Hurrah!

I finally took out one of my bikes today. Had not used a bike since two days before Christmas for a number of different reasons. I have not used this bike, the kona, since before I bought the ebike, but it worked fine. Rode maybe 65 km. And boy was it tiring. On my way home there are four uphill climbs, and I had to stop and walk up with the bike on three of them.

Weather update

Looking out a window two days ago this was the scene. More snow. So I took a photo. Then came a few weather warnings. The last such warning giving me hope as it promised several days with warmer weather and hinting that this cold Winter might be giving up! So today I will look over two of my bikes and prepare them for a test ride later today or maybe tomorrow. But as the snow melts, and it gets colder at night there will be a lot of icy roads so if I go out I will be very careful and only ride on the bike paths.

Motvindsrakan

I made up that word. But it means something like the headwind straight. It is the bike path that goes next to the railway line between Krigslida and Västerhaninge. It can be tough riding a bike here. I have an acquaintance that used to ride here almost every day and whenever it was windy he used to scream profanities which made it easier to cope with the strong wind. I haven't used my bike for a couple of months now, so no swearing for me here for a while. Oh, and my acquaintance has moved now and lives closer to Stockholm so he never rides here these days.

The Krigslida barn

The old barn at Krigslida. And a few people out walking.

That Old Tree

The first visit to the old tree this year. -5C. Blue sky, no wind. A nice walk it was.

Beware of the cat

I took another Winter promenade this morning. -5C from a clear blue sky, which was nice. Spotted this warning sign at the corner of Vinkelvägen and Hagavägen in Krigslida. But no sign of the scary cat.

Available seating

Movement for every heartbeat. Well I did go for my morning walk, and I did see a few things normally worth photographing, but I could not be bothered and this was all I could come up with.

Still Winter

The good news is that it was 0C for a couple of hours today. Been a month since i was that warm.The bad news is that the forecast promises more snow. I snapped this shot while walking home from the recycling station a while back. A lamp post by the stream in the park in Tungelsta. I have had zero interest in photography for the last two months. Might force myself to go for a walk tomorrow morning and hopefully find something worth photographing.

Brandstationen

The former fire station in Tungelsta. It opened here in 1952. Before that, it was at another location for 20 years. My dad joined the service here when he was sixteen years old. It was a volunteer fire department, and most of the 20 part-time firefighters were just like him, working at the many family-owned greenhouse nurseries here. Dad was afraid of heights, so climbing the stairs can't have been much fun for him. One of my classmates, Krister also worked here for many years. The station closed in the mid 1990s. Later it became a youth centre, but it closed in 2023 and the property is empty today.

Core Annexet

Built as a church. The religious people from the Swedish Pentecostal Movement had a fight. Someone changed the lock. That ended that adventure. Next came a gym. After that, it became a café for six years. Now it is a gym again. Called Core Annexet. Yoga classes. Retreats, whatever that is. Group activities, sounds a bit suspicious. But you can also get married here, or have a party.

Februarihimmel

A mid-February sky. Watching the Olympics on my smartphone today as my Philips TV-screen decided to die. Probably something that the company did on purpose, as they want me to buy a new TV.

Istapp

Swedish word of the season. Istapp.

Just one more...

I am eating way too many semlor (plural), this bone-cold Winter. And I haven't used my bike since before Christmas. Maybe not a good combo.

Kolonilottsvägen

An evening photo from the same area where I showed you a roundabout a while back. The row-houses at Lillgården in Tungelsta.

A new facade

New café near the Rocklösaån stream in Tungelsta. Still under construction.