..in the outskerries of the Stockholm archipelago..
A friend of mine, Björn, is the owner of a small fishing hut outside Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago sent me these photos yesterday. He went out in his open outboard boat through the menacing iceblocks to spend a few nights in his little fishing hut..
This is the hut at the cluster of small islands called the Brandskerrries - situated on one of the very last small islets in the archipelago. Then there is only the Big Baltic.. Here the birdlife is outstanding, there are seals and good fishing. The hut is cosy with a fireplace and fairly well equipped considering there is no drinking water - but a generator though- and TV!
A tough ride through the ice it was..
From here you can spot the island of Sandhamn where-I still live during the summer period-as backdrop in the horizon.
These small fishing huts are passed on for gererations in the archipelago.
In the summers though, the pretty islands are sometimes used as "location" for filming and for advertising settings.
Soon, very soon though, the very first spring signs will occur when the eiders will strart chirping -or rather "ho,hooing!" their traditional spring sounds of "Wake up archipelago! The spring is soon there..!"
Midsummer photo from the same cottage.
This is by the way a watercolor I made in summertime of the little cottage some years ago.
