Sunday, July 27, 2008

Archipelago Beauty


Archipelago Beauty, originally uploaded by Let Ideas Compete.

J and I took a day trip to the island of Grinda. This is a very popular island and it was covered with visitors wanting to get away from the city into nature and quite. The rocks and beaches were covered with flesh covered with sun screen. The Baltic around was brimming with boats of every kind. In fact, the collection of photos has way too many boat photos even after I culled them down!

Click here for little over 100 more photos on Flickr.

Blue in the forest


Blue in the forest, originally uploaded by Let Ideas Compete.

J and I hiked approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) Friday (and we're tired!) in Tyresta National Park. This huge park has several very blue lakes - I did not color enhance these photos. I actually went skinny dipping (a very Swedish thing to do) in one lake: Stensjön.

You can view 70-something photos here.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Skäggdopping


Skäggdopping, originally uploaded by Steffe.

I saw one of these while kayaking near Björkvik in June. I couldn't catch a good photo myself so I blogged this one from Steffe.

In English it's called a Great Crested Grebe.