Today is Nowruz, the Persian New Year. In the new market hall at Vågmästareplatsen Iranian shopkeepers had set up a Nowruz table. Among other things the table displays sprouting greens (symbol of nature’s reawakening), coloured eggs (symbols of fertility), apples (symbols of the world) and candles (symbols of fire). … Continue readingHappy Nowruz!
Photographer among the cactuses
A reflected image of the photographer among the cactuses in one of the glasshouses of the Botanical Gardens. I took this photo last year. … Continue readingPhotographer among the cactuses
Bad hair day?
Does this count as a bad hair day, do you think? Or could it be a hard-rock hairstyle? In Gothenburg’s Botanical Gardens. … Continue readingBad hair day?
Striped pipe
A striped pipe – almost a candy cane – except that I suspect the artist may have been aiming for blue and white – the colours of one of Gothenburg’s football teams. … Continue readingStriped pipe
Football action near Krokängsparken
A little football action near Krokängsparken. I’m not a good sports photographer. I don’t know how many photos I took, but whereever I pointed my camera, the ball was not there. Except in this one picture. … Continue readingFootball action near Krokängsparken
Common cormorant or shag
A skarv (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) aka the common cormorant or shag. I’m going to guess that the Swedish skarv and the English shag are one and the same word. … Continue readingCommon cormorant or shag