Singing with Loons
Annika Göran2024-06-02T10:50:51+00:00On the morning of May 9 I had a conversations down at the at the lake Sången with Gavia stellata, the red-throated loon. They respond with their ancient cries as if from another world.
Singing with cranes/Annika Göran Rodell
Annika Göran2024-06-02T10:31:12+00:001 May I had a conversation with the otherwise shy cranes that were visiting the meadow
20 – 24 May / Southern winds brings swirling swifts
Annika Göran2024-05-24T18:41:44+00:00I'm standing outside the house, barefoot in the grass. Feeling the warm southern winds caress my cheeks. The ear perceives it first, a quick sucking sound of birds sweeping close over my head. Then I
A good life – Artful Leadership for Change
Annika Göran2024-05-22T19:53:01+00:00Conversations on the Blue Sofa. part 87 #sangshyttanart #gerdgoran #sgoodlife #annikagoranrodell
15 – 19 May / Dandelion blooms between Mayday tree and Lilac
Annika Göran2024-05-17T19:10:26+00:00Back in the 17th century, a French shoemaker is said to have put a sign on his door that read: free between Mayday tree (Prunus padus) and Lilac (Syringa vulgaris). Not a very long vacation
10 – 14 May / The cuckoo seals our fate
Annika Göran2024-05-17T18:51:08+00:00From where we hear the cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, determines our fate. Its distinctive sound echoes across the land, we listen to the direction and then we rhyme. Södergök - dödergök (south- death), norrgök - sorggök
5 – 9 May / Maple flower song with bumblebees
Annika Göran2024-05-11T11:01:49+00:00It's a healing sound to sit under the maple (acer) and listen to the bumblebees (bombus) buzzing around the maple's newly opened flowers. A few days and an opportunity for nectar before the leaves begins
30 April – 4 May / Chirping Barn swallows over exploding greenery in deciduous forest
Annika Göran2024-05-11T11:01:21+00:00The long-awaited return of the happy chirping from the barn swallow (hirundo rustica) makes you want to sing along. It's like joy is flowing through the air. They dance with each other and, in the
25 – 29 April / Everywhere the joyful Wood anemone
Annika Göran2024-05-11T10:31:03+00:00The Wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa, creating white-green blankets that glow in the sunshine. You want to roll around in the greenery and scream spring cries in the warmth. Or just rest for a while. The
20 – 24 April / Earthworms head for the light and thrushes find food
Annika Göran2024-05-11T10:31:53+00:00The days get longer, the frost leaves the soil, and the earthworms, lubricus, moves as gardeners, preparing for growth. Suddenly, one mornng, the lawn is filled with different kinds of thrushes that have landed after