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Det finns inga dåliga väder bara dåliga kläder.


Here is Geilston Bay on a sunny Saturday morning. The birds are cheeping, the pancakes are cooking, the babies are cooing and all is right with the world once again. I've left that little flare of light there at the left deliberately (like the toe yesterday), but am less sure of it's worth. I will concede that perhaps it spoils the photograph after all.

The title is a Swedish proverb that I like and strikes me as terribly Swedish, in a good way.

Comments

Anonymous said…
But what does it mean? You can't leave us hanging on like that - it's a bigger cliffhanger than the end of an EastEnders episode!
Kris McCracken said…
Jackie, roughly it means "there is no bad weather only bad clothing."

Very Swedish.
Maria Verivaki said…
so....
the weather was good in the picture, only the photographer didnt take it well???
Fredrik said…
kris: The correct word is dåligt väder... but what the heck! How did you know that phrase anyway?
Kris McCracken said…
Kiwi, the photographer didn’t take it well, but he did have a rubbish camera!

Fredrik, thanks for the heads up. I like to keep an eye on all things Swede...
stromsjo said…
Hey, you're having me all confused now. Little did I expect Swedish titles on your blog posts... ;)
Anonymous said…
jätte bra blogg. i like it very much keep it up.
Kris McCracken said…
Even the Swedish robots like me!

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