Tag Archive for ‘Life’

Frosty Waterfall

Frosty Waterfall

I have kept it from you. The mighty Älgafall with its 46 meter drop. After a few weeks with storm and rain there was quite the water flow. Luckily I was there early to get the first rays from the sun over hill hitting the ice formations from the night frost.

Even the hardest ice melts in the sun, ha de Gött!

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Hidden waterfall

Hidden waterfall

As I was trying to find another angle for the big waterfall I found this little hidden side flow in the dense forest. I already showed you Näcken sitting there in his birthday suit playing his fiddle. I feel generous today so there is two for the post of one.

Stay cool, ha de Gött!

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By the Sea

By the Sea

There is something comforting with the sea and today we need comfort when madness seems to be the new normal. So today a slideshow with pictures from the beach. Music composed and performed by my son.

Hope for hope, ha de Gött!

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Cool Water

Cool Water

Today I went back to Älgafallet on the border between Sweden and Norway now when the Covid restrictions are gone. After a cold night and lots of water in the waterfall there was some great pictures. The early morning sun also wanted to play along.

See also a short video here. Sound on!

Imagine there’s no borders, ha de Gött!

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Capital of Violence

Capital of Violence

Brass, straight lines, motion in perfect symmetry

Capital of violence

Cohesive, chest ornaments, balcony of small men

Capital of violence

Fear, drumming boots, waving of enabling masses

Capital of violence

Heroes, historic claims, brothers in arms

Capital of violence

King, leader of choice, our way of life

Capital of violence

Portrait, son and daughter, tears of a mother

Capital of violence

Flags, coffins draped, flapping in the wind

Capital of violence

My heart goes out to all mothers seeing their sons and daughters coming back in a black bag.

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Dark skies

Dark skies

Another storm is on its way in. This time with temperature around zero it will be heavy wet snow. Well it’s like the golfers say, “there is no bad weather only poor clothing”.

Even behind the darkest skies the sun is shining, ha de Gött!

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Rusty

Rusty

Rusty ball-bearing in dire need of some lubrication.

Leonardo Da Vinci is by some named the inventor of the ball bearing but the already the Romans used wooden ball bearings. The first modern ball bearing was patented by Philip Vaughan, a Welsh inventor, in 1794.

Sven Wingquist, a Swedish inventor invented a self-aligning ball bearing in 1907. This revolutionary invention became the foundation for one of Sweden’s most successful international companies, SKF. SKF stands for Svenska Kullager Fabriken, simply Swedish Ball Bearing Factory.

My first two and half years I lived across the street from the huge factory with its fasade of red clay bricks. Now a trip to Gamlestaden in Göteborg must be planned for some photos.

Aim for a smooth ride, ha de Gött!

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Ball

Ball

Kicked around, goal, netted, offside.

Laughter, cries, joy, celebration.

Desire of twenty-two, referee, cheering crowd.

Trimmed lawn, sidelines, corner shot.

Still, locked in, forgotten, rotten.

Round the ball is, ha de Gött!

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