“Butterflies are self propelled flowers”
– Robert A. Heinlein –
“You don’t need to see the sunset to feel the warmth of its color”
– Atticus –
Has a bee ever landed on you, and instead of getting scared, you appreciate the possibility that you got confused for a flower.
A Photo a Week Challenge: Yellow.
Susan’s Flowers on Fridays # 3.
Cee’s Photo Challenge
It’s not often that I visit Valletta but a few days ago I took the ferry to Malta’s capital. Here, most of the side streets are narrow and some also very steep. The best way to get around is on foot, which I did.
The entire city of Valletta has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1980 and selected as the European Capital of Culture year 2018. The city became the capital on 18 March 1571.
Valletta has many titles, all recalling its rich historical past. It’s the “modern” city built by the Knights of St John, a masterpiece of the Baroque. It’s also one of the most concentrated historic areas in the world.
More to come….
…creates today’s flower.
One of the very few flowers left on our roof terrace is this Hibiscus which has been growing there for eleven years now. We also have some geraniums left and I also bought a Bougainvillea, my favorite among flowers.
Susan’s Flowers on Fridays # 1.
Cee’s Photo Challenge
Small details on a wall with at least more than one rectangle.
Franks weekly Photo Challenge – Rectangles
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine”
– Anthony DÁngelo –
It all fades away, in the end… 
Cee’s Photo Challenge
This is a very small flower that I found in Ta Qali National Park.
Perhaps someone know what kind of flower it is.
Cee’s Photo Challenge
Close encounters.
Ta Qali National Park, Malta, 20 July 2019.
Sunday night we spent at the Mediterranean Conference Center in Valletta, to listen to…
…Ben Portsmouth, “The World’s Number One Elvis Tribute Artist” who for the first time visited Malta. Above, some images from the intro of the show. Below, the artist himself.
I usually never shoot under these lighting conditions, thus the quality is not the best.
But most important, it was a great night, taking a walk down memory lane. Good old tunes and also a bit challenging to try to take pictures of the artist and his band on the stage. Click on an images to enlarge.
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In August 2012, Ben Portsmouth made history when he won the Elvis Presley Enterprises ‘Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest’ which took place in Memphis, crowning Ben as the ‘Worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist’, the only artist from outside the USA to ever win this prestigious title.
There was only one Elvis but Ben is the closest you will ever get in terms of Elvis’s looks, his singing voice and on stage charisma. Hope you enjoyed!
Today I had a visitor among my flowers. It was very small.
Almost as tiny as a thumbnail.
I am just an ordinary sea bird…
…and I am proud of that!
Click on an image to enlarge.
Bougainvillea, I love this flower and especially when seen in this color.
One of many colorful alleys in Stockholm’s Old Town.
“At the end of the road is the beginning of a new adventure“
“Life is a journey, not a destination”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson –
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“If your thoughts is a rose, you are a rose garden; and if it is a thistle, you are fuel for the fire”
– Rumi –
“All my life I’ve tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower
wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind”
– Abraham Lincoln –
“Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it”
– Confucius –
My lovely Fanny! Here she completely ignores me while looking for something exciting to play with.
She loves to play hide and seek in the hight grass.
Exhausted after running very fast. She needs to run a lot to feel happy and satisfied, like all hunting dogs.
Although she turns two in July she still acts like a puppy.
She knows that chewing on a slipper is totally forbidden!
Looks like Fanny whispers a secret in the other dog’s ear and then sniffs where there is nothing to find.
Do not disturb me when I play with my best friend Kimbo. We are both of the same breed originally bred in Africa. We are very intelligent and tough dogs and are often nicknamed the “barkless dog”. Guess why…? 
…because we belong to the very few breeds in the whole world that do not bark.
Other basenji may yodel or howl when they are excited but I’m very quiet.
Besides that I’m also playful, cuddly and I needs a lot of love, which I also give back.
💖💖💖💖💖
– Alāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī –
Lovely Poppies!
They are now seen growing everywhere on the small island of Malta.
Cee’s Photo Challenge
Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit an exciting art exhibition in Valletta. The exhibition was organized by the Delicata winery which is the most awarded winery of Malta with over 100 international awards. 
Ten artists were collectively exhibiting their so called ‘bettija’rt’, which is an artwork made from a decommissioned wine barrel or ‘bettija’ as they are called in Maltese.
Some of the works explore unconventional techniques such as multi-patterned paintings with shape and line being driving forces. 
For the majority of artists, the use of color is important and often explosive. 
In some cases, color has been stripped away, leaving the barrel bare but covered with ingenuity and hard graft. 
Each finished piece reflects “the joys of wine, art and good living in Malta today and through the ages”. 
The following artists participated:
Surrealist Joseph Barbara.
Talented painter and model Claire Attard Vella.
Multi-media artist David Xuereb.
Globetrotting artist Caroline Said Lawrence.
Expressionist Carmel Bonello.
Palette-knife virtuoso Francis Galea.
Up-and-coming artist Priscilla Gatt.
Ceramist and painter Donald Camilleri.
Multi-talented artist Sara Pace.
Creative illustrator Zack Ritchie.
Hope you enjoyed this exhibition as much as I did. Cheers!!
Imprisoned…
…or impressed.
…among the high-rise buildings.
Pjazza Tigné, Sliema, Malta.
For some unknown reason, it is no longer possible to comment on my new posts.
I’ll try to find out what’s wrong with my settings..
Back in Malta, back to my longed-for Fanny and back to the fantastic world of bloggers. I’ve been in Andalusia, Spain, a lovely place. Same blue sky here as there but in other ways, so totally different.
White houses everywhere and many narrow alleys to find in the small town of Frigiliana.
A menu in both Spanish and English is perfect if you can’t speak Spanish and I don’t, yet.
I love the atmosphere…
…and I love the colors!!
The mimosa flowers shines like small suns.
A grasshopper rests on a blade of grass…
…while a bee searches for nectar among some flowers.
Spring is here after a winter that has been too long and too cold.
Another weekend is waiting, on Monday I fly to Spain. It feels like it’s time to move on…
Back in Kuching and to the new foot bridge “Harmony Bridge” which connect the North with the South City. Well, I’m not back in reality but in my thoughts when I look at my pictures.
I came back home with lots of images of this amazing bridge which is designed from the idea of Yin and Yang. It’s S-shaped and curved with two masts inclined in opposite directions.
The shape of the bridge symbolizes the balance of cultures living together in harmony.
This is Sarawak in Borneo, this is Kuching and I’ll hopefully be back soon.
Malta 23 March 2019.
