Copenhagen / Sweden 2005 Photobook



Part IV: Öland southern cape, 3 - 5 August 2005

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3 August / 3 Agosto


First glimpse of the southern cape (from the bus)


The Meadows! (from the bus)


Grazing cattle on the Schäferiängar


These cows are interested in me


I pulled a Swedish cow!


Carl X Gustav's Wall


Here you can read about the Schäferiängar


Fleeing deers


Here you can read about the Ottenby Lund


I promise there are some deers in the pictures!


Birds flying in V-formation above the hostel


Birds flying in V-formation above the hostel


Birds flying in V-formation above the hostel


Birds flying in V-formation above Ås church


Birds flying in V-formation above Ås church


Birds flying in V-formation above Ås farm


Birds flying in V-formation above Ås farm



4 August / 4 Agosto


Here you can read about the flyway


It's not uncommon to see cars in the middle of crop fields


Kungsstenarna (The King's Stones)


Kungsstenarna again


Always the King's Stones


Here you can (hardly) read about Kungsstenarna (The King's Stones)


The King's Sheep


The King's Sheep


Långe Jan in sight


Långe Jan from far away


From the Västra Mark looking south


Birds on the Västra Mark


Still life with meadows, water and stones (Västra Mark)


The Lighthouse keeper


The Kyrkhamn Chapel


The Kyrkhamn Chapel


Here you can read about the Kyrkhamn Chapel


Sheep around the Chapel


Sheep around the Chapel


Small hut in the meadows


Small hut in the meadows


Deers


Deers


Swans in the sea


Långe Jan


A map of Southern Öland


On the Lighthouse


On the Lighthouse, view towards northeast


On the Lighthouse, view towards west-northwest


On the Lighthouse, view towards north-northwest


On the Lighthouse, view towards southwest


On the Lighthouse, view towards east


On the Lighthouse, view towards east-northeast


On the Lighthouse, a pic of me


Långe Jan from the south


Bird-watchers on duty


Birds, birds everywhere


Flying birds


Waves and swans


I like swans, don't I?


Turning swan


Lonely swan


Strolling swan


Ducking swan


Swaying swan


Lateral swan


Breakfast table and cows


Back on the lighthouse, northeast view


Back on the lighthouse, northwest view


Meadows, sea and sky


Meadows, tree and sky


Wide horizon


Flying swans?


Flying swans?


Västra Mark, or the savanna


A watermark in the Västra Mark


Looking south towards the Västra Mark


Looking north towards Grönhögen


Even flotsam and jetsam in Sweden have the national colours!


Looking south onto the Västra Mark


Here you can read about the Gravfält (Burial Grounds)


Two birds in the deepest of blue


Burial ground at Parboäng


"The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn..."
(The Crow on the Cradle)


Burial bump against the sun at Parboäng


Wind and seaweed


Seagull


Gravestone


Another sample of naïf Baltic art


Rocky shore


Silver sea


Dotted stone


Another dotted stone, that I'll bring with me


«I will wear your white feather...»
Marillion, White Feather


Crashing wave


A storm is coming


Grönhögen harbour as the storm draws nearer


Grönhögen harbour


Grönhögen harbour


Grönhögen harbour pier


Breaking the Waves


Grönhögen harbour pier


Bird leaving the harbour before the stom


Bird leaving the harbour before the stom


Flying away


Blackened sea


Dark harbour of Grönhögen


Showers on the Alvar


Wind is wealth


Storm is over in Nygärde


Storm is passing


Storm is passing


Field after the storm


Field after the storm


Alvaret


Shiny road


Strider's shadow


Windmill in Näsby


Windmill in Näsby


Näsby, linear village


To the east coast again


Just a red house by the sea


Blue water, grey sand


Blue water, brown weed


The Wanderer's rest


The Wanderer's rest


Striding away


Striding away


Crop field


Ear


Ear


Crop field


Wall shadow


Wall shadow


Näsby farm hay roof



5 August / 5 Agosto


Scarecrow


Windmill in Össby


Eketorp borg


Eketorp borg


Eketorp borg little pigs


Eketorp borg huts


Eketorp borg little pigs


"Li'l pigs, li'l pigs, let me in"


"Li'l pigs, li'l pigs, let's go out"


Around the walls...


... Geese...


... And a horrid macabre framework


Reaching Vickleby



6 August / 6 Agosto


Windmills in a row in Vickleby


Bucketing on Kalmar




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