]]> http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/happy-easter/feed/ 0 photoflower Happy Easter to the whole world http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/winter-excursion-to-hackeberga-lake-and-castle/ http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/winter-excursion-to-hackeberga-lake-and-castle/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 18:54:39 +0000 photoflower http://photoflower.wordpress.com/?p=712 ]]> Häckeberga sjö och slott is all year around a lovely place to visit, but the rare occations when ice cover the lake and it is possible to walk on it pople really go there to skate, play hocky, fish and ski.

I have avoided placese with a lot of people when photographing this lovely lake,
just  to show the solitude around the castle.

Look at my photos to see a very special place in South of Sweden.

The main entrance Häckeberga Castle

Häckeberga slott 1873 Seen from the lake.

Sun on the gable wall.  From the ice. 

Island in the lake

Beech forest along the edge of Lake Häckeberga

Two friends taking photo of me as I take photo of them

Lichen

Island in the lake just before sunset

People on the ice and snow in the air and sunset at the sky.

Sunset above Häckeberga

]]> http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/winter-excursion-to-hackeberga-lake-and-castle/feed/ 0 photoflower The main entrance Häckeberga Castle Häckeberga slott 1873 Seen from the lake Sun on the gable wall Island in the lake Beech forest along the edge of Lake Häckeberga Harald o Micke Lichen Island in the lake just before sunset People on the ice and snow in the air Sunset above Häckeberga http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/birds-from-a-cold-winter/ http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/birds-from-a-cold-winter/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 23:13:49 +0000 photoflower http://photoflower.wordpress.com/?p=652 ]]>

These are not pro-photos, just photos  caught by walking alon Ätran in the center of  Falkenberg
and only  for my amusement.

This little one sang so loud high above me and I’m told it is a:

Nuthatch – Nötväcka – Sitta europaea

Acrobatic flight of a hooded crow

Crows in different poses

One Corvus corone corone two Corvus corone cornix, i.e. a jackdawand  two crows  

Female mandarin duck – Aix galereiculata

Mr Mallard

Just before touch-down

White-throated Dipper – Cinclus cinclus

White-throated Dipper

Mediterranean Gull – Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Eurasian Coot

Eurasian Coot and Audouin’s Gull  Ichthyaetus audouinii

Great Cormorant  in blue shadows
Phalacrocorax carbo

Juvenile Herring Gull – Larus argentatus

Canada Goose – Branta canadensis

Whooper Swans – Cygnus cygnus

]]> http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/birds-from-a-cold-winter/feed/ 2 photoflower DSC_0035 High up in a treetop Nötväcka (Sitta europaea) Acrobatic flight Crows in different poses One Corvus corone corone two Corvus corone cornix Female mandarine duck Mr Mallard Just before touch-down It has browne head black wings and I don't know it's name Strömstare Skrattmås Mediterranean Gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus Sothöna (Fulica atra) Eurasian Coot Sothöna o Rödnabbad trut - Audouin's Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) Comorant in blue shadows Juvenile Herring Gull - Larus argentatus -Gråtrut Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/wintermemories-from-atran/ http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/wintermemories-from-atran/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 21:04:20 +0000 photoflower http://photoflower.wordpress.com/?p=633 ]]> Memories from the river Ätran in January and February of 2010.
The coldest and most snowy winter we have had  in decades.

Natures own creations of frost and water!

Do you see the birds head in ice?

Looks a little like a dolphin to me

Snow &  ice-drops on rocks

More frozen dropps

Ice-Eoraptor, A big bird-like dinosaur

Cold and frozen  fish!

Sculptured by frost & the river

Ice-cover

Rings of frost

Winter decorations

January

February

Mars

April

May

June

July

Agust

September

October

November

December

First Snow of December

December has been a month of a lot of frost and cold weather.
Glittering grass

Ready for the Christmas ham. Droplets and ice crystals on borecole

Lovely frozen leafs.

Struck by a sunbeam.

Can you see the Ice face ?

Ice-crystalls on green weed.

Natural lace

Anglehair ice or hair ice!

This is what the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute are telling us about the hair ice.

Hair-ice is an unusual phenomenon which is formed when moisture penetrates out of the water-
soaked pieces of wood at temperatures just below zero degrees.Piece of wood may not be frozen
while the ambient air temperature should be slightly below zero. Water emitted from the wood
through small pores can thenfreeze and grow from the inside so that the hairs grow longer and longer.
It is not entirely pure rainwater, but it contains some substances, possibly from the bacterium
Pseudomonas syringae, from the rotting wood that affect the ice-structure.

Hard frost and sunshine are lovely together.

Winter had decorated the town this day.

A star in a puddle.

In spite of the frost, I found these on December 13:th – The Lucia Day.

A cold leaf in a sunbeam.

Now these belong to December and Christmas.

Strange shapede hair ice!
To me it looks like a fable-animal.

Lets take a look at Falkenberg by night a cold and windy evening.

Here is a ghost cyclist.

Nygatan at half past six a cold and windy night.

Trees around the Town Hall Square.

Tinkerbell throwing stardust at Falkenberg.

And here is Tinkerbell.

Finally on December 17th we got snow. Not much, but it is snow!

Finally I wish you all
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

there is about a mile to the pier and on a windy day it takes between 30 – 45 minuts to get there
Westnorthwest wind give but small waves

but some are worth to take a shot at

here Poseidon shows he is angry

To get out of the wind I seek shelter in town by the river Aetran where we find

The skulpture Unit 1 & 2 by the artist Pål Svensson

The dark part is created by water floting over it.

and the old railroad bridge being dismantling

this is how it is done

And a view across the river 5 minutes walk from the town center

A little father upstream I found a mute swan

He was so pretty – one more photo of him

In a small park close to Aetran I found these Trift (Armeria maritima) now in October

Chrysantemum and a bee from the same park

This day I continued to the enclosure with pigs, here is the mother-pig

One of the piglets (she has 10)

and two more

Let’s continue to the bridge across Aetran and look toward town
and we can see the open-air theatre from the back.

On the othe side there was lovely light and colours at the path

Blackberry leafs are lovely now

So is grass in the sun with the dark water as background

The small pond – use to be a clay pit – with reflections

Anothe angle of the pond

In a puddle I found a pretty maple leaf floating on the surface

some red balls floating in Aetran

The openair theatre from another point

and one closer at the same theatre

A mallard applauding for being photographed

A branch of an ash-tree

Disarray dandelion

And I meet three jackdaws on the path.

Whenever I can I take Storgatan when going to and from the town,
I love these old houses along this street

No 9

No 9 B

at home I looked at the asphaltplane in our “backyard”, there was a puddle of water.

]]> http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/tour-in-the-surroundings-of-falkenberg-town/feed/ 0 photoflower Westnorthwest wind at the pier Splash Bending over Skulpturen Enhet 1 & 2 av konstnären Pål Svensson Dismantling of the old railway bridge Dismantling of the old railway bridge Across Aetran Mute Swan Knölsvan - Cygnus olor Mute swan Trift (Armeria maritima) thrift Bee on Yellow Dirty mother pig Small pig Two small piglets Aetran and the open-air theatre Red spots ahead Blackberry leafs Bending over dark water The pond use to be a clay pit Golden pond Floating red Floating in green water Vallarnas Friluftsteater - Openair theater Openair theater upsidedown in the river Dancing mallard Branch of an ash tree at Aetran Disarray dandelion Three jackdaws Storgatan 7 Storgatan 9 Storgatan 9 B It's justt a puddle http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/come-with-me-on-a-late-summer-autumn-walk/ http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/come-with-me-on-a-late-summer-autumn-walk/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:36:44 +0000 photoflower http://photoflower.wordpress.com/?p=491 ]]> I almost always bring the camera when I go for a walk, just to see what I find.
Now you can go with me on a walk and see my findings in my neighborhood

These hoverflies are pretty.

and so are dandelions

some more weed, a Epilobium hirsutum is lovely too

Well a small feater is worth a photo

And some Lingonberry among grass and moss

Empty shell and leaves in an oaktree

And an evening star also know as Oenothera biennis

A softball or dandelion dressed in white

A sunlit mapleleaf is a joy to look at too

A look at the alotmentgardens is always a joy – here is a rudbeckia

And a white cosmos

Sometime one is lucky and the sun is shining perfectly at a Astrantia

The lawn behind the house has funny things too,

like this little funguswith red hat

A small family of four golden ones

this browne fungus look like a bowl

Fungus Sopp could be a porcini in Swedish “karljohan svamp”

Someone has taken a bite or two of this one

And here are some we all know the amanita

And some big ones

Flies like fungi too

Midland hawthorneberries are lovely in the sun

some singled out

Sunshine on yellow leafs and weed are lovely

An old tree stump with funny patterns and colours

Aronia berries after rain

And aronia berries in the sun

At my balcony window a green lacewing is trying to find shelter from the rain

I do hope you too enjoyed the walk.

Have a lovely weekend.

]]> http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/come-with-me-on-a-late-summer-autumn-walk/feed/ 0 photoflower Hoverfly Dandelion great willowherb Rosendunört Epilobium hirsutum Tiny Lingonberry among grass and moss Empty shell o leaves Nattljus Oenothera biennis - Common evening primrose - Evening star Softball On the lawn Rudbeckia klarade första nattfrosten Vit Cosmos Astrantia - Stjärnflocka With red hat in the lawn Family four Browne fungus Fungus Sopp Someone has taken a bite or two Röd flugsvamp - Amanita muscaria - Fly agaric Röd flugsvamp - Amanita muscaria - Fly agaric Fly on fungus Midland Hawthorn - Rundhagtorn - Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn - Crataegus laevigata (Poir) - Rundhagtorn Out in the sun Stubb Aronia berries after rain Aronia berries Green Lacewing - Neuroptera, family Chrysopidae http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/bes%c3%b8g-i-falkenberg-juli-2009/ http://photoflower.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/bes%c3%b8g-i-falkenberg-juli-2009/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:58:25 +0000 photoflower http://photoflower.wordpress.com/?p=441 ]]> This post is dedicated to my sister on her birthday – Thats why the text is in Danish

Kære Anne riktigt hjertligt tillykke med fødselsdagen.
Hvis det nu skulle blive regnvejr så kan du kikke lidt på alla billederne med solskin fra juli.

Jeg skriver ikke så mange kommentarer for jag tro du kan huske det meste.

Psyke kommer til Falkenberg

Shoppande tuourister

Koret i Falkenbergs Kirke

Falkenbergskonstneren Tore Hebys krucifix

Aetran – af konstneren Leo Janis-Brieditis omgivet af sæbebobler

Tourister i Falkenberg

Bobler i fontænen

Prædikestolen i St Laurentii kirke

Kirsebær i dörslaget

Carl Eriks frukostgæst

Pause ombord

Lodsen på arbejde

Delikatesser serveret i cockpit

Fugleflukt

Nat i gästehavnen

Lys fra siloen

Danish tourists on Skrea beach

Den har næsten landet

En lille bølge

Den ser også på mig

Lige over mig

Touristinformation på Skrea strand

A pretty lady having fun

Rosa Timjan (Thymus serpyllum) og en humlebi

Hvid Timjan (Thymus serpyllum)

Anne – Koncentreret før afgang

Kaptajn Carl Erik forbereder afgang

Avgang forberedes

Kaptajn C E styrer Psyke ud fra kajen

Goodby Falkenberg

Et skub for avgang

Ude i Aetran

På kurs mod Kattegatt

Psyke på vej mod nye äventyr

Psykes akter og en höj kran

Her kommer lidt billeder jeg tog på vejen hjem:

En edderfugl

Et par sko på en lampe

Et gammelt hus på hjørnet af Farverstrædet

Rose i skygge

Snerler

Til sidst en lille skinnende grøn bille,

sammen med et håb om at I også får nogle gode minner af min billeder.

Tillykke Anne !

On the same mountain we saw this, here many a down hill race have started

And a windmill

Amazing views over Härnösand from the mountain top, this is the house of the regional archives.

Haze and shadow of a cloud above Härnösand

E4 and lots of spruce-forest from Vårdkaseberget

Högakustenbro is visible from the mountain.

Aprox half of Härnösand

Another part of Härnösand

Toward E4 from the Beacon fire mountain

the journey continued and this is a view south of Ödeshög toward west and Lake Vättern

Car-window view at Vättern

and a view of lake Vättern and the island Visingsö

An old Royal ruin – Brahehus Castle

View of Vättern from the car

Island Visingsö in Vättern across a golden field

And this is Gränna the Candy-Cane-Town. A view at lake Vättern from a narrow street in Gränna

Another narrow and steep street at Gränna

And this of course: Candy canes city – children and Tooth-trolls Paradise

And Dalar hästar (horses) at horribly prizes

Some more for the Tooth-trolls

Last view at Vättern from the car

Finally a map roughly showing the journey.