Paula is back with her monthly challenge Pick a Word! If you haven’t seen it or participated before – have a look at her lovely blog Lost in Translation. Excellent photography and simple rules for the challenge.
ESTIVAL in the header
CUISINE
RIFT
INSTRUCTIVE
SPAN
About the images:
Estival – The last of my Bougainvillea against a hot summer wall
Cuisine – The biggest Sami market in Sweden – with lots of tasty food
Rift – Thingvellir, Iceland, lies in a rift valley that marks the crest of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the boundary between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Instructive – New Zealand sheep shearing champion on how to do it fast and effective
Span – Valle Verzasca, Switzerland, with its fantastic Roman bridge
I decided to join in The Changing Seasons at Su’s place, where each month, you should post 5-20 photos in a gallery that you feel represent your month. Use only new shots. I think this is a brilliant idea. Fun and good for my memory. Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons so that others can find them.
My daughter, Emma, and the Princess of the Night displayed their glorious flowers
Our neighbour decided we had to cut down our Rowan tree because it disturbed His garden…And, the hedgehogs had two little ones, visiting every dayThe last jigsaw puzzle was finally framed
We started on our green house project – today we moved the Agapanthus to make room for digging and filling for the new glass house Autumn arrived
Pick a word and illustrate it with a photo! This used to be a favorite challenge of mine when held by Paula of Lost in Translation. Unfortunately she is not running it anymore. So – how about a revival at Lens-Artists? It is easy: Choose one (1) word or more – choose all of them if you like! The words available are the following:
Comfortable
Growing
Tangled
Crowded
Exuberant
In the header – Comfortable? Yes! If you are safe and living in the Galapagos Islands!
Swimming is normal for me. I’m relaxed. I’m comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It’s my home. – Michael Phelps
Gunnera
Growing
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
– Pearl S. Buck
19800 Cranes at Hornborgasjön, Sweden
Crowded
In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible. – Seth Godin
Double exposure from my windows to make tangled even more tangled…
Tangled
A word garden blooming within the tangled weeds. ― Jazz Feylynn
Holland, flower festival at Keukenhof
Exuberant
Exuberance is beauty.
– William Blake
Thank you for a marvelous response to Patti’s Everyday Objects – you really made us all open our eyes and SEE what we have around us!
A new announcement: We have the pleasure of having Rusha Sams of Oh the Places We See as guest host for September 5, #113. Be sure to visit her! Until then – stay well and safe, and be kind, to yourself as well.
So now we are here…Autumn is inevitably coming to the northern hemisphere.
A short drive to town – and along the road the familiar landscape is slowly turning into soft autumn colours.
Some fields are aglow in the evening light. The harvest is in and a calmness is settling over the landscape.
This year, being a farmer has been a positive thing. Working outdoors all the time, and the weather staying kind to the crops.
We have to take care of and treasure the few positive things this year – the year of corona. I returned home with a calmness in my soul and a soft smile on my lips. Just like natured showed me .
”For this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #111, we’re taking a fresh look at ordinary, everyday objects–things that you see and use in your daily life.”
Patti is our host for the challenge, and we are looking forward to seeing your creative response!
My start is the old silver box from my husband’s mother. I haven’t changed its position for the image, but, inspired by Patti, I put my garnets there, to pick up the colours of the faded rose. In the header it stands in late evening light – here in ordinary daylight. Quite a change – light and the photographer’s position sets the mood.
If you read my blog now and then, you know I have two real dogs, but also some other dogs and cats, hiding among my house plants…
These are my two favourites – both left to me by Anita, a beloved friend who passed away some years ago.
They are hiding in different places depending on what plants I have for them. The lovely blue cat was one of Anita’s special favourites – and yesterday she was hiding behind a Medinilla Magnifica. I think she loved it!
Finally, my scary friends in the blue box – always hiding – seemingly frightened – put there and painted by Lena, a very good friend of mine. Can you see just how scared they are? I even helped them look a bit shaky…
A special thanks to Tina for hosting last week’s Creativity in the Time of Covid challenge. A great theme, that really showed us many creative ideas on how to cope with and manage these difficult times. I think we all learned something new and picked up more tricks to stay creative throughout! Well done All of us – together we will meet the future, stronger!
Next challenge, #112, I (Ann-Christine/Leya) will be your host. Stay creative and stay well – and be kind, also to yourself.
Leya 
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