Travel theme : ROUND

Ailsa has the most beautiful pictures for this weeks theme:  ROUND.  Make sure you do not miss it ~ to visit click HERE

This piece of modern sculpture amids the ancient in the Vatican fascinated me

 

Sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro

read more about it HERE

other rounds I came across in the past.

One of the many domes of Rome.  Santi Luca e Martina a church in Rome Italy, situated between the   Roman Forum and the Forum of Caeser

Santi Luca e Martina

The clock in the beautifully restored train station of Leuven, Belgium

 

Leuven Train station

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns

have a look at all the interesting challenges from Cee for bloggers to participate in.

the challenge for this week  PATTERNS

from an excavation in Rome

Weekly Travel theme: MISTY

Ailsa is giving these  interesting weekly themes.  This week  MISTY

I did not participate for quite some time and realised it is high time that I do so agian.

View from our front door one misty morning

 

the weekly photo challenge : Threshold

On the threshold of a shop with the  most delicious chocolades

For more links to more lovely blogs on this theme, click HERE

Travel theme: Work

Lately I have neglected the WP blogs for which I have no real reason.

One of the challenges I used to  like was Ailsa’s travel themes.  And once again she selected a very challenging theme  WORK

so without any further ado:

February 2012 INTERLAKEN

 

 

 

Festival of Leaves: Week 10

I see this is the last of a very enjoyable series on the theme of leaves

to see other entries visit the blog of verena

Aeonium arboreum

The leaves are arranged in a rosette and create lovely and interesting colour in a garden.  Because South Africa can have lots of very dry spells, succulents and other drought resistant plants are very  popular in our gardens

Festival of Leaves: Week 9

In the southern hemisphere summer is very eminent and the temperatures are rising very rapidly.  We were away for a long period and came back to a very neglected garden.  It took some time to nurse the plants back to good condition. Slowly but surely they start to show their appreciation.

This week I would like to show you my husband’s fig tree

Festival of Leaves: Week 8

to see more blogs on this theme, make sure to visit Verena’s blog

this is an old picture taken by some one in my family.  Ferns  are popular for their beautiful leaves.  My favurite is this maidenhair fern

taken in the tropical part of the two oceans aquarium – Cape Town

Festival of Leaves: Week 7

foilage is a never ending interesting topic for photography and Verena created a lovely opportunity to be on the lookout for leaves

we are moving towards summer but still have a lot of fresh young leaves to enjoy

young hydrangea leaves

Travel Theme :connections

These past months my time was not always my own and my blogging suffered a lot under it.

Ailsa announced a very interesting theme for this week : CONNECTIONS.

Visit her blog if you would like to get more links on this topic

SMARTIES : As a little girl I arranged them in little heaps.  It could have been two toned or tri-coloured heaps, depending on how I felt.  I formed patterns with them and even used to build little pictures with them.  Lately I only enjoy these tasty titbits but they always connect my mind with my childhood affinity for it.