Agneta Arnesson-Westerdahl

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The sunrises on Fårö are as beautiful as the sunsets, but we are not so many who are awake when the sun rises in summer. This photo was taken at 04:00…

This new beautiful boat was photographed January 7, 2011, at Hyluvik. And this beautiful sailing-boat was photographed outside Hammars Juli 6, 2010.

Especially on Fårö´s northwest and west coast we have fantastic large limestone formations. The nature reserves ”Langhammars” (the photo above) and ”Digerhuvud” (the photo beneath) are world famous for their beauty….

There are 23 windmills on Fårö. Some of them, as this one in Broskogs, has been carefully restored by the owner family. Some years ago this windmill was only a ruin. This…

When You live on an island in the Baltic sea You can experience all kinds of weather, storm as well as the tropical heat and that is really fascinating. This…

Sheep are the the most common livestock on Fårö. They give fur and wool, and the most important – they give a first class meat. The sheep on the photo…

In the winter it can be exiting to fish around the coast of Fårö. If You are lucky You can have some nice sea trouts in only a short time…

”Täckating” is a very special type of community where people work together to change the roofs of old buildings. The new roofs will keep for 60 years if done properly.  They are made of…

January 4, 2011 we saw the sun on Fårö after several days of heavy snowfalls. At 12 o´clock the sun was at its highest. The grass was full of frost, and we…

Sometimes one feels that one is on the edge. Perhaps it´s not as dangerous as it feels? But it surely is wet.

On the northeastern point on Fårö, You will find the high and beautiful lighthouse. The lighthouse is 24 meters high and was built 1846 – 1847. Near the lighthouse You have the…

Gardening on Fårö is a rather tuff hobby. The soil is full of limestone chips and You need a raven hack to make big holes for the plants. After that You fill…

On Fårö we have plenty of orchids. One of them is the salep (Anacamptis pyramidalis). Unfortunately the cranes (Grus grus) are very fond of the thin rootlets of the salep. Therefore…

Hammars is a very small village on the island of Fårö. Fårö i situated in the Baltic Sea north for the big island of Gotland and east of the Swedish mainland. Hammars is consisting of…

There are different types of water snakes on Gotland. One of the most common is the Gotland grass snake (Natrix natrix gotlandica), an endemic species. The Gotland snake is usually light brown with…

One of my favorite occupations in the summer is creating new plants from cuttings. Here I have some fig cuttings, taken from my big fig bush to the right just…

If You are living on a small island surrounded by the sea, You will always have the possibility to watch birds. Here I have the nice little chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) in my…

Butterflies prefers warm and sunny days with no, or just a little, wind.  Watching butterflies on Gotland is one of my favorite interests in the summer. Here we have one of…

For the moment, the 2nd of January 2011, we have lots of snow on this little island. The photo however is from January 2009. The photo shows a so called…

Viltra Designstudio AB is a small company owned by my youngest son Erik Westerdahl and his fiancée Hanna Dalrot. They are both design students. Viltra has specialized in designing products…

The coast around Fårö is really icy for the moment! That includes our well known ”rauks” – big and small limestone formations originating from ordovician and silurian times. Here we, me and…

Hello! The Christmans Day 2010 on Fårö island, Gotland, was a stormy one. I wanted to check out  the snow masses and ”natural snow sculptures” behind my neighbours stonewall, but it was…