Ice skating

February has been freezing in Stockholm. We don't have much snow, but the ice on lake Drevviken looked very inviting yesterday. I read the ice report, and it said that there were three ploughed paths for the ice skaters to enjoy. You need to be fit to try your luck at the longest one at 22km. The lake covers four municipalities, Stockholm, Tyresö, Huddinge and my neck of the woods, Haninge. While on the bike near Skogås I could see a lot of people walking on the frozen lake and half an hour later I parked the eBike near the circular pier and walked out for a closer look. It was a beautiful Winter day, although a few degrees too cold for my liking, around freezing.

Bummer of the day

Still a few degrees too cold for my liking. Out riding on the bike yesterday, I stopped at the old tree. And for the first time in 20 years I took a photo of the tree that you will never see, and I blame that on the cold weather. The most unfocused photo ever, so I deleted it the moment I realized what I had done after I came back home. I took this photo a few minutes after the tree photo without any problems, ice on rock in a stream.

Morning light and a setting moon

A before breakfast photo from this morning.

Monday Lisa

A familiar feeling, no doubt. Spotted a while back in the old town. I never drink Red Bull, obviously.

A recent photo collage

I have done a few hundred of these by now. Mostly for myself. If I look at them, I will remember that specific day, or sometimes days. A good way to show what I was up to on that occasion. Here I was out photographing flags at half-mast after that horrible school shooting, before a quick stop at Kungsträdgården where I shot a panorama of the Chinese New Year installation. I then biked over to Hagastaden for a look at all the new architecture there. Then, a quick stop on Södermalm for a photo of the Strato building. My last stop was at Lake Drevviken during the blue hour. All in all, a good day of photography.

That time of the year again

I have enjoyed my first two semla's of the year. Traditionally, you are not supposed to eat them before Shrove Tuesday, but no one cares about stuff like that these days. Especially not the bakeries.

Sjöhusen

Two of the new apartment buildings at Klockelund. They are called sjöhusen, which means the lake houses. And that is a good name as they are just meters from Lake Drevviken. There are 48 apartments here, in three buildings, designed by Dinell Johansson. And there are several more new building nearby so this will be aq very busy area in the future. Oh, and if you look closely you can see the light from my eBike.

Vinterfrost

Swedish word of the day. Vinterfrost. A chilly morning earlier this week. Photographed from a window on the second floor at home.

Ager Medicinare

From a walk at the Unversity Hospital and Nya Karolinska a few days ago. Mosaics made by Kristoffer Zetterstrand. I had some contact with him fifteen years ago. I took a few photos of a bookmobile that he designed. Later he asked if he could use some of the photos, which of course he could. This work is newer, if you look closely you can see the snake figure associated with Asclepios.

The Storyteller

Astrid Lindgren. The Storyteller. I grew up with her voice. Listened to her reading all the stories about Pippi and Emil. Fifty years later, I can still hear that voice by just looking at this sculpture outside the children's library at Nya Karolinska. There is a similar sculpture, made by the same artist, Hilda Hillfon at Junibacken on Royal Djurgården

Blue Hour

Cycling home in the late afternoon, during blue hour. Pit stop at the circular pier. First photo shows Ulrikedal. Second, the viev over Lake Drevviken towards Sköndal.

The Karolinska Institute

Out walking around the University Hospital in Solna. Mid-afternoon, and as the sun slowly started setting everything turned yellow, so I decided to photograph a few facades.

Smoke Break

Not what I was expecting to see on my promenade around Nya Karolinska, walking down a set of stairs. The huge University Hospital in Solna. Two construction workers chatting away while smoking a cigarette.

Chinese New Year

Walking through Kungsträdgården, stopping for a few photos celebrating the Chinese New Year. Better at night these figures of course. I tried my luck with a panorama, but it did look a bit weird to my poor eyes, but you might see it in an upcoming collage. Several events around the city regarding the celebrations. One in a few days time.

Flags at half-mast

Flags at half-mast at The Royal Palace in Stockholm yesterday, after the horrible school shooting in Örebro two days ago. Eleven people died, including the perpetrator Rickard Andersson.