Flowers!

Went to Chelsea Flower Show last weekend. It is such a immense pleasure to walk around all these plants. Yes, there are lots and lots of people too, but the flowers are worth it! The colours! The fragrance! The creativity! Above are photos from some of the show gardens.

Dragon weekend

I am just back from a fantastic weekend in London - Chelsea Flower Show and Kew Gardens. Weather was miserable (especially at Kew) but it was magical anyway.
Photos will arrive soon..! :)
Anyway, was at the coast last weekend (the holiday weekends are many this month!) and here are some photos that I took there. First the kites - on land and on sea!




















Kites are called drake (dragon) in Swedish - hence the title.


I spent hours and hours walking along the beach - it goes on for miles and miles.
And then I spent the evenings at the promenade restos and in the comfy chairs in my rented apartment (6th floor with sea view). This photo is taken in the apartment:






And this during an early morning walk:

(W)under the weather

My camera has been a bit under the weather, and needs to see a doctor. So even though weather is amazing, trees and flowers are looking so fantastic, there will be no photos here just now. But soon!! I hope.

... and this is spring 1000 km north of here

These are all taken in south Sweden (Skåne) a few days ago during Easter weekend.


The country at the horizon is Denmark with the Helsingborg-Helsingör ferry to the left. Quite a haze that day, unfortunately.









This is also Denmark in the horizon, but taken from a viewpoint south of Helsingborg.







The island in the horizon - use binoculars :) - is the Swedish island Ven.






These are from the lovely beech forests that I so miss:






































A pretty farmhouse on Österlen.










And finally my beloved Öresund!

This is spring here

Walking home from work (scenic part of the route!) yesterday.

A hidden pearl

I was wrong! Amongst all the photos I took, I forgot about this pearl - Banteay Srei.

Thought to have been created by women due to the very fine artistic details on the buildings. Spent parts of Christmas Eve here, and had a delicious lunch at a roadside café.

This is why I can't let go of this journey; so much happened, so many visual and emotional memories. So I think this is the last of the photos from Cambodia and Thailand - but maybe I should learn never to say never... :)

The garden of Sukhothai

It's almost 3 months now since I came home from Cambodia and Thailand, and you have during this time got to see a few out of the thousand photos I took. Today when it's been grey, cold and miserable is the perfect day to end with some photos from the beautiful garden of Sukhothai. And once I have recharged the batteries (mine and the camera's) I will be trying to catch spring through the lens. But only once the sun is back!

Then it is time to plan the holidays for the summer and winter. Maybe India? Or Vietnam? Most probably France. Maybe Greece? Definitely Chelsea Flower Show and maybe Kew Gardens in May. So be patient..! :)

Perspectives of Buddha

Elephants!