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A first butterfly

A first butterfly

Actually not the first butterfly I’ve seen this year, but the first I’ve photographed, and the first I’ve seen enjoying nectar from a flower. In a garden near my home. … Continue readingA first butterfly

Like polished copper

Like polished copper

The setting sun on the white paint of these two Stena Line ferries makes them glow like polished copper – on the river yesterday evening. … Continue readingLike polished copper

Across the sound

Across the sound

The weather forecast had promised a stiff wind and I was hoping for some dramatic wave action, but all I got were gentle ripples breaking on the shore. Across the sound the islands and headlands off Björkö protect the water here from the heavier seas in the Kattegat. Seems hardly possible that a year and a month ago, the sea here was frozen all the way across to the islands. … Continue readingAcross the sound

Still winter boatyard 1

Still winter boatyard

In the boatyard at Tumlehed the sailboats and motorboats still crowd together, up on the land, under their winter awnings and tarpaulins. Just a few look as if they may be thinking about the summer. … Continue readingStill winter boatyard

Forgotten toboggan

Forgotten toboggan

On what is now a lawn of grass but must earlier have been a snowy slope, a forgotten toboggan, plastic blue, yearns back to the winter. (Ah, c’mon – I’m a poet, doncha know it?) … Continue readingForgotten toboggan

Fishing boat with barnacles

Little west-coast fishing boat

This little, tubby fishing boat is typical for the Swedish west coast – or it used to be. It’s probably used as a shrimper or for fishing for lobsters or crayfish. Also, like the mussel shell on Monday, having problems with barnacles. … Continue readingLittle west-coast fishing boat

Flying crows 1

Flying crows

Strangely for the seashore, and despite all the evidence (see yesterday’s photo) there were more flying crows around than gulls. I love the way crows’ wings end in finger-feathers when they fly. At least I was able to photograph this (below) black-headed gull. (I think it’s a black-headed gull, though to be sure it looks more like a tern.) … Continue readingFlying crows