This is my son Theo on the beach in Phan Thiet in Vietnam. His head is almost covering the sun in the late afternoon which gives some nice effects from the sunbeams.

Vacation somewhere away from home is really something special. It is relaxing in a special way since you don't have to do any of the usual stuff like cleaning, washing, cooking etc. which gives you time to think about other things and to stress off. I wonder when and to where next vacation will go.

An old Scandinavian tradition is to celebrate Midsummer. In some parts of Sweden this is when the sun never sets – the day never ends. The Midsummer celebration and tradition is also well known in many parts of Northern Europe. This picture is taken on the island of Möja, in the village Löka, where a lot of people come to enjoy the summer games and dancing round the midsummer-pole - as you can see in the picture.

I try to get out to the archipelago as often as possible, and we usually go to Möja, where we have a house in the village Berg. Especially at Midsummer we really try extra hard not to miss out – to go there and welcome summer.

Happy Midsummer everyone!

A few weeks ago I was on a business trip to Frankfurt to attend a training course. On the flight back home the airplane flew up above the clouds on it's way up to 10.000 meters. And at that time just when we reached the top of the clouds I saw a different and very special sunset above the clouds. It was amazing!

Check out the photo above. The clouds look like a landscape themselves like hills but only white instead of green. And the sun which is more white and has more hazy edges than normal is about to set. I only had the camera in my cell phone so the quality could be better but nonetheless this one will almost be a framed one on my wall.

A few weeks ago I drew a cartoon to enter a competition. The competition challenge was to write why you wanted to win a pair of DC sneakers, a pair of DC Journal more exactly. I thought about it and the idea popped into my head right away. So I started drawing the cartoon.

A few weeks later I got the pleasing e-mail from Mats at Mediapuls, the company that organized the competition. They “make” the magazine ”Sportguiden” that is distributed here and there, for free. I had won the sneakers! You should pick up a magazine if you see it some day when you are out on town. It’s got a few good articles and stuff to read.

They look really nice – the DC sneakers - white, or bright white right now, with brown details.

I’m off for a run on the skateboard and going to cruise around in my brand new sneakers.

I like black birds or black animals in general. They are mystic and beautiful. And there are really not that many that I can think of if I try really hard. Maybe you can do better

In Sweden we have two very black birds that come to my mind (except for the neb) and that is the raven and the blackbird. On our trip to Venezuela we took a trip with a boat in a delta and there I spotted two rather large black birds up in a small tree. I have no idea what they are called but to me they seem to have typical seabird features.

Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, also referred to as Saigon, was the city in which we landed with the plane on our vacation there earlier this spring.

The tourist guide explained to us that the city has around 8 million habitants. About 300.000 of them own a car and about 4 million of them own their own motor-bike. Owning a motor-bike is actually status over there and you get really amazed of how common it is.

Today's photo is a picture of a typical street corner in Ho Chi Minh. Some road-users are driving while the others are waiting for their turn. Note the protective masks seen of some of them. This is very common and we heard it is due to pollution.

Also note the electricity pylon and lines in the background. It's amazing how their electricians can manage the structure of this. Randolph recently put up a similar picture from Thailand where this seems to be common as well.

I was in Paris walking about here and there and everywhere - really enjoying the sights and the beautiful architecture, from then and now. There are lots of beautiful structures and buildings. So when Kristin’s feet and mine had been walking a lot we thought a little subway-riding would be nice – and even there - there were lots of cool environments. I took this picture because it had a nice feel to it - someone just reading peacefully down in the subway. The graphic composure gives a nice feel to the whole picture. Everything is in greyish colours - even the guy’s pants are greyish white.

Could even make this into a large photograph and hang it on the wall - send me an e-mail if you feel like having one too.

I take pictures here and there – when I get the time and when I also feel like posting it on Twitter, or Twitpic. This is to give other Tweeple (people using Twitter) and users some inspirational pictures to look at. We have been posting a lot of pictures here on Wohill too. Check them out under the category “Photography”. But if you feel like getting some extra inspiration now and then, you can follow me on Twitter ( randolphguy ). I try to post pictures that have some graphic and/or inspiring look.

This time I was out at Arlanda Airport and took a picture outside the terminal. The terminal and its graphics above make a nice clean cut against the sky. The word terminal disappears away out towards the bottom part of the picture – and also gets slightly blurred the further away the text goes. The steel-coated building in grey goes nicely into the blue skies colour-scheme.

So you can always find things that give you just that right feeling you are looking for.
Or maybe someone else sees something totally different in your picture – and inspires them in a different way. That is the fascinating freedom of photography, design and art in general.

While you are at it – why not get a Twitter account, you too!

I have been in Paris this weekend as you might have noticed if you are following me on Twitter and Twitpic. I have posted pictures from Paris several times.

This is a wonderful city in many ways and it has been really nice and inspirational to walk all over town enjoying the Eiffel Tower, Montmatre, Champs Élysées and just taking a coffee at a little café somewhere along the way. We – Kristin and myself - have been to the Pompidou Centre too and looking at the modern art displayed there. Really nice to see what is there and also people’s reactions to different kinds of artistic displays and paintings.

I have taken pictures of lots of different environments as well as everything from tourist attractions to everyday situations wherever I have been. So I thought I might start out with the famous Eiffel Tower. I have cut out a piece of the tower to show the massive amount of steel construction ingenuity this tower is.

If you like walking and training – take the stairs!

My grandfather or to be more exact my maternal grandfather died 11 years ago. His name was Ernst Dagne and he was born in 1909 and died in 1998. He had 12 siblings and was brought up in Krokstad in Göteborgs- and Bohuslän in Sweden. His lastname actually was Pettersson but he decided to change it to Dagne in 1942, something that strikes me as a bit odd for my grandfather to do.

Anyway I could continue talking about him for a long time but instead I would like to show you a photograph of his parents - Anders Edward Pettersson (1864 - 1942) and Anna Stina Pettersson (1865 - 1951).

Of course I don't know much about them but I know that my grandfather was brought up in a hard environment with much work and I think that his father was a very strict and hard man. Life was tough back then.
They were also very religious, something that my grandfather kept until he died and that was a distinction of him together with his way of a clean living.

My uncle Tom has done a lot of genealogical research from which I have picked some of this information and where there is lots more to get. This photo and old photos in general fascinates me. Note the Monstra (plant) to the left and the church in the back.

When you are out walking about in your neighbourhood, in another city, in the countryside or in a foreign land that you have never seen before, you become inspired and influenced by thousands of things, people and the environment around you. Even if you wish you could travel the world and photograph the most extraordinary – sometimes the best shot is just round your corner at home.

I thought this picture was very nice in a symbolic way – it was taken when I was in Barcelona with Kristin - checking out the sites and views. Just like us there were lots of people documenting the scenery and views. There is focus and glee that exist in every-one with a camera. Maybe not everyone wants the photo to be an award-winning picture, but all have in common that they want this situation, or moment in time, to stay with them.

So I looked around and saw this dude looking at the same cool thing that I am… Or he, of course, thinks of it in his way and I in mine. But I captured him in his moment!

Capture the moment!
Enjoy the moment!

If you want to see more of my everyday moments - I do post a few pictures on my Twitter account: randolphguy

When I was in New York a couple of years ago I travelled on the subway. One of the reasons for this was, of course, to experience it - just as I have done several times before – but also to get from A to B and take a look at the overall feeling it gives - maybe even see some New York graffiti on the cars or walls near by. I have to thank my mother for having me along on this trip – it really was and is an inspiring city – The Big Apple.

This picture I took to give you the feeling of everyday commuters riding the trains - everything from bored, stressed, or relaxed people in their everyday lives. A moment now! A nice perspective to the picture is given by the train with the parting poles from floor to ceiling, the graphic “D” in the left hand corner and the plastic seats. The white lights also enhance the train’s shape and perspective.

New York is alive.

On the trip to Vietnam we stayed on a hotel called Sea Lion Resort . This place was just 15 minutes away by car from Phan Thiet, which in turn was about 4-5 hours by bus from Ho Chi Minh (Saigon). We weren't able to see the sunset here, but instead there was a beautiful sunrise.

Every morning at about 6 o'clock the sun rose and since I was up to book the sunchairs for the day I had the privilege to watch it. Not many people were awake at this time so it was calm and very beautiful!

During the night there was low-tide and in the morning the water started to come back again which resulted in the water that you can see in the foreground.

A few years ago I was in Floral Park, New York. This is where my mother’s Uncle George lived for almost all his life. Uncle George was a “ship designer”- a naval architect - and a very cleaver one too. He designed ships and boats for a New York boat building, engineering and naval architect company, George G. Sharp Inc. Anyway, I had my old camera with me – the camera that I had got from my grandfather many years ago. It was an old Olympus – really nice, I’ve still got it. I might not use it as much – since technology has caught up with cameras in general - but it really took some great pictures in the old school way.

I was out to capture some nice graphic pictures and came across a sign outside a store. It was a well-shaped sign made in neon. Some of the tubes in the letters were broken but it had a great feeling to it. The letters were nicely boxed in – a real well hand-crafted work. So I had to stop by and take a photo. The picture as you can see is taken in black and white and it feels like it could have been taken today, or in the 50’s, 60’s any time… It’s timeless in many ways.

The word village has a very nice flow - and looks good together with the font below.

I photographed a lizard in Venezuela and now I got a chance to do it in Vietnam as well. This lizard however is much more cool. Look at the extremely long tail that is bent in a bow. I wonder what that means. Does it feel threatened or is it just happy?

It was standing on the middle of the lawn and we were just a few feet away.

Cool creature!

I think this picture really gives a nice feeling and has a soothing look. Palm-trees always have a very nice and tropical look - especially when they grow there naturally. I think some of these trees might be planted – but they still give a very pleasant look. I also think that this picture has a characteristic Thailand look to it – because of the wall on the left-hand side of the picture. This is a beach close to the hotel we stayed at.

Black and white – well I think that this picture gives a great tropical and long-lasting look in black and white. The graphic symbols are very clear as they are - and don’t need colours - they still convey that tropical relaxed feeling.

This is the part of Thailand called Najomtien – close to Pattaya.

I have been to Vietnam just recently with the family for a relaxing vacation. We stayed on a hotel called "Sea Lion" near Phan Thiet, which in turn is about 5 hours by bus from Ho Chi Minh (Saigon).

Most of the time we spent at the hotel by the pool, the beach or in the village, but we also took a couple of trips to see some more. On of the trips we were heading towards white and red sand dunes and on the way there, in the morning, we stopped by at a fishing village and saw all these fishing boats that had come in to the harbor from a hard nights work. It was truly an amazing sight.

When I was in Pattaya - and maybe this goes for a lot of cities, villages and other sites in all of Thailand – it was impossible not to see all the electric cables hanging everywhere. I am surprised that they don’t have more power-failures and so forth more often. The order, or more truthfully the disorder, among all the different cables and wires was tremendous.

Now this, in my eyes, made a nice pattern against the sky as you can see in the photograph I have taken. There are cables and lines leading into a pole and then going out in all different directions – a kind of disorganized pattern.

Though I am glad - not to be a Thai-electrician!

As you might have read before, I have been on vacation in Thailand recently. It was great weather and a wonderful experience. One of the days we decided to take a Taxicab to Navy Beach. It was a very pretty place where American troops were stationed many years ago. Nowadays there is still some Thai-military there - or more exactly you have to pass through their base and then down to the beach, which is very picturesque with beautiful greenish blue sea. This day was a bit windy and you got a little surf hitting the shore - so a little body-surfing was possible. Didn’t bring any surf-boards, but it is great fun playing around in the small washy waves.

Not very many places to eat – but the one that was there was perfect for us anyway. They also sold small plastic figures that where dressed like soldiers. In the picture you see a brass mermaid and a little fence that were situated on the beach. A couple of pink flowers gave the photo a nice flare.

Exactly one year ago I got married to Rebecca. We had been together for 8 years already and now with a home, car, cats and two kids so it was about time. And we didn't go for an ordinary wedding. We decided that it had to be special for us rather than special for anyone else. Therefore we decided to do it abroad and don't tell any friends. We told the family but no friends. Friends are important though so they were compensated when we got back with a big party.

So we decided that Venezuela would be the place to do it, on a little island called Isla Coche south of Isla margarita. I have already posted a few photos from there but today's photo is actually a photo of the exact spot where the wedding took place - on a cliff above the beach "El Amor" at sunset on the 14th of February, Valentines day. In fact it is also at the exact time of the wedding ceremony. We had a photographer hired for the occasion.

Of course our kids were there with us and we even had three Valentine's there to bring in some symbolism too; Rebeccas father, her brother and our youngest son are all named Valentine as their second name.

It was a very special ceremony, place and atmosphere that I will remember for ever.
So today Rebecca I would like to say to you - Happy first anniversary!
I love you with all of my heart!

Elephants are big animals. I was in Thailand on vacation as you might have read about in previous posts here on Wohill. I was looking through some of my pictures from the trip and just found some of the elephants that we went to check out. They were very calm and felt very big when you came up close to them. They had their trainer sitting up on the little bench on their backs.

We just had to go for a ride. The surroundings weren’t the greatest – but the feeling of sitting up there was great - this giant animal just moseying along. The trainer or keeper of the elephant asked me very politely if I felt like steering? I wondered what he meant? I asked – but before I finished my sentence he had grabbed my camera and hopped down to the ground and said to me: You sit! So I climbed down from the bench on to the elephant’s neck and tried to simulate what the trainer had done before. It was a super feeling sitting up there and steering this big elephant.

If you get the chance – take it!

Well, I don't really know anything about this lizard except that is is green, brown and grey and looks very cool.
We found it just outside our patio on our trip to Venezuela. It's size couldn't be more than half a feet so once again the excellency of my camera made it look quite bigger.

Anyone know who this creature is?

The trip I took to Thailand was great. Three weeks of sun and fun. We flew into Bangkok and then took a taxi to the little village called Jomtien. This little fishing-village lies not far from the outskirts of Pattaya and I could easily say that it has changed a lot from just being a tiny fishing-village. The good thing about it is that there still is a fishing feeling in the village and you can see a lot of fishing-boats in the neighbouring harbours all around. You can also see them out at sea at night. They have big lights on, as you can see from the photograph - I think over the nets when bringing in the fish. The picture I took here is when the tide is out and the fishing-boat is stranded on the beach. In the background you can see some islands far away in the mist.

I’ll have to show some more nice pictures later – so look for more photography from my travels.

Randolph Guy mentioned on his Twitter that he had been taking a course on how to Kitesurf on his trip to Thailand over Christmas. This remembered me of the many kitesurfers that we watched from the hotel and from the beach on Isla Coche in Venezuela. This beach together with Isla Margarita beaches are, as far as I understand, considered to be the best in the world for kitesurfing. We actually met many Swedes down there that were there only for the kitesurfing.

The man on the picture above is kitesurfing and it does look like a really nice thing to do.

Unfortunately I didn't take the time to learn myself during our visit. But now Randolph has bought himself a kit so I hope I'll get to try it out this summer. And perhaps I'll even have the opportuntity to learn on our coming trip to Venezuela?

I have been driving up and down in Sweden many times - to shows or convents or just for pleasure. I have then often stopped in the nice little town called Gränna. It has nice candy-canes called “Polka-grisar” that I personally like very much and it is very enjoyable to stop there and buy a few of these. They are great as gifts and give you some energy for the rest of the trip.

This picture was taken on an early morning looking over the harbour and the lake “Vättern”. I took a walk out on the peer – or hopped out on the rocks while I admired the view.

Zazu was born by her mother Nala about 8 years ago. The father's name was Simba. She had two brothers (or so we were informed). The two brothers were named Pumba and Timon. The sharp-eyed will see a naimng pattern here!

Here brother Pumba however turned out to be a sister we heard after a while so her name is now Pumbalina. (No, there was no odd cat surgery to accomplish a sex change. They just simply didn't look closely enough I guess.)

Anyway, Zazu is a great cat and very special. I don't ever think I have heard of such a social or extroverted cat. When we had a party here with 25 people last spring she layed down on her back on the table asking for everybody's attention. And she is never happier than when someone comes to visit.

She also loves food and probably has a great deal of overweight. But she is an enjoyer of life. We should all learn something from Zazu

Go Girl!

I few years back I travelled to Italy. A very good friend of mine was going to get married. So it was a great opportunity to take a look at this well know city - everything from culture, politics and maffia. Mostly I remember my friend travelling there every summer to visit family and friends. He talked about the lovely beaches, sunny days and playing tennis - a great way to spend the vacation in younger years. He and his older brother and younger sister moved there many years ago – by the way, she was the one getting married. Times have changed and the wonderful summers have changed into everyday work and living there. Still a beautiful place, but my friend Robert tells me it wasn’t as glamorous as he remembers it.

Ahh – life I guess.

I have taken this picture over the bay in Napoli (Naples), looking towards the island of Capri. You can see its silhouette in the mist.

This time it is not a sunset. Instead I will show you a photo of the moon. As you might know, if you have seen the other pictures that I have taken from Venezuela, the sunsets are amazing and I have more to show. But the moon was quite amazing too.

Every morning I got up somewhere between 4AM and 6AM to put towels on the sunloungers that we were going to use for the coming day. It was a common thing to do among the guests at the hotel if you might wonder. I woke at that time anyway so it didn't matter to me. Many mornings before the sun got up and if there were no clouds, the moon took its place. I ran in and fetched the camera and got this photo. It is the same palmtree as the right one on this photo.

Another amazing photo to me. It could almost be the sun.

There is something about me and sunsets. I just love them and get amazed by them. So that's the reason why I take pictures of them and sometimes display them here.

Here is yet another photo which is more from a distance than the other one. It show s less of the sun but instead more of the surroundings which all together creates a beautiful view with a mystic and powerful feeling.

This was actually the view we had from our hotel room and porch on our trip to Isla Coche in Venezuela. Can you imagine sitting on that porch with a Piña Colada in your hand doing nothing and just enjoying life?

When I was in Barcelona we went all over the place - or at least to as many nice places as possible in the time we had there. It’s a beautiful city as I have mentioned before - and also very inspirational.

I like to look at culture and art, but I must say I like to look at the everyday solutions for people living there too. Like for example – I took a picture of the fonts and graphics used in their subways. Very clean and informational and yet interesting that they have used black – a powerful colour in itself – as a background-colour. This dark background really makes the typeface in white and the light-blue line pop out. It’s nice to see that one can use dark colours for such “important” and formal signs for public transportation.

I recommend Barcelona.

I have already mentioned a trip that we took to the Coche Island or Isla Coche in Venezuela earlier this year. Many good photos came out of that trip.

The sunset was amazing down there. Around 6-7 PM every evening a very large and yellow ball that looked like a gigantic orange slowly hit the ocean and moved down the horizon. There is an amazing feeling sitting on the porch with a beer or a drink in your hand and watching this kind of sunset.

I also have photos with only the sun, but this photo becomes a bit more live since there are clouds and even birds in it.

Take a look at earler posts regarding Venezuela here.

Cats are amazing creatures - wonderful animals – gracious and smooth. They will balance on the most dangerous places without even twitching one little bit. Silently passing by without you knowing… and still being there when you look around. Just checking you out to make sure you feed them the next time too. But they will only come on one condition – that they master the situation. I could talk to you about cats forever, but I just felt like posting this picture for now. It gives the right feeling.

This is my cat – Puzzle.

Today's title is a rephrase of Hemmingway's "The old man and the sea".

When I was in Venezuela I was quite fascinated by the pelicans and took many pictures of them. While walking on the beach one morning I came in a position where a pelican was sitting on a pole with a fisherman's boat in the background further out in the sea. It was a great shot but I couldn't decide whether to focus on the bird or the boat so I did both. And that's what you see on this picture - two photos of the same thing but different things in focus.

It would have been perfect if the pelican and the boat would have the same position on both of the pictures, but on the other hand this gives them both more reality I think when they are put together.

Anyway, it gives me a quite relaxing feeling and at the same time makes the mind spin.

The other day my father and I started to take a course in high-speed navigation. It’s a course where you learn about navigating in the archipelago at high speed. It also includes radar navigation and a bit of boat handling along with rules and regulations at sea – at high speed. The company that held the course is called Langbeck – a really well organised and informative course. Thanks guys for this great course.

This was great fun and very inspiring. It was very intense with lots to take in but very much fun to actually practice right after each lesson. The lessons where held on a bigger boat – and then you jumped into another boat, a “Scarab”, right beside the big one… and off we went. The lunches we ate out at Sandhamn - almost no people or boats out at this time of year.

So the picture is from Bullandö Marina – the first morning when the course started - frost on all the boats and jetties.

Architecture from 1969 – still feeling modern and cool. I was in Chicago for a couple of months ago. Or maybe was it almost a year ago. I got very inspired by the architecture in Chicago. I have been before, but still I was amazed by this beautiful city. I made a symbol for the building a while back and just wanted to show a photograph I took too. I just felt that you would like to get a traditional long lasting black and white picture of The Hancock Building. An idea I had was to print the picture on canvas and hanging it in my living-room. It would have to be big to give you that powerful feeling that these kind of sky-scrapers give you.

I will post some more cool pictures for living-rooms later on.

In February the family travelled to Isla Coche for a vacation and for me and my fiancée to finally get married. Randolph made a fantastic design for us at that time - one that we also used at the party afterwards.

Isla Coche is an island south of the larger island Isla Margarita. This group of islands is located north of Venezuela.


We were there for three weeks and experienced many different things, good and bad. Two things that were absolutely fantastic was the wedding and the different animals that we came across, both on Isla Coche and on Isla Margarita. I have many beautiful pictures of pelicans which in Venezuela seems to be as common as seagulls (fiskmås in swedish) in Sweden.

I guess that the two pelicans on today´s photo are husband and wife as well sitting on a local fisherman's boat.

Some time ago we got a box of old toys; we talk about toys that are 30 years of age. When I saw this box the other day it struck me that every single one of them was in great condition. Even the mechanical parts of the toys worked like clockwork. Then I started to compare toys of today and toys of yesterday and there is a remarkable difference if you look at the quality. I bet our kids won’t have a box of their old toys working like those did. So why is the quality of many things so much weaker nowadays? One thing is of course weaker and thinner materials, which cut the material prices. It lets the companies make more money too.

Another thing I thing is that companies make products that last shorter in order to sell more. Just look at a standard TV back in the 80’s - it could easily run for 15-20 years - today we should be happy if it runs for 5-10 years. Look at cars today - if they break down they are so expensive to repair that it is cheaper to buy a new one. I think this is sad if you look at it from the consumer’s point of view, but also particularly from an environmental perspective. The consumer has to buy more products - okay this is not just a bad thing but look at the enormous garbage mountains the products make and the waste of energy to make new ones all the time. I think we have to take care of the things we have a bit better to save our environment. So, next time you buy a toy for your kids, chose one that will suit the box and last for generations to come…

The rowan is a most common tree all over the globe. The tree is used as an ornamental tree because of its beautiful colours and easy maintenance. It is an ideal tree for gardens and parks. The orange berries called rowan berries are sour to taste but they are used to make jelly and jam. The rowan is very tolerant to cold and can be found high up in the mountains. The tree is a mid-sized plant and is usually about 10 meters high. In exceptional cases the trees can grow to be over 25 meters high. This particular picture is of the famous rowan berries and you can clearly see their sparkling colours. Enjoy the rowan and have a great time until we meet again…


Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Maloideae
Genus: Sorbus
Subgenus: Sorbus
Species: S. aucuparia
Binomial name: Sorbus aucuparia

This Sunday it’s time for another snail. This is a smaller one found in the forest. Opposite to the edible snail this is a black one with patterns on its shell. The shell feeds on both old and fresh plants in our gardens and out in the wild. The snail uses its shell as protection from predators and it’s also their house - a place always there to relax in. This type of snail lays about 70 eggs. The pulmonates, to which this snail belongs, have developed a type of artificial lung to breathe air with. The lung hides within the shell. The snails are originally from the sea as most of our animals and have adapted to a life on land. The snail is just another amazing creature out there which you pass by daily. Until next time enjoy this black snail.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata

Pigs are really man’s best friends if you look at what they do for us. A long time ago pigs became an important food source for us humans and they still are. Nowadays they are also important from a medical point of view because of their similarity with our internal organs. Pig parts are used to fix humans and to do research on. Eyes and hearts are very similar to ours and now we just don’t eat them anymore they are our spare-part factory. So when you see a pig next time you might appreciate them a little bit more. The pig is also a very popular house pet, specially the mini-pig, which is a social creature and the best of all is that they are not allergenic for us. So next time you are looking for a pet - take a look at the pig - it’s a really nice pet. This particular picture is of a big mature sow, weighing in at over 100 kg - in other words not something you want to mess with. Until we meet again enjoy the big sow.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Eutheria
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Suinae

A couple of weeks ago I showed a photo of a dead oak tree here on Wohill. This time we will look at another part from the oak tree. This week we present the acorn - the seed from the oak. This particular acorn comes from a Sessile Oak. The acorn is used in many types of food in many different places over the globe, but it is also most toxic if you eat it raw. It contains tannins, which harm the kidneys among other things. Also different species of the oak contain different amounts of toxins. The acorn is also food for many different kinds of animals. Somehow they know which ones they should eat to avoid the most toxic ones. Some animals just seem to have better stomachs like the pigs and mange to eat them anyway. My personal association to this acorn comes from when I was a child. We used to play it was a pipe and pretend to smoke it. So every time I see an acorn I think back to that time with a smile on my face. Until next time enjoy the acorn from the Sessile Oak…