Posted in In Nature:, Sweden, Travel on Jun 19th, 2010
Redstart song in the Scandinavian Taiga by Listening Earth
This last week, Sarah and I have spent at the small village of Drevdagen, in the highlands near the Norwegian border.
The upland taiga of Sweden is so beautiful – wild and desolate, yet delicate and ephemeral.
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Posted in Cultural, In Nature:, Sarah's Photography, Sweden, Travel on Jun 12th, 2010
In 1977, I was given the book Gnomes (written by Wil Huygen and beautifully illustrated by Rien Poortvliet) by my aunt Sally when I was 8 years old – It instantly became my favourite book. I used to pour over the stories and pictures, explaining the habits, family life and mythology of Gnomes, [...]
Posted in In Nature:, Sweden, Travel on Jun 12th, 2010
Dawn birdsong in Dalarna, the Dales of Sweden by Listening Earth
Driving out of Stockholm, our first impression of Sweden was of a landscape that seemed like a never-ending golf course.
That doesn’t sound very appreciative, does it? It is probably inspired by the mixture of woodlands and grassy fields, and the sense of a landscape [...]
