Monday, June 30, 2014

food, vine and fun


 back in St-Blaise… a lot of food, vine (!)…and fun!

strong




...one of the strongest woman I know.

A modern wonder woman.
So is my grandmother and great grandmother.

Never underestimate the strength of women.
Power and strength is not only about muscles...

touch down







chasing rainbows






last Friday...




…wild girls night out.

Alice in Wonderland

...unknown plant from botanic garden Zurich…
Straight from Tim Burton's movie "Alice in Wonderland".

I couldn't take my eyes of that plant, that peace of Art, that crazy patterns, colors… how is that possible?

Nature is very, very creative.

psychedelic


together


alone


spike leaves


fleur de cactus


spread



Sunday, June 22, 2014

coeurs verts




ensoleillés



ébouriffés


parallèles



tulipe tigrée


platanes



Eden




Ben Khan "Eden"

Can't get enough of that "album".

foxy

Picture by Michael O'Neal
Winner iPhone Photography Awards 2014

https://www.ippawards.com/index.html



Last night I had the wish to sleep in the forest by my own, my way to celebrate the longest day in the year and summer beginning.
It was not my very first night outside. I've done outdoor sleeping many times… In the desert, in the moutains, in the jungle, in the snow, in the forest, at the beach etc. But I was never on my own.
So I packed my stuff and walked about 45 minutes into the forest around 9pm to a place I  found last time where I will be quiet (no drunken humans partying around).
Prepared my "bed" and was welcomed by mosquitos, a deer and a splendid hawk.

The night was there. And I was getting ready to sleep listening to the sounds of the forest.
But all of the sudden a strange loud sound of an animal very close to me woke me up. I couldn't see anything but the sound was so unusual and not from that world (to me)… I couldn't figure it out what it was. A wild pig? No… It was like a strange bark, very unusual and sounded like a warning. I invaded his territory.

I new I wouldn't have a quite night at all and didn't want to fight all night with that strange animal. I must say I was really scared because I didn't know 't what it was and my imagination went crazy. That thing was very close, I could hear his steps and that strange barking not from that world.  So I packed my stuff and walked through the dark forest back.

Now I guess I know what it was, a fox.

Haha…! Now I can laugh.






evening walk


evening perspectives


morning shadows


weekend

passing by Spiez at the Thunersee with the train...

view from my room...

Saturday morning view from my room...

Impressions of the day, Saturday.

Saturday, region around Champex-Lac, Switzerland.

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Saturday, June 7, 2014

sharing


Some men prefer to share their life with someone they don't love and share a concert with the love of their life.



Inspiration: life.



words and pictures



"Words and Pictures" with Juliette Binoche and Clive Owen.

A bit of painting, a bit of literature and a lot of Juliette Binoche…well another movie on my "to see" list!

Sunday, June 1, 2014

blue waters and pink hair



photography by Laurie Bartley for Numero China June July 2014

white simplicity

photography by Richard Powers
design by Piet Boon

More pictures here:

http://www.vosgesparis.com/2014/05/summer-inspiration-piet-boon-villa.html

oriental