https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_with_the_Handbag

Same vibe as this legendary photo.

Big discussion in Norway atm about this aesthetic-- kitsch? camp? vulgar? too aryan? to chauvinistic? or just too close to nazi symbolism for comfort?

https://thevikingherald.com/article/the-vikings-return-to-america-norwegian-soccer-team-gets-in-the-world-cup-spirit/1395

https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/kritikkstorm-faen-sa-dum/84715979

yes. the text over is “Bestemor og mig 3mnd” – Grandma and me three months ". She, this baby, died an old woman 80+ years later without any kids, never married, afaik never a boyfriend. Only my mother wanted to have her photo album.

thanks :). but they’re probably from ice skates.

It was hanging in the air, quite still. I put the (manual) focus at the shortest possible distance (ca 40 cm) and then took several pictures, hoping one of them would turn out OK.

wow. Beautiful!

Well, he has a myriad ideas – cup, vase, generic bricks, sling ammo, pot – but so far we have just been gathering clay and leaving it to dry into oblivion on the porch.

Nor serious. Playfully melancholic.

Tervuren, just outside Brussels.

Thanks. The light was truly magical.

One of the best moments I had when I walked around Mont Blanc was when we came to a col on a foggy day and passed a group of Japanese tourists just as the fog lifted and you could see the fantastic view. They burst out oh and an-ing snd even laughing while they thanked the relieved guide.