SL-WEEK 39: Candle

 

Candle light in Sweden is perhaps mostly connected to winter and Christmas time. In the header, the wreath of box and candles I make every year for our dining room.

For Sylvain Landry – Candle.

Medieval restaurant in Riga – only candle light.

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The chandelier in Frösö Church, Jämtland, Sweden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A simple candle at my winter table.

This Is Not a Painting

…but the evening sun lingering on a red house standing by the river pond, giving reflections in the water.

Or…?

Have a great new week!

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Travel theme: Balance

Balance – here is my absolute favourite from Madrid and my Glorious students!

Go to Ailsa for more interpretations.

Students' intricate connections...

Students’ intricate connections…

Travel theme: Refreshing

I find the colour pink very refreshing…

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Ailsa wants some good solutions here…and what about roses? New Dawn or old bush roses – I find both of them charmingly fresh. Other solutions? Click here.

The roses on the left come from a more than one hundred year old bush. An old lady had them growing in her garden and I asked if I could get one - which I could!

These tiny roses come from a more than one hundred year old bush. An old lady had them growing in her garden and I asked if I might dig up a piece – and she gave me permission to do so. They still are a feast to the eye every June.

WPC: Future

Future – if we have one. A difficult topic. I choose to talk about the nearest future. What I know will happen in my garden and in my forest, in a week or two.