Nothing beats Nature when it comes to Art.
Early in the day this little coot was doing her morning toilet standing in a pool of water. She was silently watching me while going about it.
Moss and lichen are small but beautiful works of art. Together, earthen brown and light green are naturally soothing and mind lifting.
My last picture for work of art belongs to a series of morning views in my blog Warden Spirits. Early morning mist over the fields.
Well, some animals found in nature are wild and some are domesticised – I love them all (except spiders and cockroaches…). These I met today on my way home. Some liked being photographed while others didn’t think much of it – just flew away…
I know, I know…I’m late, but…this is one of my favourite oak trees in Blekinge – or was. This spring we passed the mansion by car and found that the magnificent oak was broken and gone. It has been there since I was very young and last year it still had some fresh leaves. The many storms last autumn must have been too much for this old friend.
I think spring to me is a feeling…filling me from head to feet…when walking in my forest late in the evening. In the green flow of the fragrant beeches, listening to the clear melodies of the thrush in the canopy and the little strong voiced wren in the dark shrubbery below. Standing in the clearing the soft fragrance of hackberry fills the air, and I just breathe – Spring.
Everything is near and still far away…and I…am here, in the moment, in my self, in nature. Reborn.
The name Walpurgis is taken from the eighth-century English missionary Saint Walburga, ”Valborg”, as it is called in Swedish, and has very little to do with religion and everything to do with the arrival of spring. The forms of celebration vary in different parts of the country. Walpurgis celebrations are mostly a public event, and local groups often take responsibility for organising them to encourage community spirit in the village or neighbourhood. Young people and students in the university cities usually celebrate by gathering in thousands, eating and drinking together on the campus lawns.
Valborgsmässoafton. Sankta Walburga, var ursprungligen ett medeltida helgon, och vi firar denna afton före vårens intåg på lite olika sätt i olika delar av landet. Men de stora eldarna har vi gemensamt. På 1700-talet var det brukligt att släppa ut djuren ur lagårdarna denna dag, och bålen tände man för att hålla angripande rovdjur borta.
Svenska ungdomar, i alla fall i universitets- och högskolestäderna, brukar samlas i tusental för att äta och dricka i parker eller på gräsmattorna till campus.
In the Middle Ages, the administrative year ended on 30 April. Accordingly, this was a day of festivity among the merchants and craftsmen of the town, with trick-or-treat, dancing and singing in preparation for the forthcoming celebration of spring.
Huge bonfires are lit on the eve of the festival for 1 May, and they are part of a Swedish tradition dating back to the early 18th century. At Walpurgis (Valborg), farm animals were let out to graze and bonfires (majbrasor, kasar) lit to scare away predators.
Reflektioner – kan innebära så olika saker, men i WordPress kan var och en välja sin egen tolkning.
Reflections – could be interpreted in many ways, but in WordPress Photo Challenge you can choose your very own…These three different ones speak for themselves…
…but, what you see could maybe depend on what kind of glasses you put on…
…and also on the very little things in life…
…and maybe what mood you are in just then, in that particular moment
A short story about a plane, a tree and a cloud in Östersund. This is my contribution to Threes
Ailsa’s travel theme this week is all about Yellow!
True delicacy is not a fragile thing.
James Broughton
Träd, trä och skog – vi människor kan inte överleva på Jorden utan dem. Vi har alltid tagit tillvara och använt vår skog och det material vi får av den på ett klokt sätt, men nu är det också hög tid att sluta massförstöra denna fantastiska levande organism vi alla är beroende av – växter, djur och människor.
Mitt bidrag den här gången är ett galleri, en livscykel från liten planta till fullvuxen skog, till…ja, kanske ska den ses baklänges. Förhoppningsvis kommer denna cirkel att fortsätta som den alltid har gjort. Det är vårt ansvar.
Wood – a living organism sharing our lives. We have always made use of it, and it has always been a great source of life, and of well being for mankind and our fellow travellers on this Planet Earth.
My contribution is a little gallery, a circle of life with wood. Start at the end…Let’s hope we will preserve this valuable source of life, our forests and woods – because without them, mankind will be wiped out – and with us, every living being on this planet.
Thank you, Ailsa, for another great theme!
Leya 
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