Autumn splendour in the Swedish countryside

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G'morn. Sunrising over Vestre Silen Lake

civilised Scandinavia

so smooth,Stockholm

There are so many things we take for granted in our lives today that,just occasionally, one of these things leaps up and slaps us in the face. Like the city's pendletåg, for example. Clean, efficient, comfortable, fairly inexpensive...and the thing that really hits me in the face - smooth and quiet! Whatever happened to the days when a train running on the tracks sounded like an angry Thor raining tumultuous damnation upon our society? Now a train, like the pendletåg in Stockholm, sounds more like a silenced vacuum cleaner 'whooshing past'. Amazing technology.I am really really impressed by the smoothness of railway tracks in Scandinavia.

Gallnas a la Vincent

Autumn storms

bumper crop

back again - Hawk

local grown produce is always an attraction

So, how is that for a profile for my beakbook page?

and it isn't even March

watcha lookin at?

Uddevalla Bridge at sunset

 

and some more 'ordinary' views

                    

Fine day for a picnic

noisy un-swedish minority

If you do happen top be visiting Sweden (good choice ) we hope you realise this is a relatively small political party (it managed to cash in on immigration unrest at the last election and get 12% of the vote) that has an anti-immigrant, anti-others-who-don't-agree-with-them view of the world. It is far from typical of Sweden. A Nordic report published recently could find no evidence of 'organised gang' begging.

It begs the questions, though:

1. Did they really think such an advert as this was a benefit to Sweden?

2. Are they referring to the street beggars or the serious problem they have with unemployed/social security professionals who live off the system and are members of the SD ? (It won't surprise you to learn that it's quite a few – you know the line, 'all these immigrants are taking our jobs', you know, the jobs they wouldn't do anyway because they have an allergy to work!

3. Don't you think they have a serious problem with english at the SD party? To describe the very minor inconvenience of a small – yes small –number of destitute people asking for help as a 'serious problem' is a massive, unrealistic, exaggeration of the facts.

4. Do you know the very old technique of picking on a small group, attacking them, as a way of hiding your own faults and appealing to people's discontent with their own lives?

shaken–not stirred

Summer-ish Sweden

troubled visitor

Beautiful stormy weather

Strange sunset tonight

Being fully open

Nephew Edvard is visiting and has been doing meditation and stuff in the studio.When he finished the session a short while ago a new friend became attached to him. The friend remained with him as he walked across from the studio, came in the house, even posed for photos with him. I have never seen a butterfly be so attached to someone for so long.
In my animal card readings system the main significance of butterfly is that we are at our most beautiful when we are fully open with our mind, heart and feelings.

Tisselskog tour

Dalsland 'homestead'

OMG, that stunningly beautiful Dalsland in Sweden.

Summer in full swing and the Lupin forests,thousands of them, are all out sunbathing

all good things must come to an end…

 

and the band played on

Bengtsfors today.Things happen in small Swedish towns – even when it's quiet because it's a good weather weekend. In the busy popular tourist season there would be crowds around

saving a baby Elg

click the pic to see the video

responsible management

the one that didn't get away

Henry Sjøberg, from Piteå in Sweden 

and his 73 kg. Halibut caught on a fishing rod near Rognan Fjordcamp in Norway

Breakfast in the forest

 

6 cute Swedish Towns

 

nice article from thelocal…read it HERE

early spring–lakeside

Dalsland,Sweden-springtime by the lake VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

the green starts appearing..

remote controlled…airport

Sweden-Dalsland-Easter Tour-2015

 

A big new gallery of pictures of this beautiful area of Sweden can be found by clicking on the picture below

 

 

 

This is in the 'Tresticklan National Park' and you can find more information here:  https://www.sverigesnationalparker.se/en/choose-park---list/tresticklan-national-park/#.VSf1GvmUd8E