Felicia Fredlund

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Picture of the Month — June 2019

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Sailing-on-the-Baltic-Sea-2003
How far away might that piece of land be? I have no idea.

Three photos of three different waters from three different years and 2–3 different countries.

The first one above is of the Baltic Sea taking in 2003. I was on a sailing vacation with a friend’s family who owned the ship. I think we were mostly in Swedish waters, depending on how far out Swedish waters go, but we visited Bornholm on the trip too, which is part of Denmark. So those waters could belong to Denmark.

Second photo was taking in Boston, USA, in 2017. I was out canoeing with a friend. I had a great time and thought a factory looked pretty for once.

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Factory by the river, view from a canoe.

Third photo is from a middle-of-the-week vacation I took in 2015 a little ways outside Stockholm. I wanted to be a bit pampered and to take in some nature. And some nature I found! Really great. Back in April, I shared a photo of a tree from the same vacation.

Structure-by-the-sea_Sweden-2015
Not sure what that building is, but it makes a pretty picture.

Picture of the Month — May 2019

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Panama-less-than-24-hours-2017
My view for about five hours.

In 2017, I was trying to fly to Costa Rica. San Jose Airport was having troubles and when the plane was about one hour from there, the airport was shut down due to problems.

Our plane didn’t have that much fuel and couldn’t wait to see if the airport would open before our fuel ran out, so our pilot said we had one option.

Go to Panama City in Panama, refuel and fly back. Except it didn’t quite happen like that.

We landed in Panama a little before midnight. By then the flight attendants needed to go off duty in 30 minutes and there was still no information about when San Jose Airport would open.

So off the plane we go. And we, and a couple of stranded planes go through immigration extremely slowly. Then we wait for hours by the check in counters for our airline to fix hotel rooms and transport.

Around 2-2:30 am, I manage to get off the first bus to our hotel and then wait another half hour or so for my hotel room. By 3 am I’m in the room.

Our transport back to the airport is at 8 am in the morning. So I get about 4 hours of sleep. Eat breakfast and then back to the airport.

About 40 minutes before the plane is supposed to take off, the airport decides to extra screen us at the gate. Aka opening everyone’s carry-ons and searching them by hand.

Do you think that took less than 40 minutes? It didn’t.

We were delayed by about an hour before we could finally fly to San Jose and land there about 15-16 hours after schedule.

Fun times… not.

Picture of the Month — April 2019

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Pretty river with rocks and sticks(Georgia Usa)-2016
Pretty part of a river in Georgia, USA, 2016.

Sometimes I just want to look at something pretty, so that is what I’m sharing this time.

Pretty tree-Sweden-2015
Old trees have character. This one definitely does. Sweden, 2015.

Picture of the Month — March 2019

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Pretty-fountain-and-interesting-perspective_Oslo-Norway-2006
The off-center sky corridor is interesting to me.

When I took the first photo above, I was 17 years old and I didn’t know much at all about taking pictures. Perhaps if I had, I’d have shifted around the fountain until the street creating the sky corridor was lined up with the middle of the main spray.

It wouldn’t have been as interesting and the sea at the bottom of the hill wouldn’t have been visible.

Both photos were taken in 2006 on a day visit to Oslo. (We drove into Norway in the morning and left late afternoon/evening.) The second photo is from Oslo Castle’s garden. Another photo from this time can be found in Picture of the Month — June 2018.

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A beautiful green oasis.

Picture of the Month — February 2019

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Pretty-jellyfish-against-stark-blue_AtlantaGeorgia USaquarium-2016
I love the colors in this photo.

This photo is from a visit to Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I had a great time there, and took some good pictures. More to come later in this series. Look for it in August, 2019 (aka in a few months).

Picture of the Month — January 2019

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Winter-nature-Sweden-2014
Winter can be lovely like this.

This photo is from January, 2014. I taking a walk with a friend in Nyckelviken, Nacka (suburb to Stockholm, at least that is what I would call it). I had a good time and had a great picture from it.