Driftwood on a stony beach at Trossö-Kalvö. Someone, somewhere cut it down and let it fall into the sea. Currents and winds brought it here to frame this picture. Did it come from just around the corner, the next island or did it float in here with the Golf Stream from distant shores. Only Njord knows.
Njord (Njǫrðr) is the sea god of the Nordic mythology.
Go with the flow and see where it takes you, ha de Gött!
Ha de Gött!
I continue my grass cutting theme from yesterday with my friends in the pasture outside my house. There is a calmness around cows if it wasn’t, and I think the cows agree, for the irritating flies.
Keep calm and chew grass, ha de Gött!
A farmer cutting grass at the shore of Södra Bullaresjön.
Ha de Gött!
6 of June is the National Day of Sweden and in beautiful Havstenssund the flags are up. The celebration is very moderate and most people spend the day with family, gardening or walk in the nature. I guess it’s a typical for the Swedish mentality, lagom, not too much and not too little.
Five hundred years ago the first Swedish king Gustav Wasa was appointed by the church, king by the grace of God, supported by rich merchants from the Lübeck Hansa. Gustav Wasa was a dictator but he reformed the way the nation was administrated. Somethings lives on still today, so in a way he founded the Swedish democracy.
We are nations but above all, citizens of the Earth, ha de Gött!
This little juniper bush (Juniperus communis) has chosen a spectacular place to grow. Like an acrobat it balances on the cliff, and to honour it so did the photographer to get this picture.
Sometimes there’s no other choice but to hang on, ha de Gött!
Some smooth rock for your Sunday, ha de Gött!
Did some experimenting with the light using the most beautiful flower as a model. Not only is the model beautiful but she also has the most beautiful name, Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis). In Swedish Liljekonvalj. I hope the picture made her justice.
The more I try, the more luck I have. Ha de Gött!
Local fisherman checking nets and traps on a hazy winters day.
The ocean gives and the ocean takes. Respect it, ha de Gött!
Spring shades of green mixed with the shades of blue in the water and the oncoming thunder clouds. I made it ashore from the island before the thunder storm hit but, I had to give the boat full throttle.
Open sea and thunder is not a good mix, ha de Gött!
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