On blue 3/3

Grand day out.

#cherryblossom #spring #sakura #sky #bluesky #uddevalla #bohuslän #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

On blue 2/3

My feed needs some colour.

#hiking #colorful #closeup #detail #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

On blue 1/3

#spring #leaves #beech #hiaklitten #halland #closeup #detail #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

Strict machine 3/3

Today, I finally got around to shutting down my account at ... well, you know. That platform which used to be something to do with photography. I shall miss following Sheldrick Wildlife Trust but hey, I'll live.

#metal #oldmetal #rust #detail #closeup #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

Strict machine 2/3

Leakey's Second-hand Bookshop, Inverness, a wondrous place indeed. To my bewilderment, I couldn't find a single thing there that I wanted to buy -- not for lack of browsing. During our Scottish roundtrip I did buy quite a few books, though new ones all, from several splendid, independent bookshops. Oh joy.

#books #bookshelf #vintagebooks #usedbooks #leakeys_secondhand_bookshop #inverness #scotland #minimalism #trio #triptych #pixelfedsweden

Strict machine 1/3

Maker's plaque on a machine to do with sawing planks or some such. The veteran machine is fully functional but I'm always gaga for details like these rather than the business end.

#detail #closeup #metal #oldmetal #rust #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

Museums 3/3

Seen here is the initials of two previous owners of a steam trunk. E.S. is unknown, but the A.J. who stencilled his initials on top is supposedly Jonas Alströmer, famed for making Swedes get the point of growing potatoes -- finally! Potatoes were brought here centuries earlier but never caught on. Us Swedes were happy with our swedes (go figure). Alströmer also dealt in textile manufacturing (and industrial espionage, which I found out recently at another museum). His steam trunk can be seen at Vagnhistoriska museet in Fristad, which has carriages and waggons, and a very inspired guide. Some peat moss parafernalia as well.

My fascination for museums and monuments of this ilk keeps growing. The subject is secondary: to me, the main thing is one person's ceaseless passion for one particular thing, their lifelong endeavour to create some lasting thing showcasing this special something. Size is unimportant; ardour is what counts. To me, this is so much more relatable than grand and famous institutions. They are nothing to do with me. It's the small stuff I can identify with.

#vagnhistoriska_museet #fristad #steamtrunk #detail #closeup #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

Museums 2/3

If you're at all interested in stuff to do with forestry, log driving, old chainsaws, steam engines, etc., Siljansfors forestry museum (skogsmuseum) has it. Insanely informative. Beautiful settings outside Mora, Dalecarlia.

#siljansfors_skogsmuseum #mora #dalarna #detail #closeup #hubcap #tire #rust #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden

Museums 1/3

Ryttarens torvströfabrik, the Ryttarens peat litter factory, is preserved as a museum. Peat extraction in Sweden today isn't big business, and my guess is most people don't even know it's happening. These days, it's mainly used in gardening, but also for stuff like insulation, fish tanks and whiskey making. Ryttarens museum is open to the public in summer. You can ride the little sturdy train out on the moss and see how peat was extracted back in the day. Pictured is a detail from an old locomotive.

#ryttarens_torvströfabrik #peat #torv #peat_extraction #museum #detail #iron #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden