For Frank. Feelings of Hope will touch our heart – all over the world.
Nature
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #90 – Distance
For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that color of horizons, of remote mountain ranges, of anything far away. The color of that distance is the color of an emotion, the color of solitude and of desire, the color of there seen from here, the color of where you are not. And the color of where you can never go.
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Tina’s choice of Distance for this week, gives room for many interpretations. Some images from the Sahara desert illustrates my first thoughts. And the poor scarab has an endless distance to crawl…
I think sometimes you need distance to reflect. – Lynn Nottage
Some extra time on your own these days gives new possibilities for this. Hiking or writing a diary might help keeping your thoughts together. And outdoors you can easily keep the distance.
Hobbiton, NZ
Fantasy is usually considered an escape, but it’s also a way to deal with weighty real-world issues from a safe distance and in a context where you usually have some kind of power that you don’t have in real life. – Noelle Stevenson
Maybe a chance to re-read old favorites – or new acquaintances!
Keeping social distance is what we all do these days – a necessity. Essential to stay healthy and save lives. These cats know how – an image from Madrid, often used, because I love it.
Finally some photos from last weekend, when the sun decided to throw some golden rays our way. Families together, couples sitting alone drinking coffee, enjoying the lovely outdoors. And so did we, Milo and Totti.
In Sweden we are still allowed to go out, and the forest and open landscapes are there for us to savour. Every country has its own rules in this Covid-19 crisis, but I hope many of you still have the possibility to go out. – But, we also don’t know for how long. A garden or a balcony is also great for some fresh air. I am convinced we all use different media to stay in contact with friends, and personally I find Zoom a perfect alternative as well. Thank you for being out there in the blogosphere.
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. – Henry David Thoreau
Be sure to link to Tina’s original post, and to use the Lens-Artists TAG. And remember –
Stay safe, keep the distance – but stay in contact!
Thursday Thoughts – The Need for Light and Colour
I don’t think I am
alone – if I say
I am in great need of
that wonderful Light
and Colour
of Spring
Let us hope it will soon arrive. It is in the air. I feel it coming.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #89 – A River Runs Through It
I’m really quite simple. I plant flowers and watch them grow… I stay at home and watch the river flow. – George Harrison
This is what we must do today – this is not the time for travel. So, from the archives – images from Iceland, New Zealand, Sweden, Scotland, Norway and Georgia. May the rivers keep flowing and the waters never go dry.
A winter message from the river: Never surrender! Life can try to stop you, but somehow find a way to flow!
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The river teaches us many things, but its most important teaching is this: Whatever is happening around you, you keep flowing to your own destination following your own way!
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If you have a river, then you should share it with everyone. – Chen Guangbiao
It is from small streams that big rivers rise.
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No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – Heraclitus
Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea. – Mikhail Lermontov
Learn from a river; obstacles may force it to change its course, but never its destination.
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Thanks to Amy for this week’s challenge. Click here to see and link to her original post, and remember to use the Lens-Artists tag. Thank you also for all your creative, interesting and heartfelt responses to last week’s CHAOS challenge. In these troubled times, please practice Social Distancing to protect yourselves and others from the continuing spread of COVID-19. Stay safe.
Next week, Tina (Travels and Trifles) will be your host.
You may say I’m a dreamer…
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Spread
I had the opportunity to watch two majestic young ones, for the first time spreading their wings and flying into freedom this autumn. For Frank – Eurasian Eagle-Owl.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #87 – Reflections
We welcome another guest blogger this week, Miriam of The Showers of Blessings. She suggests we find reflections to share.
Believe it or not, but I found myself in some of mine…even though I never do selfies.
Reflect upon your present blessings — of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
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Today, International Women’s Day, we might just change his quote a bit…and put in woman and women too.
Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
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Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you’re just a reflection of him?
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Bewilderment increases in the presence of the mirrors.
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When do I see a photograph, when a reflection?
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A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
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These images were made in Iceland, Stettin, Copenhagen, Bilbao, Norway and Switzerland. As usual, click to enlarge.
For the rest of March, we will follow the usual schedule – and stay tuned for next Saturday when the host is me, Leya!
- March 14 – Ann-Christine of Leya
- March 21 – Amy of The World is A Book
- March 28– Tina of Travels and Trifles
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #85 – Treasure Hunt
This week Tina wants us to go on a Treasure Hunt! Our challenge is to search for specific items – either from your archives or newly captured – from the list below. Extra credit items are a bit harder to find, as are multiple items in a single image. Focus on quality over quantity and hit us with your best shot(s)!
- Challenge Items: Sunrise and/or sunset, Something cold and/or hot, a bird, a dog, a funny sign, a bicycle, a seascape and/or mountain landscape, a rainbow, a church, a musical instrument, a boat, a plane, a waterfall
- Extra Credit Items: An expressive portrait of one or more people, a very unusual place, knitting or sewing, a fish, an animal you don’t normally see, a bucket, a hammer, a street performer, a double rainbow, multiple challenge items in a single image.
Sunset is a moment where all emotions are experienced: Melancholy, amazement, intoxication, casuistry, admiration, love, sadness…
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In the opener – sunset, seascape, birds and boats in The Netherlands. The other scenes were found in Bhutan, Tibet and Poland.
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! – William Butler Yeats
Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms. – Twyla Tharp
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.– Roger Caras
This Boxer-like sweetie gave me a real fright. When I was passing this shop, he suddenly jumped up at the desk – the shop owner looked a bit shocked as well…I had to be quick to catch the moment!
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home. – Magdalena Neuner
An old photo, but I still remember these lovely Tibetan ladies waiting for market customers – and making a useful time of it. They were very shy, but smiling when I asked about their knitting and told them I knitted too.
All my images are self-portraits, even when I’m not in them.
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I met this beautiful lady on the pilgrim trail to Taktshang (Tiger’s Nest) in Paro. She stopped to offer some nuts and dried fruit (I was a bit poorly looking…), and then passed me with a vigorous step – reaching the temple at least half an hour before I did. She was 75, and no sign of panting in the thin air…
Each and every animal on earth has as much right to be here as you and me. – A.D. Williams
We were fortunate to see the national animal of Bhutan – the rare Takin. Folklore has it that the animal with a goat’s head and a cow’s body was created by The Divine Madman, a famous holy man from Tibet. The Takin lives in the alpine zones, at 1000-4500 meters height, and weighs about 300kg.
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything.
― Plato
I enjoyed these skilled street musicians for almost an hour, in Lodz, Poland. Not until after uploading the photos, I noticed the spooky thing behind the musician to the left…
Thank you, Amy, for the fun Narrow theme last week!
A Special Announcement: All of us at Lens-Artists are delighted to announce that the March 7th challenge (#87) will be hosted by our special guest host, Miriam Hurdle at The Shower of Blessings Please be sure to visit Miriam’s site on Saturday, March 7th to view her challenge. For the rest of February and March, we’ll follow our usual weekly schedule:
- Feb. 29–Patti of P.A. Moed
- March 7–Miriam of The Shower of Blessings
- March 14 – Ann-Christine of Leya
- March 21 – Amy of The World is A Book
- March 28– Tina of Travels and Trifles
The One Day Winter We Got
For Six word Saturday at Debbies.
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #84 – Narrow
Future? Now, let’s see what will happen this week! Amy has chosen Narrow as our theme. She says:
Travel has taught me that once we go through a narrow path, alley, and/or road with a little patience, at the end it always opens up to pleasant surprises.
Of course I agree – in urban areas: a narrow street where you have to look far up to see the sun; steep, dark stairs ending in a light blue door, and the very old streets of Tbilisi.
My own love for things narrow, is a winding path – and preferably one of which I don’t know the end…
But, to me they all are inviting. Though every narrow shell does not hold a pearl – at least not one like my daughter!
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
Finally, Thank you for all your creative answers to last week’s challenge, Future, fantastic reading and images, both hopeful and sad. Just the way Life is. ♥
Stay tuned for the last February challenges:
- Feb. 22 – Tina of Travels and Trifles
- Feb. 29–Patti of P.A. Moed
Remember to link to Amy’s original post, and tag it with “Lens-Artists.” If you’re new to tagging, click here for an explanation of how and why.
As always, we are all looking forward to seeing your creative responses to the challenge – and thank you for your support!
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