Category: June

Paths
Cat Links June / Landscapes

Paths

Two paths at the Skallgrusbank in Sillviks Nature Reserve – the one through the white chalk soil, the other a dissipating contrail. With a little imagination you might see one as a continuation of the other.

Skallgrusbank means “shell gravel bank”, so it’s not really chalk (which is an unusual rock here abouts). It’s actually the remnants of millions of small shellfish that lived and died here about 10,000 years ago when this was a shallow bay of the sea. The land rose and the shell gravel was never compressed into chalk. Silviks Nature Reserve preserves an early industrial landscape – the shell gravel was mined here in the late 1800s as an ingredient in fertiliser and construction. … Continue readingPaths

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Summer rose
Cat Links June / Macro photography / Plants

Summer rose

Summer rose – macro photo of a wild briar rose flower. For another summer rose see this – one of my earliest posts on this website: Roses by the sea … Continue readingSummer rose

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Lion by moonlight
Cat Links June / Sculpture

Lion and moon

Above is the crowned and sword-armed lion that decorates the top of Skansen Lejonet (the Lion Redoubt), taken at night. I admit to a certain degree of Photoshoppery here, trying to remove the worst of the artifacts that creep in with poor light. It gives me the opportunity to include my photo of the moon, below, taken at the same time with the same camera and lense, at the very furthest extent of the optical zoom. … Continue readingLion and moon

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Kvillebäcken swan
Cat Links Animals / June

Kvillebäcken swans

A pair of swans seems to have taken up residence on Kvillebäcken, the stream that runs by the new residential district under construction. I think is a good sign about the quality of the water in this little beck despite its muddy colour. … Continue readingKvillebäcken swans

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Burned out
Cat Links June / Objects / Vehicles

Burned out

A burned out caravan standing in a car park at Sankt Sigfridsplan. I was taken by the contrast between the burned, tortured body of the caravan and the calm suburban green all around. The wreck has been parked here for at least a couple of weeks now, I wonder if anyone is planning to remove it. … Continue readingBurned out

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Dandilion seedhead
Cat Links June / Plants

Dandelion seedhead

Dandelions, the prettiest weeds in gold and green, so quickly go to seed. There’s a British folk-custom of blowing on the seedheads to “tell the time”. The hour is the number of breaths it takes to blow off all the seeds. I was surprised to discover this is unknown in Sweden when I previously published a photo of a dandelion seedhead and asked “What’s the time?” … Continue readingDandelion seedhead

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Caw-caw the carrion crow
Cat Links Animals / June

Caw-caw the carrion crow

A carrion crow sat in an ash,
Hey-derry-down derry-di-do,
Watching a photographer using his flash,
Caw-caw the carrion crow,
Hey-derry-down derry-di-do.

Actually I wasn’t using my flash and don’t mostly, preferring natural light, but the rhyme was the best that came to mind. The original is an old English folk song. … Continue readingCaw-caw the carrion crow

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