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December 2003
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Winter is approaching and it's high time to get the small boats out of the water and cut the water supply for the cabins without heating for the winter. Daylight is in short supply. The evening comes quickly and then it's nice to light the fire in the fireplace and plan for next season.
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November 2003
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The archipelago is wonderful at autumn! The colours are intensively crackling the rocks are dark from moist and the air is fresh. The waves are rolling in over land. Some anglers proudly lands and have food for several days. A total of 12 pikes and a perch is the catch of the weekend after hard work in changing weather. The fyke net has been recovered and and Elof is fishing for salmon with a net.
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October 2003
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The autumn is definately here with changing weather. We have taken the oppertunity for a few days vaccation, and then deal with maintenance. This autumn building is taking place all over Harstena. Several cabins are showing up between the hilltops. Elof is fishing for flounder. They are at their best now, gaining weight for the winter. It is also time to try your luck fishing with a casting rod and perhaps catch a pike for dinner.
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September 2003
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The summer heat lingers even if autumn is approaching. Water temperatures do not invite swimming but a walk along the shore is refreshing. Fishing for flounder is at its best and conferance guests can go fishing before starting the day's work.
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August 2003
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The summer is still warm, unusually so, with water temperatures inviting longer swims. The small birds are gathering in crowds, several litters have been raised this year. Wagtails are walking around the bakery's customers.
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July 2003
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Now the early summer stands in all its glory. The flowers are blooming in the slopes. The swallows are building under the roofs. The nightingale can be heard and the chirping from birds are comming from every bush. The hammer strokes sounds over the island preparing for the summer.
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June 2003
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Now the early summer stands in all its glory. The flowers are blooming in the slopes. The swallows are building under the roofs. The nightingale can be heard and the chirping from birds are comming from every bush. The hammer strokes sounds over the island preparing for the summer.
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May 2003
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In the archipelago we always have a special relationship with plants. The look is drawn to the sky to read changes or maybe just be facinated by a clear blue sky or a distant thunderstorm lighting up the sky with white flashes of lightning. The weather report is the most important radio show of the day. It's time to tar the boat and then it must not be to cold or raining. Now the warmth is comming, the potatoes are planted. The slopes are yellow from the daffodils and the birches starts to become green.
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April 2003
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The ice has broken open and it's time to try catching the salmon. Gulls, black-headed gulls and geese have arrived and can be heard across the island. Crocus and snowdrops blooms in the slopes and in the garden radishes, lettuce, dill, and parsley awaits the warmth. But it's still chilly, the starlings ruffle up like balls, newly arrived they sit on the roof in the spring sun.
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March 2003
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The light has returned but the ice is thick around Harstena. It's calm and quiet, only a few goosanders fly by occasionally. They have open water on "Flagen" and at the outside of the island by land. Sometimes you hear skaters going across the ice, it's said it takes 2 hours from Arkösund to Harstena, with a little tail wind! Elof waits for open water, have mended all the nets and stuffed the gnomes. The conferance gusts are starting to call but we wait a little longer, we need open water to facilitate transport.
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February 2003
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We still have open water and it's possible to travel by boat. In the archipelago the normal silence for this time of the year reigns and the light is slowly returning. Some small birds in the pear tree are practicing their singing.
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January 2003
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New ice report! At Fyrudden the water is open today, but the sea is steaming and it's calm so tomorrow ice can have formed a long way out. Tommy took the mail today by boat. He also carried passengers. Roine, the school bus driver, changes veichles and drives a hovercraft now. We wait for the ice to get to a safe thickness, then we ski or drive scooter. We have had tenants both during Christmas and New Year so transportation can be arranged with a little planning.
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Kind regards Gunni Lindkvist
gunni@harstena.se
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