Drama in white

I wonder if  the Yeti was here…

White…snow

When Scott Thomas announced his assignment with the subject “White”, my intension was to find anything else than snow as subject for my contribution.  Since then, Denmark have had snow, snow and more snow, – today even a snowstorm. I have the feeling that it won´t stop before someone is doing something about it, I´ll therefor now surrender, and join the assignment with these photos, of some…snow. I´ll let you know if it helps.

Thank you Scott, for making these assignments, such a fun idea.

Friend or food

 

I went outside to take some photos. It is still very cold, and the snow makes it difficult for the birds to find food. I noticed that “my garden-blackbird” didn´t flew away when I came close to it, and I was wondering if it had become tame.

For several minutes we were looking at eachother, without any of us felt like running away. I imagined myself as a trusted friend of wild birds,  next step would probably be talking with them. What a joy. My eyes catched something lying in the snow between us…it was…an old apple. I realized that my bird friend actualy was guarding this apple, and most likely ready to scare me away, if nessesary. It had no intension of being friendly or talk with me or any other romantic idea. Just to eat and keep being alive!

 I wonder if I look like a big hungry bird….

Cat, snow and sun

Snow

Scott Thomas has made a new assignment, this time the subject id “White”. Would you like to join? Please read more at Scotts blog: http://stphoto.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/assignment-5-white/

This photo is not my submission, I am still thinking about what to post.

Some colours

A little snow

Comments

I haven´t had time for answering comments for a while, but I have been very glad to receive them. Thank you! Please read my previous post.

Looking foreward to one more blog year

When my mother died, my 4 siblings and I had to empty and sell her house, our childhood home. Not an easy job,  we were very attached to it, and had great difficulties to imagine strangers taking over. My parents build the house the years we grew up, and our playground was the building site. Particularly my brothers helped with whatever they could, and as the house took shape, our picture of the world was weaved with the sight of bricks, wood, and glass collected into a beautiful house.

I decided to take a lot of photos, from all the good angles, before we left the house.  The ordinary photos of the house were fine to have, but I wanted to take some that showed how it felt being in it. Thinking of how to catch that feeling with my camera, send me on an eye-opening tour. What was it that made us feel comfortable  in this house, when it comes to things that one can photograph?

The simplicity, the raw look from the natural materials and specially…the light.  The glass walls and skylights made the rooms look different throughout the day. At sunny days there would be shadows in all angles and shapes, a living artwork at the interior.

Now that I had a an idea I started my hunt. Detail of detail. After a year I had thousands of photos, and a new way to look at a motive; close, – very close. And some questions to ask about LIGHT, – and HISTORY- what is the point of photographing this object?

Now we have reached the point where you, my dear blogfriend are entering the story. 

Not many friends or family have patience to see photos of details – every day. I decided to make a blog. As my blog name clearly show, I didn´t expect much of it though, and great was my surprise, when I received my first comment, even with a compliment. This was from Babs. I continued to post photos,  to find interesting blogs to my blogroll, and to receive comments. My blog was alive.

One day, I posted a photo of my mothers rose. I didn´t know that roses are such a valued flower at the internet, but from that day, the numbers of visitors increased dramatically. Out of my 100.000 visiters, I think half of them is coming from Google search, not only because of this rose, but mainly.

Having a blog and blogfriends sending comments, means getting inspiration of all kind, from all over the world. Every day. Every hour, if one should have the time.  I often look at the internet for more information about subjects mentioned in your blogs. I have learned a lot about geography, climate, food, animals, behaviour, culture, a lot of english words, and most of all, I have learned that wonderful friendly, humorous and clever people are everywhere. I am really glad to have you all as my blogfriends, I wish I could write a personal thank to everyone, mentioning your blog, but my writting is slow, as I have to think and write in a foreign language, and I have already been too long writing this.

Thank you everyone.

100.000 hits

While  writing at my “thank-you-for- all- your- visits-and-much- appreciated- comments” speech I´ll let this  special rose, speak for me.

It says: Thank you!

…..hmnnn…just what I was going to say in my speech, I´ll see if I can find another way to say this, – it might take some time now!