Back Where I Belong

So... it's been a while. Summer's great still, and there are more things to life than my computer and my blogs. Still, I've been collecting some series of pictures to illustrate my summer-moods. Let's hope I can find them, yeah well the pictures. My moods come and go.
"Reflections". I don't know what number's up anymore, but...

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Again, after the rain in the garden.





More Magic

My Magical Summer continues in a very tranquil way. It's been quite some time since I've had free time that's this peaceful. The weather continues to be good, even though there's a haze in the sky today, which I hope will dissipate as the day grows warmer. To pass the time I'll decided to do some baking, and while I'm waiting for the dough to rise what better way to spend my time than to select some more magical moments?

Bliss Revisited

Having moved even further South, and towards the Eastern coast, I can only confirm what I already knew; this part of Sweden is truly wonderfully pretty! It's still day one, and the camera haven't been up and running very much yet, but I'll start with some morning and forest-pictures, for now.


Darling Dog in the sunny forest



The sky's more vast here... not like Wyoming, but still.

Magical Moments of Summer II



Reflections III



Reflections IV







After the Rain

The hot weather broke last night, and we had some rain. So refreshing, and so well timed! The newly-washed garden is a delight, and I can't wait to see how the mushrooms in the forest are getting on!

Magical Moments of Summer

The summer's been magical so far, and I want to share some random moments here. I think this may well be the first of a series of "Magical Moments of Summer", we'll see.



Reflection I



Reflection II



Sitting pretty in the summer sun....

Found by peeping...

A Walk in the Park

Each time I hear the word "castle", I immediately see a picture in my mind of say, Disney's Sleeping Beauty, or the "chateux" in the Loire valley. Here, in the Swedish south a castle isn't at all the same thing. At least not the castle of Hovdala where we went today for a lovely lunch, and a hot walk around the premises. This is medieval southern Sweden, and I find it beautiful. If you add the enchanting "orangerie" to this... Well, it was a perfect outing, again.



Note the now-dried pole from the Midsummer's celebration! Up close we could still see some roses, now all dried, but still there.


















To the right the moat, now grassy and inviting. A far cry from the watery defense it once was.



So pretty in the sun! I peaked through all the windows, managing to get some good pictures, and some odd... The odd ones are for a future show...