Urban art in Höganäs

Urban art in Höganäs ... :-)

A rose

This is one of my favourite roses from the summer gone - a "Königin der Rosen"

 in the Krapperup castle garden. 

Ladies of Russian aristocratic families making underwear for soldiers in the Russo-Japanese war

The noble ladies in the picture below gathered in St. Petersburg´s Vladimir Palace in order to make underwear for the Russian soldiers fighting in the Russo-Japanese war 1904-1905. The photograph was published in the Swedish magazine Allers Familj-Journal in September 1904. 

Clouds over Kronborg castle

Dark clouds over Kronborg. 

January in Helsingborg´s Northern harbour

January is a quiet time in Helsingborg´s Northern harbour: 

Portrait of general Kuropatkin in the early 1900s

Alexei Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Куропа́ткин; March 29, 1848 – January 16, 1925) was the Russian Imperial Minister of War from 1898 to 1904, and often held responsible for major Russian defeats in the Russian-Japanese War, most notably at the Battle of Mukden and the Battle of Liaoyang. --

Following the October Revolution, he became very skilled at playing the violin and taught at an agriculture school that he had founded, until his death in 1925.

(Wikipedia)

The picture was published in the Swedish magazine Allers Familj-Journal in 1905. Colouring by me.

Our Amaryllis

Our Christmas Amaryllis is still doing fine ... :-)