Wow, a tree....

In Scotland only a tiny fraction of the original native forest cover remains. The history of this deforestation in the Highlands is long, complex and shrouded in mystery, but we can still gain glimpses of what has been lost.
I spotted this lonely tree on a tiny road on the Isle of Skye. Unfortunately the tree was dead...

Callanish stone circle

The Callanish stone circle is one of the most complete circles in Europe. You can find the standing stones on the Isle of Lewis in the outer Hebrides. It's a magical place where ceremonies where hold already 3000 years ago.
The first pictures was taken early in the morning when the sun came up, the other was taken in the middle of the night. 

Scotland in Black & White

It took a long time, but finally again some update to this blog. to travel through Scotland was a wish I have had for many years. Last autumn I made my dream come true! 

Great rocks in Porkkala

In Porkkala you can find some rocks with an amazing pattern.Those stripes are just caused by different kind of minerals. The result is almost breath taking....feels like you are walking over some painted surface.
The rocks are also very smooth, caused by heavy layers of ice which have been grinding those stones for years and years during the Ice Age.

Inari

 

Still a few pictures from my last trip in Lapland during end May. Even Inari was covered in snow again for a few days. Winter is not giving up easily and spring time is struggeling to get started in the North of Finland

Almost like a painting

Can you believe this? End of may and lot's of snow still in Norway. During the snowstorm I had, I luckily could manage to take these pictures. They show something of the rough climate up there.

Sandfjord

Not a strange name for this fjord: Sandfjord. The river ends here in the ocean and has brought tons of sand.

Evening light on a lake

The low light made the water of the lake look like alumonium foil. Almost like a painting...

Arty picture

This is some experiment where I changed a picture into a bit more arty style. Let me know if you like this or not.

What a tree

In Finland you can find some very strange shaped trees, like this one. That thing what is growing around the tree is really huge.

Angry trees?

These pollard willows looks almost angry. In the Dutch country site you see those trees a lot. They are cutting the branches every few years away. In the old days they were using those branches for baskets. Due to this cutting, the trees are getting a certain shape when they grow older. I think they get over the years angry and pissed off of all that cutting.

Beautiful ugliness

This sluice house was so ugly that I had to photograph it. The concrete has been white decades ago, but was now grey-greenish and looked rather dirty. It's giving this picture feeling. Because the sky wat grey, nearly white, and I left other details out of the picture; the result is a bit abstract. Sure that not everyone will like this, but that's also not the idea of this shot.

Feelings in a picture

Two pictures with quite a different feeling. The first could have been taken 100 years ago. The whole atmosphere is giving that feeling of the past; the light, bicycles, old tram rail, etc. The second one
has a modern touch due to the bguilding in the background.

Was I just in the 50's?

Felt like really going back in time when I came across this place. Wish I could...mmm...

Cute house

In the area of "Oud-Zuid", "Old-South", in Amsterdam there are some nice old houses hidden between less old buildings. This small house looks almost cute between the modern giants.

I did lock my scooter, didn't I?

Somebody looked his scooter with a big and heavy lock. But....what a shame, he locked it wrong. He was putting the lock through the front wheel and around the metal bridge. In other places this would be fine, but not in Amsterdam. When they see this bad locked scooter, they just unscrew the front wheel and take the scooter with. Sameway they do with bicycles...So please use two locks. If you only lock your back wheel, they will steel your front wheel...Very sad.

Living in a boat

Living on a boat in Amsterdam sounds romantic, but does this look romantic?
 

Foggy morning

In a country with a high humidity, it can be sometimes very foggy. The sun is trying to break through, but it managed only in the end of the afternoon.

Dutch countryside

Holland is flat, very flat with little or no forest. This kind of view can be almost from anywhere. Small country roads, few trees, farm houses and small water channels.

Bicycles in Amsterdam

 

 

 

It is known that  Dutch people cycle a lot. But when you walk around the central railway station in Amsterdam, you see just bicycles everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Thousands of them.