Behind Bars

Before watching the Seine Fishing at Gålö on Saturday I met this goat. He lives at the Frönäs Goat farm. If you live nearby check out their products and try the cafe, well worth a visit.

Men and their animals

Visited a market in Sorunda. It was a fine Summer day. The park where the local historical association can be found was packed with people looking to buy and sell locally produced food and what have you. I also spotted these two guys that seemed to be popular with kids and photographers of all ages. The goat man wins because of his outfit.

Animals On The Farm

Biking past Nödesta Västergård I stopped for a few photos of the animals in the pasture.

Going Nuts Here

The smell from freshly baked pastries were driving this guy crazy outside the cafe a few days ago. It ran back and forth, jumped up onto my bike and also tried one of the chairs at my table, but couldn't find anything edible there, only my friend Jujja's jacket. One window stood open at the bakery, but it was too high up for the squirrel although he measured the jump a few times and I'm sure he will make it one day soon.

Farm Animals

I had to say hello to some of the farm animals while visiting the Berga Agricultural College over the weekend. Griseknoen in the top photo got me thinking about the movie I watched as a kid. Emil and the piglet, based on books by Astrid Lindgren.

Fence & Rooster

No real inspiration for photography at the moment. And I do of course blame the weather for that. One day it's 7C and a blueish sky. The next it's freezing and snowing again. Yesterday was an in-between day so I took the bike to the Tyresta national park. This is a fence called Hankgärdesgård, this type of roundpole fence dates back to the Viking era a Millennium ago. It's a few photos stitched together, shot with the nifty fifty to get that shallow depth of field. The buildings in the background belong to the old village. They are a few centuries old, there's a working farm there and that's where I met the rooster.

A dozen or so animals

Theme day. Animals. These are some of the animals I have showed you over the years. A couple of different breed of cows, my favorite is the Scottish Highland. The snake is a common viper that is on the protected list, so it is illegal to kill it. The hedgehog, squirrel, and the woodpecker are all frequent guests to my veranda. The sheep used to live at the Nedersta farm and that is also where I met the lunching moose. The Canadian Goose usually visits Lake Rudan twice every year. The swans where visiting my favorite beach. The roe deer buck checked me out on a visit to the Nature Park in Handen. The sexy horse lives in Tungelsta.

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What´s up, dude?

Heading home on Saturday I had to stop at the soccer pitch in Tungelsta. There was a circus in town. Cirkus Wictoria, one of only five circus groups that still tour around the country was preparing a show. My eyes were drawn to the group of camels that were resting near the big circus tent. I think that these animals belong to a woman called Jessica Bengtsson. She comes from a big circus family. I didn't see the show. When my family still owned the greenhouses at Bergdalen we were sometimes asked if it would be OK if the circus elephants could rest on a big grassy area that we owned.

Posing Squirrel

I have shown you some of the local wildlife before. Like Moose and Roe Deer and all sorts of birds. But this is one of my favorites. The very photogenic squirrel Sciurus vulgaris. Known in Sweden as a Ekorre. It lives here at Bergdalen and is a frequent visitor to the veranda where it often enjoys the bird food. It's quite shy, and if and when you get too close it will make a noise and start to jump around a bit. But as it is well aware that I'm in charge of thee food distribution around here, it doesn't takevery long before it's back, ready to pose for the nutty photographer once again!

Say hello to Pigge

I was just out on the veranda when I met this little fellow. He said he was here looking for those tasty bird seeds. I call him Pigge. He is a hedgehog or as we like to call them an Igelkott.

Llamas on the run!

I was at the optician in Västerhaninge yesterday afternoon. Suddenly a woman opens the door, she's on the phone shouting, "there's two Llamas on the run". "They just passed me at the shopping arcade!" I know that there's a circus in town, so the Llamas must come from Cirkus Maximum! I run out, followed by the optician. A crowd is gathering. I slowly walk up to the animals and takes a few shots. Then another guy for whatever reason, moves in closer and that scares the animals and they run off. This happens at the commuter station and there's lots of people and buses to scare the poor animals. Update: On the news they suspected sabotage, that someone had unlocked a gate so that the animals could get out. After 45 minutes in freedom staff from the circus manages to catch all the runaways, and as far as I know no one was hurt. I mailed the circus, they have a blog and wanted to use one of my photos which I obviously agreed to.Bigger photo.

You Lookin' At Me?

I came down a gravel road in Handen yesterday when I met this Roe deer. We looked at each other for a while. I then grabbed the camera and took a few shots. That didn't really impress the deer who went back to eating grass and a few tasty leaves. Bigger photo.

Moose

I was planning for a short hike through the forest today. But as it was raining from a grey sky I cancelled. Here's what I was hoping to see. A moose meandering through the forest.

Ekorre

Ekorre. That's what we call squirrels. Ekorrar. This one lives up a hazel tree in my back garden. I could hear him and went out to get some shots but he wouldnt have it. I had to take a ladder and climb up on the living room roof to get some good shots!