Wordless Wednesday
Nature
CFFC: Letter W
Letter W – Needs to start with W and have two vowels in the word (window, wheel, wagon, working, weather, woodshed, woman)
In the header – Wisteria – a favorite flower in every respect!
Woman. One of my favorites -a collegue of mine, waiting for Heathcliff on the moors!
Window. From a silent, late evening walk in the old part of Riga.
Enchanted Forest
Snowy Mist
Snow arrived during the night, and then the temperature rose above zero C. I had a lovely forest walk with Totti – light shifting and no wind.
The first half hour, there was not much mist, but …tangible silence.
Have you ever noticed how the colours – the few colours there are during winter –
seem to stand out in the mist?
With the fading light, you feel like walking inside a movie landscape. And you keep looking for a glimpse of the sky – just to stay real.
And for well known landmarks…
…to keep track of where you are.
In the open landscape, the sight is even worse – luckily the snow reveals my path.
As a farewell of this beautiful day- the light returns for my last 10 minutes of hiking.
Enhancing, Destroying – or Just For Fun?
I have been playing around with Photoshop, and Nik filters. I wanted to show this little island, Tylö, in three different interpretations. In the first picture – in the header – it lies hidden in a haze, seen from the attic window of the hotel building.
In the second one, you see it in a B&W conversion, a bit old style, with only the sea in front and behind …
…and in the last picture, you see the island the way I did through my camera lens.
It is not the same picture, but the same island photographed. I would love to hear your thoughts and reflections: Which interpretation do you prefer? Why? What feeling/mood comes up when you look at one of these pictures?
Do you like to enhance/change your own pictures much before posting, or should they go as true and ”natural” as possible?
Wish you a great weekend!
Wordless Wednesday
Tylösand Hotel – Per Gessle and Roxette
Tres Hombres Art exhibits Scandinavian and international art everywhere in the hotel. Mostly modern and photographic. Right now there is about 400 works of art here, and several of them you can buy.
Here is a short gallery with a few of them. Notes under the pictures.
The first thing you see – this is the view from the hotel
The entrance – the hotel is in most parts from the 19th and 20th century
Seen from the first floor
One of my favorites:”Obama in the Rain”, by Brooks Kraft
Another favorite: ”Michael Jackson” , by Albert Watson
Pavarotti in the stairway…
Per Gessle has really put his mark on the hotel design, and downstairs is the large bar with records and posters from his long career with Roxette (Per Gessle and Marie Fredriksson) and Gyllene Tider.
Who does not remember Joyride, It must have been love, Dressed for success, The look etc.
In every room there is a book with their incredible story.
Take a walk along the beach while you listen to their unforgettable songs…
More Patterns – Cold and Warm
Silent forest floor patterns in the early morning light
And the forest itself
Frosty pool in my own forest an early morning. In the header, the top of my car!
Anniversary – Again!
Bilradion släpper ut ljudkombinationer som tränger in i mitt påväghemkörningsmedvetande. En ny planet är funnen. Igen. Den här gången är den i storlek med Vår Jord. ”Betydelsefullt”. ”Viktigt”. Säger man där borta i USA. Men den är för nära sin stjärna, den nya planeten – och således alldeles för het. Ytterst vill man finna liv – naturligtvis. Och sen? Om vi finner liv? Vi har en ny värld att förstöra, nytt liv att döda, nytt. Om igen. Ingenting hos mänskligheten i mänsklighetens historia kan övertyga mig om att vi skulle ha lärt oss av gamla misstag. Lycklig skulle jag bli – om Du kunde övertyga mig om motsatsen.
7 years ago I started blogging with WordPress. I hoped for a way to communicate my thoughts and peculiarities – I think I wrote something about that on my About page…Since then I have met so many wonderful people out there, got so many beautiful friends and learned so much, growing with you over the years. Thank you, all!
So…Who was I 7 years ago? In many ways much the same – but then again not…
Today I am sharing my very first post – only in Swedish at that time. The English translation would be something like this:
Driving home I listen to the many sounds seeping out from the radio. A new planet has been discovered. Again. This time, the size of our own Planet Earth. ”Important”, they say over there, in the US. But this new planet is soaring too close to its star, and thus being too hot. Too hot for new Life to be found on its surface. Because that is what the scientists want to find – of course. And then? If we find Life? Then we have a new world to destroy, new living beings to kill. Again. Nothing in mankind or in the history of mankind can convince me that we have learned from history, from previous mistakes.
Nothing would make me happier than – if you could convince me otherwise.
Wordless Wednesday
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