The old Lutheran Church (1704), Latvia, Riga

SL-Week 20: Bleu-Blanc-Rouge

22 november, 201522 november, 2015 / Leya / 9 kommentarer

For Sylvain Landry – Bleu, Blanc, Rouge. A typical Swedish cottage.

SL-Week 16: Alone

5 november, 20155 november, 2015 / Leya / 9 kommentarer

For Sylvain Landry – Alone. Summer is over and this sweet old lady is sitting alone by the sea. Maybe thinking it might be her last summer…will she come here again next year?

Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Small Subjects

16 oktober, 201516 oktober, 2015 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

Maybe a cup of coffee is no small subject…but as a cup, it is. Even smaller are morning dew drops. Join in with Cee’s B&W and let us know how you look upon ”Small Subjects”!

WPC: Happy Place

10 oktober, 201510 oktober, 2015 / Leya / 28 kommentarer

A happy place where I can relax and get away from a busy life…WPC wants to know my secrets…and then they are secret no more. Near and far, some easily reached when needed, some only in my world of memories.

For more secrets, click here.

Sitting in my garden listening to bees humming in the flowers.

Walking in ”my” forest every day…

Far away…not easily reachable, but still…in my memory a place of utmost happiness.

Coromandel, NZ.

Travel theme: Intense

3 oktober, 20156 oktober, 2015 / Leya / 2 kommentarer

The combination of Fuchsia and Waxflower is very intense. For more of intense – visit Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack?

# 273 Solros – Sunflower (274/365)

27 september, 2015 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

Nattens Prinsessa – The Princess of the Night

25 september, 201525 september, 2015 / Leya / 27 kommentarer

The Queen of the Night (Nattens drottning, Selenicereus grandiflorus) and The Princess of the Night (Nattens Princessa, Epiphyllum oxypetalum) are two species both flowering during night time. Both of them with big, white flowers emitting showers of exquisite scent. The flowers are almost identical, but the stems are different.

My flower – the epiphyllum originates from Mexico.

I was sent a leaf last year from my blogging friend Maria, at MariaYarri, and now, for some weeks, a giant bud was growing, fast, by the day…

We went to Riga for a couple of days, but I was constantly thinking about the fact that I might be missing out on this glorious event. But I was so lucky…

Yesterday we arrived home again – the bud was rising and now measuring about 20 cm.

Suddenly, towards evening, my daughter called from the living room that the Wonder was happening…an about 25cm large flower was unfolding.

I cut the corners short – meeting the flower from behind it looked like a star or a rocket…I was totally mesmerized by it and could not leave the room but for my cameras.