More Yellow

A few more photos of the blooming canola field,(it was really big),near Alvstatorp and Årsta Säteri. The first snap shows a tractor mark. If you look closely at the second shot you should be able to see the moon. The third photo might be totally unnecessary but there you go. The last one shows the gravel road that I followed.

Steffe Darko

Who needs an LED light for a selfie in the dark? Not me. Day 100 in my project One Hundred Days Of Darkness. I did it!

LSotY

Last Selfie of the Year, and Decade. Yesterday we had 9C from a very grey sky. Today it is a little colder, maybe 5C but there is a blue sky so I didn't have to fake my smile here. Happy New Year.

Fat Tuesday

Finally. Fat Tuesday is here and all real Swedes enjoy a Semla.

It is sunny, it is sunny...

Just fooling myself again. But we did see a blueish sky for a couple of hours today.

Winter selfie

A thin layer of the white stuff this morning. Total chaos in the traffic as usual. All bus traffic cancelled in Stockholm because of the icy streets. Oh, and the glasses are new. Also bough bifocal contact lenses that were quite expensive.

The Girl in The Field

As a photographer I find it hard not to stop and photograph the local canola fields. This Summer I have found three such fields while out cycling. It was a glorious day when I returned to the field near Alby next to the Österhaninge cemetery. I was there for maybe 40 minutes. Took a few walks as I photographed the field with three different lenses on two different cameras. Mid-shoot I sat down on a small hill overlooking the field and ate a meatball sandwich. And during all that time a young girl was walking around in the canola field! I spotted her as soon as I arrived and then her head popped up here and there, I waved to her but got no response, she was still there when I left.

Ladybug & me

We had a sunny weekend. Although still way too cold for my liking. I took two bike rides and cut both of them short because of the strong wind. But there is one place at home where it is always warm and that is the corner next to the door at the stairs. So on both Saturday and Sunday that's where I spent some time warming up with coffee and cake, when I wasn't running around chasing the first Ladybug of the year. Both photos taken with the pancake lens but I did use one of my extension tubes to get a little closer.

Last Selfie of the Year

Weird weather for the last day of the year. 11C, no wind and a very gray sky. Went for a two and a half hour bike ride. Took the LSotY sitting on the bench at the execution rock rock at Hanveden. Still feeling the effect from the flu. Oh, and I tried smiling but I didn't have the energy for that. See you next year.

A selfie and a few books

Still mostly in bed because of a cold so here are two recent photos from home. Found an old camera, can't remember where I got it. Decided to take a photo of it and it came out as a fun selfie. Westex was a medium format 120 roll film folding camera made by Beier for Westminster Photographic Exchange, London, UK back in 1939 so now you know that. The three books have a fun story to them. Years ago at a car show I met a guy who was there with a Corvette. I took a few photos of the car and we talked for a bit. Met him again the following year at the same event, that time he was dressed like an old time American gangster! I told him to set up a flickr account that first time we met so I have seen a few photos from him over the years. What I didn't know then was that he was a forensic scientist, working for the Swedish police. Now, a few years down the road he can also title himself crime writer. In the mail a while back was a package from the author himself. Three signed copies of his crime novels. Could come in handy as I am recovering from the cold.