06 Nov 2013 9 Kommentaar
once again an opportunity with verena to share our leavy shots
I am a bit slow this week.
Want to share with you the leaves that grew in my kitchen window. This was my temporary kitchen while we were living in Belgium
parsley lettuce and chives
At home here in South Africa I have more or less the same
parsley
lettuce
This lettuce sowed itself and flourished in a crack on the stepping stones
26 Okt 2013 11 Kommentaar
Every week verena gives us the opportunity to celebrate nature with the Festival of Leaves challenge. go there to get links to all the other wonderful leavy blogs.
my contribution was taken in the botanical gardens of Leuven in Belgium
First young leaves
cypress variety
21 Okt 2013 7 Kommentaar
Although I live in the southern hemisphere, and we are on our way to a new summer season, it is the rich colours of autumn that make me reach for my camera.
a carpet of leaves
dusted with early morning frost
to view more blogs with wonderful leavy pictures, visit the festival of leaves for the links
12 Okt 2013 10 Kommentaar
It is an absolute joy for me to go through my picture archive and select appropriate pictures for this weekly Festival of leaves
About this time last year I visited my son that lives in London. These were taken the one morning when he had me walking from the one side of London to the other side of the city ( at least that was how it felt!!)
Look who watched me while I took some pictures of its home
the watch
fibrant colours
06 Okt 2013 28 Kommentaar
Michelle chose GOOD MORNING as the theme for the weekly photo challenge
The first golden rays from the sun touches Table Mountain
Table Mountain
The first golden rays from the sun touches Harder Kulm
Harder Kulm
05 Okt 2013 8 Kommentaar
While the northern hemishere is readying itself for the coming autumn and winter, here where we live sping has arrived with young saplings and shiny tender leaves.
ornamental vine
We were away for a long time and this vine almost did not survive. When I got home, I gave it intensive care and it did the trick
young hydrangia leaves
Hydrangias flower in mid summer and in South Africa over Christmas time they are normally at their peak. So locally they are known as Christmas roses.
29 Sep 2013 13 Kommentaar
in leaves
Ah!!! A new Photographic challenge at http://festivalofleaves.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/festival-of-leaves-week-1/
This is really up my alley
a wall entirely covered like this
24 Sep 2013 7 Kommentaar
THROUGH
the weekly challenge from Ailsa had me once again wandering through all my old pictures, recalling all the happy moments that was captured
Sint Donatus stadspark Leuven Belgium
peeping through an opening in a part of the old city wall that survived
15 Sep 2013 11 Kommentaar
INSIDE
The daily post selected the topic inside for this week. I was wondering what would be fitting for this topic, but when I saw these pictures, I knew they would fit in very nicely.
Officially known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II, the enormous white marble monument that dominates Piazza Venezia was built as a tribute to the first king of a united Italy, Victor Emmanuel II.
monument for Victor Emmanuel II
Note the statue of the king on horseback in front of the monument
A closer look at the statue
I only realised the size of this statue when I saw a photo that was taken just after the completion of it.
inside the belly of the horse
After casting the equestrian group, Giovanni Bastianelli, the foundry-owner, made a toast with his workers inside the belly of the horse
10 Sep 2013 11 Kommentaar
WATER
Want to participate then go to the blog of Ed Prescott for his challenges.
rain drops keep falling on my head
reflections in the water
water lillies
like a fish in the water
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