First Hint of Snow

 

I didn't think we'd actually see any snow here today, even if some weather forecasts hinted at it being possible. And we certainly didn't get much of it (it's mostly been raining) - but when I looked out of my kitchen window at around 3:40 pm, there was actually a "hint" of white on the lawns. (Soon gone again, though.) 

Far up in the north of Sweden there are serious snow warnings issued for tonight and tomorrow, though - in some places they may get as much as 50-100 cm (20-40 inches)! 

 

Winter on the Way (?)

 

A photo from the City Park on Friday last week (6th November) - to illustrate that most  trees here have dropped most of their leaves to the ground now.

 

Having had a double vaccination against flu + pneumococci on Wednesday, I decided to spend most of Thursday at home resting; but as I had no bad reaction to either (only a bit sore at the injection spots), and Friday started out sunny, I then called my hairdresser in the morning and asked if she could fit me in during the day. She could, around noon; and the photo above was snapped on my way into town for that. 

 

The temperature has dropped to somewhat more wintry as well (not yet frosty in the daytime, but some traffic warnings issued for nights/early mornings). So time to start wearing my new winter coat... (The photo below taken looking into the big mirror in the lift/elevator in my building, a couple of weeks earlier - one day when we had a more temporary drop in temperature. I looked just the same on Friday, except my hair sticking out from under my hat then a little bit shorter, on the way back...)

 

 

Weekend Reflections

 

Passing through the city park on Wednesday this week, I saw these floating stars in the river. Judging by the truck and boat nearby, my impression was that they had probably just been installed. I seem to remember them from a different spot in the river another year, and that they also light up in the dark.

Linking to Weekend/Street Reflections #302

Blue Sky, Blue Sculpture - for Skywatch Friday

Photo from Borås City Park, 4 November 2026. The blue sculpture, called Vibration, was created by the French artist Xavier Veilhan, for an international sculpture biennial in 2014.

Linking to Skywatch Friday

When the Vibration sculpture first appeared in our city in 2014, it was in a different location from now - near the Textile Fashion Center; which was also opened that year. (The Center houses not only our Textile Museum, but also the Swedish School of Textiles, and some textile related businesses.)

 

 

“Thematically, his [Xavier Veilhan's] works revolve around our memory and our perception. He creates astounding effects by placing familiar objects in environments in which they appear foreign. - The horse and carriage, Vibration, stands out as almost as an illusion in blue. It takes its starting point in Italian futurism, a direction within art in the early 1900s that constantly strove to express movement.” 

Leaf Blowers

 Leaf blowers have been hard at work here lately... One day there were three of them at the same time on the lawns outside my windows - looking a bit like an invasion by Aliens... I only managed to catch two of them in the same photo, though! ;)