Signs o'Spring

Gallery of photos illustrating signs of spring in Sweden. [...]

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Norðings Podcast 2

Partly an “outside broadcast” recording made climbing a snowy mountain in Norland following reindeer. [...]

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Norðings Podcast 1

Introduction to TheSupercargo’s Nordings (Norðings) podcasts. How to pronounce Norðings, TheSupercargo’s 1st year in Sweden, water shortages. [...]

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And still it snows

Photograph with three panels showing a snowy scene in Sweden. Views from my windows. [...]

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Midwinter solstice

Series of 4 photos taken roughly every 2 hours to illustrate how short a winter’s day can be at this latitude. [...]

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Vociferous weather

Poem descriptive of the weather at the time it was composed. [...]

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Lucia on the Morning Tram

Poem: 12 Dec, Lucia Eve. Celebrated in all-night parties by Swedish kids. Girls dress as Lucia in white dresses with candles in their hair. [...]

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More Summer Photos

These photos were taken over the summer of 2010. The oldest (the Balloon and clouds photo) I took on 26th June and the most recent, the group portrait of Taiga, the Gothenburg Balalaika Group, I took this morning (29th August). The Soapstone Inuits are on the mantlepiece of my brother- and sister-in-law, who have [...]

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Summer banners

I was in leisurly process of assembling some new summer pictures to use in the title banners or headers for this site when my friend and fellow WordPress Wrangler Kristina S (aka Chefstomaten at Tomatsallad.nu) beat me to the draw. Her blog now has a fine new set of banners (I particularly like the [...]

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Picture(s) of the weekend

Swedish Midsummer on the west coast

Looking out to sea to the north west. I took these four photos at 7 p.m. (evening), 10 p.m. (sunset), midnight (twilight) and 2 a.m. (dawn) on the night between 25th and 26th July.

Apologies for the quality of the 2 a.m. photo – I blame the light [...]

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