2016 Sweden-Tatras

Come now, you were thinking it too. (In Dulles, en route to Munich.)

Substantially smaller than for Norway last year - that's the smaller of the two wheelie bags. Note the DIA mural in the background. If the demonic aura emanating from the 'peaceful utopia' panel can over-expose like this, the aura from the 'fascist genocide' panel would surely have melted my phone.

One of the 60-odd loads of sawgrass required for the replacement of the barn roof. A few days later, we'd spend a whole day bringing in 36 of these. It looked like there were a bunch of minivans or SUVs parked in the yard and covered in lawn clippings (the pile in the foreground is about 8-9 feet tall).

...the tackarting, and before we added another dozen piles to this side of the barn. The lighter spots in the thatch are where repairs were made about 10-12 years ago.

Piled for the upcoming tackarting.

After 54 years, the thatch is getting a little thin. The corduroy lines in the surface are the pole-like rafters on the underside printing through.

The cottage and main house at Nystugu

I don't know why, but this device amused me. Even more so when I thought it was a microwave.

Not trying to be artistic here. After seeing all the wood knees used in stave churches in Norway last year, the use of one as a shelf bracket caught my eye.

The main room in the cottage. I really should have put away my camera gear first - the IR d7000 is sitting on the table, and the camera bags are on the chair by the window. Oops.

Stone ship reputed to be the grave of Tjelvar, the mythical discoverer of Gotland. What's interesting about Tjelvar's tale is that when he discovered the island, it was under a spell that made it rise from and sink back to the sea. Given that Faro was marshy and partly submerged a thousand years ago (there is evidence of a small Viking harbor in an area now quite a distance inland and dry) and the island is continually rising due to glacial rebound, it's conceivable that this element of the myth contains a germ of truth.

Stone ship reputed to be the grave of Tjelvar, the mythical discoverer of Gotland. What's interesting about Tjelvar's tale is that when he discovered the island, it was under a spell that made it rise from and sink back to the sea. Given that Faro was marshy and partly submerged a thousand years ago (there is evidence of a small Viking harbor in an area now quite a distance inland and dry) and the island is continually rising due to glacial rebound, it's conceivable that this element of the myth contains a germ of truth.

Stone ship reputed to be the grave of Tjelvar, the mythical discoverer of Gotland. What's interesting about Tjelvar's tale is that when he discovered the island, it was under a spell that made it rise from and sink back to the sea. Given that Faro was marshy and partly submerged a thousand years ago (there is evidence of a small Viking harbor in an area now quite a distance inland and dry) and the island is continually rising due to glacial rebound, it's conceivable that this element of the myth contains a germ of truth.

Stone ship reputed to be the grave of Tjelvar, the mythical discoverer of Gotland. What's interesting about Tjelvar's tale is that when he discovered the island, it was under a spell that made it rise from and sink back to the sea. Given that Faro was marshy and partly submerged a thousand years ago (there is evidence of a small Viking harbor in an area now quite a distance inland and dry) and the island is continually rising due to glacial rebound, it's conceivable that this element of the myth contains a germ of truth.

The slots being cut in one end are for the cross-pieces that span over the top of the roof.

Slots being cut in one end, for the cross-pieces that span over the top of the roof.

The back side of the barn, also showing its age.

The wood here was being coated with tar when I was here in 2008. I guess I shouldn't complain about the paint on my house getting a little faded after twelve years.