Autumn

Within what felt like the blink of an eye, summer was over and autumn was in a rush to turn into winter. I still can't believe how fast this summer was over and yet how much has happened! I have reached my goal of picking 1l of every berry - blueberries, lingonberries, raspberries, black currants…

Gardening

Last year, I was so busy with learning Swedish, trying to accustom to the culture and my surroundings, integrating myself in the local society and finding a job; all while also still being in nature, photographing and learning what to do and not to do around here, that I was a bit sloppy regarding my…

A little bit of sun

It has not been so sunny lately and instead we had very dark and cloudy days, almost all the time in november. It is very tiring and I really feel how it drains my energy. So whenever the sun is shining, I try to use the short period of daylight to get out and reload…

Picking mushrooms

One time, I was out and about in the forest, taking pictures of frosty leaves on a foggy day, when I found some mushrooms. Now the mushrooms that I found looked like this: Now I have never been mushroom picking before and basically only know not to eat any mushroom you can't identify and the…

Faint Northern Lights

The days become longer at an incredible speed now. As I am writing this, it's almost 21:00h and still dim light outside (the sun set at 20:00h) and the sun rises again at about 5:45h, which only leaves about 6 hours of total darkness. In April. I can't wait for the bright summer nights and…