FIVE YEARS…

13 januari, 201613 januari, 2016 / Leya / 61 kommentarer

I just opened my computer (having returned from Iceland two hours ago ) – and was met by WordPress reminding me I started this blog 5 years ago today. Where did they go, these five years? So much joy and laughter, so much inspiration, good advice… and so many wonderful friends I have found here in the blogosphere. Unbelievable, I could never have guessed…and yet – this is the truth.

I am very grateful to WordPress for hosting this big family of bloggers around the world. Helping us stay in contact, exchanging opinons, and maybe developing our interests and thoughts in directions we did not know possible – however small or big, we keep climbing new mountains!

I want to say Thank You, to all my readers, commenters and followers for walking this path in my company. Without You, I would not be here. Even if I sometimes think about retiring, when I believe I have nothing more to say or post about, I cannot…will not…stop blogging. You, my friends, are all a very important part of my world!

Thursday Thoughts

7 januari, 20167 januari, 2016 / Leya / 43 kommentarer

Leaving for Iceland for some days – only near Reykjavik this time. We will be spending some bathing time with friends. I just realized it is 10 years since our last visit. Hopefully this will mean some good times.

Wish you all a great weekend!

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Buildings

7 januari, 20167 januari, 2016 / Leya / 21 kommentarer

Buildings for Cee this week. Buildings do get a bit more character in B&W. Sometimes much more. These from Latvia, the outdoor museum in Riga.

For more inspiration, click here.

CFFC: White Flowers

5 januari, 2016 / Leya / 34 kommentarer

For Cee’s white flowers – my Princess cactus and…

…cherry blossom in my garden.

For more white inspiration, click here.

SL-WEEK 27: Pride

5 januari, 20165 januari, 2016 / Leya / 15 kommentarer

I am immensely proud of my daughter, who after high school went to New Zealand as a volunteer worker – natural science. NZ is far away from home – in fact they are our antipodes – and she did not know anybody there. I never got the opportunity to go when I was young, so a bit envious I was…

She handled it perfectly well and worked with everything from clearing the djungle to setting up traps for rodents and vermin.

This photo reached me after some weeks – and the pride I felt was overwhelming. A working girl, with knife , machete and saw – doing good things for Mother Nature. My Daughter.

Now she is studying to become a dentist, and when finished, she is determined to go back to NZ to live and work there.

For Sylvain Landry – Pride

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Any Kind of Bricks or Stone Walls, Walks or Roads

2 januari, 20162 januari, 2016 / Leya / 8 kommentarer

The stone walls of this little hunting seat are orange with white window frames and decorations. For more of bricks and stone inspiration, click here.

Thank you for being featured last week!

Travel theme: Waves

2 januari, 20162 januari, 2016 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

Travel theme at Ailsa’s – Waves. Mine are lava waves – show us Your interpretation! Click here for inspiration.

CFFC: Red Flowers

1 januari, 2016 / Leya / 8 kommentarer

For Cee’s Red Flowers – New Zealand’s Pohutukawa or Christmas Tree, and a velvety red one from my neighbour’s garden.

WPC: Circle

1 januari, 2016 / Leya / 15 kommentarer

Cheri’s Circle for WordPress – from me, has to be this Tibetan wall painting.

A Better Year to Come

31 december, 20151 januari, 2016 / Leya / 15 kommentarer

I hope the world will see a better year, 2016, with peace and love in heart and mind. And I hope for a joyous, Happy New Year to you and yours!

My last post this year, is from my walk in the forest today. Contemplating 2015 and what will come with the new year. The sun spilled its glory from an almost clear sky – so – what better to do than spending the whole New Year’s Eve outdoors, hiking?

Freezing cold from the start…

…with the sun trying to reach over the tree tops.

Succeeding now and then – here from the south.

We had not walked here since the last great gale, and several times the path was totally covered in fallen trees.

The untouched parts were shimmering in the low, golden sun.

Some parts remained white and slippery, and my boys had to walk slowly not to fall into the mud.

Some of my favourite ice – in Sweden we call it håris (hair ice) – and if you look closely, you will understand why. (The header picture)

Heading home again, the sun setting and the real cold returning.

2016, we do not know what lies ahead of us, we can only hope, and work each one of us to make a better world for ourselves and for our fellow passengers on this planet.