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Life
Life Fanciful, moss-grown branches against a variegated background of light green, dancing leaflets. And we, eyed creatures, are getting smashed on the constant feast of nature. Photo of the week: Switzerland 2009
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Trees
Trees Sometimes I don’t get tired of looking at a remarkable tree. Take this one, silvery grey and without leaves. Its bifurcations go in all directions, apparently without plan. Unbridled growth into an ingenious labyrinth in which you soon lose your way. Photo of the week: Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2018
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Freedom
Freedom When a school selects imaginative teachers, children get a chance to develop creative minds. An egg rack carton and some paint make for a beautiful pineapple. Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Happy faces
Happy faces Today our parents are invited to school. We are going to show them our work and a nice programme of song and dance. Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Dal bhat
Dal bhat The staple food of Nepal used for making a map of the country. Lentils and rice. Nice idea of the children and their teacher! Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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Beauty on duty
Beauty on duty If the image of last week’s post was typically Indian, what about this one? It is very different but somehow – to me – equally typical. The combination of different elements – objects, texts, small details – is inimitable. When I passed by I thought: Yes! India! Great! Why does it please…
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Under the Banyan tree
Under the Banyan tree A Banyan tree, flower garlands hanging on its trunk, pictures of Hindu gods with little offerings in front, a food vendor preparing snacks in his stall … A sight so typically Indian, it couldn’t be anywhere else. Why does it make me feel good? Photo of the week: New Delhi, India…
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Invisible water
Invisible water At this spot the Aiguillon River has carved out a basin in which water remains. You can’t see it but the photo gives evidence that it is there: I notice certain elements and shadows with their reflected mirror images underneath. But I cannot find up to where the water reaches on the basin…
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The lonely bather
The lonely bather The old French landscape shows many deep tracks drawn by rivers during millions of years. It’s nice descending into them for a cool bath, or to follow the riverbed for a while between the steep walls of the worn out gorges. These are “Les Concluses de Lussan”, with deep gorges carved out…
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Pub in Perth
Pub in Perth Came here for a beer. Liked the atmosphere. The screens above the bar. The animated people. The girl in bikini with hat. Photo of the week: Cafe in Perth, Australia 2013
