“I must go seek some dewdrops here
and hang a pearl from every cowslip’s ear”(W. Shakespeare / A midsummer night’s dream)
(Loviisa, Finland; June 2013)
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Saturday is sun day
(Stockholm, Sweden; June 2013)
To spit or not to spit?
There she is, a well-groomed lady sitting on the terrace in the sun, right under my balcony. Wonder how many residents of the Hotel Diplomat have spit into the restaurant guests’ drinks? The temptation is great.
(Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm, Sweden; June 2013)
Stockholm after the rain
“Cloud shadows drag their hands across the white;
Rain prints the sudden darkness of its weight;
Sun falls and leaves the bleaching evidence of light”
(Andrew Motion)
(Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm, Sweden; June 2013)
Swedish blue and yellow
Once upon a bright blue morning in June, there was sea, sun, and summer. There were quaint pastel-hued wooden houses and less quaint seagulls. There was a treasure hunt, two days of intense learning, and some very big crabs with the best summer wine.
When the day drew towards its end and even the Nordic summer sun was about to catch a lazy eye, there was a wild chase for the last rays of light, ripping through the swells at a blinding speed. Once upon a bright yellow evening in June.
(Marstrand and Pater Noster lighthouse island, Sweden; June 2013)
This blue marble 