Intense blue sky today (Thursday 28 May). I went for a walk in the afternoon to post a birthday card. Along a side street I passed, I noti...

  19 May 2026 - 21:05 Tuesday evening offered this sunset view from my balcony.  Yesterday, Thursday, was dominated by grey skies and rain s...

May 16   May 16 May 24 Lilacs are in bloom now, and have been for a while. Back in my childhood/youth I used to associate lilacs with the en...

The three photos above are from some lilac bushes I can see from my windows. For me, lilacs in bloom are forever associated with the end of...

Today is Ascension Day (nearly over when I write this) - the 40th day of Easter, still a public holiday here (marked with red in our calenda...

A rather chilly spring and early summer here this year has meant an unusually long flowering season for some plants - for example lilacs an...

For me, ever since my own childhood, lilacs in bloom (and that scent in the air) is very much associated with the beginning of summer. This...

There is an often quoted phrase or story in Sweden about a shoemaker who in the month of May put up a sign on his door saying “closed betw...