No skinny dipping, yet

Another photo from my recent visit to Årsta Havsbad. Aiming the camera at a piece of broken ice. In the background the beach area with the two piers. Second photo shows a private property that sits next to the public beach. I counted maybe ten people during my stay, on a hot Summer day it usually looks a bit different.

A day at the beach

Whenever I visit Årsta Havsbad I usually sit on one of the benches overlooking the beach, and as I am a photographer I always snap a few photos while sitting there. Like this one.

Bird & Birdwatchers

Birds and birdwatchers at Årsta Havsbad.

Broken pieces of sea ice

Four icy photos from my recent visit to the beach, Årsta Havsbad at the Hårsfjärden bay. This was the view that the happy couple on the bench were looking at during their picnic. The ice covering the frozen bay is breaking up. It was 10C when I snapped these photos but since then we have had couple of really cold days and nights. I took these photos with my new Sigma 105mm lens.

Give it a few days

The ice is melting away quickly now at the Hårsfjärden bay in Haninge,(part of the Baltic sea). But maybe you should wait a few days until you try the dive tower. This was the scene from one of the piers at my favorite beach, Årsta Havsbad on Sunday.

Happiness

Real Spring arrived to Stockholm yesterday and everyone was happy. This couple enjoyed a picnic, (first of the year), sitting in the sunshine on a bench down by the beach at Årsta Havsbad. The temperature reached 10C for the first time this year.

What's The Plural Of Crocus?

Who cares, it is Spring. Great weather today. Which was nice after the long Winter.10C and a clear blue sky. Found these outside the library in Västerhaninge.

Haningeterrassen

Same area s yesterdays photo. No idea about this building, could be part of the underground bus station. Or not. The project will be finished around 2023.

The Terrace

This massive project will take at least five years to finish. It is called Haningeterrassen and can be found in down-town Handen. The first building, Brf Blicken is up, many more to come, including the underground bus station. This is 4 photos stitched together, shot with my latest purchase, the Sigma 105mm macro lens.

A sign of Spring

Two days ago snow cowered the lawn in front of the house here at Bergdalen in Tungelsta, but arriving home this afternoon I spotted the first crocus of the season. It has been two warmish days here with blue skies and maybe up to 7C. And that's all that this crocus needed. So hurrah for Spring!

Concrete Bridge

I took ten photos yesterday. One was a selfie to celebrate Vårdagjämningen, and another was this black&white snap of a detail on the Krigslida bridge. Shot with the cheap Tamron zoom lens using the old Canon 550.

The Gym

Times change. This was a church building up until a few years ago, today it houses a fitness center called iFORM. I have to confess to staying away from both churches and gyms as much as I possibly can. You can find it along Allévägen in Tungelsta. Photographed with my old canon 550 using the cheap Tamron zoom lens at 300mm.

Trottoar

Swedish word of the day. Trottoar. Construction of a sidewalk, (or pavement if you like), and a roundabout, by the construction company Turbinen along Stavsvägen at Lillgården in Tungelsta. The new living area is just to the right.

export.snowdrift.replacement

I tried unsuccessfully to find the address for this new apartment building at Lillgården in Tungelsta. When that didn't work I used the satellite view at what3words and came up with this. It is not totally accurate as the satellite images at both flickr and what3words are not up to date.

Beach Season Starts Again

Sure, it's still a few degrees below freezing and there's a pretty hard layer of snow covering the ground, but inst that the sun shining from a clear blue sky?

Winter Shortcut

New shortcut over the field at Lillgården. It will take you to and from the commuter station. There are plans to build what looks like a small city on the field, so a year from now this could be a busy building site.

That Old Tree

This was an interesting day. If you blinked the weather changed. From sunny to snowing. From a cloudy sky to a blue sky. From calm to windy, (ish). One minute it was warm, then bitterly cold, at least that was my experience during my promenade to the old tree. We normally call that April weather.

Babushka Dolls

Not having any photo inspiration at all I tried my luck at photo stacking a while back, and what better than using Russian stacking dolls. This was six photos where i moved the focus a little after every photos before stacking them in PS.

Birdhouse

Snowy birdhouse at Hagavägen in Tungelsta. As I'm typing this it is a bit warmer, around 0C, ice everywhere and it started to snow again a little over one hour ago.

Snowy Road

Bus 835 photographed during a recent snow storm. In the background the old stationhouse at the commuter station in Tungelsta. I'm running out on photos now so I need to go out and shoot something new tomorrow. Looking at the weather forecast it says gray skies and crap weather for the next ten days.