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Writer of sorts with a soft spot for Photo. Writes about life and what comes into my mind.
Pine by Lake

Pine by Lake

Travelling just 30 kilometres east from my home is a large lake named Bullaresjön. To be precise it is two lakes North and South Bullaresjön. The north point of these narrow but long lakes, in total 28 kilometres, ends at the Norwegian border. As a child, up to seven years old, I spent my summers in a small cabin by the shore of the north lake. This weekend I went there to take some pictures. I shot this picture from the small beach I used to play at as a toddler.

Sometimes you have to walk down memory forest, ha de Gött!

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Oat

Oat

Oat (Avena sativa) is a widely cultivated grain where the seeds are used for both human and livestock food. The Swedish name is “Havre”. The oat fields are now turning yellow as the plant matures in the late summer sun. In just a few weeks it is time for harvest. This annual plant grows best in the temperate zones.

I have a condition called “Celiac disease”, commonly referred to as “gluten intolerance”. I cannot eat anything made from grains like rye, wheat or barley with oat being the exception. Oat meal does not contain any of the gluten protein that triggers the disease. So you can understand that I like oat. NOTE! For it to be safe for a coeliac to eat any product based on oats it needs to be produced with special care and be marked gluten free. It’s NOT safe to eat regular oat products!!

Don’t worry there are some gluten free beer available, ha de Gött!

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Lonely tree

Lonely tree

This lonely tree is an Swedish whitebeam (Sorbus intermedia). Got to love the English name! In Swedish it is called “Oxel”. It grows wild only in the Nordic countries. It grows in pastures and at the forest edge.

Find comfort, hug a tree. Ha de Gött!

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Procrastinator

Procrastinator

Song lyrics to the music of Queen’s “The great pretender”. Inspired by Hobbo and Out-of-the-cave blogs, click on the names to see their excellent blogs.

Oh yes, I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
pretending that I get things done (ooh no-o)
my need is such I postpone to much
I'm slow start that no-one can help

Oh yes, I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
adrift with a list of to-do's (ooh no-o) 
I make the plan but to my real shame
I just can't get things to move on

Too real is the scene kicking cans down the road
Too real is my tactics delaying stuff

Oh, yes I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
just keep's putting things on hold (ooh no-o)
I seem to be stuck, sat on my butt
stalling my actions like a fine statuette
Pretending that I can get things done

Too real is the scene kicking cans down the road

Oh yes, I'm the great procrastinator (ooh no-o)
just sitting around on my ass (ooh no-o)
in my head you see a magical spree
but I'm just wearing my sofa down
procrastinating to see the truth
Pretending I that can get things done

I hope I don’t offend any fans to the fantastic band Queen and the singer Freddie Mercury. As a band aid I also put up the official Freddie Mercury video from Youtube. The song is originally written by Buck Ram (1907 – 1991). Buck Ram was from Chicago, Illinois. Composer, band leader and also the Platters manager. Also the Platters recorded the Great Pretender. Ha de Gött!

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Aster

Aster

Finally a flower where the name is the same in English and Swedish, Aster (Symphyotrichum). It is actually a family of flowers, Astrales with over 1900 different variants. I found this in a centimeter wide rock crevice just by the water. According to my app it is a Symphyotrichum chilense and if so, the first observation of it on the west coast of Sweden. Don’t know if that means I get to give it a Swedish name? If so, I hereby name it “Crevice Aster” or in Swedish “Sprickaster”

Flower power, ha de Gött!

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Erica tetralix

Erica tetralix

Also called cross-leaved heath. Got its common name from the leaves that grows out from the stem in a cross of four leaves. Native in western Europe. In Swedish “klockljung” that translates to “Bell ling”. The name is probably from the bell shaped flowers. Even if the Swedish name suggest so, it does not make any sound. However both the Swedish and the English names suggest involvement from the church.

Ring, ring give somebody a call, ha de Gött!

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A Rainy Day

A Rainy Day

A rainy day
I will
sort things
postponed and neglected
A rainy day
I will
get down to it
long awaited
A rainy day
I will
sort it all out
structure and shape
A rainy day
I will
let it all flow
symphony of keys
A rainy day
I will
bloody well will
write that novel

But today sun is shining, ha de Gött!

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Lovers herb

Lovers herb

Hylotelephium maximum or in Swedish “Kärleksört” that translates to “Love herb”. It is a succulent plant and can therefore survive in places and periods with little or no water. The plant stores water in the leafs, so it can survive a long time even if it’s pulled up by the roots. According to the folklore the plant could help you choose lover. By hanging it up in the ceiling and by attention to who it turn towards. In Swedish succulent is “fetblad” and with my creative translation it becomes “fat leaf”. So lovers herb building up fat in the leafs to endure rough times. Not so far from us humans. Building up lovers handles, weather it is for someone to hold on to, or to endure times when you have to cook on your own.

The English speaking world must love this herb. Orpine, livelong, frog’s-stomach, harping Johnny, life-everlasting, live-forever, midsummer-men, Orphan John and witch’s moneybags. The names livelong, life-everlasting and live-forever is connected to the plants ability to survive. I guess harping johnny falls in that category, a folklore pun. It might be a good idea not to pick them if you don’t want a pack of angry witches on your tail. Then again being a maiden at midsummer it might be a lucky pick. How orphans and frogs came in to the equation? Here do my imagination fail me, if anyone has an idea please share.

All you need is love, ha de Gött!

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