Thursday Thoughts – Midsummer and Wild Orchids

22 juni, 202321 juni, 2023 / Leya / 28 kommentarer

We have reached the longest day this year – already. So fast the days , hours and minutes flow. Time is Unstoppable. The flowers are just beginning their parade and the birds have released their first fledglings. From now on, it will get darker for every day we open in our calender. But, for all of you down under – summer is returning!

I hope you will enjoy a walk with me to some of the wild flowers and orchids of June in Skåne. Most of them are different Dactylorhiza. Wishing a Happy Midsummer to you who celebrate, and a lovely weekend to all of you!

Thursday Thoughts – Ronneby Brunnspark

15 juni, 202314 juni, 2023 / Leya / 14 kommentarer

Summertime we visit this park often – not just because of the closeness to our summer house, but also because of its outstanding beauty. Please enjoy a short Thursday walk with me for some summer glory!

The beauty is there even if there are no flowers. Only silence and soothing greeeeeeen.

But the waters are alive, and

the rhododendrons magnificent.

The laburnum was past its best,

but still quite lovely. At least the bumble bees thought so!

And well, who can resist this colour? I can’t.

Thank you for walking with me!

Thursday Thoughts – Spring Hikes are…

8 juni, 20237 juni, 2023 / Leya / 18 kommentarer

Sheer Happiness!

This hike we do every spring or summer – and it is always a treat. It takes about three, four hours, walking among old and strange trees planted here from all over the world … and it is close to the sea.

This place is home to numerous orchids (a meadow of them in the header) and Pasque flowers – just as beautiful when they are over!

The last flower blooming could also be the last hideaway for a little bug…

This hike is a perfect outing for schoolchildren – but, today we had to step away from the path for several hundreds of kids. Smiling and cheery ones though.

Blindworm or slowworm – I see them quite often. In fact this is a lizard, but legless. This guy was a beauty, about 30 cm long, slim and well fed.

Driving home on old roads to enjoy the flat and open views of the southern part of Skane. A good day we had. And the light lasts far into the night.

Thursday Thoughts – The Best Time of the Year

1 juni, 20231 juni, 2023 / Leya / 27 kommentarer

Thursday again, time flies, and faster in the warmer seasons. There is much to do in my garden, but forest baths are essential. I try to take good care of the best season here up north. Life is short, I try not to waste it – but it is difficult to live in the moment…I wonder how many of us succeed in really doing that.

Spring colours in Skane. So longed for and so needed. But a cold spring and early summer. Everything is late. There are few insects and pollinators as the cold and windy days have taken their toll. Still – I hope you will enjoy a piece of our late spring too!

A forest bath is never wrong. Healing and uplifting…if I could I would fly out over the treetops, savouring everything green. I know you would fly with me.

Thursday Thoughts – Flowers at Charles University

25 maj, 2023 / Leya / 16 kommentarer

More flowers from the small botanical garden in Prague city. I can recommend a visit if you are in Prague!

Thursday Thoughts – Seen in Prague

19 maj, 2023 / Leya / 24 kommentarer

Some things really caught my eye in Prague, or rather – many things did. It is a beautiful city, just as beautiful as I thought it would be.

And there were Easter celebrations everywhere. Nice people, good food.

I loved all the typical things like the great architecture and the good food, but I also love something unexpected.

Charles Bridge is of course a Must.

And the handsome trams are everywhere.

But I always enjoy the little things just as much.

Many of us do, and that is a good thing.

Thursday Thoughts – Unexpected Views

4 maj, 20233 maj, 2023 / Leya / 22 kommentarer

These two images shows not what I had expected to find in Prague. But I loved both finds – seen on the walk to the famous Karls Bridge.

Beautiful architecture I knew I would find – and in the header is an image more according to my expectations. I love surprises though!

Thursday Thoughts – Prague Cemeteries

27 april, 202327 april, 2023 / Leya / 34 kommentarer

We started our first day with some cemeteries… Somehow I love walking there, and whenever I go to a big city, I visit at least one cemetery.

Doors to churches and gates to cemeteries… Old Jewish cemeteries especially, are very beautifully ageing, because they are often left as they are. There are no relatives alive anymore who can tend to them.