The sky started out overcast, but it finished the day colorful.

In the middle of the covid-19 pandemic.

Red tulips in the setting sun.

Well... almost real ones. If it's Christmas...

I never knew we had anything like this in Sweden.

It doesn't get any darker than this in the land of the midnight sun.

A view towards Liljeholmen from the western (new) Årsta Bridge.

A pair of sleeping swans near the Japanese garden.

On the first summer day of this year I surfed in on the Google Search Console and saw that the God-machine in Sunnyvale had declared this humble blog to be unworthy.

Got a couple of drops, but otherwise it missed.

The Kaknäs pet cemetery got its start when the dog Nero - companion to the author August Blanche (1811-1868) - was moved from his original burial place to this site near the water on the eastern edge of Gärdet. This reinterment touched the hearts of many in Stockholm when it happened, and people started burying their own beloved pets near Nero's grave, and so did the pet cemetery come to be.

Making sure nobody who works from home sleeps in.

This release fixes some display issues on Linux.

Linux users of Shotcut can now use Bigsh0t.

I try to visit Hansta at least twice in the spring - once for the blue anemone hepaticas as they pop up through the barren forest floor, and once for the wood anemones as they cover the forest floor in a carpet of white flowers. This year, they were both in bloom when I arrived for my second visit.

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a whole new genre for me. Going to places nearby - because I avoid public transit, and avoiding people - because of Covid-19, I'm exploring nearby spots as they have become eerily empty of people.