Aspen Hill

Always a favorite spot, the aspen hill near Husby in Österhaninge.

Walkin' Down the Road

Being a local I know a few things about this scene other than that it shows two people walking down a road. The road is Nynäsvägen. Parts of it date back to the Viking era. A new road opened for traffic a few years ago so no one except the locals uses this road these days. It is close to Berga where you will find the agricultural college, and the two teenage boys are students there, so possibly they are two future farmers. The bus service from Berga to Västerhaninge isn't all that great so the kids will often walk instead of waiting for the bus.

Autumn View

A short visit to the beach at Årsta Havsbad. One or two people out walking in the fine weather. The second photo shows the Bera Naval Base.

Autumn In The Park

Autumn colors at the park in Tungelsta. The same park where there's a rock festival in August of every year.

Droplets

It's been raining off and on for a few days now.

Torklada

The old drying barn, (known as a torklada), at Fridhem in Krigslida. For many years there was a laundry here. This barn was built by timber from the USA. Back in the 1920s cars imported from North America were transported in wooden containers. Anyone who wanted could get the timber from the containers and the buildings seen here were built with that wood.

Autumnal Walkway

This has been the earliest Autumn for forty years. This is a walkway/bike path at Krigslida, it won't be long now before all the leaves are gone.

Flying in Formation

Except for that one bird. Heading south for the Winter. These were just a few of them. Must have been at least a thousand birds in all. Spotted at Lillgåren earlier in the week.

Autumn Macro

Another Autumn promenade in a forest. This time at home. In the forest just behind the house. I took the macro lens with me.

When plan fails

The plan on this day was to take the bike to the National Park and from there take a longish Thursday Walk around one of the lakes at Tyresta. A flat tire just a few kilometers from home put a stop to that idea. Instead, I opted for my usual walk at Välsta, although it's not much fun walking with a bike, but there you go. Anywho, here are four photos from my bike walk last Thursday.

The Commuter Station

Two Autumn views of the commuter station, and the old stationhouse in Tungelsta. Photographed from the Lillgården side and from the bridge that connects Stav with Tungelsta.

Östnora

A few images from Östnora. This was the beach I visited a lot as a kid and as a teenager. As kids, we took the bus here during the Summer break. Later in life, we had a few BBQ-evenings here as teenagers. There's a big marina here. And a popular camping site. The beach itself isn't all that much to see, but it is still popular with young families. The bay is Horsfjärden, made famous back during the cold war when the military chased "Russian Submarines" here. Another smaller bay is Åmunsfjärden.

Almåsa Havshotell

A hotel with a view at the Horsfjärden bay. almasa.se/ Snapped from a jetty at Östnora earlier in the week.

Autumn at Berga

Two Autumn views from the Berga Agricultural College.

A good workout

It was a fine Autumn day for it. Roller skier and cyclist along Stavsvägen in Tungelsta. Same place as yesterdays photo.

Autumn

A little grove along Stavsvägen in Tungelsta.

The Commuter Train

The commuter train leaving the Krigslida station on a cold but beautiful Autumn day. Photographed with the 18-135mm on the Canon 77D body.

Counting Crows

Out walking at the old farm at Nedersta I decided not to do that.

Autumn at the lake

An Autumn visit to the lower lake at the Rudan nature reserve. It rained a little but nothing too serious. I asked the woman in the third photo if she was there fishing as she sat down by the water where the anglers usually hang, but she told me that she was just enjoying nature.

Allévägen

Kikarberget

Houses on the hill Kikarberget at Kalvsvik in rural Österhaninge. Kalvsvik dates back around 800 years. The old spelling, Kalswi, suggests that there were offering places here back in the good old days. There's a Runestone here telling us that two people that lived here back during the Viking era were called Ödgunn and Arngärd. More info in Swedish here: www.haninge.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Kalvsvik.pdf

The red bird boxes

I took a walk in Christina's birch forest at Välsta earlier in the week. I haven't counted them all but the latest two bird boxes had numbers on them. 58 and 59. Not all are for birds, some of the smaller ones are made for wasps, or maybe wild bees, something I found out while walking a little too close.

Autumn Mist

Four photos from a misty Autumn morning bike ride around Tungelsta.

Theme Day: Orange

The old farm building at Välsta in Tungelsta looking good in the Autumn weather. But then again it looks good any time of the year, and if you want proof of that check out my flickr set The old farm building.