The cows are out on pasture! This farmer I have across the valley, he seems to wait quite long every year until he lets his cattle go out on the field. Elsewhere I’ve seen cows for some weeks now. I like cows. I may be living in a small village and surrounded by forests and…

Love the colour of the leaves in the spring, the birches are just radiating their bright greens. Now if only I could find some nice ways of shooting them… but it seems like I’m more interested in getting my garden in shape than taking pictures at the moment. Drove to Bollnäs today to get another…

I have some seedlings that were late off the mark. Instead of repotting them from the small starter pot to the intermediate pots waiting to be planted outside, I decided to put them directly in their permanent home. The result is rather comic… But trust me, by the end of the summer, you’ll hardly see…

The field is starting to bloom.

The aspen are always the last trees to sprout leaves. But now it’s finally happening!

Very hot and humid today, with the sun diffused through clouds. Inevitably, the warm period ended in a thunderstorm.

Somebody at work was talking about bushes and suddenly I had a lightbulb moment – that’s what I need! The problem is that I don’t really have a garden as such, it’s really just an open yard with grass and weeds which makes it very difficult to plan any flowerbeds. But if I use bushes,…

How am I supposed to sleep tonight? I’m not made for these temperatures. But I won’t complain – this could be over next week and not come back all summer.

It’s been a warm and sunny day but in the evening there were some clouds in the horizon, colouring the clouds with a golden lining. The sun is just above the top right corner, so not even close to setting yet. The sunset itself was nothing to talk about, with these clouds sticking around and…