At the construction site

Lifts, cranes and workers at the new Frigoscandia warehouse in Jordbro. I follow the progression at this building site and thought that the shadows looked great on this visit. Here is the building shot from the other side, from Lagervägen (Warehouse road in translation). This is a composite made by four photos.

Moonshine over Bergdalen

My neighbour Danuta was out walking her dog, Benny, when she phoned me. You have to come out and look at the moon she said. So I did. This is shot from were our mailboxes are, looking back at my home. There was a halo above the moon, but I had the wrong camera (Ixus instead of the Digital Rebel) so this is what I got.

My neighbour the squirrel

A squirrel (or ekorre as we like to call them) enjoying it's lunch. I can see this tree (it's a common hazel) from the kitchen window, so all I had to do was go out and zoom in on this little guy. This was as close as I could come with the Ixus. I have quite a few photos if this little guy and his friends.

In the news

This is the Pressbyrån kiosk at Jordbro Commuter Station. I usually stop here for a newspaper or something to drink. The other evening a madman armed with a syringe robbed the place. He ran away with some money but was later arrested.

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Kalvsvik

All the snow gone! 7 C in Haninge today and a clear blue sky. I stopped at Kalvsvik in Österhaninge at the riding centre for a few photos. It's called Kalvsviks Ryttarcenter. On the old viking road at Kalvsvik I met Gerd and Winnie. Gerd lives in Stockholm and have her horse here at the riding centre. If you take the freeway from the nations capitol to Kalvsvik, it's no more than 15 minute ride.

Just after sunset

In November it gets really dark in Sweden. Today sun up was at 07:18. Sun down this afternoos at 15:46. It's not my favorite time of the year. But you can get some great photo opportunities. Had you lived in Tungelsta say 30 years ago this would have been a very familiar view. A glowing greenhouse. Today there are only 11 greenhouse businesses left. This is Blomorado. Shot half an hour after sunset. The poinsettia plants needs all the light they can get.

A Bergdalen Sunset

November is a good month for Bergdalen sunsets. Took this from the stairs. The greenhouse belongs to blomorado and is filled with poinsettia plants.

Spot the lion

Can you see the lion? This house on Ålstavägen in Tungelsta used to look like it was haunted. Not so today. I have heard stories about the previous owner to this old house that i can not tell you about...

The Pub

Shot this on my morning walk. We had our first snow yesterday. This building was moved to it's current position in Tungelsta a little over a century ago, when the railway track Nynäsbanan was new. Before the move, this house was located in Fors. For many years it was known as Svin-Kalles affär, in english Hog Kalle's Store! Today we buy pizza here and enjoy a beer or three.

Don't put your tongue here, ok?

We had a little snow in Tungelsta this morning. But it will dissappear. I guess it's just a warning, letting as know that winter is around the corner. Like we didnt know that. Took this photo of the frosty chain on a truck parked at the commuter station.

In A Row

I took a brisk morning promenade around Tungelsta. Looking for anything storm related. Couldnt find more than a tree that didnt make it. So instead I took some photos over at Kryddgården. Here is a fun photo with things in a row. Houses in a row. Lamp posts in a row. Fences in a row. Trash cans in a row and swedish flags in a row. Kryddgården is a housing project that I have been following with my camera for a couple of years now.

Grandfathers Tree Update

That was quick, I guess the stormy weather helped. Now nearly all the leaves are gone from my grandfathers old tree the Common Horse-chestnut at Bergdalen.

A Bronze Age Promenade

One of my favorite places for a autumn promenade. Through the forest and over the grave field in Jordbro. The graves dates back to the Bronze Age. If you get tired there's a few benches and if you get hungry there are a few fire places that anyone can use. And come to think of it, It's not a bad place for a Spring promenade either,

No storm!

It was a bit windy though.

Before the storm

just in case. a before shot, from the hill at bergdalen. ingemar sounded a bit worried about the approaching storm. there have been a few bad ones over the years. if the wind gets hold of one piece of a greenhouse roof anything can happen. i will post another hill panorama after the storm.

My Grandfathers Tree

When Harald Fredrik Jansson, my grandfather celebrated his twentieth birthday in 1922 he planted this Common Horse-chestnut in front of his home at Bergdalen in Tungelsta. His father Johan Fredrik Jansson was the first gardener to buy land in Tungelsta in 1909.

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Welding

Today's photos are an update from a construction site in Jordbro. From the industrial park. Frigoscandia is building a new warehouse. Shot these sitting on the bike from the bike path that goes next to the Nynäs Road. A welder sitting high up in a blue Liebherr crane working.

ICA Supermarket

The ICA Supermarket on Tungelsta Road in Västerhaninge. There was a fire here a few years ago. So they had to rebuild the store. I normally don't shop here. I shop at Coop most of the time.

Building Site Update

I try to follow a few building sites around Haninge. This is an update from Stora Arken (The Big Ark) in Handen. There will be six buildings like this one here. The location is pretty good. Only a few minutes from the mall, a bunch of schools and Lake Rudan.


The last photo I took from here was in the middle of September.

At The Railway Station

Today I'm showing you two variations of the the Tungelsta Commuter Station. From here you can choose to travel south, to the port city of Nynäshamn or head for the capitol Stockholm. Either way you will be there in around 30 minutes.

Yet Another Joyride

Lovely. For the Ugly Sweden Group over at flickr. A stolen Volvo at Håga in Haninge. Same car before they torched it.

Another Joyride

Not a pretty sight. Another stolen car. Crashed down at Årsta Havsbad. I see more and more of this around Haninge.

Typical swedish house

I hope you can see this photo, if not let me know. Flickr is acting weird at the moment. Anyway, I like this red house, whenever I go down to the beach I see it and this time i figured it was time for a photo.

Another new house

Back at the building site Kryddgården in Tungelsta. I could see the big crane from home, so I knew that a new house had arrived from Plusshus. They put up the green house last week. They arrive on a big truck. It's only two minutes on the bike to get here so If I'm home I can be there to document everything. I was waiting for them to lift the roof in place but that didnt happen.

360 Panorama

This is a 360 panorama photo from Solsäter in Lida, Tungelsta. A new housing area. Another small forest gone. Soon there will be 55 houses here. They started working on this project 16 months ago. All the preparations are now done with roads, water, electricity and more and all that's missing now are the houses. They will be built as soon as the land has been sold. I noticed one SOLD sign so it will not be long now I guess.

A Yellow Bench

I know I'm repeating myself a little here but there you go. That's me. Another photo shoot down by the Hårsfjärden Bay. Sitting on this bench you are looking out over the bay at my favorite beach. This time of the year there are fewer boats out and the beach was nearly deserted. I found a new inscription on the bench. The weather was great 15 C and a clear blue sky , just the way I like it.

New Warehouse

I find it interesting to document change. Any change. Not just the seasons. So I follow quite a few construction sites around haninge. This is from the industrial area in Jordbro. Frigoscandia is building a new warehouse.

A shortcut through the forest

Some more autumn colors today. This is a path I often walk (and ride my bike on). It's a shortcut through the forest between Håga and Västerhaninge. Just up ahead after a left, and then, a right turn, you will find the pet cemetery among some birch trees.

Home Sweet Home

The amazing weather in Sweden continues. Posting two shots from Bergdalen (my home) in Tungelsta. Zooming on on the flowers. Bacopa, Marguerite daisy and Pelargonium still blooming. Not bad for the middle of October. A clear blue sky and around 13 C.

Watering the poinsettia plants

The days are getting shorter now. And the nights are getting longer of course, which means that the 35 000 poinsettia plants (or the bracts on the plants) at Blomorado in Tungelsta slowly are turning red, white and pink.


Normally the automatic watering system at Blomorado takes care of the watering, but sometimes the gardener has to do it by hand which is a very slow process.

Tree Lined Avenue

The tree lined avenue leading up to the old Nödesta farm. Last year's version was more colorful. AND HERE is the 2004 Winter version. Another Fall Version here.

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A New Roof

I'm having some fun with zooming at the moment. Today's photos are no exception. But still a bit different, normally I zoom with a Canon Digital Rebel with a big zoom lens. These shots were taken with the little canon ixus. From an old building in Tungelsta no more than a few meters from the rail road. This used to be one of quite a few small grocery stores in this area. This one sold milk and bread. All those small stores are gone today, replaced with bigger grocery stores. Two workers replacing the roof, using fired clay tiles.

Do you have the time?

I was out shooting macro photos of fire bugs when this little guy came up and asked me what time it was. It's a fire bug. The watch is a Citizen Eco Drive a solar-powered cell, that I bought online from a store in Texas 10 years ago.

Still summer...

This is the 800 year old church in Österhaninge. The church is sometimes called Sankta Gertruds kyrka. When the builder realised that the tower was leaning, legend says he killed himself.

I was out on a nice bike ride today. The weather was amazing for October. 17 C and a clear blue sky. I made a 2 minute long hand held bike video, you can see it at my Vimeo site if you want.

Zooming in on the quarry

Three photos from the new quarry in Jordbro. One of many construction sites in Haninge that I document with my camera. See where these picture were taken. [?]

Fridhem

The first photo of three in this zooming sequence. The man in red is Utta. His family has lived here at Fridhem for many years.



Looks like he has a tractor behind the garage.



A carriage filled with what looks like spruce branches. Utta is getting ready to drive away with his tractor at Tungelsta Road 116.

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Shot from my kitchen window this morning. A Great Spotted Woodpecker. Or a Hackspett as we like to call them.