Straight out of my mobile phone camera (no editing) – glorious autumn colours in a parking lot in town.
And Good News – it seems InLinkz is suddenly “back on” for me (after having been invisible for me for two or three weeks, on any website using that linking service).
I never managed to figure out what was wrong, and have no idea how I got them back either.
While I can still see them, I take the opportunity to link to
Ruby Tuesday :)
We’re still having summery days here, but the rowan berries turning red is an umistakable sign that we’re entering into the Autumn season.
Linking to Ruby Tuesday Too
The cherry blossom trees in our town park are of a variety that springs into bloom a couple of weeks later than many of the others planted around town. Lovely to have the blossoming season prolonged like that!
{*Moulin Rouge [mu.lษ̃ สuส], French for Red Mill, a cabaret in Paris, France.}
This old mill is found in the village where my parents lived in their retirement years (and before them, back in my childhood, my grandparents). These photos are from Easter, when my brother and I went for a walk there. As you can see, there was quite a bit of ice in the river – probably still is. Even though the sun has kept on shining, the nights are still cold with temperatures well below zero.
For Ruby Tuesday
Going back to my summer photos in search of some colour… Found this, which I don’t think I’ve posted before. It’s from a Wagon museum in the countryside not very far from the village where my parents lived. It’s not open on a regular basis, and I’ve never been inside. My brother and I just stopped for a look outside when we were out for a drive in that neighbourhood.
Linking to Ruby Tuesday 2
![Location of Montenegro (Green)in Europe (Dark Grey) — [Legend]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Europe-Montenegro.svg/250px-Europe-Montenegro.svg.png)
Artist: Nenad Soskic
“Montenegro (MNE) regained independence in 2006 after it had been part of Yugoslavia for almost 90 years. With just under 700,000 inhabitants and an area of 13,812 km², our Balkan state is one of the smaller European states. ---
The golden lines on the red bear symbolise the golden path towards a unified Europe.”
Artists: Murat & Cansu รkmen
The Anatolian peninsula, comprising most of modern Turkey, is one of the oldest permanently settled regions in the world.
Artist: Caman Baziz
The territory of today's Algeria was the home of many ancient cultures. Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world and the largest in Africa.
… for Macro Monday and Ruby Tuesday
Fly Agaric – Amanita muscaria
Not sure about this one… But I wouldn’t trust it…
O, my luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my luve's like the melodie,
That's sweetly play'd in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonie lass,
So deep in luve am I,
And I will luve thee still, my Dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.
Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun!
O I will luve thee still, my Dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!
Robert Burns
For Ruby Tuesday
Red/orange vs. green nuances are the ones that I find most of in my recent photos.
My first two tomatoes on the balcony turning red.
(I ate them yesterday!)
A piece of modern art in the treetops in the open air museum park. The work is entitled Dragon’s Flight or Kite Flight (Swedish: Drakflykt) and artist is Tor Udd.
The glazed muffin with red sprinkles picks up the red colour of the old church in the background (also in the open air museum park). The green table + nature itself serves as contrast.
Going through wardrobes at the House this week (my parents’ old place, for those who don’t know), I found this old chroceted patchwork blanket tucked away at the back of a top shelf. It stirs memories with me, but only vague ones. I think I was told some time in a distant past that it came from my mother’s side of the family, like from my grandmother or perhaps even her mother. I emailed a photo of it to my aunt, but she has no recollection of it.
I know I did see it when I was younger, because even then I was so frustrated with it. If whoever-made-it had either stuck to the main pattern of neat rows of the same colours: OR had mixed them evenly throughout the whole thing… Then it could have been beautiful. As it is, there are these inexplicable irregularities of deviating patches here and there. It’s like the blanket was started by someone who knew exactly what they were doing – and finished by someone who didn’t have clue, or didn’t care!
Alternatively, it might be our own family da Vinci code built into it. “Five blue, two green, one blue…” Any suggestions??
Meanwhile, with the Colour Wheel in mind, I do think the orange and the blueish green squares fit the ‘red orange’ and ‘blue green’ sections just about perfectly…
See more complementary colours at
Friday My Town Shoot Out – Complementary Colours
Once upon a time, my paternal grandfather lived in this cottage together with his grandparents. Back then, it was not the bright red colour you see here, but unpainted grey. Today it’s a summer paradise; back then, it was probably a struggle most of the time… Read more about it here.
Linking to Ruby Tuesday
… or rather, on the top of the hill in our Town Park,
there is a miniature golf course waiting for the summer season …
Find more red things at Ruby Tuesday 2
The demolition of the old factory building down by the river is progressing slowly. I guess they intend to reuse some of the material – probably not in this spot, but somewhere.
A “new old” building. Some years ago the old wooden building was to be repaired but when they started the job they found it to be in such a bad state that it came to be replaced by a new “look-alike” building. I’m glad they kept the old style though, we have very few old wooden buildings in the town centre because of big fires back in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Haven’t been out and about much lately (and neither has the sun, these past few days) but I found this in my archives from last year. Don’t think I’ve used it before. From a playground at a daycare center – photo taken on a weekend with no children about.
For Ruby Tuesday
Display at a florist’s shop.
I did not ask, but I assume the bottles are for putting flower shoots in to take root.
For Ruby Tuesday
