One of my neighbours

This is an abandoned house close to where our house is in Svångemåla. It is called Goliatsmålen and from what I have been told a tailor lived here. He was unusually short, maybe a dwarf and was therefore called "the short tailor" since a taller tailor actually lived in our house at that time. No one lives here any longer and the house is slowly falling apart but is still beautiful in its own way.

As always, click on the picture to enlarge it!

Humulus lupulus (common hop or hop)

Our hop is unusually green and big this year. Its total height is now over 4.5 meter and if the pole had been higher it would easily have reached 5 meters. Maybe it will be enough hops to make some beer??

Butterfly - Purple Emperor

I don't think this butterfly will make me faster or jogging easier but it sure looks nice! Unfortunately I don't know what kind of butterfly it is so if you happen to know, please let me know! 

PS. Thanks to a good friend I am now more or less convinced that this is a Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) The purple color does not show very clearly in the angle I took the first picture from but it is visible in the one below. Click on the picture to make it larger!

Slow worm

It looks like a snake but is a limbless lizard. Due to its color it is in Swedish called "kopparorm" which means "cupper snake". It is totally harmless. In English it is called slow worm (Anguis fragilis) or blindworm. It is famous for its ability to shed its tail when an enemy grabs it. It is common in Svångemåla as well as in most of southern Sweden.