#exploring forest

Back in Sweden, I was stressed from the visit to Germany. Even though it had been fun to meet everyone, I wasn’t used to the hectic and rush anymore, that automatically comes with so many people in one place. That stressed me additionally to not being able to meet all of the wonderful people I would have loved to see again or spending as much time with some of which I did meet.

Back home we…

In July it was time to pick some Hjortron (Cloudberries/Moltebeere). They are very special and only grow in more nordic climates.

Here you can find them in swampy areas with a lot of water in the ground – so exactly where all the mosquitoes are. When they are ripe, they become a golden tone and are very soft and squishy with a sweet taste that reminds me of honey. Due to the color they got…

Sometimes during the summer I went on little trips.

One more time I went to Västanåfallet and I must say that it is even more beautiful in the light of the sun, surrounded by all the green the forest has to offer. I could even fly a little with my drone.

Another time Tom and I visited Skuleskogen. It was a beautiful day and luckily not as hot as last year when I was there, so it wasn’t…

I have not been so active lately, because I was sick… After many beautiful days and nights in May, with lots of sunlight and blue skies, some rainy days came.

I know it might sound strange, but I was very happy about the rain. After all water brings life and fertility to the land and plants and without it everything dries out and dies. Last year, when we had this awful drought in the summer, I…

For a long time I had wanted to check out a bit more of the other side of the lake Graningesjön. Everytime I drive to or from Solleftea, I come by this one place on the road, where you have an amazing view on the lake and on what seems to be an island. I checked it on GoogleMaps and the satellite images revealed that it wasn’t an island, but there is a lot of forest and a little hiking trail.…