Summer days

Those last few days have been so warm again. The drought has more or less come to an end. There has been some rain, but it came too late to save many of the trees. Lots of them have already shed their leaves and despite the ongoing warmth and sunshine all of the surroundings already…

Drought

In this post I cover a bit of a more serious topic than usually: extreme weather phenomena and my personal experience with them! This year most of Europe experienced an extreme drought and heatwave. Starting in June, the precipitation was exceptionally low and the temperatures consistently warm. Not necessarily hotter than average, but certainly unusually…

Fairytale Forest

On one of my last days in Sweden, I did something that I had been meaning to do for a long time: A photoshooting in the woods. So I went hiking, bit I took with me everything I would need to take the kind of pictures I had in my mind. I didn't drive far,…

The Swedish countryside

During my days in Sweden I visited the Swedish countryside around Näsåker. It was a long drive on mainly well kept roads, but partly also on gravel roads. I find them rather hard to drive on, because you can't see damage in the road as well as on asphalt roads and I always feel like…

Some much needed rain

So then came a day of rain. Finally. After weeks of drought and heat, finally some rain came. And with all the forest fires going on in Sweden it was very much needed. I was so happy when I looked outside the window in the morning and noticed all the clouds, that were hanging so…

Explorations

For a few days, I drove around quite a bit to explore the area around where I was staying in Sweden and see the different landscapes this place had to offer. I followed some small streets and found little creeks and lakes in the middle of the forest. The sun was shining so bright, that…

Lunar Eclipse

A few days ago a spectacular event took place: A full lunar eclipse and a so called "blood moon". Of course that was something I definitely didn't want to miss! So I went to the Skeppsmalen coast with a beautiful lighthouse, to see the blood moon rise above the ocean. What I hadn't thought of…