Leya says “dreamy” for this week’s challenge and I shall take it as “dreamlike”. Welcome to my dreams.
Greetings from Slovenia where I’m recovering after the killing heat of Tuscany, reading about Deep Adaptation with quotes such as:
“If we were coal miners, we would be up to our knees in dead canaries.”
Michael Higgins, Irish President, at the National Biodiversity Conference, 21st February 2019
…trying to steer away from nightmares back into dreams, reminding myself that optimism is a new revolution. It’s too easy to be gloomy.

Here are twenty images that pull my mind into dreamland. The first photo is an old one from the Tarot Garden (Il giardino dei tarocchi) in Tuscany, but all the rest are from the last ten days in Slovenia:
- three from the exhibition The Parallel Worlds with costume designs by Alan Hranitelj which I featured last week on the theme of “detail”;
- the creature on the roof from Metelkova in Ljubljana;
- one from my sister’s party;
- some from my parents’ home, including one taken by my sister;
- and the majority from The Volčji Potok Arboretum, including the dizzying final photo. We shall visit it much more in the posts to come, dinosaurs and all. It is beautiful there.
This is the dreamiest I can do.
Dream as mosaic. Dream as design. Or sucking on an orange. Squatting on the roof. Cinematic dream. Roadrunning dream. Dreamy oasis. Dream of how it used to be. Under the tail. Unaware. But the house knows. Back in time. Cherry party dream. Actual theatre costume. Dreammarish. There is a light that never goes out. In my tree. Murky. Outshined? Or a new dawn? Photo: Klu Boxing, squaring, spiralling dream.
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, hosted by Leya of To See A World in a Grain of Sand…: Dreamy
All the pictures are… just breathtaking! All are really, really magical and dreamlike! ❤
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Thank you so much, Dragonwarrior. 🙂 And for all your many visits!
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I really love your blog a lot! ❤ 🙂
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So good to hear that! 🙂
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🌸👏😃💞😀
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Manja – I am lost in your dreamy dreams…I agree many days are gloomy when you think of our impossible future – but we have to do whatever we can to keep hope alive. Staying gloomy doesn’t help. Posts like yours cheers us all up! The heat is impossible though, but even more so down in Europe. Let’s go for a bath.
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Going for a swim as we speak. 😉 Thank you, Leya. I’m glad you feel cheered up.
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♥ Always!
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Just lovely. My faves are the mosaic and the butterfly.
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Thank you, Bojana. I hope summer is treating you kindly.
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How it started, …..it’s ok now.
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You keep coming up with better and better images to amaze your readers, Manja. Mostly, I like the mosaic of mirrors but the butterfly is also a feast for the eyes. ( and to dream over)
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Thank you, Amanda. 🙂 I’m glad that you approve of my efforts. Let the dreams never die.
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I agree with that.
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you always play so well with reflected images…I love the rear view mirror! (K)
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Thank you, K., I’m glad you say this. I suppose I am attracted to reflections indeed. And Rearviewmirror is one of my favourite songs (by Pearl Jam).
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That is a good song, good group too!
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The reflections, lighting, back in time…. Beautiful, dreamy, and magic!
What a beautiful set of images for this challenge. Thank you for sharing, Manja! 🙂
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I’m so glad you like them, Amy. Thank you! I had fun putting up this post, but I say the same every week. 🙂
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Very creative photography. Love it.
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Thank you kindly, Sherry! 🙂
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Your post apocalyptic Polly Anna had me roaring. Sorry to hear you are needing respite from the heat. It is shocking to me that it is hotter in North America and Europe than in the tropics. You do dreams brilliantly. Your butterly sucking orange, your dream as mosaic and your road running dream are exceptional!
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Thank you so much, Lisa. ❤ Dreams are on us to do right, aren't they? 🙂 If you feel cold, welcome to the Adriatic region, but there is a danger of evaporating.
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What a creative post, Manja. I love that cartoon in the opening section. And your quote is priceless: “….trying to steer away from nightmares back into dreams, reminding myself that optimism is a new revolution. It’s too easy to be gloomy.” Absolutely true. I love it. And last but certainly not least, your photos are right on target for the challenge.
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Thank you so much, Patti. 🙂 I’m glad that you get it and approve.
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