Tag: Color
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Be Different..
“Be different… Be original… Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower…. …BUT they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.” — Suzy Kassem Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Color & Flower of the Day
Finally!! It’s getting warmer here in Cyprus and one of all the beauties to be found in the world of flowers is blooming. The lovely poppy! Today’s weather here in Paphos: Cloudy with a high of 17.8 °C (64 °F) and winds from 14.5 to 19.3 kph. I wish it was a little warmer but […]
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Color Power
Color is often an overlooked engine that provides spiritual power and positive energy. Take advantage of it!
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Green Joy
Below are some images from yesterday’s dog walk here in Cyprus. I’m so happy we found this large nature area, just minutes by car from where we’ll soon be settling, in Zelemenos Village. And it’s pure joy to see my dogs run free in the greenery where we are almost always alone, while my dear […]
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My Lovely Basenji’s
My lovely dogs, they give me headache, they give me joy. They are so similar but at the same time very different. Felicia, one year and four months old still behaves like a puppy. She’s full of energy, she chews on my shoes and toilet paper is great fun to bite into crumbs. Fanny turns […]
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Roses, lovely roses
Now that we are in the middle of January, things are slowly but surely starting to happen in nature. A result of all the rain that has fallen and I guess that within a few weeks it will be green and lush here on the island of Cyprus. But for now, I show some roses […]
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The Influence of Details
Picture No: 2 From my Collection of Photographs. “We sometimes underestimate the influence of little things” – Charles W. Chesnutt Spinola Bay, San Giljan, Malta November 2013
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Today’s Flowers & Colors…
Today’s flowers, today’s colors.. ..and some wise words. “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.” – Oprah Winfrey “You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”– Walter Hagen “Listen to silence. It has so much […]
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Malta Doors
Have you ever thought about how many doors there are? Doors can really look different depending on where in the world you are. I’m from Sweden, live in Malta and will soon move to Cyprus after twenty years on this small Mediterranean island. Here I have chosen to show a selection of traditional Maltese doors. […]
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Lovely Spring!
It feels wonderful to be able to go out and find nature just around the corner. I’ll never regret moving from Sliema to Rabat. Even if it’s temporary, this is how I want to live in the future, close to nature along with my lovely dogs. A selection of images taken while walking my dogs […]
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Yellow Mellow
Above are some trifling knowledge, a couple of quotes and some flowers from yesterday’s walk with my doggies. I chose the yellow ones, there are plenty of them now. Don’t forget to click on an image to enlarge. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day By the way, we’ve moved from Sliema to Rabat! Nature […]
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Poppy- Flower of The Day
Yesterday I saw the first poppies of the year, one of my favorites when it comes to wildflowers. “The earth laughs in flowers.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson” The purple is not as common as the red ones. Sure, they’re all beautiful!“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” […]
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Flower & Color of The Day – Mimosa
Malta’s Countryside in March 2021 Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Flower & Color of The Day
I still have some pictures left from the bouquet of tulips that I bought in early February. In a previous post, I showed the pink ones while these have shades of orange, red and yellow with hints of green. Please click on one of the images above to enlarge, then it will be more colorful! […]
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Life is good…
The pandemic cannot be ignored, it is here and we are all affected in one way or another. Therefore, it’s so important to try to pick out the positive parts of our everyday lives. Even the smallest things can mean a lot. I really enjoy the beautiful flowers and colors of Spring. Being surrounded by […]
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Gerbera – Flower of The Day
Gerberas are believed to symbolize Beauty, Innocence, and Purity. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions” – Pablo Picasso “Whether the flower or the color is the focus I do not know. I do know the flower is painted large to convey my experience with the flower – and what is my experience […]
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Skyltsöndag, fast på fel dag!!
Nu är det väldigt länge sedan jag var med och skyltade tillsammans med Beate så här kommer några skyltar från Malta, trots att söndagen passerat. Bilderna som syns här ovanför är dagsfärska och har en tydlig gemensam nämnare, SÖTT! Sött kan ju vara både gulligt och gott medan den här skylten är mer åt det […]
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Marsaxlokk – Part 1
Last Sunday we visited the small and picturesque fishing village of Marsaxlokk which is the largest fishing harbour of Malta and has been so since antiquity. Here, among many other things, you’ll find the colorful and traditional luzzu’z. The luzzu is a sturdy carvel-built boat with a double-ended hull brightly painted in shades of yellow, […]
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Greenery
The other day I took Fanny with me and went to Victoria Lines for a long walk.The view from here is amazing and in the distance you can see the island of Gozo. Here, in the scenic lush nature, you can walk for hours. That’s all for today from Malta! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
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January Wildflowers
Ja, alla dessa vilda blommor växer och frodas här på ön just nu. Som vanligt lägger jag upp lite för många bilder men det är så svårt att välja. Dessutom är det av olika skäl lite långt mellan inläggen just nu, tid har jag men känner ofta att jag inte vet vad jag vill med […]
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Welcome Year 2021
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” -Albert Einstein “The past is our lesson. The present is our gift. The future is our motivation.” – Anonymous I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best. – Benjamin Disraeli Among wild flowers, colors, thoughts […]
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Flower of The Day
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a wildflower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. And Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house filled with doves and pigeons Shudders Hell through all its regions.”– William […]
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That was then…
That was then, last summer, when the bumblebees were playing hide and seek.“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin”― Mother Theresa” This spring I saw lots of these, as well as during the summer and fall. Now that winter is here, they are still there. Unaware of […]
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More from Ta’ Qali
Here are some more images from Ta’ Qali Nature Park. The weather here on the island is fantastic considering that we are already in November. It’s the first time this year that I see a ladybug and the berries of the olive trees are ready to be harvested. Now that the first rains have fallen […]
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Saturday’s Flower
“May the flowers remind us why the rain was so necessary” -Xan Oku Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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The Power of Color
“Life is a painting, and you are the artist. You have on your palette all the colors in the spectrum – the same ones available to Michaelangelo and Da Vinci” – Paul J. Meyer“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” ― Wassily Kandinsky“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. […]
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Make Life Beautiful
“A good life is a collection of happy moments” -Denis Waitley“Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone. Don’t stress about the future, it hasn’t arrived. Live in the present and make it beautiful” – Unknown Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day And for those who may be curious about Fanny’s pregnancy. Fanny is always […]
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Lens-Artists Challenge – Negative Space
This week’s theme, Negative Space chosen by Amy feels both challenging and fun. Although at least one of the images I’ve chosen may not fit the theme completely, they all have something in common. The blue color.“There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.” — Ansel Adams“Photographs open doors into the […]
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Today’s Flowers & Quote
“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” – Luther Burbank. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Xwejni Salt Pans – Part 2
Here I’m again, among the Salt Pans in Gozo. Now much later in the afternoon and it’s a bit cooler. As you can see in the first picture, the dried salt has now been collected in white bags.I wonder how big these caves really are and what might be inside, I guess tools and more […]
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Anything to Do with Boats
This week’s CFFC topic is “Anything to do with boats” and since I’ve been to Marsaxlokk recently I show some pictures from this small, traditional fishing village located in the South Eastern Region of Malta.For the sake of the colors and for Horus’ eye which is said to protect the fishermen when they are at […]
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White Beauty
“White has it all, its beauty is absolute, it’s the perfect harmony” – Coco Chanel“For those colours you which to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground” -Leonardo da Vinci“If peace of mind considered as pure as white colour then I know why it’s my favorite color” – Rubeena Khan. “Let the beauty […]
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Marsaxlokk
Last Sunday we went to the small and picturesque fishing village of Marsaxlokk. The village is famous for its Sunday fish market and its many decorative painted boats.The traditional Maltese fishing boat, luzzu, is usually painted in bright colors, while the bow has a pair of eyes. The eyes are referred to as the Eye […]
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Flowers of The Day
When I look at above images, I realize that they would probably fit better in a theme called “Today’s insect”. So here I show some wildflowers that are found here in Malta, without any visible insect.Finally, Fanny, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a stunningly flourishing scenery. Susan’s Flower on Fridays Cee’s Photo Challenge […]
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Spiny Caper – Wildflowers in Malta
I have shown this flower before, its very common here in Malta and I like it a lot because it’s so special. The plant is actually a bush and each flower lasts only for one day and one night which means you can see a lot of flowers in different stages on the same plant. […]
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Hide and Seek with a Bumblebee
Don’t ask me why but I really love bumblebees and there are many to be found now among the flowers. But they are not always so easy to capture as they usually hide half of themselves deep into a flower.Thanks for not hiding. Sometimes you’re lucky!
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Pomegranate – From Bud to Edible
The healthy and tasty Pomegranate are not yet ripe here in Malta and, like all other fruits, it has to go through different stages before it is ready to pick and eat, as shown above. Click on an image to enlarge.In full bloom.Here the fruit is ripe and ready to harvest. But in Malta we […]
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Flower of The Day
Now the cactus is blooming and within a few months we can pick tasty and sweet Prickly pears for free. When you see them like this it feels hard to believe that they will be edible. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Macro photography A Colorful Insect
Photographing different kinds of insects is a fun and exciting challenge. Apart from butterflies and dragonflies which are not always easy to capture I’ve realized that there are a lot more in nature to discover. I don’t know what kind of beetle this is, there are too many species to choose from. I had some […]
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