*abandoned

There was this place,

it felt so abandoned –

I instantly fell in love with it.

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*island Pag

The next stop we had in Starigrad-Paklenica. We stayed at a nice little camping site located in a cypress grove with lots of wild birds chattering and flying around all day. It was quite windy most of the time, but a warm, pleasant wind.

Then we reached the island of Pag and found a lovely, familiar campsite right next to the beach, surrounded by wild nature. There were no shops or anything nearby, so it was never crowded. We explored in every direction, and I collected some pretty stones and pieces of sea glass.

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*Klenovica

First, we made a stop in Klenovica. There was a path along the ocean where you could walk endlessly in the warm evening light. I loved all the dry flowers and grasses there. The sea was calm, and you could see the island of Krk in the distance.

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*wild meadows and fruit trees

I love wild meadows with fruit trees. They're rarer here than where I grew up, so I always keep my eyes open for places like that on my walks.

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*home

In quietness all things are answered.

{ACIM}

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*snail universe

We had more snails than usual in our garden this year, so I had lots of opportunities to observe them. Their world is like a whole other universe. The Roman snail can live up to thirty years! But in the wild they usually don't reach that age.

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*late summer

Life is full of contrasts.

Here I hold the late flower of a thistle.

I can't imagine anything

that feels softer!

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*light

Resting in the light.

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*simple matters

The gossamer-winged is one of my favorite butterflies. Luckily I have lots of them in the garden. Before I went on vacation, I cleaned out most of the greenhouse to give my bitter melon and luffa plant more space. And it worked, my luffa developed well since then and produced really nice fruits. I am curious if I can extract a sponge from them again! In one of a mixed flower seed package were seeds of those bright yellow-red flowers. I haven't seen them here before, but I knew them from Sandras Blog, they are growing wild in her surrounding.

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*summer solitude

Windy rooms,

swallow mail,

angel signs,

and summer solitude.

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