Bug pile

A sign of Spring. The firebugs are out and about again.

A Swedish Sky

This was the first real day of Spring. Double digit centigrade weather.With a lot of Spring sounds around. Kids playing soccer. Birdsong. Mopeds & motorcycles.

The Steel Horse

This is the Steel Horse. A retro bike in classic design. And my new bike. Made from TIG welded steel. Size 57 cm. A single speed, fixed gear groovy looking black racer from Stålhästen. After the first test ride I discovered a few new muscles! This will be a good workout every ride. It weighs 13 kilo. It has 28-inch Kenda wheels. The saddle and grips are brown leather. I will probably show you more photos of it in the future. This photo is shot using the Brenizer method so it is around 20 photos shot with the 85mm lens and then stitched together.

That Old Tree

Josefine out riding near the old tree today. She's a young jockey, starting to make a name for herself in the sport. Josefine lives at the Mulsta horse farm, and you have met her here before.

The sound from a camera

That is often all the Roe Deer need to hear before they run off. And that is exactly what happened this time as well. Luckily for me I managed to grab one or two quick snaps before they disappeared into the birch forest at Välsta in Tungelsta. Still not feeling too well. I took the Roe Deer photo a while back, and as I didn't have anything better to do I made it into a poladroid.

Temmeltisdag

The plan was to take the bike out for a spin today. But just the effort used to pump the back tire of my new bike made me exhausted. Luckily for me I managed to get to and from the convenient store without collapsing, so as it is Temmetisdag in Sweden today I will be enjoying a Semla later this afternoon.

Only a temporary setback

Waking up after 48 hours with a Russian virus (brought home by my brother who visited Saint Petersburg and Moscow),I walked down to the mailbox to get the morning paper. A thin layer of snow could be seen around the crocus, so I decided to grab the camera and snap a photo.

People on the street

Theme Day. People on the street. In my book that can only mean portraits of people on the street with their own unique styles. Like these group of trendy people I have met in and around Haninge in the last few years. Meet Sandra, Kimmy and Ellinor. Anthon, Kim and Emil. Tove, Alex and Mary. I'm currently in bed with a Russian virus, but hopefully I will soon be out on the street again looking for new street portraits.

A safe workplace

A new school will be built behind this fence. Part of the Fredrika-Bremer secondary school in Handen. The contractor is PEAB. The price, around 200 Million SEK. The new school will be ready in March of 2016. The old school across the road will be demolished, and if I give you the weekend to guess what will be built on that property in the future, chances are you will guess wrong. As for the title of the post that is just a few rules about this workplace listed on the sign. Oh, and I took the photo a few days ago, hence the snow on the ground.

Partik Afrika

Found another Partik Africa street art today. Near the Port 73 mall in Handen where I stopped to buy a kickstand for the steel horse.

That Old Tree

We were promised warm and sunny weather by the meteorologists but boy were they wrong. 2C and grey skies is what they came up with. I want my money back! This was the old tree earlier in the week, Very muddy path and no one else around.

A Rippled Reflection

Walking past the giant snowball in yesterdays post I continued down to the water where a bunch of ducks were busy doing whatever it is that ducks does. I wanted a photo of the reflection from the old building, and the ducks figured they better get out of my way.

A pile of snow

This was all the snow left on the grassy beach at the Upper Lake at the Rudan nature reserve yesterday. As I'm typing this it is probably gone as it is a bit warmer today. To complicate things I shot this with the 85mm lens so it is nine photos stitched together.

A sign of Spring

That was quick, just a day or two since the snow melted. Yellow crocus at Bergdalen this afternoon. Spotted them when I came home after a first ride with the new bike.

The Last Winter Morning

Taken two days ago. This might have been the last winter morning this season. Apartment building at Lillgården in Tungelsta surrounded by snow cowered trees. As I'm typing this the sun is shining and the sky is filled with fluffy clouds, most of the snow is gone and I'm busy piecing my new bike together.