Sun Is Getting Real Low

Today was the first time I could really feel the season shifting. The air feels different, the sun is lower, some of the cows and sheep are missing from the fields, and the roads are free from holiday traffic. Everything feels more still here. There is both beauty and sadness in this experience. For the first time in my life I felt an ache in my gut today when I thought about the Summer ending. Perhaps I'm waking up to the fragility of life and the blessings of seasons. Something Sweden's seasonal nature is teaching me.

I love the liveliness of Summer but I miss taking pictures that reflect the natural raw and vast landscape. I feel it's challenging for me personally as an artist to do that when there are so many tourists out hiking. I have no issue interacting with people. It's more that when I'm alone creating, I feel like I enter a different dimension. It's a creative bubble where I feel incredibly present. When there are other people around it's hard to be in my own dream world.

Also, as I have mentioned before, I don't like to edit out people from photos. I like to represent the truth of the landscape through self portrait photography rather than documenting the island. I hope that makes sense. I'm a very sleepy creature writing this. Another midnight post here. It's not like me to be up so late. And today I ate pizza! That's also very unusual for me. I do love pizza and sometimes crave it, like today haha I know when Autumn comes that I will start cooking all my warm soups and salads. I can't wait for ginger carrot soup, and my special butternut squash and bean soup.

It will be my first Autumn in Sweden this year! I'm curious what the nature will be like here during this time of year. Right now the heather is in full bloom. It always blooms in August and that's usually when I go home to England. Now that I have a home here, I'm curious how long the heather will last. It's one of my favourite wild flowers. I would love to photograph myself in the heather.

I'm sorry it's been a while since I made a photography video. I can't wait to make a new one. There have been a lot of things going on this Summer. I appreciate your patience and understanding. I will also get to your beautiful comments. Thank you for sharing and being a part of my world.

Love you all!

A cozy rainy day today

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  • Eileen van der Steen says:

    I share your sadness with the summer ending. Mainly in the northern countries the summers are very short. I need to get used to that I think. In the Netherlands it can be very warm in early april until late september. But I also look very forward to autumn! Cozy nights in (I still don't know if it's cosy or cozy, the US uses cosy and UK cozy right?), the colors red, orange and yellow take over which creates a new energy and the withdrawing. I think I resonate with autumn the most, it makes me feel so happy and comfortable.

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    • Annika Alexandra Jacobsson says:

      Cozy? Cosy? Oh I don't know. I never thought about it haha I write cozy so it must be British. Although I have picked up a few American words and spelling over the last few years.
      I know what you mean about Autumn. I will not resist the cold and welcome the beauty of Autumn. As you know it's been stormy here recently. We always get end of summer coastal storms as the seasons shift. It's already 7 degrees colder compared to two weeks ago!!! So I lit the fire and some candles and it was sooooo COZY!!! 🥰 I share your love for the warm colours of Autumn as well. I have a beautiful red dress that I can't wait to photograph in. In nature of course! 🙂 I can't wait to see your photographs. I have also never lived here during Autumn so I'm curious how the trees will change. I'm looking forward to sharing it with the world!

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