CFFC: Yellows

11 oktober, 2016 / Leya / 22 kommentarer

My first choice for Cee’s challenge is of course the autumn forest…but a car is OK as well.

Being Grateful

10 oktober, 2016 / Leya / 7 kommentarer

It is raining here in Skane, and the winds are not kind. On the news they show Haiti and Florida with strong winds and disaster in its steps.

With all wars and other terrors you can easily lose faith in the human race as well. I am very grateful to live in a peaceful part of the world. Grateful every day. My heart goes out to all in war and turmoil. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

WPC: H2O

7 oktober, 20167 oktober, 2016 / Leya / 17 kommentarer

H2O – well, that is what is coming this autumn, and even more during winter.

Water, it is called. For WPC I have chosen three favourites, one of its thickest forms and two of its thinnest. In the header, the frozen, majestic waterfall Tännforsen in Jämtland, Sweden.

From Barcelona, a hidden castle in the water cascades and from New Zealand, hot springs’ vapour.

WPC: Nostalgia

4 oktober, 20164 oktober, 2016 / Leya / 20 kommentarer

Nostalgia

My Islands in the World – Azores. And this little Island, Corvo. Blue Hydrangeas in the blue ocean. My daughter as a young girl…Someday I hope we will return.

Travel theme: Sound

3 oktober, 2016 / Leya / 4 kommentarer

Travel theme: Sound

Some sounds for Ailsa, from Nature! In the header – winter ice cracking into spring.

Sparkling fire on Walpurgis Night.

Mmm, the sound of water can be calm and soft, but also roaring…

And maybe the most beautiful morning sound – a spring thrush, singing when you open your window.

Cee’s B&W Challenge: Circles and Curves

29 september, 201629 september, 2016 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

For Cee this week – a piece of the Atlas Range in Morocco. Maybe not complete circles, but indeed curves. A majestic landscape streching miles and miles away to the horizon.

And thank you for being featured last week!

CFFC: Light Greens

27 september, 201627 september, 2016 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

Light green – signifies spring. To me it is the very essence of spring, and my beech forest.

For other interpretations, go to Cee – click here.

SL -Week 2-02: Ground

26 september, 2016 / Leya / 11 kommentarer

For Sylvain Landry’s challenge this week, we should look at the world from a child’s position. And indeed, my Mille looks much bigger than he was. His height was 48 centimetres – and the mountains somewhat higher…

WPC: Quest

24 september, 201624 september, 2016 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

Cheri Lucas Rowlands encourages us to show a picture of Quest. An almost impossible task…When I think of this word, Quest, I think of all my teaching years in literature and all the glorious quests portrayed there:

The Epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian story, The Odyssey by Homer, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and of course The Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling.

In these stories, the protagonists set out to almost impossible tasks, leaving home and safety plunging into the unknown. So, where am I, a 21st century, middle aged woman, in all this? What is my Quest?

I guess in my little world there are no big ”saving the world”- quests – maybe saving myself quests only. I am constantly searching for and heading towards Inner Peace, being kind and compassionate along the road. I find peace in Nature and through doing good things, helping other fellow passengers on this route.