Today it was snow and the sun graced us with its presence today so I took a drive into the deep forests and found this beautiful spot. I’m not sure but, the tracks in the snow could have been wolf! Spent some thirty minutes in the spot and I’m sure I felt that someone was watching me.
Howl, ha de Gött!
The 16 meter high lighthouse was built in 1917 with great difficulty on the naked black cliff. Situated 10 kilometre west of Havstenssund and a part of Kosterhavet national park. The name Ramskär comes from the black rock. Ramn is ancient nordic for raven. Hence raven black skerry.
That’s something to be, a house of light. Ha de Gött!
Moored fishing boats in Resö harbour a calm Saturday morning in the off season.
We all need that safe home port, ha de Gött!
The beautiful and special corkscrew shaped horns of the Tadjik Markhor (Capra falconeri) is the reason for its decline. The horns are popular among trophy hunters. I guess it’s the stupidity of mankind, the need to own what’s beautiful and unique.
This goat lives in mountain areas and is a fantastic climber. The females live in groups but the males are solitary and only meet to mate. Violent fight take place between the males and the winner then get to mate with several females.
Only shot worth taking, is with the camera, ha de Gött!
Sometimes you drive around trying to find a scenery for your photography. The kilometres just add up and you start to despair from the lack of objects. A rumbling sound in you stomach tells you it’s time to head home for dinner. Then, after a hill and a turn it appears. The old stone bridge, a little creek running underneath. Untouched snow all around. It’s like that Danish beer brand commercial. Worth waiting for.
Probably the best scene in the world, ha de Gött!
Alder tree’s around a frozen pond. Sometimes it pays getting off the main road and driving the winding backroads.
A pond is always a good place for pondering, ha de Gött!
It was worth the slippery climb up the cliff. Gullbringa and Ursholmen in the distance. A bit of sea smoke in the cold weather. Not many days in a year this calm.
Cool outside, warm at heart. Ha de Gött!
They were a bit tired on my visit to Nordens Ark, the Snow Leopards (Uncia uncia). For this large cat well adapted to cold weather probably felt it to be nice with the temperature around 0°C. Well suited for an afternoon nap.
Native in the Central Asia mountains cold and snow. The large paws works well as snowshoes. With its powerful legs allow the snow leopard to jump up to 16 metres between cliffs. The snow leopard can weigh up to 55 kilos, become up to 130 centimetres long and be 65 centimetres high. This endangered cat are solitary and only seek other individuals during mating season. Illegally hunted for its bones and teeth used in traditional Asian medicine.
I have a dream, that humanity will wake up. Ha de Gött!
I had given up on this picture. It’s taken through the fence and I thought it would come out all blurred. But after some time in Lightroom it came out rather good.
The Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is the worlds most endangered cat. Hunted for its beautiful fur and, like many other endangered species, its habitats shrinks due to human exploitation. A solitary animal that only meet to mate. Majestic with weight up to 45 kilos, can become almost two meters long and 80 centimetres high.
Check out Nordens Ark if you want to know more.
Hard to find a cat phrase, ha de Gött!
Today a little slide show from the last storm at Tjurpannan nature preserve featuring music Storming by my son Edvin Leander.
Hope you like it, ha de Gött!
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