Kategori: hälsingland
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Well what do you know. The flower clock theory is correct – the white waterlilies close up in the evening! Because now that I visited the spot at noon (worked at home, spent the lunch break with the lilies), they were all open and looked stunning, I felt like I melted when I saw them!…
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Knutnäsudden is better as a morning location for photography, but it’s a nice place to be, at any time of the day, when the water level is low. And there’s normally always some pictures to be taken!
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I thought the white waterlily buds by the jetty would be in bloom now, but I found them all closed. In fact, all around the lake, all white waterlilies were closed. Very strange. So I did some research and found that white waterlilies close themselves at 5pm, not sure about the accuracy but apparently Carl von…
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I was good today – I cycled to work, and took a detour back home. I should do that more often… but my cycling tends to be very weather dependent. The morning was finally warm enough for me! On the way to work, there’s this spot where there used to be a small cabin – or…
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The English name for the flower isn’t that nice… wood cow-wheat. But in Swedish, we have several names for it, from the matter-of-fact ”lundkovall” to more descriptive names like ”natt och dag” (night and day) and my favourite, ”svenska flaggan” (flag of Sweden). And it’s the last name that makes today’s encounter with this flower a bit…
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I was dead tired today. I cycled almost 50 km yesterday, it’s nothing in Tour de France terms but for someone not trained in endurance sports (well, any sports), there’s a price to pay. And the price is having zero energy the next day. If you add the hot weather, wind, and sunlight filtered through…
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Columbines are my favourite flowers, right after orchids and white waterlilies!
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Found this monstrous thistle today, it’s growing completely out of control with a stem that’s thick as a small tree, although when you go around it 90 degrees, you’ll find that the stem is a little bit flat and even looks a bit like rhubarb the way it curves. And on top, there are so…
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Third evening in a row at the waterlily spot! Last year I completely missed the waterlily season but it’s looking really good now. I saw a lot of buds, many of them right next to the jetty so it will be possible to shoot with a macro. It’s a luxury – normally you have to shoot…
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Went to the waterlily spot again but I was a bit late – a storm front was approaching. It’s a bit unnerving to stand on a jetty, with thunder and lightning going on just beyond the lake. So admittedly, I was maybe not as concentrated on the job at hand as I should have been…