Here are a few images from this weekend’s Colorful Carnival in Valletta.
The participants wore amazing creations and colorful costumes.
It was a lovely atmosphere filled with fun and joy in the city of Valletta.
More to come…
Colorful Joy
Tag: Colours
Flowers on Fridays
“Love is our true destiny. We don’t find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another”
– Thomas Merton –
Susan’s Flowers on Fridays
Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of the day
The Chair…
Today’s Close-Up
Flower of The Day
The tree..
Same tree as in my last post, but instead of grey, now in different color shades.
Tulips
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson –
Today’s Flower
Flower of The Day
The Lost Keys
Flower(s) of The Day
Feeling Blue.
Red for Love – Red for Fire.
Snow White
Yellow Solar heat.
Pink – Passion.
Wherever life plants you…
Susan’s Flowers on Fridays
Cee’s Photo Challenge.
Kuching Street Art
Kuching is a colorful place and the city is becoming a popular haven for street art.
Thanks to local arts festivals and even corporate sponsorships, more and more of the town’s blank walls are gradually being taken over by vivid murals. 
Many of the works portray scenes from local life… 
…whether it be human or wildlife. 
Paintings of orangutans are a common sight throughout the city. This one is small…
…while this one covers an entire wall facade.
Lens-Artists Challenge – Favorite Photos of 2019
Artistic.
For the last Lens-Artists Photo Challenge of 2019, we will show some of our favorite photos that we have taken during the year that are close to end.
Creative.
It’s always difficult to pick favorites but I like the way Patti divided her favorites into different categories, so I did the same, or almost the same.
Fun.
Here’s the proof, a smile says it all and means a lot. A smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Artwork created by nature.
A favorite image does not always mean that it must be perfect from a photographic point of view.
Pictures can convey feelings, evoke memories or special moments.
The true reality.
This orangutan lives in Borneo’s rainforests and belongs to a species threatened with extinction.
Our valuable nature.
We must take care of our nature and its inhabitants which all have an impact on the survival of the earth.
“Cherish the natural world because you’re part of it and depend on it”
-David Attenborough –
Lens-Artists Challenge #76 – Favorite Photos of 2019
Masjid India Kuching
The newly built one and only floating Mosque in Kuching is located on the banks of the Sarawak River, close to the newly built Harmony bridge whose shape symbolizes the balance of cultures living together in harmony.
“Harmony among our different religious traditions is essential for world peace”
–Dalai Lama –
This is the Old State Mosque, built in 1968 to replace an original wooden one built in 1852.
Its gilded cupolas make it one of the city’s most striking landmarks, particularly at sunset.
Memories from Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo Malaysia.
December 2019
Flowers on Fridays
This time I choose to show three different types of flowers but with similar shades of color.
The flower on top I believe is an anthurium, also called flamingo flower.
The one above is a type of orchid but there are about 28,000 different species so I have no idea about its name.
Plumeria flowers. 
Susan’s Flowers on Fridays
Cee’s Photo Challenge.
Flower of The Day
“Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better”
– Albert Einstein –
“It you truly love nature you will find beauty everywhere”
– Vincent Van Gogh 
“Time spent in nature heals your body, mind & spirit”
– Katrina Mayer –
Sarawak Orchid Garden, Kuching – December 2019.
Lens-Artists Challenge – On Display
Today’s pictures are from Kuching Sunday Market that I visited recently. I’m not so happy to show headless and half people though it’s not easy to avoid when there are so many people moving around.
Here you’ll find a huge variety of different kinds of fresh fruits & vegetables.
Guess it was high season for bananas.
Walking around here is an exciting experience, a colorful symphony with many more or less appealing scents.
Where they sell fish I pass pretty quickly, although the fish are naturally fresh.
I’ve promised myself not to show too many pictures in just one post, but sometimes it’s hard to avoid.
Whats your opinion, isn’t it better to show fewer pictures and divide them into different posts? I think so.
This post has seventeen images, it’s too much but the post is done and most important, it was fun.
Lens-Artists Challenge #76 – On Display
Sarawak People – Daily Life
“The best is yet to be”
– Robert Browning –
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous”
– Aristotle –
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson –
Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia.
December 2019
Flowers on Fridays
These beautiful flowers were taken when I visited Orchid Garden in Kuching, Sarawak. It’s obviously not some kind of orchid, but it is a beautiful flower that grows on large trees and has a lovely scent.
If I’m not mistaken, this is Plumeria flowers which are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. But I could be wrong…
The Power of Flowers & Color
It feels like my last post was a bit too depressing so I decided to add some happy color in a new post instead. My colorful bougainvillea is still blooming on our terrace…
…and the color splash that is barely visible in the top image is the color of Fanny’s new coat.
If dogs could smile she would do it and if dogs could talk she would tell that she is a happy one.
Trees on Tuesdays
“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop”
– Rumi – 
“The greatest Threat to Our Planet is the Belief that Someone Else will Save it”
-Robert Swan – 
Susan’s Photo Challenge Trees on Tuesdays.
Just Another Sunset…
A sunset like so many others..
…and some wise words from Singita, Miracle Beach.
Trees on Tuesdays
Same tree taken from different angle and different seasons.
The one in the middle was taken in the beginning of February this year. The others are from last weekend.
Għajn Tuffieħa Bay, Malta.
Susan’s Photo Challenge Trees on Tuesdays.
Yes, the picture in the middle has been shown here before.
Didn’t have much imagination today.
Today’s Quote
“If You feel the Grass is always greener on the other side.
You surely need to water your garden more often”
– Shivangani Agrawal –
Spring is in the air
Yesterday we went to Ta Qali Park. Usually we never go there on the weekends when the summer is over because there are too many people and you can’t have your dog without leash. But we were all alone.
I haven’t been here for a while and was really surprised. It felt like spring even though we are in November! This beauty has a very special expression, perhaps it was also surprised that it felt like spring in the air.
The sky was blue, the grass was green and there were lots of small yellow flowers.
Fanny was more than happy to run around in the greenery without a leash. 
At first I didn’t notice that there were two butterflies on the leaf! 
A spider with its catch of the day.
I saw lots of different kinds of butterflies, dragonflies and other kinds of insects. But as usual, they are very active and difficult to capture with the camera. I’m glad I got this one.
Ta’ Qali National Park, Malta
Welcome November
Typically November, the sky is gray, it’s thundering and it’s raining again.
Days like these we need both color and flowers and not to forget, a happy mind. 
Susan’s Flowers on Fridays # 13.
Cee’s Photo Challenge.
Flower of The Day
It continues to rain here on the island. 
These are still blooming on our terrace, although it’s soon November.
Life goes on, sometimes a bit too fast. For the future, I have a wish…
Cee’s Photo Challenge.
Thistly
“Do not blame the thistle that you can see no beauty”
– Jonathan Lookwood Huie – 
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better”
– Albert Einstein – 
Pomegranates and Prickly Pears
We spent another Sunday among pomegranates and prickly pears in Majjistral Nature Park. This time I had brought gloves so I could pick some of the prickly fruits. They taste pretty good, not too sweet.
The pomegranate kernels are not sweet at all but taste good mixed with yogurt and some honey.
I found a small nest full of life…
…and a butterfly. There were plenty of them but I only managed to capture this one.
Fanny was with us, as always. Here she rests after running around in the amazing surroundings of the park.
And here she waits patiently between the rocks as we make our way up the last hill on the way up to the plateau where we have parked our car. The weather was fine, 25 degrees and another day of life is gone.
20 October 2019 Il-Majjistral Nature & History Park
Purple Flowers
Note to self…
“Life is too important to be taken seriously”
– Oscar Wild –
Autumn Feeling
Last Sunday we went to Il-Majjistral Nature Park here in Malta. We haven’t been here since last spring and it is always exciting to see how our nature changes, depending on the seasons. Now autumn is here.
This is nothing to be found in the spring.
These thistles have completely changed colors. Once purple, now turned into soft autumn colors.
Our nature is absolutely amazing! This picture speaks for itself. 
As always, Fanny was with us. She loves to run freely in the large nature park with all steep slopes. She has seen wild rabbits here, now sniffing and looking for them. Luckily she never catches any, they are too fast.
Skyltsöndag
Då var det söndag och dags att skylta igen. Här är en blandning från förra helgens utflykt till fiskebyn Marsaxlokk här på Malta samt lite annat smått och gott. Den övre har anknytning till den sista. Enjoy! 
Den här var väl fin!
Har man hund så har man. Voff, voff…🐕 
I en fiskeby erbjuds naturligtvis färsk fisk. Fast vi tyckte det var lite för dyrt och tillagade fisk hemma istället.
San Gwakkin?? Men en Skylt är det och de så typiska Malta-färgerna. 
En tygpåse som förhoppningsvis leder till ett gott skratt… 
Kunde inte undgå att lägga märke till alla män som plötsligt gick omkring och bar på svenska flaggans färger. Helt fantastiskt att så många tagit flyget hit för att se fotbollsmatchen mellan Malta-Sverige. Vilken entusiasm! Vädret har dessutom varit strålande med upp till 27+ vilket inte framgår på bilden, men en skylt ser ni iallafall.
Alla kan vara med och skylta på söndagar, BP håller i trådarna.
Länk till övriga deltagare.
Orchids
A trip to Marsaxlokk – Malta
Last Sunday we went to Malta’s largest fishing village Marsaxlokk. I enjoy walking around here, mainly because of all the colorful fishing boats that are seen in the harbor but also because of its special atmosphere.
Even the fishing nets are colorful.
…and so are the benches.
Some snapshots!
On Sundays, many Maltese visit the fish market to buy from the morning’s catch and it’s a popular location among locals for Sunday lunch. We neither bought any fish nor ate lunch but it was well worth a visit!
Flowers on Fridays
Same Flower… 
…but with three different edits.
Thursday’s pictures..
The main thing these pictures have in common… 
…is that they are surrounded by the greenery of nature.
“In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light”
– Hans Hofmann –
Goodbye September
” In all things of Nature there is something of the Marvelous”
– Aristotle –
” The earth has music for those who listen”
– Shakesphere –
Cee’s Photo Challenge
Sunshine’s Macro Monday
Photo a day Challenge / Goodbye September
Flower of The Day
Stones
Thousands of small, small stones, shaped by the waves of the sea.
Salobreña beach, Spain September 2019.
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples”
– Mother Theresa –
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Stone
