Burning the old

to make way for the new. And to keep the odd which at bay. A tradition on last day of April that goes back hundreds if not thousands of years here in Scandinavia

Heritage 2

Neighbourhood is changing…

dense

… from family dwellings to dense high rise blocks. Normal focal length was used when taking the image so the new development is really as close to the family house as it looks. I’m impressed by the owner’s resolve to stay. There’s not only the construction at the rear; to the right there was a big hole in the ground which no doubt will be built up with a high rise too.

Seeking peace and quiet

solitude

… in the forest. And then all these joggers stream by. Should have chosen wilderness instead of an urban jogging trail to seek solitude.

Out of the deep

reuse

ALANDALU seems to have hit a spot of trouble. It looks like the boat was used for deep sea fishing – perhaps a sea creature took exception to being hooked and dragged the boat down? Apparently the hope is to get ALANDALU up from the depths of the harbour with the help of a few empty oil drums. Thus giving the oil drums a new purpose and a new lease of life

Door to

door-13

.. free choice? Or is it one’s free choice to enter through the door? Perhaps one can exercise one’s free choice to exit through the door? Perhaps it is inside where free choice is doled out? I never did find out. By my very own free choice.

The Hotel Entrance

hotel-entrance

Door to a hotel in Venice, where else? It was not for show, taxi boats came and went with hotel guests all the time.