tuesday photo challenge – cat

This week Frank played it straight into my heart and files … love cats. When I lived in Gothenburg I had two cats, Whiskey & Zoda … Whiskey, a beautiful black male just decided to move in with me, but …

the joy of Christmas?????!!!!!

You who knows me … also know that I try my best to escape Christmas, even if I love all the lights and glitter it create … and I love to buy or create and write Christmas cards. So I …

lens-artists photo challenge #81 – find something red

Hopefully, Patti has made it easy for me … find something red – I have loads of red in my every day, but have I captured any of the reds??? Yes, I have … loads!!! Here is some of them. …

a confident creature…. polestar 2

For me Tesla is a very sexy car, maybe the sexiest of all … or up there with the Jaguar, but now it has got competition – Polarstar 2!!! Of course, cars can be sexy and why not???!!!! And it’s …

cce’s fun foto challenge – summer scenes

“If a picture is good, it tells many different stories.” Josef Koudelka This gallery is all about our Swedish summer at it’s best! “Every summer there are a number of nights, not many, but a number, when everything is perfect. …

tuesday photo challenge – tree

Trees!!! This week it’s all about one tree … and it’s to be found at Wanås Castle here in the southern part of Sweden. Circumference: 760 cm and over 500 years old. It’s called the Snapphaneeken (Snapphane oak) “This oak …

things we did in istanbul (part VI)

… so now we have come to my last post about our 5 days over Christmas in the busy big city full of magic. This post is about my relaxing experience at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art , the …

lens-artists photo challenge #80 – leading lines

Tina, wants us to have show off our lines … that leads somewhere – surprisingly I didn’t have that many. So I have struggled with the gallery this week. Wonder why … maybe I don’t really care where the leading …

8 years?????!!!!!

Where have they gone???!!! Found this little message in my inbox this morning. Happy Anniversary with WordPress.com! You registered on WordPress.com 8 years ago. Thanks for flying with us. Keep up the good blogging. It’s all down to you – …

things we did in istanbul (part V)

Last day in Istanbul and I got “my-own-time” … Bärbel was worn out from the day before and wanted to take it easy. So after breakfast did I make my way to the French Quarters of Istanbul, never been before. …

a photo a week challenge – work

… lucky me I don’t have to work anymore … I took early retirement (61), the best thing I ever did. I don’t understand how I had time to work before. “I am a welder I can’t fix stupid but …

cee’s fun foto challeng – spring scenes

“Don’t pack up your camera until you’ve left the location.”  Joe McNally I think all of us just adore the Spring! The spring is all about nature coming to life again … with nature, we are coming to life too. …

tuesday photo challenge – transport

Transport… I collect taxi signs … so I have quite a few on file, here is some of them. “Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.” John C. Maxwell …

behind the vatican walls

Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star in a playful but thoughtful tale about Benedict, Francis, and God. From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated director of “City of God”, and three-time Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten, comes an intimate story of …

things we did in istanbul (part IV)

“Kids believe in Santa; adults believe in childhood.” Cate Kennedy Christmas Eve, the main Christmas day for us Swedes …. that is when Santa knocks on the door, asks if everybody has been behaving well during the past year (as …