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 …

 

 

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.)

 

Weekend Reflections: Cherry Blossom Trees by the River

Photos taken with my cellphone camera (23 May 2013) while waiting for the bus in town. Summer has speeded along so quickly since then that the blossoming period is already over for these trees when I post this.

For Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections: Summer Starts Here

Weekend Reflections #190

Weekend Reflections: In the Spring Rain

Weekend Reflections

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

Water World Wednesday: Ice Formations

Behind the Old Mill (see previous post) there is an island in the river, and if you walk across that island, you come to the “untamed” part of the river:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water World Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: It’s Been Raining…

Wordless Wednesday

Shadow Shot Sunday / Weekend Reflections

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

Shadow Shot Sunday & Weekend Reflections

Ruby Tuesday: Demolition

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.

Ruby Tuesday 2

Watery Wednesday: Between Winter And Spring

Linking to Watery Wednesday #174

Winter Shadows

No use looking for water reflections today!
The river is hiding under a cover of ice and snow.
But hey - that’s my shadow out there!!!

Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Shadow Shot Sunday: Cold River

 

Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Watery Wednesday: Goldeneye

The most common birds in the river where I live are mallards; but I also keep seeing one Goldeneye, sometimes hanging out with the mallards, but often on his own. Back in the spring he had a mate, but now he appears to be single. Looks a little sad somehow, but perhaps I’m letting my imagination run away with me…

Watery Wednesday

Watery Wednesday: Reflections

Watery Wednesday

Watery Wednesday

Photo from two weeks ago. The big tree had dropped all its leaves, but the smaller ones had not, which created a special effect.

For Watery Wednesday

Friday My Town: Stairs

‘Up and down’ was one of the themes included in the local photo
marathon I took part in a few weeks ago… So I took a number of
shots of these spiral stairs outside a building. We were only allowed
to submit one photo per theme though, so the collage was made later!

 

  

A waterfall and a narrow set of stairs running down/up
the same hill in a large modern cemetery park.

 

At this spot in the river, the water descends down ‘stairs’ as well.

To see more stairs … ‘going up, coming down, from behind’ …
go to My Town – Mr Linky!

… ‘Whisper to the Wild Water’ …

For Watery Wednesday

I borrowed the post title – Whisper to the Wild Water -
from a song/album by Maire (Moya) Brennan:

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Around, around
Around I turn
Around I turn
In time

I heard Your name
Whisper to the wild water
I’ll be strong
I will survive

… … …

 

This is just a very small waterfall…
Still, standing close to it, the other sounds of the city
are drowned by the roar of the water.

Watery Wednesday: Abstract Reflection

Framed in Corel Paint Shop Pro X.

See more WET pictures at Watery Wednesday.

You Looking At Me?

For Shadow Shot Sunday:
Damselflies enjoying the sun, the river and the water lilies.
Zoomed in from quite a long distance I’m afraid.
I was hoping for one to land closer to me but no such luck.

The female is coppery brown, the male is metallic blue.