Ha de Gött!
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ullehaddock
Writer of sorts with a soft spot for Photo. Writes about life and what comes into my mind.
Woodpecker
The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major). As I was walking back to the car I heard it up in the trees. It sounded very annoyed with my presents but, even so I stopped to see what it was. With some carefully chosen words to myself for leaving the zoom lens in the car I stood there.
To my surprise it moved closer and closer down tree stem under much noise. As if it was yelling at me for being so close to the storage she had in the birch stem. I managed to get this picture with the 35mm macro lens.
There’s magic in the forest, ha de Gött!
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Waterfall
The power of nature becomes evident in a waterfall. The roaring mixes with rippling sound as the water goes over the edge. You can smell the moisture that fills the air all around, feel it in your face. The fascinating swirling of water drops as they are tossed up and falling back on the way down.
I took these pictures on my Sunday trip to Älgafallet, or Elgåfossen that is its Norwegian name. Translates to “Fall of the Moose”. The border between Norway and Sweden is in the middle of the river and the 46 meter drop waterfall. So, yes I was abroad for the first time since Covid. I’ve been working with different shutter speeds to try and capture the force of the water.
Remember we spend our first nine months in water, be careful with it. Ha de Gött!
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Family affair
One of the things I love with autumn is all the mushrooms that popps up among the falling leafs. You can pass the same spot one day and the next day they suddenly appear. A few days later they are gone again. They seem to like growing close together, even crowded. The variation in structure and colorfulness is comparable to the spring flowers.
The root system is quite complicated and symbiosis with the forest. A forest with fungus is a healthy forest. Up to 80% of the plants in the forest benefit in growth from the presens of fungi in the ground.
Ha de Gött!
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Near and Far
So mysterious it sits there in the night sky. Sunbathing, casting just a glimpse of light in the dark. So near, so far.
Poetry, songs, stories, horror, hope, longing, envy. Mind provoking since ancient times. Guiding travelers across land and sea, a friend.
Like a cheese full of holes. Knocked about and bombarded by the universe. Hide and seek in twenty eight day cycles.
Howl at the moon, it’s good for you (but not for the neighbors), ha de Gött!
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Bolted
Through the eye of the needle. What can you see.
Through the eye of the needle. What will fit.
Through the eye of the needle. What will thread.
Through the eye of the needle. What’s on the other side
Through the eye of the needle. Camel or man.
Sometimes better not knowing, ha de Gött!
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Yellow hat
Yellow hat fungus Monday macro, ha de Gött!
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Tractor
This weekend was the start of the moose hunting season. Better stay out of the forest for a while. My father-in-law told me there was a veterans tractor day not far from home. I grabbed the camera and joined him.
It was a pleasant surprise to see all the tractor models from my childhood. Some in mint condition and some very much in daily use. There was the Volvo BM 230 with its characteristic sound from its two cylinder diesel engine, “ti-to, ti-to. Hence it got the nickname “Tisdag-Torsdag”, Tuesday-Thursday, but it doesn’t make any sense in English, sorry.
There was also Volvo BM 430 and Volvo BM 350. The 350 was also called Boxer from its three cylinder boxer diesel engine. I remember the acrobatic struggle to get in and out of the Boxer. The smell of wet soil and diesel filled the air in the mild autumn weather as the sound of strong diesels rang in my ears.
Grounded in dirt, ha de Gött!
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Tranquility
If I had to choose a favorite season it would be autumn. The variety is not only in the colors. The weather offers daily surprises. Strong winds one day and the complete stillness in between. Heavy cold horizontal rain and indian summer sun an hour later. The first nibble of frost in the morning while the animals harvest for winter storage.
Easy does it, ha de Gött!
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Shaggy parasol
Macro of a parasol mushroom. I think it is a shaggy parasol or a parasol mushroom. Like many mushrooms it is very difficult to find out. Beautiful anyway. Now if it is a shaggy parasol one can only wonder what goes on underneath.
Don’t stay to long in the sun, ha de Gött!
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