Thursday Thoughts

15 september, 201615 september, 2016 / Leya / 48 kommentarer

Tonight I got a message on my phone. I had submitted these two photos to The Nordic Photo Club some weeks ago. It is The Princess of The Night (Selenicereus pteranthus) flowering for some short night hours, 27th of August – the magical scent filling the whole house. The flower itself is about 20 cm. This year I was better prepared and could set the light right.

Last year it developed one flower, and this year it gave two. My post from last year is here.

The message on my phone was, that one of these pictures had won Medal of Excellence and will be published in the book Photos of the Year for 2016. Am I happy? I Am!

Wordless Wednesday

14 september, 201614 september, 2016 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

On September Water

13 september, 2016 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

A lovely morning, maybe the last summer trip, in our very, very old canoe…

The stillness in the air, the soft misty dew and the knowledge that this might be the end of a long, lovely summer.

Very early in the morning, we decided to take out the canoe

Morning show – ”Have you seen my new dress?”

Luckily the horses were out…

…grazing

And the dragonflies were mating

The sun was getting hot – no wind, no shadow

Totti enjoying (no worries, the depth is only 30-40 centimetres) the sceneries

Towards the open sea and home again

CFFC: Eyes

13 september, 2016 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Eyes

In the header – the bluest of eyes…

How sad can you be?

Or how angry? (This is a silk worm cocoon!)

Or how tricky? (Peacock eye is the Swedish name: Påfågelöga)

Hiking Festival at Hovdala

12 september, 201612 september, 2016 / Leya / 8 kommentarer

Hiking festival at Hovdala – a part of Eurorando, Europe’s biggest hiking and walking event. There were many groups and trails to choose from. I joined the photography group.

And what a day we had. In the middle of September – and 25 degrees Celsius…A bit too warm for hiking really, but an ordinary autumn, the alternative would have been rain.

We were 15 in our group

the trail was 9 kilometres…

…through woodlands and open fields

We met some riders and horses as well

And cows of course

Our photographic leader handed out many tips and tricks

Between 5000 and 7000 hikers from all of Europe travel to Skåne during 7 days to walk the Scanian trails, socialize and explore the Swedish nature, culture and society.

The landscape showed its best and so did the weather. After the walk we were all served a delicious vegan chili soup with bread. Thank you all participants for a glorious day well spent!

SL-WEEK 2-01 : Selfie

11 september, 201611 september, 2016 / Leya / 25 kommentarer

You know I am no selfie fan…but , well, here it is. For Sylvain Landry.

The photo was taken at an outdoor exhibition in Denmark. It really is enough with only one me…I bet you are thinking the same…

Travel theme: Transport

11 september, 201611 september, 2016 / Leya / 9 kommentarer

One of my favourite ways of transport – trains!

Relaxing, good views, good company. And eco-friendly! For more of Transport, click here.

WPC: Edge

10 september, 201611 september, 2016 / Leya / 15 kommentarer

So, we are asked to show an edge of some kind. Late in the evening in Lerma, Spain, I just opened up to have a look at the evening light – and there he was!

Thursday Thoughts: Cool Indoors – Guggenheim, Bilbao

9 september, 20169 september, 2016 / Leya / 9 kommentarer

Unfortunately we were not allowed to take photos of the exhibitions – except the Andy Warhol one. The permanent collection ”A Matter of Time” by Richard Serra, I took photos there before realizing this – but I will have to keep them to myself on my computer…

This morning promised the same kind of heat as the day before, but we went early to catch some more photos from the surroundings as well.

A clash of new and old but very much of the new.

A walk up the steps and a

tour around the building once more

Almost 20 years ago this museum for modern and contemporary art was inaugurated, and I have wanted to visit ever since I read about it many years ago. Arkitect: Frank Gehry

The entrance hall is impressive. The exhibitions are just as many as you manage without getting exhausted. Not many great museums can boast that…Le Louvre or Prado or Reina Sofia for example, are not easy to visit properly in one single day.