Spring from Winter – more photos from the archives
A photo essay about the shift from winter to spring in Gothenburg, collecting photos taken for my 2012-2014 daily photo bog GBG365.
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April showers – a writing diary entry
April showers – of the tax declaration and coronavirus lockdown variety – are excuses for my faltering productivity, but I soldier on.
The students’ day, and the workers’
The students’ day, and the workers’ – Valborg on the 30th April and Labour Day on the 1st May – two events that together usher in the spring in Sweden.
Flowering cherries – a photo of the week
Three different flowering cherries in the Botanical Garden – I originally published this photo of the week on 20th April 2014.
Duck and ducklings on Slätta damm
The spring’s first clutch of ducklings with their mother on Slätta Damm. Slätta Damm is a part of Hisingspark close to home for me.
Snow-Walker
A snow-walker from above. Birds-eye-view photo of a man walking after a week of high summer weather, suddenly through a snowfall.
Signs of Spring
Photo essay with pictures of some of the most common and loved Swedish signs of spring – everything from coltsfoot to decorated birch twigs.
Bohus Blåsippor – A sign of spring on the island of Orust
Photograph of a cluster of blue anemones aka Anemone hepatica or Anemone nobilis pushing through oakleaf litter.
Crocus macro – a photo for spring
Crocus macro: A macro image of the patterned petal of a crocus. A landing strip for pollinating insects perhaps. Photo taken in the Botanical Gardens.
Butterfly? Or just the shadow of a bent latch?
Butterfly. Can you see it? A very bent latch on an old metal door. In the low winter sun it pairs with the shadow it casts and forms … a butterfly!