Sunday, June 15, 2014

snapshots of my life: week 24

a visit to beautiful fur island

the ferry is a short five minutes to the island
the view from up top
we stood in line to get a bite. this guy played host to a friendly visitor
the interior of the bodega, a bar where they also serve fast food.  open till!
lunch at the harbor
profile
this door caught my eye
the island is filled with these colorful fish, which are all numbered (did not figure out the significance of the numbers)
beautiful wooden sculpture
danish beach house with wind turbine in the background - very danish
mermaids
cafe terrace
more scenery
the old harbor museum
museum
we'll call him mr. smiles
anatole put this flower into my bike side bag and a bee was very happy to move in
old train car
view from the cliffs
searching for fossils
camping shelters
this one has grass on top
some kind soul left behind a map of the island and more for future campers
i turned around on my bike and captured this lovely scene
translation: grey stone
 a well earned dinner
a likeness of the restaurant owner
thank you to our little photographer

Sunday, June 8, 2014

snapshots of my life: week 23

storming toward the promised land
the newest attraction: gold digger pete's house
typos make me crazy
grammar mistakes make me even crazier
i had to let it go because at every stop all i was doing was scrutinizing the signage!
panning for gold
for DKK 40 ($8) you get a pan, find as many tiny "gold" nuggets as possible, and redeem them for a genuine
gold lego medallion (wink wink)
legoland medallion: ready to show his classmates
the legoscapes are remarkable.  it could be enough to spend the whole day staring at the rows and rows of intricately detailed places...and yet it's not.  too many other things to see and do
the famous new harbor section of copenhagen
i don't remember what this one is - a castle belonging to the danish royals perhaps.
up up and away
near the entrance of atlantis, the aquarium
"to dad," this has been put aside until father's day
i was getting into my car at work when i looked up to see two crows pecking at each other and crowing loudly. but when i grabbed the camera, one of them flew off.
one of the week's creations
our back patio
i love the little black dots sprinkled over the blossoms
i have no idea what this is, but it smells amazing.  freesia?
contemplation
this angle looks sad
lunch at bk