FMTSO/Weekend Reflections

 

Friday My Town Shoot Out: “My Weakness”

“When driving through town where does the car pull you? Is there someplace you just can't resist stopping? A favorite shop, store, house....? Show us in pics.”

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I don’t drive… I walk.
There are some views in town I always return to.
I love the river, and trying to catch reflections in the water.
Trees, sculptures, old factories, churches…

 

The sculpture “Bodhi” in the water next to the old cinema “Röda Kvarn” (Moulin Rouge, the Red Mill)

 

A wonderfully rounded old factory building, following the curve of the river;
and the tower of the town’s oldest church.

 

Turning round, looking the other way.

 

The old trees in the Town Park.

 

Window lights at dusk.

 

… also linking to: Weekend Reflections …

 

 

Mandarin Orange Monday: Church Window

 

Mandarin Orange Monday

The Skyscraper

Close to The Edge of the World (see my blog post 27.9),
a Tower is growing.

It’s rising above my own horizon now; as I feared it would. This photo was taken through my window the other day. If I sit at the kitchen table, it’s out of view and I can pretend it’s not there. But the illusion goes away as soon as I take one or two steps to the right… :)

Luckily, I think they have almost reached the top now. 
For while at least, it will be the highest building in town.

Can’t help it, I’ve come to (jokingly) think of it as the Tower of Babel…

“Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves ” (Genesis 11:4)

     

This is what it’s supposed to look like when it’s finished.
(Obviously not my own photo!)

Linking to Weekend Reflections

I’m afraid I still cannot see or enter any links at either Skywatch Friday or Friday My Town Shoot Out. (It was the same thing last week.) If anyone has a plausible explanation, please share it. (I suspect something to do with Google+. Which I’m not using.)

 

The Edge of the World

SkyWatch Friday

FMTSO – Sparkle

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflection

One of my favourite reflection views in town :)

“By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
~Confucius~

Weekend Reflections # 187

Ruby Tuesday: Reflection in Red and White

One of many old factory buildings along the river.
Borås was founded on textile industry.

For Ruby Tuesday

Friday My Town – Self Portraits

At the Art Museum, June 2012:

Exhibition - Selected Works by Alison Shotz

 

An old favourite from December 2010: Facing the “Barcode” mirror artwork on a wall in town, also reflecting the town park on the other side of the river.

 

Self portrait taken with the camera’s self timer, July 2012.
Edited in Picasa 3 (+ PicMonkey to add the floral symbol)

Weekend Reflections / Shadow Shot Sunday

Weekend Reflections

Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Wordless Wednesday

Doesn’t this look like an object that could inspire someone to build a whole novel around it?

It caught my eye in a second hand (book) shop.

For Wordless Wednesday

Shadow Shot Sunday / Weekend Reflections

“First Day of Spring” (30th April 2012)

Shadow Shot Sunday & Weekend Reflections

Snowy Branches by the River (Watery Wednesday)

The branches of an alder tree stretching out over the water.

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Linking to Watery Wednesday

Shadow Shot Sunday: Black Swan

“Hello… Who is that down there?”

Shadow Shot Sunday

Mosaic Monday: Reflection Patchwork

I’m still fascinated by those window reflections of water reflections
of trees and sky… (compare last week’s Watery Wednesday).
I kept playing with them in Picasa: cropping, turning
upside-down, putting together again…

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See more Monday Mosaics at Mary’s Little Red House

Friday My Town: Symmetry

  

▲ Reflection symmetry ▲

▼ Nature’s symmetry ▼

▼ Butterfly Symmetry ▼

▲ One Red Admiral, one Small Tortoiseshell ▲

 

▲ Red Admiral ▲

▼ Small Tortoiseshell ▼

 

▼ Man-made symmetry: ▼
 

 

▲ Medieval ribbon-weaving shown at the Textile Museum ▲

 

▲ Kaleidoscope Symmetry ▲
made by me in Corel Paint Shop Pro X
▼ from these autumn leaves ▼

▼ Couples Symmetry▼

Sea lions at the Zoo – in perfect sync!

 

 

This pair of grandparents (I assume)
seemed pretty much synchronized too!

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I wish you all a nicely balanced weekend!

~♥~♥~♥~

For more symmetry, visit Friday My Town

Watery Wednesday: Reflections

Watery Wednesday

Watery Wednesday: Abstract Reflection

Framed in Corel Paint Shop Pro X.

See more WET pictures at Watery Wednesday.

Watery Wednesday: Bird’s-eye View

Yesterday morning the lake lay still like a perfect mirror.
This view was taken from the top of a birdwatch tower, but there were very few birds about. I happened to run into a friend up there (in the tower) who is an ardent birdwatcher (not just in fine weather!) and he said it was too still for the birds… Most of them prefer a little wind under their wings!

Two young coots (according to my knowledgeable friend)

    

The Tower, reached by narrow footbridges through the wetland.

This post is linked to Watery Wednesday

Watery Wednesday: Red Water Lilies

Photo taken with my new Android mobile (Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc).

For Watery Wednesday # 150

Shadow Shot Sunday: Black & White

Mallard with ducklings in the river

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Shadow Shot Sunday at Hey Harriet

Watery Wednesday: Ready, Steady… Go!

A couple of more pictures from the bird sanctuary lake.
The gulls like to sit each on their own pole, waiting…
Until they spot FOOD!

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Watery Wednesday

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