Kategori: botanik
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With the lack of anything better to do, I had a look back at the pictures from the hiking season. It was really one of the best summers ever, even though it got off to a bad start. First I had to wait for my knee to recover from the injury I sustained during the…
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It’s another overcast day, but not raining. In other words, not many views to be seen but it’s perfect for hiking! We had some help to get started, we took a minibus to the trail head at around 1500m (the village is at 1200m). I don’t know what happened overnight, but my knees are feeling…
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So, now I’ve had a week to contemplate my situation. And make an Excel table about it, as befits an introvert. My nose is still a bit stuffy but otherwise it feels like I’m back to normal. Considering the stuffy nose, it’s a bit as if I’m recovering from a flu, but my Excel table…
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Well, guess what. Here I am again. Exhausted. And now it’s worse than ever before, I’ve had this weird thing all week. On Monday I was really tired, I mean more tired than after Njupeskär. Then on Tuesday, I felt an itch in my throat, which normally always means that I’m going to have a…
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I’ve mentioned it a few times that I’m now doing things instead of just endlessly planning them. The change started about four years ago but after mom died, it just made me even more determined. I do not want to die regretting a life not lived. So if you’ve read my blog, you will have…
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My Olympus Tough compact has a microscope mode. Now that we are starting to have flowers – quite a lot of them, actually – I finally remembered to test it. So I shot this strict primrose (Primula stricta) and indeed, it’s possible to get very close to the subject. And unlike with many other compact…
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It’s nice to have some places which you can visit year after year on the same date. And spring is just about the only season where it makes any difference how the season is progressing. Summer just follows the spring, autumn colours appear almost always in the middle of September, first snow can fall at…
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Since my knee makes it impossible for me to go skiing (the mountains by the way look absolutely divine now, so no I’m not bitter at all), I decided to go looking for some spring pasque flowers. We don’t have any of them here, but over in Hede they’ve got plenty and I’ve seen a…
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Last night the weather forecast had promised sunshine all day and even on Sunday. This morning it said that it would get cloudy in the afternoon and rain in the evening. Yikes! I didn’t feel like having a long breakfast, I really wanted to get going so I could reach the peak before the clouds…
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Back to the normal programming, folks! It’s Midsummer’s Eve, a day off, and I spent it in the best possible way – I conquered a new peak! Rödfjället is 1243m and really easy to reach. The hardest part is right in the beginning when you have to go up the slope in Tänndalsvallen, but from…