Partik Afrika

Found another Partik Africa street art today. Near the Port 73 mall in Handen where I stopped to buy a kickstand for the steel horse.

That Old Tree

We were promised warm and sunny weather by the meteorologists but boy were they wrong. 2C and grey skies is what they came up with. I want my money back! This was the old tree earlier in the week, Very muddy path and no one else around.

A Rippled Reflection

Walking past the giant snowball in yesterdays post I continued down to the water where a bunch of ducks were busy doing whatever it is that ducks does. I wanted a photo of the reflection from the old building, and the ducks figured they better get out of my way.

A pile of snow

This was all the snow left on the grassy beach at the Upper Lake at the Rudan nature reserve yesterday. As I'm typing this it is probably gone as it is a bit warmer today. To complicate things I shot this with the 85mm lens so it is nine photos stitched together.

A sign of Spring

That was quick, just a day or two since the snow melted. Yellow crocus at Bergdalen this afternoon. Spotted them when I came home after a first ride with the new bike.

The Last Winter Morning

Taken two days ago. This might have been the last winter morning this season. Apartment building at Lillgården in Tungelsta surrounded by snow cowered trees. As I'm typing this the sun is shining and the sky is filled with fluffy clouds, most of the snow is gone and I'm busy piecing my new bike together.

Winter Bridge

We got some more snow this morning but a few hours later it was already thawing. This is a bridge in the park in Tungelsta.

And then Winter returned

So there I was. Posting a Spring-like photo on the blog and happily explaining that Spring had made an appearance. I was so exited that I ordered a new bike. I will get it tomorrow. The question is what I will do with it now as it started to snow last night. And the snowing continued this morning. Took a short winter promenade to get a few snow scenes. Bike parked at the commuter station. Panorama showing the old station house and a few open fields at Lillgården. For a bigger look at the panorama try this link.

Hay, look at this

After taking a photo of the old tree yesterday I tried shooting the red stable at the Nödesta farm from a new angle. This time from behind a hay bale. Twenty-one photos of this little stable now and here they all are in a slideshow.

That Old Tree

The sun was back yesterday. Can't remember when we last had a blue sky. The temperature got up a few degrees to around 7C. I walked over to the old tree and got a few Spring vibes as it was very muddy and when I sat down sheltered by a hill side I could almost feel the warmth of the sun.

A Changing Perspective

These barrels at the Greif factory at Håga in Västerhaninge are fun to shoot as they almost every time give you an optical illusion to look at. To me it looks like the perspective changes every few seconds.

Narrowing Road

Avsmalnande väg.Narrowing Road. Warning sign at the newish bridge at Krigslida. The orange sign stood out a bit so I stopped for a misty photo.

The Creepy Tree

I usually call this tree The Magnificent Tree. But on this day it looked more creepy. It used to have a lot going for it. For most of it's life it stood next to the 200-year old barn at the Nödesta farm. It was often visited by a group of sheep, but these days it is all alone, the sheep are long gone, as are the barn that collapsed a few Winters ago.

Ghostly Mist

I didn't see any, but I'm sure the medieval cemetery in Västerhaninge was filled with ghosts on this misty visit.

I haven't the foggiest

That would be a good response to the question: what's up-ahead here do you think? The answer is the Krigslida bridge, although it is totally submerged in fog here. This was the misty scene at the newish walkway/bike path between Krigslida and Västerhaninge earlier in the week.

Into The Mist

It was very misty yesterday. At one time, cycling down the walkway along the rail-road line I could see the fog move in closer towards me. This is the tree lined avenue at the Nödesta farm.

That Old Tree

Flickr turned ten years old yesterday. I joined in May of 2004 and it has been a fun decade. I have learned a lot about photography because of flickr, and I have done a lot of projects thanks to that site. I have shot around 700 street portraits, documented a lot of changes in my area, and of course taken nearly 365 photos of the old tree. This is the latest one taken yesterday.

Melting Snowman

It was a short snow season this time around. Most of the snow is gone now. Found this melting snowman on a lawn at Krigslida a couple of days ago. We have had "töväder" (Thaw-weather), for nearly two weeks now.

Two Silver Medalists

It is a patriotic post today. Charlotte Kalla and Marcus Hellner both won silver in the skiathlon event at the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Congrats! I made the mosaic with a software called Foto-Mosaik-Edda, using photos from my 2013 Canon archives. All photos taken in Haninge.

Very 2013

Found a Christmas tree (very 2013), at a playground in Västerhaninge yesterday. Had to shoot a selfie (very 2013). I wonder if it will still be there come Midsummer? This was a field with trees a couple of years ago. Now it is a residential area called Nedersta Trädgårdsstad next to the Nödesta farm.

Minimalist winter scene

Minimalism & Winter.The fence runs along the Nynäsbanan rail-tracks near the Krigslida platform.

Horse Profile

I met a fellow photographer on a winter walk a while back. We discussed photography and what have you while I tried to get a few good shots of this horse at the Mulsta horse farm. The photographer Ulf Andersson, whom you have met here on the blog, a couple of Winters ago, told me that he had done the window renovation on the building in the background. Sounds like an interesting hobby.

Malicious Johansson

I don't know Mean Johansson, but apparently this Dodge Ram is his ride. Elak means cruel, or malicious. Rugguglehöjda is tricky to translate. Rugguggla is a slang word for a somewhat unattractive female. Höjda means Hill. The Van is parked on a man-made hill at a property in Tungelsta.

The Ramshackle

Still standing. A soon to collapse building at a horse farm in Tungelsta. Or at least that was what I thought when I first photographed it two years ago but it was still there yesterday as you can see. To find the best angle I ended up shooting this from a snow filled ditch.

The Old Milk Can

Old Falu-Red painted building at Kvarnvägen (Mill Road), in Tungelsta. There was a mill here for many years.

Toys 4 Big Boys

There are many 4-wheelers on the roads these days. And also off-road of course, although that is illegal in most places in Sweden. But you can drive off-road if there's a layer of snow protecting the land. I spotted these guys at the Tungelsta school a while back.

The Border Between The Living And The Dead

The Tower. Tornet. By Jan Håfström. At the park in Tungelsta. "It marks the border and the connection between the dead and the living. Between times gone by, and the present. Between history and the current day" Theme Day. Entry.

That Old Tree

My latest visit to the old tree. Not too cold looking at the outdoor thermometer, but if you add the strong wind over the open fields around Välsta it was one of the more unpleasant bike rides/walks to the Swedish Whitebeam. No one else around which was perfectly understandable. The weatherman warned for a heavy snow fall later today. The result of that might be seen here tomorrow.

Branching Out

Oaks are majestic trees. This one, at Skogs Ekebyvägen in Tungelsta is protected as a natural monument since 1945. The road itself is part of the old Häradsvägen that dates back many hundred years and it looks the same today as it did 400 years ago, minus the asphalt.

Snow Pattern

Winter Construction

It was windy yesterday. Adding the wind chill factor to the Winter temperature it can't have been much fun sitting on that garage yesterday. But if you work as a builder in Sweden you can't stop just because it is Winter.

Terraced House

One of a few very colorful "radhuslängor" at Nederstaleden in Västerhaninge.

Shoefiti

Three pairs of tied-together sneakers up a telephone line at Söderbyvägen in Lillgården.

Winter White

White brick wall. White fence. Snow, and a tree shadow.

The old smithy

I just realised that I have published nearly 30 photos of the old smithy at the Nödesta farm. So I guess it's time to make a set of all those photos. I shot this latest photo a couple of days ago. The building was not just a smithy, day laborers also lived here, and there was a laundry in the basement. Today it is used as a warehouse.

That Old Tree

Another Winter walk to the old tree. The overall colors are different from my last visit/photo, but the amount of snow seems to be the same. A few degrees below zero on this my three hundred and sixty-second visit to the old tree.

The Winter Cyclist

Grace Down Under in Perth wanted me to get the bike out. Krille in Karlstad wanted me to have one week of bicycle related posts. That didn't happen as I posted a non-bicycle related photo yesterday, but you will both be happy to know that I did go for a bike ride today. It was a bit chilly, around -6C and windy, but with a blue sky. Shot this collage along the bike path/walkway at Krigslida near the commuter station.

Winter Mirror

I try to shoot a photo of this traffic mirror at the Tungelsta commuter station every season, so here is this Winter's photo. The trains always meet here. One is heading to the port city Nynäshamn and the other to Stockholm.

A Winter Promenade

Blue and Red walking down Allévägen. I have a photo of their grand-kid on the blog somewhere.

Toughing it out

A tough girl riding her bike despite the falling snow, tricky road conditions and the cold temperatures. Seen in Tungelsta yesterday. My bikes are parked in the cellar since about two weeks.

Minimalism in the snow

We got some more snow today. I decided to shoot only with the Tamron zoom lens during my winter promenade. The reason for that decision was that it has a lens hood. Walking past the school I noticed this minimalistic scene. A bike stand in the snow.

Autumn Vs. Winter

Walking past the little barn at the Välsta horse farm yesterday I stopped for a photo as I have done many times before. Last time I showed you a photo of it was back in October of last year. And with a bit of magic here are yesterdays photo combined with that Autumn snap. If you have a good memory you might remember that I have tried that here once before last January.

The Red Makes It

If you didnt know it before, Falu Red is a very popular color in Sweden. Not surprising perhaps that the man who lives in this Falu Red-painted house at Skogs-Ekeby in Tungelsta is a builder.

That Old Tree

The first real Winter visit to the old tree this season. It was around -8C when I took this snap of the Swedish Whitebeam.