Weekly Photo Challenge: Mine

Well, the most decisive and persistent member of this family is the youngest one. He is also a true gem, and – Mine.

This little story, I hope, will show you the very essence of him!

My entry for the Weekly Photo Challenge WordPress.

 

Wanna know how I got here? Well, young man, once upon a time…

This looks worth trying!

I figure, there was something about P´s and Q´s…

A bit shaky, but…

OK, OK…I´m going down here…uh…

Oh, shit…

Grrrrr, I shall – and I WILL!

Just a short rest, and then…

Finally – MINE!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Solitary

Flera av dessa bilder kan jag säkert ha publicerat tidigare,  men några är nog nya. WordPress foto-utmaning ger många nya kontakter och det är fantastiskt intressant att se hur människor i olika delar av världen tolkar samma tema!

This is my entry for the  Weekly Photo Challenge Solitary

Solitary is a word of many interpretations. Here are some of mine, ranging from north to south, east to west, including not only people or animals, but other connotations worth mentioning. As you understand, this was a difficult task, but a wonderful way of making me remember things and places I have seen or visited. Hope you want to come visiting again with me:

Quietly floating ice in a glacier pool – Iceland

Mille by a mountain lake, Norway

Svartisen glacier, Norway. My family.

Man standing in delta landscape. Photo shot from train, two minutes before arriving in Lhasa, Tibet.

The Potala palace seen from my window, Lhasa, Tibet.

Old monk leaving a sacrificial white silk shawl on the Dalai Lama throne, Tibet.

By The Holy Lake. Interior of Tibet.

Forgotten and deserted graveyard, Auckland, New Zeeland. Most stones were broken or lying down in the dusk. Many a name was followed by a story from the violent 19th century. Strange finding a single red rose.

Te Matua Ngahere – Father of the forest, New Zeeland, North Island. Girth 16,41 m. Trunk volume 208,1 m. Total height 29,9 m. Trunk height 10,21 m. Kauri trees are among the biggest trees in the world, and they are endemic to NZ.

Morning concert! Thrush sitting outside my window, Lake Taupo, New Zeeland. North Island.

Solitary island of The Pancake cliffs off the west coast of New Zeeland, South Island.

Man, reading and talking to his canary bird. Viela, The Pyrenees, Spain.

Resting by a mountain lake, The Pyrenees, Spain.

Graveyard where members of the Bronte family are buried. Yorkshire, England.

The long, winding road up to Top Withens, where the remains of the farm said to have inspired Emily Bronte´s ” Wuthering Heights” still stand. Yorkshire, England.

One of the last summer sunsets. Our summer house, Sweden.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Everyday Life

En bild jag säkert publicerat tidigare,  men nu för WordPress foto-utmaning. Det verkar vara en både rolig och intressant idé, så, om du bloggar själv –  häng på du också och knyt nya kontakter!

This is my entry for this week’s WordPress photo challenge Everyday Life.

I don´t live in a busy city and I don´t have a crowd of unknown, interesting people to photograph. I lead a quiet life in the countryside when I´m not working or travelling near and far. This is my retreat and recovery place – out in the woods with my dogs – every day.

Walking by the giant beech