Kategori: hälsingland
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As a child, the first star constellation I learned was the Big Dipper – I think if people know just one constellation here up north, then it’s the Big Dipper. After that, I learned Cassiopeia and then I was proud to find the Polar Star. I added more and more constellations to my casual astronomy…
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Now we’re talking! Snow, snow, snow, snow… and more snow! We haven’t seen this much since early November. I’ll take it. When I had made my way to Hembygdsgården, it looked like the weather would clear up and some blue sky started to appear between the clouds. But it was just a brief scare, because…
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We had a little bit of snow overnight, but unfortunately we also had a lot of wind so the trees are bare. And the little bit means that dry flower stems and grasses are sticking out through the snow, so we are still not talking about the snowscapes I’ve been waiting for. But, one has…
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Another cold (relatively speaking) day and I didn’t want to drive to the same old creek again, so I drove to another creek – river, even. I was driving on the small forest roads, it was sometimes icy but the snow wasn’t a problem for sure… My first stop was at the Högforsen rapids (or…
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Just about the only thing I seem to photograph these days is water. We are still waiting for proper snow (half of what we got on Monday is now gone) so the scenery is not looking photogenic by any means – unless grey and dreary is your cup of tea, that is. So once again,…
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Would you believe it, snow? It’s white everywhere and snowing, so I rushed out soon after sunrise because if there’s one thing I’ve learned this ”winter”, it’s to enjoy the snow while it’s here. By tomorrow, it might be gone. Normally I am happy to be out in snowfall, but now I was sad to…
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Another long, boring weekend ahead. Looks like the only photo ops I can find these days is moving water, so I drove to the Österhocklan creek, armed with a Cokin Blue/Yellow varicolour filter (otherwise known as a Blue/Gold polarizer). I don’t normally like gimmick filters but it felt like a gimmick was exactly what I…
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Four days’ weekend… I’ll take it. We have just the tiniest bit of snow, but the lakes are iced over. I don’t trust the ice cover, but the shoreline is enough for me anyway. I drove to Loossjön before sunrise, hoping that there would be enough colour for some nice pictures. There wasn’t. After waiting…
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Since skiing is obviously not an option these days, I went sightseeing instead and drove to the Hylströmmen waterfall, part of the Voxnan river. The information sign at the parking lot proudly proclaimed that Hylströmmen is 23 metres high and that makes it the highest waterfall in the Southern Norrland. I have to find how…
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14 December 2006 I’ve lived the first 25 years of my life in Finland, and the past 6 years in Sweden. It may sound odd, but I have never seen the northern lights in those 31 years. It has really started to bother me, so I was determined to finally see the light show this…