Sixteen Recent Snaps

Funny weather of late. These are some snaps from around Haninge taken this month. Yellow crocus found at home. Roof tiles at the construction site in Lillgården in Tungelsta. Snowdrops at Krigslida. Ice fishing at the Lower Lake at the Rudan nature reserve. Family fun out on the ice at the Upper Lake. Ice bracelet found near the old tree. New greenhouse at the Nödesta farm. Say after me: Hasselhängen. The new commuter station in Tungelsta. A bird! Snow on a chair. Zooming in on a house at Kvarnvägen in Tungelsta, photo taken from the hill at Bergdalen, (where I live). Two skiers at Rudan. More crocuses from home. Construction workers at Lillgården. People working out at the outdoor gym at Rudan.

Ice Fishing

I counted seven ice fishers on the frozen Lower Lake during my visit last Sunday. This guy was sitting further out on the lake compared to the others, maybe he knew something the others didn't.

Winter at the lakes

Two recent photos from the Upper Lake at the Rudan nature reserve in Handen. I don't know exactly how thick the ice was, but thick enough for ice skating around the frozen lake as proven here. Parking the bike out on the ice like that is a bit unusual. Looks like the family on the second photo are preparing for both ice skating and Ice fishing, although if he wants to catch any fish he should head over to the Lower lake.

The Pier in March

The pier in March. The lake is still frozen. I spotted quite a few ice fishers out on the ice during my promenade here yesterday.

That Old Tree

I took this photo of the old three on Thursday. It was a very foggy day. Chances are that this was the last Winter photo this season,(of the tree I mean), but you can never be too sure when it comes to the weather.

Wagon dumped in the stream

The old barn at Nödesta, known locally as Guatemala collapsed a few Winters ago. It was around 200 years old. I liked the old barn and I have taken a few photos of it over the years. The farmer Janne, didn't own the land and the municipality didn't want to help him out with the old buildings, so it had to happen I guess. A company called Rivners removed what was left of the barn a couple of years later, but they left the stuff that had been left inside the barn. Then, last year Janne bought the farm from the municipality, but that doesn't really explain why he decided to dump one of the wagons in the nearby stream.

Beaver silhouette

My third and last photo from the mound along Stavsvägen in Tungelsta. When the mound is gone it will be replaced with a new park that will follow the stream. The water you see here is part of a future water storage dam. There will also be a number of allotment gardens just here. In the background you can see the rebuilt commuter station as well as the old station house plus a few private homes, the former post office, today a restaurant and also the roof of the brick church that dates back to 1974. I didn't notice the beaver silhouette until I opened the photo in Photoshop and now I cant unsee it, hence the title.

Winter Construction

After shooting the It's Still Winter photo that I posted yesterday I turned around 180 degrees to shoot this photo of the construction site at Lillgården in Tungelsta.

It's Still Winter

Winter came back. Just like that. Total chaos in the traffic of course. Accidents everywhere. This was the scene at Mulsta in Tungelsta earlier today. Mulsta is an old farm. The same family, the Anderson's have lived and worked there for three hundred years.

Stolen&Dumped

A stolen and dumped car at the recycling station in Tungelsta.

Visible

Out walking at Välsta recently, looking for any signs of Spring. Nothing to report, but I snapped this from a little hill. I'm sure the white house at Lidavägen 25 will be invisible from here in a month or two.

Fikarast

Update from Brf Blicken, part of the Haningeterrassen project. It will be a 18 storey apartment building when they are done. Construction work stopped a while back because of a delivery problem, but now they are back working again, although it looks like one worker had just been on a coffee break. Or Fikarast as we say over here.

Settling in

Back in October of last year I noticed a crappy looking caravan parked near the Rudan nature reserve in Jordbro. I suspected that someone was going to move in there for good, and that it would be very messy there soon, so I emailed the municipality about it. They answered the following day and informed me that they would sort it out by sending in one of their fearful parking attendants. Pretty sure that didn't work, this was the scene there earlier this week. So I mailed them again with the updated photo and they responded, claiming that their parking attendant had been unable to locate the caravan!

First crocus of the year

Here it is. The first crocus of the year. Found it yesterday afternoon. Always the first sign of Spring so I won't even mentioned that it was snowed over this morning!

Dumped caravan

Lots of dumped caravans popping up around Stockholm in the last few years. This one can be admired at the household waste recycling centre near the retirement home in Tungelsta. Yours for the taking I guess.

Black and white in color

Theme Day. Black and White in color. Decided to go with an archival photo for this one. This is a birch forest at Välsta. I often walk here and I am very good at scaring away the local wildlife when I do.

Stentrappa

Swedish word of the day. New stone staircase at the rebuilt commuter station in Tungelsta. Not in use just yet.

Pink & Lilac Houses

Location, location, location. One way of summing up the seaside resort Dalarö in Haninge. These house can be found at Skärkarlshöjden. I took the photos from the local cemetery, standing close to the water which is the Vadviken Bay.

Sunday 13:45

Visiting my mother at her new assisted living facility, Malmgården at Dalarö in Haninge. She seems pretty happy here. I arrived just before lunch and stayed for a couple of hours.

That Old Tree

Another week, another visit to the old tree. After a few days with snow fall, followed by one warm day, and then cold weather again it is very ice around here.

Flygplan

Swedish word of the day. Flygplan. Aeroplane. I guess it has to be a TP 84 Hercules (Lockheed), from the Swedish Air Force.

50 Shots

Money badly spent during New year's eve. 50 days on and the leftovers from the fireworks are still there on the field at Lillgården.

Pedestrian Crossings

That is Mr. Walkman at the pedestrian crossings in Tungelsta. We call him Herr Gårman, which is a pun as it can also be read as You Walk Here. The artist who once made the sign was Kåge Gustafson. The construction site in the background is part of the new housing area at Lillgården.

Winter returns

We were of course hoping that Winter was coming to an early end after a few weeks without snow. But then last night...

And then the phone rang

There I was enjoying a bit of Winter sunshine while relaxing on this bench that overlooks the Årsta Havsbad beach when the smart-phone rang. It was my flickr buddy Bengt who claims to be a traditionalist when it comes to eating "semlor". Which means that he can't have one before Shrove Tuesday! But after seeing a few of my photos of said pastry from my favorite cafe he phoned to let me know that he was on his way to Malmens konditori, and one hour later we were both enjoying a "minisemla".

Winter Beach

Inspired by Grace Down Under in Perth, I decided it was time for a visit to the beach. No need for sun protection at Årsta Havsbad yesterday, that's for sure. But there was a bit of sunshine from the blue sky and I counted a few people, including this young couple walking the dog.

Lost&Found

5C and a blue sky when I decided to hit the beach today. It's 20 minute bike ride and I didnt see any other cyclist out on the road. Arriving to Årsta Havsbad I took a short photo promenade and that's when I spotted the colorful mittens on the bench closest to the sea.

Mudguard

If you are a keen cyclist you know that a mudguard can come in handy when you are out on the roads. Especially now when it is getting warmer again. Spotted this colorful bike parked at a bus stop near the hospital in Handen a while back. It was one of those moments when people nearby wandered what that guy with the camera was up to. Shot with the Canon 6D using the nifty fifty lens.

Bird Photography

That Old Tree

Without further ado, here it is, my 500th photo of the old tree at Välsta. Luckily for me the sun returned yesterday and we had what must be described as a glorious (Spring), day. I took my first photo of the Swedish Whitebeam, (Oxel in Swedish), back in May of 2005. In December that year someone asked me to join the A Photo A Week group which I did. I then thought I finished the tree project in December of 2006 when I posted my 52th photo, but boy was I wrong about that. But I'm glad that I continued the project.

The Pier in February

The pier in February. The ice on the Lower Lake at the Rudan nature reserve in Handen is thick enough to walk on, and I spotted a few people doing just that. The pier lay in shadow because of the low Winter sun.

Graffiti Rock

Took a promenade at Nedre Rudasjön,(the Lower Lake), at the Rudan nature reserve today. Finally a day with a blue sky again. Although it wasn't as warm as the meteorologists had promised, I'm guessing around 2C. If you ever wanna launch yourself into the lake from a tree, (preferably during the Summer, not a good idea today as the lake is frozen), this is the place for you. During the warmer part of the year there's often a fire burning here and the kids will sit around the graffiti rock drinking beer and what have you.

Burning Calories

Fact. I have never ever worked out at a gym. Or tried jogging on a treadmill. This is the SATS gym in Handen. If you want to you could spend 1000 of those coins I showed you yesterday every month here. Well that was an exaggeration as they have a deal for only 999SEK per month.

Tiny Coin

This coin will not buy you much. It is the new Swedish 1 SEK coin. Released last Autumn but it took me until this week until I got my hands on one. It sure is tiny, just under 20mm in diameter. It weighs 3,6 grams so it will be easy to displace I guess.

FSotY

Do you find stuff when you are out and about? I do. For example, last summer I noticed a 500SEK note on the street. That was nice. A couple of days ago I spotted one (1), unused blue Nike sneaker at a pedestrian crossing. But that didn't do it for me. One hour later I found a pair of shades in the snow at Torvalla. I showed them off at the cafe, trying to impress the usual suspects. Not sure how well that worked. Later I googled the shades, hoping that they were very expensive of course. That wasn't the case. £3.99 at LIDL. FSotY means First Selfie of the Year.

Flerbostadshus

Swedish word of the day. Flerbostadshus. Multidwelling. Four L-shaped houses to be built here at Lillgården in Tungelsta. This is the same area that I showed you yesterday. To see all posts from this project press here.

Row House

Too cold for me at the moment. Not sure why as it was around 0C today and we had a blue sky for a few hours. This is an update from a while back. A new row house at Lillgården in Tungelsta. The first modular home of many to be build here by Turbinen. The yellow house that you can see in the background is known as Rosgården. It was once a real estate office. That was a little over a century ago when the first greenhouse nurseries opened for business in Tungelsta. Later one of the gardeners lived there.

Pastry Heaven

It's not just that I am addicted to the mini-semla's that they serve at Malmens konditori in Handen, I also feel the need to document the pastry. Sure is tasty! I have eaten enjoyed ten already this year.

The Christmas Tree

Christmas tree out on the balcony at the Argos building in Handen. Will it be there come Midsummer?

Outdoor Electronic Advertising Board

Big electronic advertising board at a shopping centre in Vega, Handen.

That Old Tree

This my most recent photo of the old tree tells you everything you need to know about the weather situation in Haninge over the last few days. Cold,(ish), gray skies and a lot of fog.

Pucko

Time for a refreshing Winter dip?

With a more "normal" Winter the ice layer on the frozen upper lake at the Rudan nature reserve would have been much thicker. At the moment it is not safe to go ice skating on the lake, but I guess you could jump in for a winter dip if you wanted to. I decided to stay on dry land.

Atlas

Biking past the antique barn that once belonged to the Söderby Gård estate at Vega in Handen I noticed the Titan Atlas with the world on his shoulders. Although he did it with just one hand here. That is one tough gig.