That Old Tree

A first Autumn visit to the old tree this year. It was a fine day.

That Old Tree

Warm and sunny, or so I thought when I jumped on the bike earlier yesterday. But just a few kilometres later I realized I should have dressed differently, so I turned around, heading for home after a quick visit to the old tree. Had the wrong camera and lens, so this is a nine photo panorama of the Swedish Whitebeam.

That Old Tree

A December visit to the old tree. A monochrome version felt appropriate considering the lack of sunshine here this month.

That Old Tree

Been raining non-stop here for a week, or at least that is how it feels. But when I headed out for a bike ride yesterday it was dry and maybe 7C. Been a month since my last visit to the old tree so it was about time.

That Old Tree

It has been a little too cold for my liking this last week. In the South of Sweden, in Småland they experienced -4C over night earlier this week which is Winter temperatures. When I made my way to the old tree two days ago it was maybe 14C. If you know the tree you will notice that it has lost another limb since my last visit. We had a storny day a few weeks ago with trees down everywhere, and I had a feeling the old tree might have taken a beating.

That Old Tree

Been a while. Fifty-two days. Since my last visit to the old tree. Probably a record. Nice day for it though, yesterday. Maybe 23C. Wrong camera and lens for it, so this is nine photos stitched together. The other option was to continue home, get the correct camera and go back, but I was kinda tired after a 70 km ride.

That Old Tree

This is the coldest month of May for 20 years. And it's been very windy. Out riding yesterday I was wearing four layers on my upper body, although at times when walking around in Stockholm I removed one or two layers. On my way home I visited the old tree. Finally green again!

That Old Tree

Always a slow starter every Spring, the old tree. From my most recent visit a while back. A young woman walking towards the tree, I passed her on the bike out on the road a little later as I headed for home.

That Old Tree

-8C when I woke up yesterday morning. A bit too chilly for my liking. Maybe 2C as I made my way to the old tree a few hours later.

That Old Tree

I am nine days behind with the photo editing, but here is the last photo I took yesterday. Nice with the red berries on the old tree.

That Old Tree

A September visit to the old tree, two days ago. It looked ready for Autumn. Maybe 18C. Summer already feels like a distant memory, although I still have a few hundred Summer snaps to go through.

That Old Tree

Only been a week since my last photo of the old tree, but here it is again. Looks a bit different, as always. No one else around. This is one of just three photos I managed to take on this day. I took another bike for this ride. More suited for off-road cycling, so riding it mostly on the road is harder. Looks like I have what is known as a "pyspunka" on the bike I used the day before this and I am yet to fix that. The forecast for today says 10C, whatever happened to Summer?

That Old Tree

We are eight weeks in to Summer according to SMHI, and I kinda like their way of thinking. Anyway, this was my first June visit to the old tree. And a fine evening it was. If you have good eyes you can spot two people further down the path. I took the second photo ten minutes later while cycling home. I could hear the paraglider so I stopped for a quick shot. He was on his way to land on a field nearby. I took the tree photo with my Canon 77D, and the blue sky photo with the mirrorless Canon R.

That Old Tree

I have been trying to remember if I have ever experienced a more pleasant month of May in my life, and the answer to that question is, no, I have not. Riding home yesterday afternoon, I felt like celebrating the glorious weather with a second May visit to the old tree. So that is what I did. No farmer out on the field this time, and the only person I saw and said hello to was a young woman out walking her dog. The forecast for today says rain and a little colder, and I guess we really need the rain. Rumors have it that the warm weather will be back come Saturday, and another rumour says that there might be time for a BBQ with the usual suspects. Been three years since!

That Old Tree

A long-time Flickr friend, who used to run Utata, (sort of), wrote a post on Facebook yesterday. About an organized bike ride called Beer 30. With two pub stops and with hundreds of riders. Sounded like a lot of fun. I read it while resting on a bench at Skogskyrkogården in the late afternoon sunshine. Greg, as he is called, is a big fan of the old tree, so after leaving a comment on his Beer 30 post, I decided to ride over to the Swedish Whitebeam. Took me 65 minutes or so. I arrived just after 1800 hours. The first thing I noticed was the moon. I then heard the tractor. It was the farmer, Jan, from the 700-year-old Nödesta farm, working hard out on the fields near Klems kulle. It was nice to see that the tree is turning green again. As I am typing this, I am getting ready to go through a few hundred photos taken over the last week. That will take me a few sittings. I am roughly a week behind on editing. I blame the warm and sunny weather for that. And looking at the forecast for next week, it just says more of the same. Poor me!

That Old Tree

I met Jane on my way to the tree yesterday. She was out walking with her three dogs. They can run free here, and I remember first seeing her here back in 2007 when she was here with her friend Annika. Jane told me about a possible wolf sighting in the area. Than can be quite scary if you are a dog owner. Someone had found three roe deer carcasses here in just a week's time. One of them down the path here at Klems kulle, and there was also a wolf sighting at Dalarö. So I guess I will have to go out on a wolf stakeout now!

That Old Tree

We had two days with a bit of mist earlier in the week, so I had to pay the old tree another visit. On my way there, I met a woman out walking her dog. She warned me about the icy path and asked if I was wearing cleats, so I showed her my Icebug boots before walking on.

That Old Tree

Last post of the year. My latest visit to the old tree a couple of cold days ago.

That Old Tree

Most of the snow is gone. I was on my bike earlier today when I got a flat tire. So I walked the bike over to the mechanic. He would have it ready by tomorrow afternoon, also looking at the gears and the breaks. After that I took a long promenade home with a pit-stop at the old tree.

That Old Tree

Chilly day yesterday, but with a blue sky, and I can't remember when that happened last. Maybe 2C when I jumped on the bike. Dressed for Winter, but wearing the wrong pair of gloves, so when I took this photo of the old tree, my hands were freezing.