For Frank this week – I tried to squeeze in this prompt even if I am not at home (really)…
This farm had a spectacular setting up on a hill, and fleeting dark clouds on the mountains behind it.
Macro Monday
The tiniest, tiniest flower, some Saxifraga I believe – blowing in the winds of Heimaey.
Silent Sunday
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #55 – Dreamy
Endless ocean, blue water, dreamy sky,
tranquil beach, love in the air, mind fly high.
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I love Iceland, and spent a week and more there again this July, it was our fifth visit over the years. I love its dreamy, but often rugged atmosphere. They usually have all weathers in one day, and the landscape changes fast – and often dramatically.
A lot of people tell me I’m a bit dreamy, but I like the idea of that. Of being somewhere else.
– Alex Turner
I thought I would share some of that Icelandic dreaminess with you – so this week’s challenge is – Dreamy.
If you go to the dictionary, it says ”having a magical or pleasantly unreal quality; dreamlike.” On our way over the sea to Vestmannaeyar, this huge cliff emerged out of the fog and rain, when suddenly a ray of sun burst out through the heavy clouds and revealed a lonely farm house nesting in that emerald green. Who would have imagined? And who would be able – and want – to live out there? An enigmatic dream unveiled.
Wherever you go on Iceland, you will find lonely churches perched on mountain tops, hidden behind towering lava flows – or in fields of lupins. Looking like tiny toys placed there by a playful congregation. Often the little church is clearly visible from afar – but this one was only faintly visible in the fog. (And the lupins are of Alaskan origin…)
Dictionaries might also suggest an informal meaning of Dreamy – delightful; gorgeous. Maybe this last image belongs more in that category – or maybe in both of them. As usual, click to enlarge.
Finally, this window view, in the middle of the night, from Helgafell (Holy mountain). I wonder…were there really two tractors out there – or was I only dreaming?
There are many possibilities hidden in Dreamy – maybe you are given to or indulging in daydreaming? You might even want to illustrate one of your own dreams? Or are you one of those people who suffer from frequent nightmares (though I hope not …)? Now we are looking forward to Your interpretation of the theme Dreamy!
Last week brought us many wonderful details from you all, and thank you Patti for hosting last week’s Detail challenge.
Thursday Thoughts – Hraunfossar
There are so many grand waterfalls in Iceland. Hraunfossar are not the highest falls, but maybe one of the most beautiful ones on the island. The waterfalls are located in the Hallmundarhraun lava field in Borgarfjörður bay, West-Iceland. The white uncountable falls originates from Langjökull glacier, the second largest glacier in Iceland, and run in a cascade series down a lava cliff of about 900 meters wide.
The water cascades down from under Hallmundarhraun lava field and runs into the famous Hvítá (White) river. Hraun means lava and fossar mean waterfalls, so the name basically means Lava Waterfalls.
Don’t they remind a bit of each other? The White Cotton Grass is cascading too.
Wordless Wednesday
CFFC: Close-up of Flowers
Macro Monday – Fiery Flowers
Abundant in Vestmannaeyar and the lava landscape –
Hieracium – fox-and-cubs, orange hawk bit, devil’s paintbrush, grim-the-collier…
…setting fire to the slopes!
Silent Sunday
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #54 – Detail
When you pay attention to detail, the big picture will take care of itself.
– George St-Pierre
First of all – thank you for a marvelous response and encouragement for us to keep going with the challenges! Cheers to you – here we go for year two!
From Patti we are urged to think about details this week. I thought of our travels in Bhutan last spring, and the colourful Tsechu we attended in Paro. So many people, so many faces, so many details. All these people, they make up a great picture together – a picture where you maybe don’t pay attention to the details so much…at first. Sometimes there actually are so many details that you have to decide to really take a closer look. To get the Whole picture.
It’s the details that make people distinct, that make them individuals.
– Howard Lutnick
The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.
– Charles R. Swindoll
This magnificent temple displays tree carvings of utmost beauty. As I am usually well prepared when traveling, I knew what else to look for – the hanging pouches above the window. They are natural details, not man made. In fact they are bee communities. The bees are free to live there, and the Bhutanese don’t touch them or take away their honey.
Art is all in the details.
– Christian Marclay
Things can happen when you least expect them so you always gotta be prepared. And pay attention to the details. The devil is in the details.
– Lesley Kagen
Abundant details or a few – they all make up the whole picture. What makes you tick? Personally I love both ways, and the combination of man made details and natural ones gives the picture a whole new dimension. I find it fascinating.
Thank you, Patti, for an inspiring challenge – you made me think of details from different angles!
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