Lemback Blog » Canon G7 http://www.lemback.com The Potpourri of Ramblings blog of Marlene and Leif Lemback Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Crisscrossing The Sky http://www.lemback.com/2010/crisscrossing-the-sky/ http://www.lemback.com/2010/crisscrossing-the-sky/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:26:35 +0000 Marlene http://www.lemback.com/?p=1761 After relentless days of having crisscross thoughts regarding this blog, I have finally done considering the idea that dawned on me long ago. As I said before, it’s only a slight change in the area of interest. But it’s the same me who rambles on with not-so-sensible allegories. From this time on, I will stick to this inclination and heaven knows when will my mind crisscross again.

crisscross-sky

crisscross in the sky

My thoughts do crisscross like that one in the sky when I am confused or in a dilemma that needs immediate reaction. But nothing seems out of hand when I think straight and clear and as clear as the sky the solution just pops in my mind. And the crisscross in the sky too, simply appeared unnoticed. I didn’t see a thing crisscrossing up there but when I looked up it was a sight I wouldn’t want to miss without taking some pictures of it. I don’t see like this in the sky everyday so it’s worth the effort. It would have been amazing if I saw a plane or planes crisscrossing the sky that day. One flew over, the other one flew under. Just like when I was on a plane once, I saw another plane through the window passing under us. That was breathtaking!

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]]> http://www.lemback.com/2010/crisscrossing-the-sky/feed/ 15 Once In A Blue Moon http://www.lemback.com/2010/once-in-a-blue-moon/ http://www.lemback.com/2010/once-in-a-blue-moon/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:22:44 +0000 Marlene http://www.lemback.com/?p=1627 It’s been years ago when I heard this phrase.  My aunties had used this like a hundred times when I was little.  Yet, I never dared ask if there was literally a blue moon as I’ve had never seen one.  It seemed like a myth that passed on from mouth to mouth without any proof of its existence.  I don’t remember how my aunts used this phrase before but the meaning was easy to grasp.  It’s like saying, “Hey, you’re visiting us once in a blue moon.  We missed you so much.”  I have not used this phrase myself nor heard anyone utter the phrase in any verbal context anymore.

It’s kind of late to post this blue moon phenomenon but I’ll post it anyway.  Not for the sake of it but for the pictures I took the night when a blue moon would appear.  It was said that New Year’s Eve would have a blue moon  so I waited patiently (on December 31, 2009) for it to appear but here’s what I got…

Blue Moon Night

Supposed to be a blue moon night

Wikipedia has an interesting facts about the Blue Moon.  And maybe by looking at my photo above, you may realize that there is no literal blue moon.  The next blue moon will occur on November 21, 2010 and by that time maybe I will have the courage to burn a forest so the moon will appear blue, lol!

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]]> http://www.lemback.com/2010/once-in-a-blue-moon/feed/ 17 Fireworks Are Over http://www.lemback.com/2010/fireworks-are-over/ http://www.lemback.com/2010/fireworks-are-over/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:46:13 +0000 Marlene http://www.lemback.com/?p=1618 This is my first post for 2010.  I still have a hard time writing 1 for the third digit of this year.  It was easier with zero all the way but I guess I will be getting used to it in a couple of months or should I say I have all the time to learn writing 1 in a whole decade, lol!  Oh, my, did I say decade?  And we are traversing again another decade of our lives.  Anyway, what we could do for the time being is to welcome the new decade with hopes and dreams to make it the best of all decades.  Quite frankly, I don’t know which decade I deemed best.  Maybe you know.  But ask me which decade had the best music of all times.  It’s the 80’s.

I’m pretty sure that the decade has been welcomed differently in different countries.  Even so the fireworks and firecrackers are inevitable in celebrating the New Year, others prefer a simple and quiet one.  To me the best place to celebrate the New Year is in the comfort of my home.  I am quite scared to light a firework and so is hubby but we enjoy watching fireworks display through the window.  Last night, we opened the door in the kitchen despite the cold so that hubby could film it.  It was so scary to hear the fireworks exploded one after another.  It went quite ferocious for minutes that I couldn’t stand it anymore.  I felt like some fireworks would hit me any moment.  Anyhow, here are some pictures I took last night.  My first photograph for 2010.  Fireworks are over but the memory remains.  Happy New Blogging Year to everyone!

Fireworks 2010

Fireworks display in Gothenburg

New Year 2010New Year 2010

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]]> http://www.lemback.com/2010/fireworks-are-over/feed/ 23 Let It Be White http://www.lemback.com/2009/let-it-be-white/ http://www.lemback.com/2009/let-it-be-white/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:26:07 +0000 Marlene http://www.lemback.com/?p=1604 If I remember right I didn’t have a white Christmas for the past three years and winter had been so dry and boring.  Snow would only fall between February and March.  This is why last night when I went to the kitchen to drink water before going to bed, I saw the roof of the laundry house being white.  I looked through the window and I was surprised to see that it was white all over.  It was past 1:00 am but the place loomed in darkness while the snow continued to fall and coated the place in white.  So beautiful, I didn’t want to go to bed but just watched the snow falling.

snow at 1:43 AM

snow at 1:43 AM

snow at 14:13 PM (2:13pm)

snow at 14:13 PM (2:13pm)

But when I woke up the ground was ploughed.  Ugh!  Hey, I’m dreaming of a white Christmas here so let the snow stay on Christmas Day, please….

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]]> http://www.lemback.com/2009/let-it-be-white/feed/ 12 The Little Mermaid Of Copenhagen http://www.lemback.com/2009/little-mermaid-of-copenhagen/ http://www.lemback.com/2009/little-mermaid-of-copenhagen/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:37:10 +0000 Marlene http://www.lemback.com/?p=1588 Just came back from a weekend stay in Copenhagen despite the flu I had but I was grateful it didn’t get worse.  I am feeling much better now, except for a runny nose but I feel that it will be over soon, too.  Denmark is just a neighboring country of Sweden so it’s not really far to drive to its capital city, Copenhagen.  We usually drive through this country when we drive further south like Germany, Austria, etc.  We decided to explore the capital city this time around, though the main purpose would be to celebrate my birthday away from home, ahehee.

The sculpture of The Little Mermaid

The sculpture of The Little Mermaid

Denmark has a mild winter weather so it’s not that cold to take a walk to the park and on the streets.  Just like when we walked to see this world known Little Mermaid based from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author and poet.  I was surprised to see people, probably tourists, gathered in front of the sculpture to get their own photograph with the mermaid in the background.  Hubby and I were fascinated too so we waited till we got our chance.  I have not seen hubby’s photographs with the system camera, he’s too tired now to download the photos in the computer.  But I’m quite satisfied with this shot using my Canon G7.  Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the fairy tale of this mermaid so I can’t relate a thing about it.  However, I remember there was a film with the title, The Little Mermaid before.

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