Nature

Home again

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After being totally enchanted by Scotland and the Scots – I hardly know where to begin…so much to catch up on of reading and so much to tell!

First of all, I want to thank my blogging friend Seonaid at breathofgreenair, for having us a whole delightful evening in her lovely home. Unforgettable hospitality and my admiration is neverending. More time – I think both of us wished for that…. Hopefully we will meet again – I still have not experienced the Tattoo either…

If it hadn’t been for Seonaid’s advice – we’d never had seen her beautiful Plockton near the Isle of Skye. A drizzle early in the morning, but the views truly calm and serene. Not a wind.

For some seconds – a little less rain. Light unbelievably…light and soothing.

Not many people were out this early morning. No hurry. A lifetime of Time it seemed…

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Suddenly there were more colours, more life. Flowers everywhere. The rain had stopped.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Contrasts

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Contrasts – impossible…couldn’t stop myself here…There are so many possibilities so it had to be a gallery. Some of them I have used before, but they work together as well! For more contrasts, click here.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Straight Lines

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Straight between Sweden and Denmark! Lines are important, and sometimes they just have to be straight…these ones are for Cee’s challenge – why don’t you join in?

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between

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Between...could be interpreted almost in a thousand ways, I guess…I have only got three of them here – the rest you will find in Between!

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things with edges

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Cee asks us for things with edges – these are pieces of edginess! The petroglyphs, or rock engravings, in Vitlycke are from 1000 – 500 BC. Ships, love and magic. We visited with the class in May.

People went to sea and they portrayed their grand ships. We went to sea as well, and at sea we found even more edgy creatures. Starfish and corals.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Floral Macros

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Allium
Akleija
Orange poppy

Floral macros for Cee! It’s no secret that I love flowers…and there are more flowers here.

Cee´s Fun Foto Challenge: Water

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Last week I was featured on Cee´s Photography – thank you so much, Cee – it’s an honour!

I have been away with my students for some days to Bohuslän, which is on the west coast of Sweden. Of course this means Water! One of the days we had the opportunity to go by boat with scientists from the University of Gothenburg to dig up animals and plants from the bottom of the sea for examination. And we had a magnificent evening by Gullmarsfjorden.

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Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Ground, rocks, sand, dirt, paths, walks, trails

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My many hikes and walks tell me that I have to find the best ones for Cee…now that she gives us the opportunity to share them!

The levada walks in Madeira are marvellous. The stillness in the air and the soft scents along your walk make you never want it to end.

  The hiking trails in the Pyrenées can be rather difficult, but their beauty is outstanding. And so are the ”Pancakes” of New Zealand.

In New Zealand you can also find these magnificent boulders on a sandy beach of the South Island.

Finally something of Ground. From the magnificent plateau in the Himalayas – on the road to Lhasa, Tibet.

Weekly Travel theme: Blossom

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So many wonderful colours and blossoms meet me every day now. In the early morning the yellow stands out in the fields…

 

…and in the middle of the day, when visiting a dear old friend of mine, she proudly showed me her little tree covered in a shower of pink.

Arriving home I went out in my garden to love the last rays of sun nesting in the cherry blossom. What would life be without Spring?

For more of Blossom, click here.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art

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Nothing beats Nature when it comes to Art.

 Early in the day this little coot was doing her morning toilet standing in a pool of water. She was silently watching me while going about it.

Moss and lichen are small but beautiful works of art. Together, earthen brown and light green are naturally soothing and mind lifting.

My last picture for work of art belongs to a series of morning views in my blog Warden Spirits. Early morning mist over the fields.