It`s a Blue Blue Summer

So striking -- stark white cubes accented with the richest royal blue and occasional oxblood red



Blue Plus...

White plus red.

 



For little feet -- each pair touched with various shades of blue culled from nature
 

Reminiscent of a Georgia O'Keeffe painting:
strong light, limited palette, crisp geometric shades, near abstraction
 



Freshly painted door + worn trim + new growth = charm



The view around every corner



A constantly clear and intense sky, day after day after day










Images D. Sleziak





 

Of Sky and Sea: Greece Part II

On the big island of Crete, the softest blue sky melts into the azure sea

In the parched and sun-drenched landscape that is Greece, shades of khaki, ochre and silvery olive-green dominate the countryside.  Here, shunning a trellis, grapevines huddle over in mounds keeping their tendrils close and their precious fruit protected while trees grow stout as their gnarled roots claw their way into the hardened earth.  This harsh environment with precious little rain and unrelenting sun produces some of the best olives, pistachios, herbs and honey -- with such delicate and light flavours as pine thyme or orange blossom -- imaginable. 

In this land of deep sun and deeper shade, it is the vibrancy of the blue, in the sky and in the sea, that is so intoxicating.  Follow the next several posts for pairings of images that celebrate the best of this Greek light.

True Blue





 

 

Images D. Sleziak

Snapshot Bratislava

Turn the handle and step through to another world; old town Bratislava

It Feels Like Home

 

One of the joys of returning to a place you have been before is the opportunity to reacquaint yourself with old favourites while discovering new pleasures. (Click on images to enlarge.)

 

 

 

 

All images D. Sleziak

Light Bright

Here and now



Sometimes, the light in the garden is just so,

and you can capture images like these.

 

 

Lime light
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos D. Sleziak

 

Spring Fling

The promise of spring: swollen magnolia buds nearly ready to explode in profusion

In My World: The Garden

 

While the days are growing longer, the warming heat of early spring has evaded us.  There are few signs of true spring -- no flowering forsythia, no crocus in the garden, no daffodils pushing their stalks up to sky.  Today, a sprinkling of flakes is falling, but the harbinger of spring is here: bud-laden branches of the magnolia set to burst when the first blanket of warmth settles upon them.  Surely, surely, true spring is not far off.

 

Just detectable: a herbaceous peony begins its ascent

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos D. Sleziak

Shadow Play

Strong light on a clear, crisp day creates a glittering play of pattern

Through the winter season, the sun rises low over the horizon, casting long rays of light.  The result:  

dramatic plays of pattern and shadow captured both inside and out.

 

 

On the window ledge

                              



    In the garden

 

 

On the newly fallen snow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos: D. Sleziak

Let It Snow

The first
real snow
of the season

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos D. Sleziak

 

 

Drop

The rain outside
makes
a watercolour photograph

Photo D. Sleziak

Roll With It

A wooden wonder silhouette at dusk

The quintessential American summer past-time: the Amusement Park visit.











All photos by D. Sleziak