Thursday, April 30, 2020

Moose Meeting

Älgporträtt/Moose portrait Moose Portrait
I met this moose at Nedersta yesterday. Enjoying a bit to eat in the green grass. It didn't seem to be to bothered by the nosy photographer.

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Rondelltulpaner

Rondelltulpaner Roundabout
Swedish lexeme word of the day. Rondelltulpaner. Roundabout tulips in Västerhaninge.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

First BBQ of the year

Drevviken The Chef Mr. Anonymous
The top photo shows the view towards Lake Drevviken from the veranda at Villa Blåmes in Norrby. It was a nice afternoon/early evening-BBQ last Wednesday. The bike ride home was fun after a few drinks, beer, whiskey, and liqueur. I was followed by a police helicopter for a while but it turned out that they were chasing two guys on a stolen motorcycle. I spotted both the motorcycle and a few police officers at Hanveden. The second photo shows the Chef enjoying a glass of Påskmust. The third snap is of my gin drink with hallon and lingon, with Mr. Anonymous in the blurry background.

Monday, April 27, 2020

Sunday, April 26, 2020

Park Life

Social distancing Keeping your distance to stay safe Parklife
Keeping your distance to stay safe at the Eskilsparken in Handen. We had three days with Summer-like weather this week. Snapped these photos on my way to the first BBQ of the year at Villa Blåmes.

Saturday, April 25, 2020

The Runner

The Runner
A woman out running along the walkway that follows the Nynäsbanan railway line between Krigslida and Västerhaninge. Snapped earlier in the week when we had three days with Summer temperatures.

Friday, April 24, 2020

Vitsippor

Vitsippor
The annual walk at Gullringskärret takes place on April 26th. When I biked through the nature reserve a few days ao people were out and about all over the place with cameras and smartphones. I might go back for the organized walk just to see how many people will show u

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The Hole Through the Moon

The Hole Through the Moon
Detail from a memorial sculpture by Bianca Maria Barmen. It stands outside the Fredrika Bremer secondary school. Bremer was an early feminist, she lived and worked in Haninge.

Monday, April 20, 2020

The Lakes

Övre Rudasjön Nedre Rudasjön
I took a three-hour bike ride yesterday. Nice day for it. I stopped at the Rudan nature reserve and snapped a few photos of the lakes.

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Fatbur

Fatbur
The fatbur, (sometimes spelled fatabur), on the hill at the Djursnäs manor near Ösmo in Nynäshamn. It dates back a couple of centuries. Back in the day a storage room for clothes and valuables. Normally built upon a hill so that it would be easy to defend.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Påskliljor

Påskliljor
Blooming Daffodils (Easter Lillies in Swedish), in front of a couple of new buildings in Handen.

Friday, April 17, 2020

Friends chatting away

Friends chatting away Spring Blossom
Enjoying the sunshine. Two women chatting away at Eskilsparken earlier in the week. They were curious as to why I walked over and stood on the bench. I told them that I wanted a Spring blossom photo against a clear blue sky. I see, said one of them, they then continued to gossip about their male friend, the photographer that always photographed naked girls.

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Seaside MC

Seaside MC
A biker from the local club Seaside MC out riding his Harley along Strandvägen in Nynäshamn last Friday.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Social distancing

Social distancing Dear Customer Sädesärla
Social distancing the Swedish way. I took a walk to Lövhagen on Friday. Quite a few people had the same idea. I enjoyed coffee and a waffle in the Spring sunshine together with two friends. A large sign informed us about the new guidelines and everyone followed them, at least I hope they did.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Out and about

Promenadväder It was a bright sunny day A good workout Preparations Bänkad The Contemplator
A few photos from my walk on Friday along the picturesque Strandvägen in Nynäshamn. It was what we sometimes call Promenadväder.

Monday, April 13, 2020

The Jenny

The Jenny
Nice day for a bit of work on the boat. As seen in Nynäshamn last Friday.

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Super-post-Panamax

Super-post-Panamax Norvik
The two Super-post-Panamax cranes at the new Norvik port in Nynäshamn. They are 120 meters high and 130 meters wide. They weigh 2000 tonnes and can lift 80 tonnes. The port will open for business in May. Driving towards the port on Friday I read out some of the crane statistics to my friends in the car, and they responded, no no no, we were here last week for a quick look and the cranes aren't really all that big. Turns out they really are that big. My friends had been there before the cranes were operational.

Saturday, April 11, 2020

Easter Egg

Påskägg
Glittering Easter egg in Västerhaninge. Super weather yesterday. I headed south to Nynäshamn with two friends. We checked out a couple of big construction sites before going for a longish walk that took us to coffee and a waffle at Lövhagen. Quite a few people out and about but most people followed the new guidelines. I will show you photos in the next few days. Enjoy Easter anyway you can.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Focus On Living

Focus On Living
A happy cyclist enjoying the Spring weather, in the background the Västerhaninge cemetery. Photo snapped earlier in the week when it was a bit warmer.

Thursday, April 09, 2020

The Lakes

Övre Rudasjön Nedre Rudasjön
Övre Rudasjön, the upper lake at Rudan, and Nedre Rudasjön, the lower lake at the same nature reserve. Photos were taken earlier in the week. A few people out and about as it was a nice day, but most people follow the new guidelines about social distancing.

Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Boxercise

Boxercise
Sure was a nice day for it. These four guys were working out at the outdoor gym at the lakes at Rudan on Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Picnic

Picnic
No quarantine order in Sweden just yet. Yesterday was a good day for a bike ride to Rudan and a picnic or a BBQ down by the water.

Monday, April 06, 2020

No traffic

Sjögläntan Parkstråket
No quarantine in Sweden, but most people that can work from home are doing just that so it is not too much traffic anywhere. This was Vallavägen in Handen earlier today. Normally a busy road but not today. The building here might look familiar to you as I have photographed it a few times already this year. It is a new apartment complex called Sjögläntan.

Sunday, April 05, 2020

Self-quarantine

Mug shot
Been doing a lot of that lately. The most exciting thing that happened today was nothing at all, but I did take a photo of this coffee mug.

Saturday, April 04, 2020

Quote of the day

Quote of the day
Edward Blom quote of the day. "Nothing more meaningless than a carbohydrate that is not beer". I follow Edward on twitter and he mentioned the other day that he had designed a series of beer glasses, so I ordered a couple. Skål!

Friday, April 03, 2020

Vitsippa

Vitsippa
Biking through Gullringskärret yesterday I figured it was time to look for some "Vitsippor". And I found a few. Two weeks from now millions of wood anemones will turn this whole area white. There's also a guided tour here on April 20 if it hasn't been canceled because of the Corona crisis.

Thursday, April 02, 2020

Olydig

Olydig
Swedish word of the day. Olydig. Disobedient. Kinda funny me thinks. As seen on the Bridge to nowhere earlier today.

Wednesday, April 01, 2020

Lunch Guest

Lunch Guest
The photogenic squirrel dropped by just as it stopped snowing the other day. Before posing for a few photos it decided to eat some bird seeds.