“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.
💖💖💖💖💖
Lovely Poppies!
They are now seen growing everywhere on the small island of Malta.
Cee’s Photo Challenge
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…
Malta 23 March 2019.
Wild growing grains, delicate,
fragile and for some,
essential.
Can be a bit challenging to capture, especially when the wind blows.
Don’t ask me why, but I prefer the last image, where she’s almost invisible.
My beloved Basenji Fanny, she loves to play hide-and-seek in the grass.
Last Sunday we went to Malta’s largest fishing village Marsaxlokk.
Sundays are most crowded when many people flock to the Sunday market where street hawkers set up their stalls selling souvenirs, clothes and all kinds of things. And of course they sell lots of fresh fish.
But we were not here mainly for the market but for the colorful boats…
…and the genuine and lovely atmosphere among the locals.
We also found a dog friendly beach but it was quite small and rocky. Fanny just relaxed and enjoyed being in a new place while she was curiously looking at what happened in the harbor among the colorful boats.
Before heading back home we stopped at Ta Qali Park to let Fanny have fun and run freely. Lucky me found spring’s first Poppy, my favorite and no, I didn’t pick it but needed a helping hand because of the wind.
What a difference a smile makes! 
These two pictures are from last weekend’s Colorful Carnival in Valletta.
More to come…
Back home and back to my usual routines here in Malta.
Last Saturday we spent the whole day in Majjistral National Park.
It’s not often that I see mushrooms growing here in Malta, but here is one.
The nature, the plants, everything are so different from what you find in the rainforest in Sarawak, Borneo. Very soon the mimosa blooms as seen in one of the image above.
The very best about coming home is to be close to Fanny again. Away is good but home is best.
Just some images from where I’m now…
…in Sarawak.
Sarawak is located in Borneo, Malaysia and we are now in Kuching. 
The playful children was taken in 2016 while the rest are all new.
The children may represent the joy and harmony found here in amazing Borneo.
I haven’t had much time left to create new posts or to visit You but next week I’m back to my everyday life in Malta and my lovely Basenji dog Fanny. Take care out there!!
Some images from last weekend in Il-Bajja tal-Ġnejna, Gnejna Bay in Mgarr.
I hope the depth of field can be seen in some of these pictures.
Last but not least, my beloved Basenji Fanny, always by my side, a precious part of my life.
For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: Depth of Field
There is a lot of growth to be found in nature now here in Malta.
Here are some of more or less funny plants that I saw last weekend when we visited Il-Bajja tal-Ġnejna. Another exciting nature park we never visited before. But thanks to Fanny we still find new places to explore.
I’ve never seen anything like this. Looks edible! Wonder how this one will look when growth ends.
A cool growth hairstyle.
For me, the most precious growth, when Fanny became part of our family.
I felt so happy when I saw almond trees already blooming here on the island! But when I downloaded the images to my computer, I realized they weren’t that good. I used my macro lens and have taken better images. What did I do wrong?
Now I know what went wrong, and I learned something. An image doesn’t always have to be perfect for being good. Being happy is the greatest form of success. I’m very happy and my heartfelt wish is, that so are You.
Tulips are so beautiful, in all stages…
…from flowering
…to the end.
These pictures are all from last Friday’s trip to Majjistral National Park.
The paths are narrow along the steep slopes of dried clay down to the sea. Not a place to walk after heavy rain.
But the scenery changes and Fanny is surrounded by greenery…
…while I photographing plants.
I was happy to find so many colorful flowers growing here on the island in late December.
Malta is a lovely little island to live on all year round, unless you long for snow and a white Christmas.
Last Friday we went to Majjistral National Park in Il-Mellieħa. We haven’t been there since spring. It was 18 degrees, and a bit windy but it was really nice to walk on the cliffs again along the Mediterranean Sea.
Fanny really enjoyed running around freely in the green countryside.
I came home with more than hundreds of images in my camera.
These were just a part of them, there will be more from the park in my next post.
Hope you enjoyed!
Yes it’s true! Today you can buy fresh locally grown strawberries here in Malta.
They are so sweet and very tasty so I could not resist buying a whole trolley.
Which You all a Great Weekend from Malta!
Fanny has found a new friend and they really enjoy playing with each other. There are very few of the breed Basenji here in Malta so it was lucky they met, that we met the owners of this beautiful one year old male.
Fun in the sun as they run around in the green grass in Ta Qali park.
I feel warm in my heart when I see them so happy together…
…and now we are planning to buy another Basenji! It’s an amazing breed with a lovely personality!
