A family of Greylag goose (anser anser). The parents keep a close watch on me as they swim out of my reach. I hope some of the chicks survive this year. Assuming this are the same couple as last year in this spot, last year they had fewer and I don’t think any survived. I could count ten chicks, how may can you see?
Nature is beautiful but hard, ha de Gött!
I meet these two in the morning when I go on my morning walk. They let me come close but not too close.
Oh, dear it’s a deer, ha de Gött!
Tiny like a grain of sand.
Alone we disappear in the vastness.
Together we can form mountains.
Special thanks to the barefoot girl that stood on top of the dune stretching her arms out to make this photo special. From Råbjerg Mile sand dunes in Skagen, Denmark. Ha de Gött!
In the Sunday mist they calmly sit.
Nothing to see, nothing to hear.
Can’t bother to fly, scream and shit.
Make sure you take a day to rest, ha de Gött!
The sun send its last ray of the day.
Reflecting in the cold evening sky.
A promise to return, only a night away.
Good night, ha de Gött!
Knocked down but still fighting.
We all need support from time to time, ha de Gött!
As the last light of the day.
Behind the horizon fades away.
The ice starts to sing and play.
Don’t walk the ice alone, ha de Gött!
I found this amazing and beautiful structure in the little hut we have in the forest. It’s a Hornets nest from last summer. The hornets chew wood to create paper that is clued together with their saliva. They prefer to build in dark places like hollow trees but can also build in houses.
The European hornet (Vespa crabro), Bålgeting in Swedish, is a rather large insect. The queen can be from 25 up to 35 mm in length, while the worker hornets are between 18 and 28 mm where the male workers are slightly larger. Only the female possess a stinger including the queen. The European hornet is carnivorous and eat other insects, including other wasps.
The European hornet generally avoids conflict but if stepped on or grabbed it will sting. It is also defensive of its nest and around food sources. The sting will hurt but if you’re not sensitive it’s not dangerous. Only the queen survives the winter and wakes up in May when she starts to build a new nest.
Don’t poke around others nests, it will sting. Ha de Gött!
Ljus letar sig ner till bäcken.
Genom skogens täta grenar.
Leker tafatt med skuggan.
English version
Light makes its way down to the brook.
Through the forest’s dense branches.
Playing tag with the shadow.
You never know what’s hidden if you don’t look, ha de Gött!
With a light promise
of the spring to come
the anthill sleeps on
Even a little ants bite stings, ha de Gött!
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