From WordPress this week – Curves. Natural ones!
WPC: Curve
From WordPress this week – Curves. Natural ones!
Nature
CFFC: Events – Wild Flowers’ Day
In the header – The caterpillars of the Peacock butterfly sitting on the upper parts, and, the undersides of leaves of a nettle plant.
Today is the Nordic event of Wild Flowers’ Day. Originating in Denmark, the purpose is to give people the possibility of finding, learning about and enjoying the diversity of wild plants in nature, in order to have an even more intense experience when spending time outdoors.
Det samnordiska evenemanget ”De vilda blommornas dag” har sina rötter i Danmark, där det har arrangerats ända sedan år 1988. Syftet med de vilda blommornas dag är att människor skall få möjlighet att upptäcka, lära känna och glädjas åt den mångfald av vilda växter, som vår natur bjuder på, och på så sätt få en rikare naturupplevelse.
This event started at 10 a.m and the flower walk, arranged by local botanists, lasted for three hours. I’ll be happy to bring you along! For more events, click here.
Travel theme: Close
Close encounters…with animals. First, my kite, who unfortunately did not make it in the end. Then, a dog I met in the Retiro Park, Madrid.
Lastly, look at Totti’s face when he had a close encounter with one of his first puppies – priceless.
Inget galler! Hu, vad är det här?
WPC: Pure
In spring everything is pure…Yesterday I met this beautiful demoiselle. In silence he watched me passing by.
Travel theme: Plants
Plants, butterflies and insects from a trip to a hidden valley in the Pyrenées. Gorgeous hikes and nature amazingly full of life.
This Astrantia major, common name great masterwort, and below, Eryngium maritimum, or the sea holly, are two of my favourite plants.
Love plants? There are more of them here, at Ailsa’s.
Thursday Thoughts
For almost a week now we have had extremely hot weather in the south of Sweden. And we know that last year was the hottest ever here – and on Earth.
Of course this gives us wonderful mornings – and evenings. Something to be grateful for.
But, northeners are not made for this. Our bodies protest. The evening walk with my dog cannot start until 7.30 p.m. He is not well prepared for the heat either (he did not come with a zipper…) – 33.5 C yesterday.
This is the end of May and the beginning of June. If we ever have those high temperatures, then it might happen some day in July or August.
It is beautiful, it is a wonderful evening by the sea, but it feels neither real nor all right.
Today we are having the biggest migration of people – ever – in Europe, and what will these climate changes bring? Yes, even more migration…people trying to save what is left of their lives and trying to get a new start, a new life, somewhere else. Some islands have already disappeared.
This is only the beginning of the end.
As always, click the pictures to enlarge – sometimes you have to click twice.
Poppy Love
In my garden I suddenly had a couple of poppies…coming from nowhere, they were just there.
This year there are quite many of them, and I love to sit down beside their nodding heads and watch them unfold…
…admiring their fragile beauty.
Travel theme: Neutral
Neutral colours in a neutral Moroccan landscape…go look for details at Ailsa’s!
Thursday Thoughts
Do you want to feel safe? Are you in some kind of danger? If you want to live a good life, you might have to blend in. At least sometimes.
Wordless Wednesday
Leya 
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