least sometimes. For many animals this ability is essential – to survive at all.
The online magazine LetsBeWild has Camouflage as a theme this week. I have chosen three butterfly pictures from the Pyrenées. Whether they are in the grass or on leaves or on the ground – they are neatly camouflaged all of them.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting
WordPress wants us to think about fleeting, this time. Fleeting is also something that can be applied to our whole existence on planet Earth.
Our National Day in Sweden, June 6, showed us in many ways just how fleeting we all are
Travel theme: Peaceful
Vad kan vara mer fridfullt än denna morgon vid havet, mellan sex och sju, medan de flesta sover. Bara någon enstaka mås hörs, en gök ropar i skogen intill och ett dämpat plask hörs från en and med sina små.
What can be more peaceful than this early morning by the sea, between six and seven, when most people are asleep. A lonely gull, a cuckoo calling from the forest nearby and a silent splash from a wild duck hurrying away with her ducklings.
For more lovely peaceful entries, go to Ailsa!
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