To make the most of the space available has been a problem in cities for centuries and this shot from The Old Town proves it. Living on the top floor must be the same as getting lots of daylight, living on ground floor must be the same as living your life in constant dusk on a bright and sunny day.

A couple of my friends use to make friendly jokes about my sometimes strange compositions and angles and refer to these photos as “Staffan pictures”. Last Saturday I found this and thought it was irresistable and I simply had to take a picture of it. Just another Staffan picture in my collection, but…

Time to reveal on of my secrets: what do I do with the vegetables after a photo shot? I eat them, of course! Take a tomato, slice it and then cut it in bits. After that I took a piece of celery and cut it in thin pieces, pour a little olive oil over. Tomato and basil is a great combination, so I took a pinch of basil and spread it over the tomato and celery pieces (fresh basil would probably be better but I took the basil I could find). Ready to serve!

Is probably what they get when they try to look out through the window.

And looking out through this window will probably also give the person a cool view of the surroundings.

One of my Swedish readers (and a good friend) said that she also wanted to see some food and not only objects, so I arranged another still life. Actually, I post this one in two versions, so maybe I should talk about still lifes instead. Anyway, here they are.

Bon appetit!

Today I finally got out of the house with the camera as company. Most of the surroundings are covered with snow so my decision was to explore what’s hiding under that cover. The first thing I found was an easy subject, the rest…

It will take some time before the rightful owner of this bike can use it. He or she will have to cool down while waiting.

A tyre lying next to the pavement. That is strange!

… and I found another tyre neatly piled up a few steps away from the first one. I wonder what’s going on.

I have had this photo in my thoughts for a couple of weeks but never did anything about it until today when I finally got fed up with staring at some of the things just standing there waiting to be photographed. My only wish is that I had had access to an old fashioned kitchen when I took the picture but one can’t get everything. The main thing is to take pictures and enjoy it.

Something green felt like the thing to post on a day like this. I have not had so many opportunities to take pictures lately but they say we will get nice weather for a change during the weekend and I will stay in Stockholm and try to get out and see what I can find. The days are growing longer and longer now and that’s a joy.

Last time we had a stary night I noticed the lack of order among the stars and decided to do something about it, so I began sorting them up and get them organized properly. I thought this would meet with everybody’s approval, but there was some guy with a long, white beard who rode a cloud that protested loudly but I paid no attention to him and kept working on what I had set out to do and this is what the sky looks like now. All that remains to be done now is to give the frames proper coordinates and when that’s done you will be able to find the star you’re looking for in no time.

Ok then, to tell you the truth, I must say that I’m not particularly interested in taking pictures of the perfect shapes and structures one can find – it’s the imperfections that attract my eye. This entrance is not perfectly shaped but I like it, because it tells me of craftsmanship and old methods and that’s different from the prefab elements they use today.

Back in the city after having spent three days on the country side. I shoveled snow twice the same day, cleaned a rug and the freezer and took the Christmas decorations away and yes – I know it was about time – so I haven’t been idle. Still, there was a little time for me to figure out new image ideas, but most of them will probably never happen. It doesn’t matter to me. Some ideas will partly be used on other occasions while other ideas will lead to something else instead but what about the rest then? I think they will let other pictures take their place.

Back home I also realized that the inferno is about to begin. They are currently erecting scaffolding around the house I live in and we will get the balconies and the front walls renovated plus new windows. Having a shift job with rest days in the middle of the week (apart from every second weekend off) has many advantages, but the thought of spending a day off at home while the construction workers are doing their best to demolish the old balconies gives me the creeps. What about the duration then? They expect the renovation works to be completed towards the end of June. Oh horror!