Travel theme: Simplicity

Simplicity. Being simple, being clear and uncomplicated. So, clear your mind and enjoy the brilliant idea from Ailsa at Where’s My Backpack? Click the link for more of this!

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable

The Weekly Photo Challenge this week is companionable. These two friends are, indeed. They have each other, and here they are companions to my mother too!

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More lovely furs from lovely blogs are here!

Doftträdgården, Japanska trädgården och Rosenträdgården

The Scented Garden, The Japanese Garden and The Rose Garden. I have to give you a tiny hint of their beauty as well. So, we are back in Ronneby Brunnspark. Follow me on the walk, and you will catch a glimpse of the little lake and the flea market as well! Let’s start where the gulls are sitting, pass the pondering horse (Bäckahästen) and stroll for a while in The Scented garden first…

Travel theme: Ripples

Ripples – a lovely theme! There are so many beautiful entries at Ailsa’s Where’s My Backpack? You just have to go there and see them!

My own contribution should have been one from the waters at Ronneby Brunn, but Ailsa’s own ducks are so lovely. Instead I picked a photo with very calm ripples from the sea by our summer house. Ripples of blue and green. Sometimes the sea is a dream of colours and illusions – but always soothingly beautiful.

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Iris

Nu blommar både Paradisbuske och irisar – en ljuvlig tid i trädgården.

This week I enjoy my irises – their colour and grace is a feast for the eyes.

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At the front of the house the Beauty bush (Paradise bush in Swedish! I do not know the English word ) is lavishly full of pink flowers. But, on the other side of the house the flower bed is vibrantly blue with irises.

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I love the species with not so big flowers, because the golden brown pattern on the petals enhance their beauty.

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When dusk is approaching, the flowers grow even more alive and vibrant.

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And soon it will be dark…but they are still glowing – the irises. Iridescent.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Fleeting

WordPress wants us to think about fleeting, this time. Fleeting is also something that can be applied to our whole existence on planet Earth.

Our National Day in Sweden, June 6, showed us in many ways just how fleeting we all are

Travel theme: Peaceful

Vad kan vara mer fridfullt än denna morgon vid havet, mellan sex och sju, medan de flesta sover. Bara någon enstaka mås hörs, en gök ropar i skogen intill och ett dämpat plask hörs från en and med sina små.

What can be more peaceful than this early morning by the sea, between six and seven, when most people are asleep. A lonely gull, a cuckoo calling from the forest nearby and a silent splash from a wild duck hurrying away with her ducklings.

For more lovely peaceful entries, go to Ailsa!

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