WPC: Mirror

2 september, 2016 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

Mirror, mirror on the wall…Which is the best representation of them all?

This is a challenge where I think most people have many options in their archives – interesting…which ones do we choose?

In the header is a Bilbao photo from opposite the Guggenheim museum. There is this house mirroring a bridge with a red car passing. The other three photos I guess you have seen before – if you are following my blog.

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Switzerland, the Fluela Pass in the early morning.

My beloved Mille…looking out for me, walking in the late evening.

Auckland harbour by the fish market.

Thursday Thoughts – (To me…) Unknown Artists

1 september, 20161 september, 2016 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

There are times…when you come across things you never had expected, things magical…like the artwork of Petras Repšys.

Repšys is a graphic artist and monumentalist, born in Šiauliai, Lithuania, in 1940. In 1960 – 1967 he studied graphics at the Lithuanian State Institute of Art, and since 1967 he has participated in various exhibitions at home as well as abroad. His works embrace engravings, book and applied graphics, book-plates, easel painting, frescos, sculptures, and medals.

The University of Vilnius displays his fresco ”The Seasons of the Year” (painted in 1976-1984) with motifs from Baltic mythology at the Centre of Lithuanian Studies. This is the absolute highlight of the University visit – and maybe of the whole trip to Vilnius.

Please notice all the little figures trapped in the ”frames”themselves – or in between. Climbing, holding things together, connecting …or just watching. Fascinating.

Travel theme: History

31 augusti, 201631 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 9 kommentarer

Travel theme: History

To me, maybe China and the Great Wall stands out when I think of History. Not only is it very old, but there is so much history behind the building of the wall, so many lost lives and such a fascinating idea from the start.

So, I keep returning to it…

Wordless Wednesday

31 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 29 kommentarer

Silent Sunday

28 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

Why This Garden is My Home!

27 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 35 kommentarer

This is…

…me, did you guess?

I usually start my day by poking around in the grass to see if there are some tasty things buried…

…and then, I go for the plum tree!

This year, mum says, there are

…there are always new plums falling from the tree!

You come and join me – there is enough for both of us!

WPC: Frame

26 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 21 kommentarer

A frame is a frame…but, so much more!

These two are from Spain – an empty frame and a frame in a frame.

Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Trees

26 augusti, 201626 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 10 kommentarer

For Cee’s challenge in black and white, she has chosen Trees. Trees are my favourites on this earth…and my pick is a piece of the forest I walk in every day. Autumn is the feeling.

CFFC: Feathers

26 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 9 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Feathers

Feathers human style – Borrowed feathers. For fashion or for tradition and feast.

Thursday Thoughts – A Yellow Anatomy

25 augusti, 201626 augusti, 2016 / Leya / 10 kommentarer

Yes, why yellow walls? Driving through the north of Spain, I recognized this almost saffron colour on a great many walls in the cities and villages.

Personally, I love this colour. Its warmth and connection to Africa and to the desert.

In Pamplona I found this enormous Lion on such a yellow wall – Impressive painting, and so in harmony with all that yellow. On a closer look, I found the painting even more impressive.