Sofia is this week looking for anything that has had an existence of many years. A very interesting challenge – please visit Sofia for more inspiration!

I will go from my heart and mix natural ancient with man made. I’ll start with Viking petroglyphs and stones near my home, then, further on to the Pancake cliffs in New Zealand and the giant Kauri tree – Tane Mahuta.

A sign above the entrance to Sera Monastery in Tibet, a moss covered lavafield in Iceland, the Great Wall of China and a Peking Opera.

The last pictures are from a melting glacier in New Zealand, a Galapagos giant, and finally some well known treasures in Rome.

Some of these treasures may last for many more years and follow us into the distant future, while some of them are bound to disappear. But, we have books and films to keep them alive for our children and granchildren to see. (And, like Sofia said – I am ancient too in the eyes of my children and grandchildren…)

Last week I had many dreamy and otherworldly experiences from you – thank you for the wonderful responses! Now, please remember to tag Lens-Artists and to link back to Sofia’s original post so we can easily find you.

Next week it is Ritva’s turn to host, Saturday 25^th October. Until then, stay kind and take care. If you’d like to know more about the Lens-Artists Challenge, please click here.