Nepal? Tibet? A temple?
What would be your guess?
Well, it’s none of the above – just a row of lovely bells hanging from the temporary scaffold outside Café Tranquebar in the middle of a busy street. The eye sees what the eye wants to see…
It seems that Tiffany lamps are back in style – or perhaps they never left. Even as an adult I love the coloured glass lamps for the same reasons that I love stained glass windows.
These lamps were a resent addition to what you can buy at Café Tranquebar besides coffee and books. If the background looks dark it is with good reason.The whole room is black, ceiling and floor included. I would never have guessed it but it actually make the large room feel warm and cosy.
You may have noticed by now that I have a weakness for patterns repeating themselves. This fondness, as you might also call it, is often catered to at Café Tranquebar in Borgergade, Copenhagen – along with the best brownies in town.
Isn’t it just one of nature’s wonders?
One morning in late august a rare fog hung over the neighbourhood. I had to admit it took my 8 year old daughter to get me to see the magic. “Look mom, there are spider webs all over!”
And indeed there were. By the time I had returned from dropping her off at school the sun was out, I dashed inside after my camera to capture the magic at the perfect time when the sun was out to reflect in the water drops and before everything dried off.
As I wrote yesterday, Chrstianshavn is criss-crossed by canals. This is what some people do with them. I found this shot walking down to a café that is actually floating on one of the canals, Christianshavns Bådudlejning. You can rent the rowing boats from there.
Christianshavn, founded by King Christian VI, dates back to the early 17’th century and is more visually recognizable for the old restored buildings. But that’s for the next round of pictures from there – should be around next weekend…
I usually post ‘clean’ pictures here. In this case, though, I played with my camera’s feature of fixing one color and rendering the rest black/white.
This shot is from a part of Copenhagen called Christianshavn. It is very old land fill and is littered with canals. A little further on there’ll be a whole series from Christinashavn.
What have we here? An invasion from outer space?
Nearly. The picture is taken on a large lawn right next to Amager Beach. The following day there was a small yoga festival. I did attend, with my camera, but this picture of the tents devoid of people was a far better motiv than anything else I saw.
Last round of swans – at least for this year. I’m still at the moat at the foot of Kronborg Castle. I had to admire the swan couple for a job well done. Young and inexperienced swans lose all their young ones to predators before the ducklings are more than a few days old. But this couple really know what they are doing.
While I was watching these beautiful creatures (who ever said the Ugly Duckling was ugly?) through my lense, two children tried to get close enough to pet them.
They didn’t come to any harm. I think the swan mom must be unsually calm. But don’t ever try to get near swans! They are huge birds, strong enough to brake an arm with their beak andusually aggresive when it comes to defending their young.
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