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. …

tuesday photo challenge – peace

Frank, what a fantastic topic this week – PEACE!!!! Why is it so hard … and why haven’t we learned????!!! For this challenge is there only one way for me to go … and it’s so fantastic that Swedish art …

34.60SEK – $3.60 – £2.80 – €3.26

…. for ONE organic cucumber?????!!!. Was at our budget supermarket Lidl today and I want a cucumber, but the only ones they had were organic – there was no price so I went to the customer scanner and that is …

tuesday photo challenge – fantasy

Fantasy???!!!  “Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” Lloyd Alexander As a child, I had a very lively imagination. I was very lonely as a child and I always made up fantasy stories … …

a photo a week – in the neighborhood

The city of Landskrona is usually claimed to have been founded in 1413 by the King of Denmark, Eric of Pomerania, as a trading city intended to compete with Danish towns under the control of the Hanseatic League. There is …

a photo a week – sun & water

“Let’s go somewhere the sun kisses the ocean” Unknown I don’t have to go fare … only 15 min walk from home. It’s all on my doorsteps. The whole of my adult life has I lived where the ocean has …