onsdag 4 juli 2012

The Common Buzzard



"The Common Buzzard"
 and 
my Favourite Oak







 Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)





 Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)









tisdag 3 juli 2012

The Beautiful Tawny Owl "The Sleeping Beauty Wakes"


 The Beautiful Tawny Owl

"The Sleeping Beauty Wakes"







The Tawny Owl or Brown Owl (Strix aluco)






 The Tawny Owl or Brown Owl (Strix aluco)







 The Tawny Owl or Brown Owl (Strix aluco)





måndag 2 juli 2012

Runestones around Nykoping are being washed


Runestones around Nykoping 

are being washed



Right now the rune-stones around Nyköping is being washed, those who are heavily
covered with algae, mosses and lichens are wrapped in clay prepared with industrial
alcohol. Then they are covered in plastic to retain moisture and the plastic have to 
stay on for a few weeks. The clay softens and the alcohol kills the damaging lichen. 

With regards to the culture and historical value, this is nothing that is done on a 
regular basis, it was 20 years since they last were cleaned like this, you have to be 
very careful since every time you have to wash the rune-stones the surface abrade. 
For inscriptions to be peserved for the future, the stones are protected and conserved. 
The care includes keeping the stones clean and to fill the inscriptions with paint to 
make them clearer. The cleaning of the rune-stones must be performed by a stone 
conservator with specialist skills, and the filling of the inscriptions are being made 
by a runeolog.

The oldest inscriptions found in Sweden are at the spearhead from Mos on the 
island Gotland. It dates from the mid 200`s AD. There are only five runes on the 
spear blade, translated into Latin letters, it says "GAOIS" nobody knows for 
sure what that means. 


A day out Sunday 1 July 2012


A day out Sunday

1 July 2012
























































söndag 1 juli 2012

Rose-Garden Days at Cultural Centre, Järna


"Rose-Garden Days"
at 
"Cultural Centre"
Järna
June 28 - 30, 
2012







 During the past couple of years I have visited the amazingly beautiful "Rose-Garden"
in Järna, at the Cultural Centre in the outer Järna to experience the beauty of the 
many different kinds of Roses in their best bloom. It is lovely to walk around in the 
rose garden, with the lovely rose scent. Some of them do not have a strong scent, 
others have a slightly spicy scent. Among the many roses you will also find different
kinds of peonies (Paeonia Lactiflora)







 Any one who is interested in gardening or just appreciates flowers can easily 
spend a couple of hours in the beautiful garden. The link to their webpage 
is  http://ytterjarna.se/en/  and I have added their web page at my links 
if anyone is interested to know more. It is a cultural centre with many 
different experiences, theatre music, café, restaurant and so much more.












 Mandarin Rose (Rosa moyesii)





 Frankfurt (Rosa Francofurtana) Rose





 Frankfurt (Rosa Francofurtana)





Mummie rose (Rosa ×richardii Sancta) This kind of rose have been found in 2000 
year old tombs in Egypt, and is possible depicted on one of the murals in the Palace 
of Knossos, Crete, from 1600BC. I think it is a very beautiful rose, with very decorative
colours and gives an overall fresh look. I am going to try and find one in a plant
shop for my own garden.   
























Peonie (Paeonia Lactiflora)

Visitors in my garden 29th June 2012



Visitors in my garden 

29th June 2012