Five of the original boatbuilding sheds from the mid 1700s in Fredrikdvern Verft in Stavern,Norway still stand proudly in classic Stavern yellow along the shore. this is where the famed naval station built

the Mauli temple in Shiroda consists of several buildings all painted in the same warm pleasant combination of colors, earthy shades of orange and yellow well complemented with white. the building were

just recently on a visit to Oslo i had the unexpected pleasure of coming very close to a bird i had never seen before. i was a bit perplexed at first because it was in an open park which is not a typical

the center of town here is very small, so there are just a few streets with shop windows. but when the sun is in the right place in the sky it shines on the walls on one side of the street which is an

“Most people think of ice as just the solid that forms in a freezer, but water is far more complex. Because water molecules are connected by hydrogen bonds, they can arrange themselves in many different

a while back i posted some shadows from inside the Seamen's Memorial Hall so today i am adding a few from the steps up to the entrance. the pyramid shape structure sits on a hillside just above the sea

Old Town in the city of Sibiu in Romania oozes of authentic old world charm making it a real delight to wander the streets the Bridge of Lies is perhaps the best known landmark. the building behind the

Indian spot-billed ducks

there is a giant ferris wheel located in the park at Elisabeth Square in downtown Budapest. it's visble from a long distance which means when you're in it you can see a long ways, taking in all the wonderful

it's surprising how nice shadows a simple tea candle, lamp and a copper water pot can make, they are common place items in an Indian home. with the lights on they seem plain enough. according to ayurveda

this year we were lucky to find a number of peacock butterflies Aglais io. although they are said to be common in these parts we rarely see them. i am not sure why this year was different but that didn't

while much of the port facilities are off limits to the general public there is an open section that allows for delivery and receiving of shipped goods. instead of focusing on the containers, the ships

in old towns throughout europe it is typical that the churches have a connected cemetery or as it properly called a churchyard or graveyard providing for burials on sacred ground. in our town with the

common eiders are designed for a life in the sea, specifically the cold northern oceans. they have several special adaptations to survive the cold but here i will mention some of their abilities as swimmers

there is something special about the reflections in the puddles that form on the street after a rain. the uneven heights that usually go totally unnoticed suddenly appear because the water collects in

many years ago a part of the harbor in town was a few hundred meters farther inland. it has long been filled in and the area now is a public park called Buktaparken with a children's playground and this

the late Norwegian King Harald V was recently laid to rest in the Royal Mausoleum in the crypt of Akershus Fortress. this medieval fortress was built in 1299 by King Håkon V whose remains are in the fortress'

House Crows Corvus splendens are among the most common birds we see in our garden in India. they are immensely fond of running water so when we water our coconut trees they gather round in groups up to

not everything in life is romantic and idyllic. and so it is with reflections. some things are stark and harsh. beautiful, not in the sense that they are pleasi

sometimes i find shadows that just don't make any sense. they are not exaggerations or special edits to intentionally confuscate or anything like that. even tho