Klotter

Swedish word of the day. Klotter. As seen at Välsta while back.

White on White

Christina's place seen from the Krigslida commuter station.

Fat Tuesday

Finally. Fat Tuesday is here and all real Swedes enjoy a Semla.

Anläggningsbil

Swedish word of the day. Anläggningsbil. Dump truck. From Lillgården in Tungelsta. A second roundabout is under construction here along Stavsvägen next to the new row houses and apartment complexes. I took the photo from the new walkway that crosses the big field at Lillhammar.

Not going out

This is Tindra. She got tired of living with the neighbours sixteen years ago so she moved in at my place. The neighbours had another cat,(her sister actually), and a very bad dog, Benny, a big old boxer. They are all gone today but Tindra is still with us. The neighbour, (who has a new dog these days), comes over with cat food every now and then, something Tindra seems to like. She comes and goes as she pleases. She is getting old now so she prefers sleeping indoors before patrolling the neighbourhood, especially during the long cold Winters. This Winter a big, and kind of dangerous looking cat have been seen at the veranda where Tindra hangs out with the local birds so she has stayed indoors a bit more over the last few months.

Through the Trees

Abandoned house at Lillhammar in Tungelsta. The last owner was an eccentric Norwegian. A few more photos and facts about the property and it's history in my Bremberg, Lillhammar set.

Up a tree

The birds are back. I'm starting to hear them sing here and there, which is a good sign. And the sun is shining again. You can actually feel the sun-rays on your face if you sit outside in the 3C temperature which I did today while rereading a Haruki Murakami novel.

1998 Camaro

I bought a new lens today. Nothing special, a very cheap zoom lens, the Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro, got it for 950SEK. This was the first photo I took with it. A 1998 Camaro. I chatted with the owner for a while, he asked me a few technical questions about photography. Then when I showed him a few flickr snaps from a car meet last year, he spotted a photo of his 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle. After that I took out the nifty fifty and shot a bokeh-panorama of his red Camaro. Tried my best to explain that technique while firing away at f/1.8.

Crepuscular ray

A recent sunset photographed from home. I noticed the ray, ran for the camera, snapped a few photos and then it was gone, obviously someone must have been beamed up.

Fact of the day

Sweden is currently, (national average), under 46 centimetre of snow. And today might be a national ice day, which means that it will be freezing in the whole country for 24 hours. Stay warm. Facts borrowed from SMHI.

Minimalism

Tiny window at one of the new row houses at Lillgården. If I had to guess I would say that this is a bathroom window. I noticed it the day they set up the building and have wanted to shoot a photo of it ever since. I like this sort of minimalism. The wall is green but I figured it would look better in black and white. If you are curious you can see the the building if you click here.

Traffic Sign

Narrow road sign. Or in Swedish. Varning för avsmalnande väg. At Stabergsvägen at the Nödesta farm. Had I panned the camera to the right you would have seen yesterdays view.

The Magnificent Tree

The magnificent tree on a not so magnificent Winter day in January. There used to be a barn here at the Nödesta farm next to the tree. It was 150 years old and I enjoyed seeing and photographing it on my walks in the area, sadly it collapsed a few winters ago and if you have a good memory you might remember seeing the photos of that.

Pendeltågsstation

Swedish word of the day. Pendeltågsstation. The commuter station in Tungelsta, photographed from the newish bridge.

Tired?

I don't know how tired she is, but it must be hard to go cross-country skiing without ski poles! As seen at the Rudan nature reserve a while back. Theme Day. Tired.

Straight ahead or to the left?

For the third Winter in a row the Haninge municipality have decided to keep some walkways/bike paths snow and ice free. So I followed the ice free path here.

Länge leve fika

Swedish sentence of the day, and this is an important one. Länge leve fika. Three "fikabröd" of your choice for 20SEK at my local Coop. The guy next to me, waiting for his "fikabröd" told me that he needed to keep his weight where it was, if you know what I mean. Sounded like a good excuse to me.

That Old Tree

A couple of warm days did the trick. Most of the recent snow is gone. Didn't plan to visit the tree but that's what happened. Had the wrong lens with me so this is nine photos stitched together. Met Christina near the tree, shouted a quick hello, not sure if she recognised me as I was wearing a balaclava.

Temporary Elevator

Swedish word of the day. Bygghiss. Temporary elevator. This is two photos blended together. The building is called Brf Blicken, part of the new project Haningeterrassen in Handen.

Brick Facade

Looks like one part of the new 18-storey high-rise building at the big project Haningeterrassen, Brf Blicken, in Handen will get a brick façade. As seen behind the scaffolding earlier today. Shot with my new Canon lens that I bought from Lasse last year.

Ice Fishing

Another photo from my visit to the Rudan nature reserve last week. The Lower Lake is where you can find the fish, and these ice fishers were there to prove just that.It was a cold day, around -5C, not sure if they got anything.

Cross-Country Skiing

The lack of snow in Stockholm this Winter has been tough for the Cross-Country skiers. They need a lot of skiing practice before the big race of the year, the Vasaloppet, so when the snow finally arrived a short track was up and running in no time at all at the Rudan nature reserve and that's where I snapped these photos a few days ago.

Winter Glow

A sudden change in the weather. Two days ago it was -15C. Today it is 4C and snow snow is slowly melting away. Took this snap at home yesterday afternoon. The glowing greenhouse, today owned by Blomorado was built back in 1991.

An open field

Lots of construction in this part of Tungelsta recently with the new commuter station and the new houses at Stav/Lillgården. And there's plenty more to come. This open field at Lillgården will soon be history. A year from now when the construction of the houses in the background will be finished this big field will be a busy building site as a number of six-storey apartment buildings, a pre-school and a gymnasium will be constructed here. If you can read the local lingo or if you just have working eyes more info here.

Winter in Sweden

We had a cold start to the week today. -15C. Frost everywhere. It would have been a good day for Winter Photography but I had to get my mother to and from the hospital so no photos today. I took this photo a couple of days ago. It shows a building that was once known as Mulsta Länsmansboställe. For a few centuries many Vassals lived here. You might have seen it before as I sometimes stop for a photo here on my walks 7bike rides to the old tree.

Waiting For Spring

Four big planters outside the greenhouse at the park in Tungelsta.

Faulty greenhouse construction

New greenhouse in the new park at Stav/Lillgården in Tungelsta. They set it up just last year. Didn't last very long did it? One or two windy days finished it off.

Winter Minimalism

Bike rack in snow. -5C today, doesnt that sound great for a bike ride?

Not how I would do it...

... but who ever said that snow shovelling was easy. As seen at the commuter station in Tungelsta yesterday.

Winter Parking

New parking area at the commuter station in Tungelsta. In the background the new retirement home at Lillgården. We have enough snow for a real Winter now. -3C when i took some Winter snaps earlier today. Lots of people out ploughing snow with is a good workout if you don't do it from a tractor.

Snö

I could also have called this masterpiece 'snow on an old aluminium ladder' but I choose not to do that. The weatherman was correct. He predicted snow today, and sure enough, it started to snow two hours ago.

Rose hip

Still waiting for the real Winter to arrive. Shot this last week on my way to the old tree. It's been another gray day with the wind picking up and if the prognosis is correct it's time to find that snow shovel tomorrow. And on another issue I can't comment at some of the other blogger blogs. Tried three times at Grace's blog today and at Williams blog the other day.

Frosty Tree

A different take on the old tree. Looks good from all sides in this weather. I'm out of new material now so I will have to find something new to photograph tomorrow. The lousy Winter weather continues. The temperature hovers around freezing and the sky is gray. The weatherman talked about a snow fall covering the whole county come Tuesday. I guess we will just have to wait and see about that.

Winter Scene

A photo from my recent visit to the old tree. It was a cold morning with lots of frost and mist, but we have no snow whatsoever although this sure looks like a real Winter photo.

Glashuset

The glass house. The new addition to the Tungelsta commuter station on a cold and very misty Winter day.

That Old Tree

The first visit to the old tree this year was a cold and foggy affair. I took the bike and I wore a balaclava against the cold, that combined with my eyeglasses made for very foggy glasses and I had to stop a couple of times as the visibility was minimal.

Frosty Fence

Cold and frosty today. And extremely foggy. You could hardly see anything, but I did manage to get a few photos, despite my fingers freezing to ice within seconds as I had to take off my gloves to get the camera working. This is a fence on the bridge crossing the railway at the Tungelsta commuter station.

For Sale

Row house reflection. These houses at Lillgården in Tungelsta are for sale at the moment. http://www.turbinen.se/bostader-2/tradgardsstaden-lillgarden-tungelsta-etapp-2/

Solskensporträtt

Swedish word of the day. Solskensporträtt.

Lillgården

Turning the camera a little to the left from yesterdays Color Splash we can see another couple of new apartment buildings currently under construction at Lillgården in Tungelsta.

Color Splash

Tricky to find anything colorful to photograph this time of the year. Gray skies and rain most of the time. You might recognize this, it's a new living area currently under construction at Lillgården in Tungelsta that I try to document every now and then.

Spegelbild

Not much ice on the Lower Lake at the Rudan nature reserve this Winter. In the background a crane used for the construction of the new buildings at Haningeterrassen, including the 18-storey high-rise apartment building Brf Blicken. Shot with the new Canon zoom lens, this is nine photos stitched together.

Rudans Gård

The old farm house at Rudan. The area is today a nature reserve, the house sits between the two lakes, and if you walk in there today you will find the people that run the local fishing club.

Lakeside Living

It was 5C and no wind as I made my way to the Rudan nature reserve on the first bike ride of the new year. Noticed a few people fishing from the piers at the lower lake. One guy was busy stretching at the outdoor gym, other than that nothing much happened. This is a view over the Upper lake and the tiny beach.

Gubben

This is "Gubben". He is made of wood. He spends his days standing on a shelf at Bergdalen, where he has lived all his life. My dad carved him into life from dried wood sometime back in the 1940s. Gubben doesn't get around much, he is a lazy old fart, but I have asked him to tag along on my bike rides around Haninge this year, so maybe that is about to change now.

2018

The fireworks photographed from the veranda at home. 2018 here we come!