Trees!!! This week it’s all about one tree … and it’s to be found at Wanås Castle here in the southern part of Sweden. Circumference: 760 cm and over 500 years old. It’s called the Snapphaneeken (Snapphane oak) “This oak … Continue reading
“Let’s go somewhere the sun kisses the ocean” Unknown I don’t have to go fare … only 15 min walk from home. It’s all on my doorsteps. The whole of my adult life has I lived where the ocean has … Continue reading
Amy, the countryside in my county Skåne (Scania) is very open … it’s a farmer county. Here we grow apples, grapes, sugar beets, leek, strawberries, onion, flax, potatoes, salix, corn, gains, pees, and of course rapeseed. We have about 7999 … Continue reading
“But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry “The wheat field has …poetry; it is like a memory of something one has once seen. We can only … Continue reading
… because we can use our Summer jo-jo card, that means that we have unlimited travel on all public transport inside our county, Skåne (Scania). It’s not for free … 699SEK/$74./£58/66€ and valid from 15th June to 15th of August. … Continue reading
… after a night of good sleep and early view of ocean sunrise at “Hotel Skansen” in pretty Båstad, Sweden’s small answer to Wimbledon … was it time to enjoy the hotel’s magnificent breakfast buffet, all included. I woke up early … Continue reading
Yesterday … the sun gave us a big break, at least until 8pm – we didn’t even a slight view of blue sky, totally overcast … but we are all screaming for some rain now, but nothing in sight. YET!!!! … Continue reading
… perfect summer days with my friends Margurithe and Bengt in Sjöbo. Sjöbo is a locality and the seat of Sjöbo Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with around 7000 inhabit in the middle of our country, Scania. It takes me about … Continue reading
“The ball is round, the game is long.” Björn Borg This week we are only going to have one great day with some sunshine, and that was yesterday, so I thought I will make use of my Summer Jo-Jo and visit … Continue reading
“If you close your eyes, no lighthouse can help you!” Mehmet Murat ildan Kullen’s Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse location in Scandinavia founded 1561 by the Danish king Fredrik II. In those days, it was a “Parrot lighthouse” with an iron … Continue reading
We have a weather website here in Sweden that gets the weather right to 98% day after day … on the hour. For yesterday it told us that here in Skåne we should have a sunny day … all from … Continue reading
“A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.” David McGee This oak was already found when Wanås castle began to build in the 1400s. During the 1500s and 1600s, Sweden’s and Denmark’s war had … Continue reading
In the park and deep in the forest will you find exciting and interesting … weird and wonderful art at Wanås. There is a total of 70 pieces spread over the castle’s ground, all stationary. Then they put out 10-15 extra … Continue reading
“Sheep don’t need the shepherd to be what they are. The shepherd needs sheep to be what he is.” Ljupka Cvetanova The summer’s great exhibition in the sculpture park Wanås in northern Skåne (Scania), Sweden is about movement. The six … Continue reading
In one of the original cow sheds (barns) – Wanås shows “Lignum”, 2002 by Anna Hamilton a 5-floor exhibition made of materials like paper, cloth, wood, string plus four Leslie speakers & sound. A very interesting and not the easiest to capture with … Continue reading
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