lens-artists photo challenge #110 – what a treat

“You have to treat yourself every once in a while, get to the fun stuff!”Heidi Klum Tina … want me to figure out what a treat is to me. Not difficult for me to say … but who will I …

cee’s fun foto challenge – tiny houses

“The single most important component of a camera are the twelve inches behind it!” Ansel Adams “There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair.” Friedrich Schiller All those small pretty allotment cottage is to be find …

cee’s fun foto challenge – old buildings

“How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50! One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, “I could have done that!” Unknown “New ideas often need old buildings.” Jane Jacobs Not all old houses have …

lens-artists challenge # 110 – creativity in the time of covid

Tina, this is a really tough one for me … because I’m not at all creative just now and haven’t been during the last 5 months. Very little motivated … and have no interest at all. Not that I suffer …

lens-artists challenge #109 – under the sun

Amy, I have been under the sun for nearly 2 weeks and I can’t say I enjoy it every day, but for a great theme/topic. They say that we will have a couple of more days … so I try …

a sunset is

… the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.  Crystal Woods Today I think we had the nicest of all summer days so far this year. Not a cloud on the sky … and a lovely breeze. Didn’t do anything special, …

cee’s fun foto challenge – anything to do with boats.

“I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.” Alaine Gerbault Thank you, Cee! … this challenge is so close to my heart and my sea legs. I got my first seaman book in 1972 – …

lens-artists photo challenge #105 – Spring

I don’t know what has happened to me lately??? I forget things, mix up dates and times … and this challenge, lost out on #104, missed one week again. I blame everything on COVID-19. Tina, want us to bring Springtime …

lens-artists photo challenge #94 -home

“Home is the most important place in the world.” IKEA Amy … want us to share our “lock-up” environment. The thing is that we aren’t locked up here in Sweden .. we can move around freely with a social distance …

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 …

cce’s fun foto challenge – winter scenes

“In photography, you’ve got to be quick, quick, quick, quick. Like an animal and a prey.” Henri Cartier-Bresson The winter 2010-11 was a really serious winter here in the South of Sweden … and also 2012-13 was cold but after …

the queen of the light

She comes to us early in the morning of the 13th of December with her maids and sings for us, Sankta Lucia. Every school, hospital, TV channel, intuitions, hotel, larger working places, department store, airport, organization, church, and home with …

10th december – a dynamic date

It all started with dynamite and ends up with the most spectacular banquet in the world. Frist a little about Mr Alfred Nobel, Mr Dynamite – born 1833 in Stockholm and died in Italy 1896, he became 63 years old. …