Patterns In the Sand

© Pedro Hansson - Patterns in the Sand
© Pedro Hansson – Patterns in the Sand

“Maybe you had to leave in order to miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.” Jodi Picoult

Borrowed the quote above from @pagep on Instagram. If you haven’t seen that feed, check it out

Be Brave!

This is  a repost, but I think this quote is helpful when I sometimes face tough decisions.

It’s so easy to worry for things that are out of our control. Today many people worry about the new economic times, some are worrying about their kids and maybe some are walking away from great new possibilities –  a great new life, just because of worry.

I think this quote is good to think about when I’m struggling with a decision, both in my personal and professional life, or just being in a worrying mode.

“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.”
– E. Joseph Cossman

Worry
(c) Pedro Hansson – Olympus XZ-1 – Lake Mälaren Stockholm

Preparing for autumn photography

I think we’re just a few days away from the best autumn days, in terms of Photography. Some of the leaves has started to get those amazing colors, but soon the forest will be full of red, green, blue, yellow and so on.

This is a photo I took last year, just a few weeks after this point.

© Pedro Hansson - Preparing for Autumn Photography
© Pedro Hansson – Preparing for Autumn Photography

42 rules of life

Every now and the most of us receives, and shares quotes. What’s really hard to find is quotes that aren’t to corny or sentimental, and just get’s to the core. These 42 points is all about that. I hope you’ll find them as thoughtful as I did.

Best wishes

© Pedro Hansson - 42 rules in life - Gläntan, Piteå
© Pedro Hansson – 42 rules in life – Gläntan, Piteå

London in color – anno 1927

I’ve always enjoyed watching old photos/videos of familiar places, and to get a glimpse of how places used to look like. This must be a quite rare color clip from 1927, of a growing London. Really surprising that there were so many motor vehicles on the streets back then, and also that things looks so familiar even thought it’s almost 100 years back in time.

At the end of the clip you’ll se how this place looked back then.

© Pedro Hansson - London - Olympus ZX-1
© Pedro Hansson – London – Olympus ZX-1

Saarimner on Facebook

As an experiment I’ve set up a page on Facebook. The page will be a way to be noticed when there are new things published on this blog. It may also be a better way to share thoughts and ideas in a better way?

The link to the new page is http://www.facebook.com/saarimner

Welcome to visit

Last days of autumn

©Pedro Hansson – Last days of autumn – Olympus XZ-1

I think Autumn has a special purpose in terms of reflection. The autumn isn’t always sunny, warm or cozy but it gives us time to breath and reflect. To stop, and listen to where we are, what we are, where we’re going and maybe serve as our yearly soul examination.

Soon the “bright white winter, the alpine season, the long walks in snow-season” will be here…