Images from the island where I grew up

I grew up on Lolland where grandparents had canvases hanging on the wall in their sitting room. Ideally above the couch or the dinner table.

My grandparents had quite a few, which when I was a teenager was considered kitsch of the best kind. When I was a child I loved them. Today a lot of my generation consider the style retro. To me the ones in my grandparents' home gave soft associations of the country side, summer & sunshine, hard working people using old-fashioned tools, often harvesting, blue sky and white, fluffy clouds. Very rural-romantic. I always imagined that the canvases were painted just around the corner from my grandparents' home. And as I recall it - it was always summer & sunshine when I grew up.

At the moment I am spending time where I grew up. I enjoy to drive around this flat island. A good part is that everywhere is close to the sea. Today I passed through this landscape which looked like one of these canvases. Just around the corner.

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Thank you, 27th! My intuition tells me its a compliment. I will soon be back! Now fighting to get a relative cheap ticket...
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[The 27th Comrade]

You've always lived in Uganda! :o) At least what you describe ... ;o)