(If you click on a picture, you can watch all the pictures as a slideshow)
Today we took a trip to Tjaukle, a place in the middle of Gotland
where I have never been before. Roine carried the rug sack with
our lunch, and we found a lovely table to sit by.
In Sweden, we call this a Humblebee Flower, but in Latin it’s
Called Geum rivale L; in English, it’s called Water Avens.
I think it’s a lovely and soft flower, maybe a bit shy,
but also pretty if you look closely.
The fantastic thing with Tjaukle is this small creek with its meanders,
the stillness and the singing birds. On the other side grows
a lot of fluffy Equisetum or Shady Horsetail.
I am very proud of this fine photo of a Four-spotted Chaser.
It was really lovely to sit still long enough to take this photo.
This is Marsh-marigold, a flower that I saw a lot of when I was a child
and lived in Vittinge on the Swedish mainland.
Marsh-marigold once again. Do you know that it’s poisonous?
A wide variety of plants grow along the creek.
This is what it looks like when the creek curls its way through
the meadows. If I got the right information, cows go here and eat
so that the land stays open. Though we didn’t meet any cows today.
Bogbean. In Sweden, we call it Water Clover.
On this Bogbean, you can see a small Blue Damselfly.
It flew around like a trembling thread, and it was almost
impossible to photograph it. This is the only one I got.
Military Orchid is one of the orchids that grow on Gotland.
Military Orchid.
A close-up of the flower part of Shady Horsetail.
Yet another picture from the meandering creek.
Early-purple Orchid.
Early-purple Orchid.
Here I am, sitting in the shadow.
It was very hot, so I needed a cool pause.
