That Old Tree

One week ago the sun was shining from a clear blue sky. It was 12C and I took several bike rides in the Spring weather. Not going to happen this week.

Bike in the snow

Another photo from yesterday. A bicycle parked near the museum in the park in Tungelsta. I think I know the owner, the bike was still there today, but the thin layer of snow wasn't. I did take the Steel Horse for ride earlier, and it did of course snow a bit just then, and it was a bit windy so that wasn't very nice at all. Arriving back home I have now shampooed the bike.

Winter returns...again

This was the scene at the greenhouse in the park in Tungelsta this morning. A fresh coat of snow covered the lawn.

Cold & Windy

Too cold for me this morning. The temperature said 0C, add to that the storm winds and I decided to leave the bike at home and go for a promenade instead. But I did see a few tough cyclists, like this girl along Södertäljevägen.

Angst

Not much happening here apparently. The information board near the Bronze Age grave field at Jordbro looks a bit sad. Just one word written on it Ångest. Angst.

Armored Modular Vehicle

Made in Finland by Patria. This is the armoured wheeled vehicle in the Swedish defence force known as Pansarterrängbil 203. This is an ambulance version. I spotted it in Handen yesterday as I was shooting a panorama at a building site and managed to get a few shots before it passed me, the driver waved at me so I waved back.

Back at the cafe

For different reasons I hadnt enjoyed coffee at my favorite cafe for a while, when I heard and read a few rumours that Malmens Konditori was closing. Luckily that wasn't the case, the owner, Henrik is leaving, he will set up a new cafe in Tyresö (I checked on the map, and I will have to ride 26 extra kilometres for his pastries in the future), but Malmens Konditori will continue under a new owner, although we don't know yet who that might be. This was the scene there yesterday when I was having coffee with a friend. At the next table local legend Tompa Eken was giving me the finger while Lasse waved a hello and the unknown woman preferred to just smile a bit.

Fallen Milestone

This is an old Milestone from around 1770. You can find it next to the Biofuel Power Plant in Jordbro. Someone out ploughing snow didn't see it, and this was the result. It didn't happen this Winter, but two Winters ago, and it still looks like this. How hard can it be to fix that?

Tussilago

The tussilago is usually the first sign of Spring in my neck of the woods, but this year it was beaten by both the crocus, and the snowdrop. Making my way towards the old tree yesterday there it was.

Helene Ripa

The skier Helene Ripa, from Tungelsta won gold in the Paralympic games at Sochi today. Hurrah!

Bug pile

A sign of Spring. The firebugs are out and about again.

A Swedish Sky

This was the first real day of Spring. Double digit centigrade weather.With a lot of Spring sounds around. Kids playing soccer. Birdsong. Mopeds & motorcycles.

The Steel Horse

This is the Steel Horse. A retro bike in classic design. And my new bike. Made from TIG welded steel. Size 57 cm. A single speed, fixed gear groovy looking black racer from Stålhästen. After the first test ride I discovered a few new muscles! This will be a good workout every ride. It weighs 13 kilo. It has 28-inch Kenda wheels. The saddle and grips are brown leather. I will probably show you more photos of it in the future. This photo is shot using the Brenizer method so it is around 20 photos shot with the 85mm lens and then stitched together.

That Old Tree

Josefine out riding near the old tree today. She's a young jockey, starting to make a name for herself in the sport. Josefine lives at the Mulsta horse farm, and you have met her here before.

The sound from a camera

That is often all the Roe Deer need to hear before they run off. And that is exactly what happened this time as well. Luckily for me I managed to grab one or two quick snaps before they disappeared into the birch forest at Välsta in Tungelsta. Still not feeling too well. I took the Roe Deer photo a while back, and as I didn't have anything better to do I made it into a poladroid.

Temmeltisdag

The plan was to take the bike out for a spin today. But just the effort used to pump the back tire of my new bike made me exhausted. Luckily for me I managed to get to and from the convenient store without collapsing, so as it is Temmetisdag in Sweden today I will be enjoying a Semla later this afternoon.

Only a temporary setback

Waking up after 48 hours with a Russian virus (brought home by my brother who visited Saint Petersburg and Moscow),I walked down to the mailbox to get the morning paper. A thin layer of snow could be seen around the crocus, so I decided to grab the camera and snap a photo.

People on the street

Theme Day. People on the street. In my book that can only mean portraits of people on the street with their own unique styles. Like these group of trendy people I have met in and around Haninge in the last few years. Meet Sandra, Kimmy and Ellinor. Anthon, Kim and Emil. Tove, Alex and Mary. I'm currently in bed with a Russian virus, but hopefully I will soon be out on the street again looking for new street portraits.

A safe workplace

A new school will be built behind this fence. Part of the Fredrika-Bremer secondary school in Handen. The contractor is PEAB. The price, around 200 Million SEK. The new school will be ready in March of 2016. The old school across the road will be demolished, and if I give you the weekend to guess what will be built on that property in the future, chances are you will guess wrong. As for the title of the post that is just a few rules about this workplace listed on the sign. Oh, and I took the photo a few days ago, hence the snow on the ground.

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.