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Reverie in Black & White

A couple of weeks ago I incindentally started posting black & white photos on Sundays. Now, I have decided to make it a habit and here it is – a scene from my all time favourite mountain lake Braies (in Dolomites). Hope you will like Einaudi’s piece Reverie too.  

Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

 

Thursday’s Special: Earthly Paradise

    The etymology of the word garden shows that it came into the English language in c. 1300 from Old North French gardin (Modern French jardin subsequently entered Italian, Spanish and Portuguese as giardino, jardin and jardim), which was derived from Vulgar Latin “hortus gardinus” meaning enclosed garden. The Frankish word for garden was gardo, from Proto-Germanic gardaz, (Old High German gard, gart meaning an enclosure or compound, appears in the name of the town…

Weekly Photo Challenge: FLEETING

SUNDAY POST: Windows to Knowledge

As a student I dreamed of studying on French Sorbonne, but it never happened. Many years later (as in this May)  I had a chance to see it for the first time. I took some crappy photos that I had to over-process to give them soul, but somehow they seemed perfect for Jake’s new theme: Window. If you look closely at the photos, you’ll…

A Word a Week Challenge: Face

This is my entry for A Word a Week Challenge: Face. Check out the other entries here.

CBBH Challenge: Knobs & Knockers :D

For the latest CBBH challenge I’ve decided to make my first video from the shots I took in Paris last week. I am not sure if that is what Marianne had in mind ;). This month I would like to recommend two blogs toffeefee.wordpress.com  and kbvollmarblog.wordpress.com that belong to my favourite blogger couple Dina and Klausbernd. Check them out and tell them I said “hi”.

Pick your Prince

 

…. and I thought I did not like Spring

I thought I did not like Spring very much with all its intensity and the air saturated with heavy scent of so many blossoming trees, but today after so many years I entered the botanical garden in my town and I was mesmerized with its beauty and colours. Here is a sneak peek….  

Weekly Photo Challenge: UP

 

A Word a Week Photo Challenge – Island

This is my response to “A Word a Week Photo Challenge – Island”. You can check out the other entries here.

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