A summer fly

A fly in the Sofiero Palace garden:

 

 

Spring pictures from Hittarp

The Hittarp riding stable last night.

 

Spring is in the air here in Hittarp!



A ride with a classic BMW 502 saloon (1958) on a nice spring day.



The Royal Swedish Navy's sail training ship HMS Falken in Øresund

The Royal Swedish Navy's sail training ship HMS Falken (40 m x 8 m) was tonight going southwards in Øresund on its way to Malmö:

Early morning pictures

Early morning view from my balcony.The small tanker on the Danish side of Øresund is the OW Scandinavia.

An old Swedish proverb says "morning hour has gold in its mouth". The English equivalent is "the early bird catches the worm", which perhaps does not sound so good in connection with this early morning picture, shot at about 5.45 this morning.

The English version is probably more suitable for the picture below, also shot before 6 A.M. this morning:

Blackbird early in the morning - still without the worm.

Rape blossom time in southern Sweden

The "yellow season", with lots of rape blossoms, has started in southern Sweden:



Rape blossoms at the Sofiero farm.



Intense yellow rape in front of an old farm building.

AIDAcara - an early spring cruise ship in Øresund

As last year, the AIDAcara (193 m x 33 m) was one of the first early spring cruise ships in Øresund.
Here the ship is approaching Helsingør on its way to Copenhagen:

 

Polish tall ship Zawisza Czarny going northwards in Øresund

The Polish tall ship Zawisza Czarny (43 m x 8 m) was today going northwards in Øresund. Here she is passing Helsingør:

Here Zawisza Czarny is approaching Helsingør. 

Zawisza Czarny with southern Helsingør in the background.