[dot_recommends] A guardian hawk, or perhaps an eagle, cut from granite, stands at the entrance to number 11 Kungsgatan. Its pair stands on the other side of the same doorway.
City hare
The mountain hare’s Latin name is Lepus timidus, but there was nothing timid about this one I photographed on my way home yesterday, calmly having its evening meal by the tram tracks at Wieselgrensplatsen. In Swedish this is a skogshare – a forest hare – but I think it’s misnamed. Clearly this one is a city hare! … Continue readingCity hare
Fun with a fountain
[dot_recommends] Little boy having fun changing the way water sprays from a fountain by putting his finger on the nozzle. His sister wants in on the game too.
Waves of stone
[dot_recommends] Part of a sculpture of curved pieces of stone near the Lindholmen Science Park.
Midsummer flower
This flower is called Midsommarblomster in Swedish – Midsummer flower – because it first blooms around Midsummer. In English it is the wood geranium – Geranium sylvaticum. … Continue readingMidsummer flower
Midsummer
[dot_recommends] Swedish Midsummer celebrations in the park at Trädgårdsföreningen. Folk costume, crowns of flowers, a Maypole. These two ladies were kind enough to pose for this photo.
On the monument
[dot_recommends] On the pedestal of the monument to Gustav Adolf in the main square in the afternoon sun. I think she’s feeding him while multitasking on her smartphone.