2008-08-11 // 19:46:45
milkysoldier
oh, yes please, I'm very fond of them.

^ Then they will keep coming, at a slow pace (so that you've got time for a re-read or two.)

2008-08-10 // 13:25:44
sulfiteman
Thank you - I have now read a little about Nora and its wooden houses and have also read up a little on the internet about Swedish steam; this looks rather like it might be an E class 2-8-0 ("Consolidation"). Steam officially came to an end in Sweden in 1972 but a significant number of locos was "mothballed" as a strategic reserve and kept for another 20 years until finally being sold off or scrapped in 1992. Therefore there has been quite a good supply of engines in good condition for the preservationists!

2008-08-10 // 02:47:15
milkysoldier
excellent fiction quality, like it very much sir :)

^ Well thank you lady Marion; I'll try to keep telling you little stories : )

2008-08-10 // 00:54:23
PheebsYeahBaby
wow!

2008-08-09 // 23:18:25
Reindeer

Deadpan. Brilliant. And I am sputtering with laughter. You must be Scandinavian, poor boy. You clearly are infected with the dreaded Kaurismäki Syndrome. There is no cure, I am happy to say.

^ Yes, we are all infected. »link »link The most beautiful decease the world has ever known.

^ I wonder if it's contagious? Spreads via dill chips?

2008-08-09 // 23:12:37
sulfiteman
Lovely photo, V & F. Where is this and who built that Consolidation? How often does it run?

^ This is in central Sweden, a small desolate place still struggling to make do with it's 19th century technology. Industrial Amish, one could call them. Very rarely do they let people into their community, but during summer they let small groups visit. I was lucky to be in one of these groups on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. (Also, they - the Industrial Amish People - make the most delicious ice cream. Fresh batch every morning. I had one ball of pear and cognac and one of vanilla.) »link