Back in June, it was too hot to spend much time on my balcony (facing south-west). Nearly all July, on the other hand, it's been too wet...

  I somehow forgot to take photos of this Ficus (elastica decora, also known in English as India rubber plant) before I radically cropped it...

  Last night after I went to bed (late, I think after 11 pm) I could hear a thunderstorm going on. I did not get up to look, and the blackou...

  A couple of months ago I got a bear card sent to me by one of my blogging friends who has also become a "penpal". The bear on th...

      The Ornäs birch , (Swedish Ornäsbjörk ) is a variety of silver birch which is also the national tree of Sweden . (Wikipedia) The origi...