Kategori: hälsingland
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So, it was one of those dull and grey days that only brightened up at sunset. Except, I think that days just don’t get more wonderful than today! I had found this creek some way south from Loos and was itching do waterfall photography. I think that overcast days are by far the best time…
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August started warm and ended cold with morning frost. Otherwise, a pretty boring month that I’m happy to put behind me. Give me September anytime! I was on holiday in the beginning of August so there’s three days of data missing. * * * Temperature (High): 27°C Temperature (Low): 7°C Temperature (Average): 16°C Barometer (High):…
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*sigh* So, I went driving for a bit, went cycling for a bit, did hoovering for a bit, washed the dishes for a bit, read a book quite a lot, idled around for a bit, and took some lousy pictures for a bit. …What a forgettable day. Next!
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There’s a good number of devilsbit scabious (Succisa pratensis; ängsvädd; purtojuuri) growing by the Loossjön lake. I think it’s an interesting flower, not least because it blooms at a time most other flowers have already given up for the season. Normally the flowers are blue/violet but some light pink and white variants exist, and I…
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Up here in Sweden we are normally well protected from extreme weather. We just have our normal four seasons, but no hurricanes, monsoon rain, tornadoes, etc. They had a big storm in the southern Sweden last year (just about the worst ever in this country), there’s been large scale flooding in different parts of Sweden…
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So I’ve been thinking about trying my hand at butterfly photography. The few feeble attempts I’ve made so far haven’t amounted to much, so I decided that next year I will make a proper effort. But this morning I noticed that the bush in front of my house was getting constant attention from two sorts…
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There’s a road in Loos called Kylätyevägen. The first and the last part make sense – kylä is Finnish and means village and vägen is Swedish and means road. But tye? Not a word I know, in either language. Then I said it out loud in my mind and it clicked. It’s Kylätievägen. Tie is Finnish…
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It’s a dull day, but not too windy so it’s great for flower photography. I had been waiting for weeks for the early coralroots to bloom and now it finally was time, so I took the gear to the forest. The early coralroot (Goodyera repens) is a common orchid and it grows plentiful in my…
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What can I say, we haven’t had a particularly warm July. It has been particularly cool in fact, but now we are back to 20+ temperatures. Note, 20 something – not 30 or even 40, like in the rest of Europe. People are dying because of the heat, but up here, only the shrews seem…
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Since not many people seem to enjoy the morning hours, I was fairly sure that I could photograph the flower I missed yesterday in peace and quiet this morning. It was a lovely warm weather for cycling and when I got to the lake, I found that the sun hadn’t quite reached the flowers yet,…