For the last seven years I have made a Winter count. A collage with 12 photos from the previous year. One photo per month. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box was of course a part of my photo year 2016. Golfing in February doesn't happen every year in my part of the world. Batman vs Superman was a big movie for a lot of people in 2016. Early Spring gets a lot of photographers out looking for Anemones. The only pop star I met during the year was from Rednex. This was a first. Cornflowers turning a field blue near the old tree. The Summer was colorful. I met a future author. The annual visit to the Vegabaren Greaser meet is always a highlight in August. For the second year running I met Marla Kay at Sundby Gård. An impromptu photo shoot with a world class cyclist in October. My latest 12-month series, a pier at the Rudan nature reserve. I have aimed the camera at the water towers a few times in the last year. This was a December sunset.

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Horse in a forest at Mulsta. View over Mulsta. Ice under the Krigslida bridge. Construction site at Lillgården. The commuter station. My cousin Ewy's dog enjoying the snow. Mulsta Länsmansboställe. Frozen padlock. Mulsta Länsmansboställe again. Ankaret. Pre-school. Trees. Nypon. Snow covered trees. Plant. Houses at Lillhammar.

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Horse &sulky at the old tree. Big crane at Haningeterrassen. Bathroom mirror selfie. Sunset at the commuter station. Grass at the Lower Lake. Jujja outside the cafe, shot from Jim's living-room window. Builder balancing with a plank on a roof. House that probably will be gone soon. Asphalt paving outside a new apartment building at Tuvvägen. Flygbra.se Tiny Christmas ball at the cafe, Jim is giving me the finger. Snow storm. Singing bird at a pond. Snowy bench at Slätmossen. Christmas lights where I didn't expect to see it. Ice pattern.

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Cracked bucket buried in the sand at the beach. Utility box in Handen. Winter leftover ice. Pier at Årsta Havsbad on a warm (9C), November day. Najaden, office building at Rudsjöterrassen getting a face lift. Pump your bike here. Remains from an old building on a hillside at Tuvvägen. Two new buildings at Tuvvägen. Selfie reflection snap at a new BMX-thingy near Eskilsparken. Jujja leaving the cafe earlier this afternoon. The water towers. Sunset at Hanveden. Swans on the field in front of Årsta castle. Truck heading for the Jordbro industrial area, shot from a pedestrian bridge. Bridge railing sunset. Two guys cleaning up my favorite beach.

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A man shovelling snow from his car at Ankaret. Fence post with snow. Woman crossing a snow covered field at Lillgården. Newly repaired sculpture in the park in Tungelsta. House at Mulsta. The commuter arrives at Tungelsta, still a lot of construction left with the second rail-track. House with solar energy at Skolvägen. BMW left out in the snow for a few days at Söderbyvägen. Vaskos Pub and the commuter station. Bicycle left at the school over the weekend. Message board at the station house. Firewood at a neighbours garage. Table and benches in the park. Utility box at Kvarnvägen. Smokestack at the school at Tungelstavägen. Apples at Solakullen.

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Big sign in Handen at the bus terminal. Not so pretty building in the industrial area in Handen. Bird tower reflection at the bird sanctuary Skutan. Edible ghost! Builders at Haningeterrassen. Birds up a chimney. Macro detail from a Åbro beer bottle, (got two beers from a friend). Open air dance floor at my favorite beach, (many years ago it was part of a big hotel that is gone today). Zooming in on the newly redesigned water tower at the industrial area in Handen. A family fishing from a pier at Årsta Havsbad. More garbage dumped in Jordbro near the Rudan nature reserve. Façades. Two men in a boat out on the Horsfjärden bay. Yellow leaves at Håga. Construction of a walkway through a wetland at Norrby Gärde! Underpass graffiti.

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Scary ghost flying over Nathalie's head at the cafe. Red apples at Lillhammar in Tungelsta. Dark sky at Jordbro. New bike light for my fixie as it is getting very dark now. Car at Gudöbroleden in Handen. My reflection in a new BMX installation at Eskilsparken in Handen. Autumn colors. Woman walking up to the old tree. Graffiti. Autumn leaf. Tungelsta commuter station, always under construction. Mushroom. Another leaf. School apartments at the old "Fredrik" school in Handen. That BMX installation. Graffiti at an underpass in Jordbro.

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Bus driver at Malmens konditori, we often discuss photography and public transport. Cramo crane at the Jordbro industrial area. Emmy Thelberg posing for the photographer after a long bike ride with her local club. Autumn leaves. Freight train passing over the pedestrian tunnel near the Jordbro power plant. A recent lock on the door to this old barn at the Nödesta farm after someone hid ammunition in there, it was found by coincidence and reported to the police. Two horses near the magnificent tree. New entrance at the old City Hall building which today houses apartments. Building material at Haningeterrassen where a high-rise is under construction. Autumn around the icehockey arena at Hanveden in Västerhaninge. Red grains on the field at the Toothache tree. Your typical Autumn snap. Arty cats flanking new benches outside the mall in Handen. The commuter station in Tungelsta still under construction. Kite stuck up a tree at Nederstaleden. Jim fiddling with my Canon 6D at the cafe. I always enjoy making these photo collages with photos from my walks and bike rides around Haninge.

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One of Jonas Nobel's sculptures have been tagged. Blue plant with the old smithy at Nedersta in the background. Tools used for the Charcoal Kiln at Gålö. Nathalia at the cafe earlier this week. A guy from the municipality trying out the new outdoor gym at Rudan. The outhouse at Noors täppa, ( I used it, you really didn't need to know that). Jesters at the Viking festival. I wish I had asked the blonde girl for a portrait as she was very photogenic. Sail-boats out on the bay near Gålö Havsbad. The last outdoor sitting at the cafe, October 4th. Ceramics by Annika Carell at the Viking festival. My fixie ink bike parked near the old tree. XRF899. Licence plate number of a part dumped at the household waste recycling centre in Tungelsta. Handicap beach at Rudan . Attacking Viking. Products for sale at the Frönäs farm at Gålö. Your typical Autumn snap from a forest in Tungelsta.

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One of the morning papers are making a list with the most beautiful Swedish words. Everyone could join in. Since it's raining and I can't go for a bike ride I added the word Cykelväder. Or in English bike-weather. Maybe that will help to change the weather! Here is a collage of recent snaps of cyclists.

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I can be picky sometimes. These sixteen recent Spring photos from around Haninge didn't make the cut on their own. Female cyclist riding down the Mulsta road, she spotted me. Everything is turning green now, shot this while sitting at the cafe. Viola tricolor near the old tree shot using an extension tube. Snake enjoying the sunshine by the side of the path in Jordbro. Blooming wood anemones behind a fence near the Björklund farm. Blue tit at the veranda at home. Funny sign at a horse farm in Österhaninge. It says Crawl Speed. Jeep on a tow truck at a roundabout in Handen. Female biker on a colorful Harley-Davidson. The farm house at Björklund. The magnificent tree turning green among a few rusty barrels at the Nödesta farm. The view fro the bridge at the Slätmossen nature park. Common brimstone on a dandelion in Österhaninge. More bird houses every year at Söderby Gård, I met the guy who makes them a few years ago. Tulips in a roundabout in Handen. Farming at Nödesta.

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Theme Day. People on the street. In my book that can only mean portraits of people on the street with their own unique styles. Like these group of trendy people I have met in and around Haninge in the last few years. Meet Sandra, Kimmy and Ellinor. Anthon, Kim and Emil. Tove, Alex and Mary. I'm currently in bed with a Russian virus, but hopefully I will soon be out on the street again looking for new street portraits.

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Grace Down Under in Perth wanted me to get the bike out. Krille in Karlstad wanted me to have one week of bicycle related posts. That didn't happen as I posted a non-bicycle related photo yesterday, but you will both be happy to know that I did go for a bike ride today. It was a bit chilly, around -6C and windy, but with a blue sky. Shot this collage along the bike path/walkway at Krigslida near the commuter station.

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Theme Day. Photo of the year. A very easy decision. The photo of the year was of course the portrait. The tricky thing is to pick the best one. I couldn't do that so here is a collage with most of the faces you met here on the blog during 2013. You can also see them on the gadget to the right, I will leave that running for a few weeks.

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It is possible that the outdoor season is over at my favorite cafe, Malmens konditori for this year. But I did enjoy a mug of coffee in the Autumn shade there yesterday, so you never know. Here is a collage of some previously unpublished snaps from my 2012 visits. If you read this blog on a weekly basis you will have met a few of this people. They include the blue eyed babe Anna. The posing couple is Fredde and his girlfriend, the Ultra marathon runner. The dude on the old bike is local legend Tompa Eken.

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Biking towards home yesterday a woman on roller skis flew by me in Jordbro. I caught up with her a little later and realised that it was Emmy Thelberg, one of the best mountain bike riders in the country. She was on her way to a gravel pit where she was going to run up a sandy hill ten times! That sounded like a photo-op to me, so I decided to tag along, as it gave me an opportunity to test the Tamron zoom lens. Since we last met Emmy has had some success in her sport. She won the Långloppscupen,the long distance cup. She won Bronze in the National Championships. She competed in the the Birkebeiner cycling race, the world's largest mountain-bike race that takes place annually in Norway.

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There was an open house in Handen today because of Earth Hour. I visited City Hall and listened to a music concert performed by the young students from the Haninge Music School. A few organisations were at hand to inform about easy ways to save energy. The woman in the collage is Karin who runs a environmental blog called Karins Miljöblogg. She handed out an Everyday Green Ideas questionnaire that I forgot to fill in. You could travel in style between City Hall and the Cultural Centre. With horse power if you were a kid, and with pedal power if you were a bit older. The guy on the rickshaw is Josef. He runs a company called Euro Rikshaw. I thought he looked familiar and sure enough I have a photo of him taken in Stockholm a few years ago.

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No St. Patrick's Day Parade in Haninge, so here is my favorite Irish dry stout, Guinness. Skål!

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