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On the bridge

[dot_recommends] The ferry’s deckhand is either consulting an important piece of navigation equipment on the bridge or reading the day’s newspaper. Reflected in the glass of the window, over hisContinue readingOn the bridge

Reflected second hand

[dot_recommends] In the second hand charity shop at Ebbes corner on Valgatan, clothes (above) and shoes (below) and other stock reflected in mirrors. [dot_recommends]

Blooming rose with buds

A blooming rose

[dot_recommends] On the Day of the Rose at Trädgårdsföreningen some roses were in bloom, some in bud and some already blown, but this blooming rose was just perfect.

No Smoking In My Opinion!

[dot_recommends] No Smoking IMO (above) An oil tanker (possibly called Dreggen, and with a very visible notice) in dock at Gothenburg’s oil port. Hiss-ingen (below) Hisingen is the name ofContinue readingNo Smoking In My Opinion!

Hunting tern

Hunting tern

This tern was hunting over the shallow water of an inlet on Styrsö yesterday. I watched it for some time, trying to take a photograph. It was dogged by a seagull that was clearly just waiting for the opportunity to snatch away whatever the tern might catch. Then the tern got fed up and turned on the gull. … Continue readingHunting tern

Directions

[dot_recommends] Older man getting directions from a traffic safety guard at the building site Västra Hamngatan has become as the council works to make it a “bicycle speed” road (aContinue readingDirections

The crocodile by the palm house

The crocodile by the Palm House

[dot_recommends] A sculpture of a crocodile – or it may be an alligator – made from the treads of used tires, crawls around a flower bed at Trädgårdsföreningen near theContinue readingThe crocodile by the Palm House