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Month: April 2014

  • Hard not to love Skåne

    Hard not to love Skåne

    Hard not to love Skåne

    I have spent a little over eight years of my life living in Helsingborg at the northwestern part Skåne. During that time I didn´t appreciate the countryside as much as I do now. When I could see the beautiful landscape every day, I simply didn´t see it. Now days whenever I have the opportunity to spend some days in Skåne I just love it. The southeast part of Skåne (called Österlen) is well famous for the landscape that contains a mix of rolling hills and endless fields of everything from corn to wheat. No wonder that this is the center for all Swedish handcrafting artists.

    tolånga green field

    tolånga farm

    tolånga farm green field

    skåne kåseberga field

  • Bjärsjölagårds limestone quarry

    Bjärsjölagårds limestone quarry

    Bjärsjölagårds limestone quarry

    This day we made a short trip to an old limestone quarry not far from the house. The quarry was last used sometime around 1900 and all traces from the activities at that time was long gone, except the now water filled hole in the ground. The weather that day was windy but the walls of the quarry and the surrounding woodland made the perfect wind protection!

    Bjärsjölagårds limestone quarry

    This is apparently what´s hiding under our feet. Layers and layers of limestone. I think that this place is special though. Most of the ground here in Skåne I think contains just gravel, sand and soil.

    wood anemone

    Thousands of vitsippor (wood anemone) covered the ground painting it with a fresh green tone sparkled with white stars. To me this is a safe sign that the spring is finally here!

    kids at the slopes

    The kids where running up and down the slopes at the side of the quarry. On the ground there were a lot a fossils of old sea shells, plants and other strange things. My youngest one made what I thought was the victory sign, but in this picture I can clearly see that it’s not, rock on girl!

    dark woods

    Usually takes a while to figure out why this photo looks a little bit strange. Can you figure it out?

    By Thomas Tanisawa

     

  • Forrest of Skåne

    Forrest of Skåne

    Easter in Skåne 2014

    Time again to publish some new photos. I have been terrible bad at updating the blog but other things has always come between me and the blog. You know, busy doing nothing… Anyway, here comes the first post from Skåne.
    During the Easter the whole family went down to Skåne to spend some time during the kid’s holiday. The weather during Easter 2014 will be remembered as one of the best ever! Lovely sunshine and up to +20. Not bad at all considered that last Easter there was snow on the ground… So armed with the Leica M9 we went out in the sunshine.

    birches in skåne

    This is taken in the woods not far from the summerhouse in the small “town” of Tolånga. You probably wouldn’t call it a town, more like a village since there are only around twenty houses or so.

    ella picking stensöta

    Ella is picking something that in Sweden is called Harmynta. I do not know the English name but it is a small white flower and the leaves is eatable and taste a little sour.

    stensöta

    I tried to take a closer picture so that someone might recognize the plant and send me the correct name.

    bokskog skåne

    Just by looking at the trees here makes me see treehouses everywhere. How cool wouldn’t it be to have a treehouse high up in those trees! Imagine climbing up there, bring coffee the camera and look when the sun goes down. Must be more the spectacular!

    biches

    More down to earth and definitely clo    ser to the ground the birches glows green in the sunlight. Good news for everyone loving the spring and bad news for all the allergic people out there, including me…

    More posts are comming soon!

     

    Behing the keyboard, Thomas Tanisawa