Oh, if anyone knows the names of any of these plants below, even a guess, I'd be grateful.
* To drive it is closer to 12 km, as the road goes inland and then back out to the coast again.
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| Here you can see the location of the Gillhög passage Grave, Barsebäckshamn, and Vikhög. The dashed line is the walk we went on. |
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| On the walk. |
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| Suddenly I gave up the idea of living at Barsebackshamn and instead imagined this place came up for sale for a song and I bought it and lived here instead. |
The blue ones in the first flower photo are campanulas = bellflowers. (In Swedish we call these "blåklockor" = bluebells, but I seem to recall that in England the name bluebell is used for a different flower.)
ReplyDeleteThe buttonlike yellow ones in the fourth flower photo I think must be Tanacetum vulgare, "renfana" in Swedish, "tansy" in English.
Not sure about the others - it something hits me later, I'll return... :)
Thanks Monica! I have a campanula here in NZ, but it has a different growth habit... The bells are the same however.
DeleteIt is a charming village. I like it too.
ReplyDeleteThat particular house looked un-lived in. I am always drawn to waifs and strays too ha ha.
DeleteMonica's blue ones are Hare Bells in England. Tansy as she says and the last yellow one is Lady's Bedstraw. I hope.
ReplyDeleteAh, ok. Thanks Adrian.
DeleteKate, I have enjoyed reading about your sojourn to Sweden, (a place I would love to visit) - and viewing your photographs.
ReplyDeleteI was inspired when reading your recent posting about 'The Mouse and His Child' to order a copy from AmazonDotCom. It must be winging it's way to NZ as I type; can't wait to read it.
I'm glad you are enjoying Sweden Alden. I did too!
DeleteAnd also hope you find 'The Mouse and His Child' good. It has lots of levels, but even the top one is very readable.
PS May I suggest you go to The Book Depository next time, to avoid US postage. They post free. (Even tho' they have been bought by Amazon anyway)
Or, better still, if you are happy to pay postage, go to Biblio which is one of the last independent bookshops.
DeleteThe book arrived and I have read the first 50 pages or so - an intriguing read so far. I am sure you are aware there is an animated cartoon version of 'The Mouse and his Child' on UTube (One hour 17 mins long). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OWdw1IwdYY
ReplyDeleteThat was a quick delivery Alden. Yes, I have blogged about the movie. I hear many people prefer it. But mainly ones who haven't read the book.
DeleteI ordered the book on the same day you posted about 'The Mouse and his Child' (17th September). It arrived a couple of days ago. By Amazon standards that's a medium to quick trip across the Pacific Ocean - I have had quicker but not often. Most are a lot longer.
ReplyDeleteI like the Muskrat a lot. Using his system of ordering the cosmos to ponder ultimate meaning I have found out that I am half a philosopher i.e Alden times thinking equals questions (Never answers) which makes me half a philosopher - it's always good to know ones place in the world.
Ah! I remember Muskrat's Much-In-Little. I am clearly half a philosopher too.
DeleteAlthough Alden times thinking sometimes equals answer (philosopher).
Alden plus sea equals sailing. Kate plus look equals painting. Look plus painting equals see.
Extrapolating your mathematics here; Sea + sailing = voyaging (amongst other things so I guess it is an equation with multiple answers. Perhaps I should replace the word 'voyaging' with the symbol for infinity. (Remember when the Bonzo Dog Food label was eaten the mouses child saw his reflection on the side of the tin - beyond the infinity of the last visible dog he saw (found?) himself -- ah, now there's a thought. Alden + thoughts on half read book = hypothesis.
ReplyDeleteWhat is interesting in all this is that if you take the Muskrats Much-In-Little to the next stage you have in the real world (whatever that is) a form of mathematics called Modal Logic. I think it was invented by the philosopher Bertrand Russell. It is a form of mathematics where language (in our case English) is converted to Mathematical symbols and manipulated mathematically. I only found this out because our son in law in doing a PhD at Cambridge University involving Modal Logic. I read a paper he wrote involving MLogic recently and understood absolutely none of it. Alden + Modal Logic = Confusion.
.... the mouse and his child have been rescued from the bottom of the muddy pool and are on their way again, the tension is rising regarding becoming self winding and I am in the midst of a real page turner. Great stuff.
You are really getting into this! I'm enjoying your journey. You have some exciting bits to come yet.
DeleteKate, I finished reading ‘The Mouse and his Child’ yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
ReplyDeleteI think the book fits well into the genre of books where animals and/or toys are used as proxies for human beings and this canvas is used to portray the complexities of the human condition in allegorical form, full of symbols and metaphors - books such as Animal Farm, Watership Down, The Narnia Chronicles, The Velveteen Rabbit, the Pooh Bear stories and The Wind in the Willows come to mind. It is an allegory of the human journey which I guess for us all is in the broadest sense a spiritual journey. I found ‘The Mouse and his Child’ a particularly riveting and inventive example of this type of journey and story telling.
Elements of Faith, journey, hope, despair, loss, death, evil, betrayal, love, forgiveness, compassion, redemption and much more are woven into the tale.
I feel this dimension (Story) is perhaps one of the best ways in which to express complex ideas. It’s a book I would highly recommend and well worth the effort - and it has the bonus of revealing the genesis of your Blog Name ‘The Last Visible Dog’ !!
What a lovely summary. Yes, that's where it all came from. The book is all that ... and also about War, Territory, Family and Home.
DeleteNow ... may I re-suggest (is that a word?) Patrick O'Brian's first Aubrey-Maturin novel: 'Master and Commander.'
DeleteYes you may and it's on its way.
ReplyDeleteOh, excellent. You will be yards ahead of the rest of us grass combers once it arrives. I am almost as ignorant of nautical matters as Stephen Maturin.
DeleteI have spent my life surrounded by people who know all the plant names and as a result my memory banks have never bothered to store them (I am totally ashamed to say). I'm almost tempted to read The Mouse and His Child! I've read the Patrick O'Brian as you know and am a fan.
ReplyDeleteI quite understand re. plants Geeb. I thought you were pretty good on your own garden.
DeleteYes, you are One of Us.