Thursday Thoughts – A Double Farewell

25 oktober, 2018 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

These foggy mornings – forebodings of November grey – still have their own beauty.

My father just turned 85, and our daughter flew home for the celebration last weekend – despite having a big exam three days later. Love ♥

Driving her to the airport – she wanted a walk in our forest once more. So brother and sister walked ahead of us, chatting and laughing, but also talking about serious things.

Forests are good listeners. Up north, where she is heading, there are no autumn colours, only firs and pine trees.

So, when she left, this autumn’s last colours were mirrored in the little lake in the early morning light. I hope Emma will picture them in her mind during the long winter darkness in Umeå.

CFFC: Things People Drive…

24 oktober, 2018 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Drive (ride, pilot or captain)

Drones…are maybe not well liked by all of us…but this one is for mapping an area of scientific interest.

Motorbikes – driven by old gentlemen!

Taking down the forest – is done by these big machines nowadays.

Galapagos friends found when traveling with a” panga”.

The reindeer races at the yearly Sami market in Västerbotten, Sweden.

In the header, The Kingston Flyer of New Zealand.

And Then…

19 oktober, 2018 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

…we had a lovely walk

in the late afternoon light.

CFFC: Places People Visit

16 oktober, 2018 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Places People Visit

Places people visit – a short summary for Cee! There are so many places…

In the header – mountains.

Majestic churches and cathedrals

Famous buildings by famous architects

Inspiring exhibitions

Cemeteries

Forests – any season

Markets

Beaches

Botanical gardens

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #15: Change and/or Changeable

14 oktober, 2018 / Leya / 43 kommentarer

There is nothing permanent except change

Heraclitus

This week Amy is hosting our challenge, and she lets us all have the opportunity to change the world…or the world in photos at least!

As summer is changing into autumn, so the colours here in Sweden change our perception of nature. I love autumn for its earthy scent and for its colours – only lasting for a few days, but what beautiful days!

My walks in the foggy mornings at Hammarmölledamm (a pond in our forest) this week, showed the area in a new mood every day. Fog and mist too are great changers.

Changing the original picture into something like a painting is easily done with different software, and great fun. Here is a water colour…

…and here is an abstract version. For both pictures I have used FotoSketcher. Which one do you like most? And how much does the framing mean to the picture – and to you?

Thank you, Amy, for the opportunity to Change!

CFFC: Things People Grow

2 oktober, 2018 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Grow

Flowers and plants

in greenhouses and pots

Grapes

Fruit and vegetables

Rare orchids…

and beards…

CFFC: Pastel Colours

25 september, 2018 / Leya / 20 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Pastel Colors

Pastel? I did not know I had any possible photos here…

…but I found some summer flowers

a fancy dress

a Moroccan yarn dying and drying

and my frozen beauties!

Lens Artists Challenge #12: Path

22 september, 2018 / Leya / 49 kommentarer

Our host this week, Tina, asks us to send paths her way. I have chosen some of my favorite paths walked in Sweden, the Azores and Switzerland. They all live in my memories and thoughts – because they still have something to tell me…every season of the year. And tomorrow, we celebrate the autumnal equinox.

“True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.”
― Mahatma Gandhi