Category: Objects

Photographs of objects

Trapped

Trapped

Somehow I don’t think this little motorboat, trapped in the ice, will be going anywhere fast even after the thaw sets in. … Continue readingTrapped

Picket fence

Picket fence

Close up of a picket fence with one of the bars broken, the bare stems of a winter dry bush behind – photo taken in Färjenäs. … Continue readingPicket fence

Snow on a bench

Snow on a bench

Parallel lines – snow on a bench in the courtyard of Kronhuset. … Continue readingSnow on a bench

Dolls

Dolls

Dolls – a little surprised and perhaps worried to find themselves for sale at the Myrorna second-hand charity shop at Pustervik. … Continue readingDolls

Crystal antiques - detail

Crystal antiques… and Bacchus

Above: A window display of candles, mirrors and crystal antiques on Haga Nygatan. Not the same antique shop as in yesterday’s photo.
Below: A detail from a neighbouring window with a remarkably happy looking porcelain figure of what I take to be Bacchus. … Continue readingCrystal antiques… and Bacchus

Lights behind a rainy window

Seasonal lights, seasonal rain

Seasonal lights behind a seasonally rainy window. These little triangles of electric candles – reminiscent I feel of menorah – are everywhere in Sweden at Christmas – they come up at the beginning of December and stay until mid-January. Current weather conditions are less than wintery – but very Gothenburgish. … Continue readingSeasonal lights, seasonal rain

To 1872

Dates on Vrångö

Above: The oldest, weather-worn headstones in the old cemetary on Vrångö. The date on the headstone beyond the broken stone reads 1711. The headstone on the nearside of the broken stone looks to be dated 1706.
Below: I’m not sure I believe it but this Vrångö Viking longboat weather vane claims to be 140 years old.
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