November 2017

It always surprises me to find fresh flowers in November. All trees have, more or less, lost all their leaves and nature looks ready for the first snow and then... a beautiful clover flower! 

or a somewhat tired but still wonderful daisy...

and a very spring-like dandelion...

or a geranium bud that will hardly have time to blossom before it is taken away by the frost.

Our whole plot is surrounded by lesser periwinkle that stays green all year round. Flowers are,  however, not very common this time of the year.

As you might remember, parts of Svångemåla has been made into a form of protected biosphere which means that fallen trees are not cleared. It looks a bit untidy but the birds and the insects love it.

The hunting season for moose has just finished and a spoor of a running animal could clearly be seen on the gravel road leading to our house.  I hope it managed to flee and hide!

Sadly I discovered an old car wreck not far away from Svångemåla. Can you identify what make it is? Very common in Sweden some years back.

Örarevet November 2017

Not far from Svångemåla is a small nature reserve at the Baltic Sea called Örarevet. It is one of our absolute favorite places! In the summer one can see a lot of different birds and flowers and in the winter the landscape is just stunning.