Kategori: The Quiet Picture
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I was running out of paint so I drove to Funäsdalen to get some more. Since it feels a bit wasteful to drive all the way there just to get paint, I then drove to Bruksvallarna to do a small hike. To Kariknallen, which has a season opening today… gotta have a waffle! It turned…
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I took the bike to the trailhead to Öjevallen about 4 km west from Messlingen. Left the bike there and hiked up to Öjevallen and found that there’s a path going towards the Torrgraven ravine so that was easy. Except, when I got to the ravine the sign said Storbäckengraven. Hmm. Last year when I…
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The Swedish have a nice expression for something that looks like shit. Det ser förjävligt ut. That’s the expression I want to use now. I painted 1.5 walls of the cabin, and they look förjävligt. The thing is, I’m not using conventional paint. I use iron sulphate powder which is mixed with water and then…
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I need to paint the cabin so the plan was to drive to Funäsdalen and get the paint and while there, use the Internet access to update the blog. And then in the afternoon take the toll road up to Svansjökläppen and hike to Vättafjället. First problem. Can’t make the frekkin’ network to work. Using…
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Having talked about the bicycle for approach trips, I put the words into action and pedalled down to the Mittån delta where the river flows into the Messlingen lake. My pack was borderline too heavy to feel comfortable while sitting on the saddle but it’s just over 6 km so not a major issue. The…
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Vacation sweet vacation! I have two weeks off now, spending most of it at the cabin. When I arrived in Messlingen, I was almost shocked to see that summer has barely started here. There’s lots of snow on the mountains and the birch leaves are not fully grown yet. So my first impression was that…
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I found a green spot yesterday but the place is so mosquito infested that I didn’t want to stop and change the lens because the bugs were eating through my jacket. Today I came equipped with the right lens already mounted and a mosquito proof jacket on, so I was able to shoot in peace…
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I don’t know if I have any record about doing nothing, but I must’ve been very close to it today. I was feeling lazy, after two days of cycling to work and then cycling some more yesterday, I just did not feel like getting up on the bike again. And with zero ideas for pictures,…
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I’m really, really, starving to find some flowers by now. Without a guide or knowing anyone who has any local knowledge, I have no idea where those beauties are hiding in Föne so all I can do is just randomly go from place to place, hoping that I would come across something interesting. So far,…
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Last night’s sunset was one of the best ones I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve been living here for three months now, and I still get a kick every time I see the sunset from the kitchen window. Now that it was a good one, I stepped out on the deck and took a…