Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Letters S or T

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Letters S or T

The staircase, Trinity College, Dublin, The Old Library, The Long Room

WPC: Reflecting

A visit to wonderful Ireland and Waterford, House of  Crystal, gave many reflections to reflect upon.

For more of these, or for participating, click here.

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Black &White Sunday: Imperfect

For Paula (Lost in Translation) this week – Imperfect. A theme for many of my photos, but some of them I love …anyway.

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Travel theme: Garden

Travel theme: Garden

For Ailsa’s Travel theme – I picked my favourites. A Japanese Garden and a Swedish Garden – The Garden of My Dreams.

For more gardens, click the link above.

See You Soon!

Time for a short break. Time for National Tests in school and also some days off duty…I went back to work in October and, as usual, the most buzy days are in April and May.

May you all have a great celebration around May 1! Let Spring bring some warm winds now, replacing the rain, snow and hail we have had for some weeks.

For the first time ever, my beautiful magnolia started to unfold…just when Winter decided to return. So, she is standing here, displaying a sadly black and withered sight.  I will just have to show all her usual splendour. Glad to have a camera and old photos these days…

CFFC: Winter – Water

Cee’s challenge this week brings winter back…and lovely memories of a visit to my blogging friend Maria and the frozen waterfall, Tännforsen. For more winter, click here.

B&W Sunday: After and Before Y1-04

Today I will try Paula’s (Lost in Translation) challenge: ”After and Before” – new to me, but sounds fun! I have used this ”before” picture before (!), but when I posted it I was thinking… it might look good in B&W as well. Which one do you prefer?

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Travel theme: Earth

Travel theme: Earth

Earth Day. I listened to her, as I do every day, but as this was a very special day, I walked with all my senses, even more intently listening…

P1070161_copyPlanet Earth is mostly water – the Blue Planet. Today was a lucky day, because the blue was clear and intense – in the skies as well as in the water on the ground.

P1070163_copyAnd the tiny wood-sorrel made last years’ leaves look green and fresh again…

P1070179_copy…maybe not all of those leaves were that lucky, but slowly drifting in a fresh pool is beautiful as well.

P1070192_copyLike the clouds. They all meet here – the sky, the clouds, the earth, the trees and the water.

P1070193_copyWe all belong here…to this planet and in this world and in this universe…

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I believe all of us know…and my best friend knows it too. He felt so good today, running around, bathing and frolicking in the leaves…

Howling when he was told we were walking again…

P1070217_copySo, this day, Earth Day, has been a beautiful day of belonging and pondering about what we have and how grateful we all should be.

We are not here forever…only for some short moments we can dance in the light. Let us take good care of each other, and of our Planet Earth – we want our children and grandchildren to feel this gentle belonging and the joy of life…and above all, it really is the animals’ and the plants’ planet, isn’t it. They were here first. We are responsible.

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