About: Sweden!!!

Wow, it's beautiful where you live Loxley! Feels very natural and calm.

Just wait until you get to see some nature pictures. My village is okay, but there's a small area a few miles from my hometown where it's really neat with a great view. I'll be going there tomorrow or on sunday and get y'all some really nice pictures. That's a promise.



Edit: Went there today, and walked around for about two hours. Took almost ninety (!) pictures, and now I'm exhausted and need to rest. I'll upload some of them tonight or in the morning, and throw the rest up on my blog if you're interested.

That's a lot of pictures. Look forward to it.

Darnations. ImageShadow is down today. So I'll have to wait and upload them in the morning. On a sidenote, though, I deleted half of the photos because they were doubles (that's what it's called, right?), and some that got too dark or too bright. Still, there's a pile of 'em ready to be uploaded once the Shadow is up again.

Oooooh, can't wait to see the pics Loxley!

Yup, they're coming, just as soon as that stupid, stupid ImageShadow is back up. Otherwise I'll have to go with ImageShack. I hate ImageShack.

Anyway, I've initiated an upload on ImageShack now. 'Cause it's such a sucky upload site, it'll prolly take a year or two to get 'em up.

Actually, scratch that. It hung up after two photos. I MISS IMAGESHADOW!!!!!

Never heard of that site. I use Photobucket and find it very reliable.

It might be my net connection messing with me, too. It's been kind'a slow lately, and I tried a few web pages in school that didn't work at home, and they worked. So, most likely, it's on my side and not the webpages' sides. I'll have to wait 'til it gets better to upload them. Damned NSA-spyware.

Hang in there buddy. Good things are worth waiting for.

I so totally hate my sister. She's been downloading the entire Seinfeld series on her computer. No wonder my connection was slow. Damn those pirates!!! Anyways, here's a handful of the pictures. The rest comes in due time. (ImageShadow is still down so I had to lower myself to using, urrk, ImageShack.):





Well, enjoy!
These are taken from a place called "Skansen". A "Skans" is like a way high hill, and the fourth picture is taken from the very top of the Skans. It was like a cannon nest for our "Snapphanar" (freedom fighters) when they fought for their freedom against the Swedish oppressors way back when we were danes, in the 17th Century or so.


Edit: I just thought I'd add this to express my anger at my sister for slowing down my Internet connection.

Beautiful!

Thanks. There's more where that came from.

I like that place, because it's got history. When I'm up there on the Skans, I usually find myself wondering how it looked a few hundred years ago when it was a rebel nest for the Scanian Snapphanar (I love Swedish, mwahaha). Must have been way more beautiful than it is today, very much solitude.

There's not a lot of wilderness in Scania (The southernmost part of Sweden, where I live. Skåne in Swedish) any longer - it's not very far between the cities - and factories - around here, so it's good to see some places remain untouched even here. It's a little scary, but some times I find myself hating civilization because it encroaches on Nature like we are doing. Even this place isn't more than a few hundred feet from the nearest buildings. If I want wilderness I have to head north a fair distance. Sigh...

Just rambling again.

Oh how beautiful Loxley! Post more! I hear ya about civilization encrouching on nature. Sigh...

I think it's neat that you guys have those grass fields in Europe. I can't figure out what protects them. Here if you don't mow the grass large alders will grow, after that shrubs and trees, and then it's all forest. I wonder how that works..

Well, many of these grass fields are used as baiting grounds (that's what it's called, right? Stupid English, everyone should just speak Swedish, mwahaha) for cattle and horses in the summer, so they probably trample it enough that there can't grow anything but grass. Then of course we've got different soil than over in the US and Canada.

And, one more thing to note is that Canada is way north, but part of Sweden is actually outside the so-called "Taiga", the forest belt that crosses through northern Scandinavia and much of Canada, which is probably why it grows easier over there than it does here.


Why do I keep telling people this stuff? And more importantly, why do I know this stuff?

Well you can educate yourself.

Good to know about the grass, I where my book has grass fields I couldn't but wonder..

Oh, the pics are beautiful!!!!!

Sorry I haven't been on a lot lately....been caught up in other things...and now am going to pack up the house to move...fun fun! NOT!

I LOVE it, Loxley!!!! Thanks for sharing them!!!

I will show my hub when I get the chance!

Yes, do that. I'd love to see your home as well.

Me and Blue was getting concerned that the forum was turning into a ghost-forum. Glad to see that it's not the case. I've met some great friends at this forum, and I'd hate to see it die.

I understand the previous post. My forum is my 2nd attempt. Got the membership, but no one posts but 3 of us...and I have been sooooooooooooooooooo busy lately that even I am a rarity at my own.

But I have a littel consp. theory theory on this one....people are preparing...and are spending less time on line...at least that is what I am getting from emails, places I go to etc....

I know we are.....and time to sit for a while is here, but used to gain info on raw foods, growing veggies, survival techinques etc....Especially with the calander on Venus coming up. And anyone who follows the elites agendas knows what calander they follow and what happens on certain dates...and this year...is one....

oooh, sound freaky don't I....people are afraid of another 9-11 in the Junish area...

But this place is not forgotten in my heart!

We are also moving soon and am clearing house...with 5 people NOT a fun job...and one where this momma stares at things for hours trying to decide what to do with it!!! lol.

I'll see what I can do about pics....

Hiya people! Sorry I havn't been around. I'm back now.

Wohoo! Welcome back, Nighty!

And I'll try to give you some more photos as well, maybe this or next week. But I'd rather see some photos from Greece. *Nudge, nudge, wink, wink* Though of course I appreciate it's a pain in the backside to prepare to move - I'm moving too soon enough, so I'll be experiencing it first hand.

Thanks for the warm welcome Loxley!

Where are you moving to?

Me, I'm movining from this sad excuse for a village to a big town, with all medieval buildings and stuff, called Visby. That is, provided I can get into the Archaeology program on the university that I want to get into, over there. We'll see how that goes.

Oh, well good luck. It is very beautiful and peaceful-looking there though.

Yes, well, just wait til you see where I'm moving.