The May colors

Halfway through sköna maj, May the beautiful. We are now in a period known as "between hägg and syren". And the scent from those plants have been very strong this week, and that is always amazing. In this post, you will see a mix of colorful scenes. We start with the Greta Garbo headstone. A woman approached me, she wanted my help in finding a specific grave, so I pointed her in the direction of staff, as there are more than 100 000 graves at Skogskyrkogården. Next a walkway at Skeppsholmen. I was followed over the bridge by eight (8) police motorcycles. I checked the news and five heads of states were visiting, including the German chancellor, and they all posed at a bench that I had just photographed. I also spotted Benny Andersson's car outside his studio. Next I am standing high up at Humlegården taking in all the greenery. You can see the Stockholm Public Library in the fourth photo, still waiting to fill up the fountain there. Next, the walkway down from the park Vanadislunden, the red building is a former tobacco barn. In the sixth photo, we can spot tulips on the lawn at Sophiahemmet, a privately operated hospital named after a former Queen. Then the birch forest at The Woodland Cemetery, I usually sit on a bench there for a bite to eat a few times every week, weather permitting. Then comes a view over the tiny islet Kastellholmen. Next a macro photo of a flower from Sandsborgskykogården, another cemetery I often visit. Then a special place at Royal Djurgården close to the canal, with a statue of a troubled poet who lived nearby. His name was Gustaf Fröding. We finish with a green tree at Gärdet with a famous building in the background.