Kategori: hälsingland
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June started with a real heatwave that lasted for a week. Then it cooled down, and stayed that way pretty much the month out. At least we got some rain. NB: Observations missing for 7 days. * * * Temperature (High): 25°C Temperature (Low): 6°C Temperature (Average): 16°C Barometer (High): 1018 mbar Barometer (Low): 990…
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Holiday. Now. I have been sooo tired lately, chronic tiredness that no amount of sleep or coffee can cure. My brain is tired, my body is tired, I even fell asleep on the bus. And I never sleep on the bus (or train or airplane or anything that moves, for that matter). For the past…
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I have mentioned a few times how the Loos area is rich in orchids. There’s still a few orchids species I haven’t seen here, but I know someone who knows where all of them grow – so today I got a guide to show to me to the lesser twayblade (Listera chordata). It’s a small…
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Last year I completely missed the lady’s slipper orchids (Cypripedium calceolus), and so did everyone else – they bloomed earlier than anyone had anticipated. Last week I had a look at one place where they grow, and saw nothing but leaves so I figured that maybe I could see some buds now. Except, this other…
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A photographer friend came for a visit to take a look (and photograph) some of the local sights. Even without the pictures, the weather and the mosquitoes made the day memorable. If you’ve ever been out on a mosquito infested bog in nearly 30 °C heat with camera gear on your back, you’ll know what…
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May had everything. Snowfall and summer heat! It started out fairly typically with the kind of temperatures you would expect, then on the 10 of May we got over 20°C and it looked like summer was early. Not so – it started snowing on the 14th and kept falling on and off until the 18th.…
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I had found out that we have a rare primrose growing around here, bird’s-eye primrose (Primula farinosa). In fact, this is the only known place where it grows in the Hälsingland province and the flower is on the decline elsewhere in Sweden as well. We weren’t sure if it would already be blooming, but it’s…
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I don’t know what I was thinking with this picture-a-day crap. I’ve never been comfortable with taking pictures on cue, even when I’m the one who’s made the order. I know there are photographers who can be sent into the forest and an hour later they will emerge with the memory card full of pictures.…
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I don’t have a lot of margins in my picture-a-day project. Zero margins, actually. The day dawned bright and sunny, but I knew that rain was forecast in the afternoon so I went for a walk even though I could see the dark clouds already looming in the horizon. I thought I could photograph the…
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Every time I drive over the Björnån creek at Fågelsjö, I think that I should stop and take a picture. After three years, I finally did it today. Basically, I had to – I needed to create my picture-a-day and I really didn’t have any other ideas. So at first I took a cheap shot…