[dot_recommends] The Swedish navy visited Gothenburg on Sunday and crowds came in the sun to see the ships. These mooring ropes, coiled ship-shape, were actually aboard the Norwegian Sköjld-class costalContinue readingCoiled mooring ropes
Poseidon’s bum
[dot_recommends] The backside of the Carl Milles Poseidon statue in the fountain on Götaplatsen. I don’t usually photograph to order for this blog, but my mother-in-law was particularly taken byContinue readingPoseidon’s bum
Wood anemonies
[dot_recommends] And thrusting up through the litter of the forest floor, in the sun at the foot of this moss-covered oak, these wood anemonies. In Swedish they are vitsippor, inContinue readingWood anemonies
Art in a tree
[dot_recommends] A kind of woven graffiti tied about this tree by Näckrosdammen. Alternatively, several people have lost their dressing-gown cords. Humanisten – Gothenburg Univeristy’s Fine Art building and library –Continue readingArt in a tree
Frogs and frogspawn
[dot_recommends] In a ditch in the woods near Härlanda, these frogs have been laying their eggs. (Or is it a toad and a frog?)
May Day flags and banners
The Social Democrats’ 2013 May Day parade (demonstration?) to Götaplatsen. Flags … [dot_recommends] … banners … [dot_recommends] … and international flags. [dot_recommends]
Sing Spring!
[dot_recommends] The last day of April is Valborg (Valborgsmässoafton – Walpurgis Eve). The tradition on this day is to sing in the spring. Yesterday this choir (and a many-headed audience)Continue readingSing Spring!