A new challenge – thank you Snow and Amanda – and Fridays are not filled up for me yet! Here we go ;-D
All My greatest inspirations are gathered in these two photos. My son, my dog(s), the outdoors, hiking and my daughter. I just have to see them, hear them or hug them, while breathing fresh air…and often it is enough to just think of them!
”Some of us choose our travel designations based on the iconic nature of the place. My trip to Peru was no exception.”
Thank you,
Amy, for giving us the opportunity to reflect upon our travels – because everybody travels sometime, somehow and somewhere. It does not have to be to faraway countries – we can also travel inside.
Some of my most intense travels – growing my self – important travels, were those I made as a young woman. Without a camera. I grew up with books, and many of them were about foreign jungles, rain forests, arctic areas and deserts.
My nose was always in a book, and in my mind I longed to see all those fantastic places and animals, meet those other cultures so different from my own.
Never did I guess I would get the opportunity to see so many of those places with my own eyes.
The extensive traveling started when I was 16 and met a young man who had reached the age for a driver’s license (18 in Sweden) – and, had a car of his own. We traveled through the whole of Europe for three summers. Then we decided to take the step over to Asia and a country much dreamed of – Nepal. Annapurna and Mount Everest, bicycle through the Kathmandu valley, Ox cart down in Chitwan. In the mountains we stayed at a bungalow owned by a Gurkha soldier. I had read that an Indian field marshal once stated something like: ”If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or he is a Gurkha.” Respect. Still no camera – my fellow traveler had one though.
All photos from our travels for the next 20 years are slides, dia positives. We never look at them.
All those years…Nepal, India, Russia, the Trans-Siberian Railway, Egypt, China, Iceland, Greenland, Peru…Yes, Peru too – now Amy got me wanting to open up those old dia frames again…
But, I have stopped wanting to visit places I have been…you don´t have to wait long before they look completely different and have lost that glory you remember from your first visit…I hate it how we destroy the originality of places, islands, countries, people… And we change ourselves as well, as we grow.
My travels. They started in the 70´s and hopefully they are not over yet. 43 years of growing up on the road, meeting remarkable people, living spectacular moments. The world opened my eyes – teaching me tolerance, patience, love…and how very much we resemble each other, we are the same all over the world, in fact one big family…So, let us work together to make this world a better place! Sustainable. Let love and caring for nature and each other rule.
Let us build bridges – not walls. We are all connected.
Before closing the door to 2018, I will try to put my memories into …mostly pictures. New Year’s Eve will soon be here, and it is time to reflect upon the year we are leaving behind. Some people even make a book out of their photos, something I can recommend, as pictures tend to stay with you – to spark even more memories…
This last Lens Artists Photo Challenge of the year 2018, is all about memories. Make a recap of Your 2018! What do you remember most vividly? What precious moments from your everyday life, family, travels, holidays, adventures, meetings, did you capture with your camera?
It is not easy to choose one’s favorite(s) of the year…I know. I tried to pick one photo from every season (sometimes I had to pick two…). Another interesting idea (thank you, Mandy of Silkannthreads… ), is to find one single photo that would represent the whole year. We are looking forward to seeing Your 2018!
Winter, January – A blue morning
March – Getting to know a very special cat breed – the Siberian
Spring, April – Bhutan
Summer, June – 5000 dragon flyers at Fanö, Denmark
July – Milo moving in
July – Lofoten, Norway
Autumn, September – I finally bought a macro lens
October – ”My” old beech tree
November – Forest walk
In the header, December 23, 2018, the day before Christmas Eve – and finally, on the road heading for the New Year, 2019…
I would like to leave you with a quote from a gifted young lady, whose future sadly was taken away from her – but I believe it is the young generation that will have to teach my own generation how we should have lived, and managed, this world. And, a second quote from a grown-up lady’s perspective:
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank
“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”
– Oprah Winfrey
With these two quotes, shining with hope for the future, I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Thank you All for joining us in the challenges – we hope you have enjoyed it just as much as we have! Our first challenge in 2019 will be hosted by Amy, so, welcome aboard on January 5!
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Paula of ”Lost in Translation” asks us to use special colours this Thursday – and I learned a new word again: Maroon
The header is a sunset containing most of these colours in one picture.
cyan
golden
maroon
pale pink
aquamarine
Catching People Unaware (Candid), in the header – Germany, then in Madrid…
Students’ joy in Madrid
Street dancing in Beijing
In my garden, there are not many colours left – unless you look for them –
A macro perspective is of great help – things unseen will reveal themselves…
I was concentrating on a tiny mushroom, and clicked. Once on my computer – I found this little friend sneaking up from nowhere.
And I never get tired of the morning jewellery.
There is nothing permanent except change
Heraclitus
This week Amy is hosting our challenge, and she lets us all have the opportunity to change the world…or the world in photos at least!
As summer is changing into autumn, so the colours here in Sweden change our perception of nature. I love autumn for its earthy scent and for its colours – only lasting for a few days, but what beautiful days!
My walks in the foggy mornings at Hammarmölledamm (a pond in our forest) this week, showed the area in a new mood every day. Fog and mist too are great changers.
Changing the original picture into something like a painting is easily done with different software, and great fun. Here is a water colour…
…and here is an abstract version. For both pictures I have used FotoSketcher. Which one do you like most? And how much does the framing mean to the picture – and to you?
Thank you, Amy, for the opportunity to Change!
Road nr.10 ends in Å on the southernmost part of Lofoten. An old fishing village with rorbuer and – fish.
And charm…
Many galleries, and flowers in the small gardens.
We had a great view from our hostel Salteriet.
Down the road we felt almost Chinese… I half expected an artist standing there, painting.
When we left in the early morning, the whole landscape felt dreamy and unreal.
Almost supernatural.
But that is what Lofoten does to people…
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In the header: Temporary, Sweden, Skåne, November 2017.
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For Cee – photographers!
Yesterday’s meeting with the non-profit association of biologists where I live, was held outdoors – a glorious spring evening. On walking back to the cars, I caught a lovely lady photographing in the silent light. She is using a cellphone – which is, I guess, the most popular way of photographing these days.
We were also lucky enough to see a demonstration of a drone taking off and landing – and taking photos of us all. I loved the intensity of the demonstration, just the faces of those (the men…) watching, so I just had to take a shot at it…and when I came home, I noticed there was another photographer sneaking up on my left! I was not aware of him during those seconds. A photo to be thrown away? No, I think it was rather funny – I will keep it. Another funny thing is that these men are all very good photographers, and Thomas, the demonstrator of the drone, is a renowned bird photographer.
Leya 
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