2023 coming to an end
The leftovers from the Christmas dinner are all eaten and gone. The final days of 2023 have been a mixed bag of frost, sunshine, snow and rain. The sun creeps…
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28 December, 2023
The shortest days
Just days from winter solstice. This coming Friday the earth starts tilting the north pole back towards the sun again and the light will slowly return. This week, and the…
17 December, 2023
Cold and dark…
...but with the occasional bursts of light. December is the month when winter really takes a grip.Most of the time it's grey and overcast, but on some rare occasions the…
10 December, 2023
Cooper’s weekend
Mid-November is a pretty depressing time of the year. The leaves have fallen off the trees, it gets dark by half past four, it's generally grey, overcast and cold. When…
19 November, 2023
Misty evening on Lindholmen
An otherwise dull November night gets interesting when a light fog rolls in off the water. Time to get the camera out and take pictures in the dark. Streetlights, traffic…
9 November, 2023
Windy weekend
Babet drew in from the east, not the usual direction for a storm. Normally they come in off the Atlantic and the North Sea. This side of the island of…
21 October, 2023
Getting colder and darker…
...but the sunsets are fantastic! Low pressure systems keep rolling in from the North Sea bringing rain and cold winds. Gusts sends the garden furniture dancing around the balcony and…
19 October, 2023
Indian summer on Koster islands
Summer 2023 is drawing to a close. What began with a heatwave turned into the coldest, wettest summer for years. From the day we returned from the continent you can…
3 September, 2023
…and it kept raining
Wasting days doing nothing. Watching the weather change. Listening to the rain. Running outside to catch the sun. Face stuck to the screen scrolling through mindless crap waiting for the…
17 August, 2023
Tractor day in Myckleby Parish
The local highlight of the year here on the island of Orust on the west coast of Sweden is "Tractor Day" arranged by the Myckleby historical society. It's a day…
5 August, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 9
Back to Gothenburg via Rostock and Gedser, Helsingør and Helsingborg. The weather was shit all the way and it's a long and boring drive. 3800 kms later it is nice…
25 July, 2023
Summer roadtrip – day 8
The final night of our trip is spent back in Berlin. We arrive just after lunch from Leipzig. The hotel room is in Kreuzburg, a bohemian part of Berlin. We…
25 July, 2023
