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Cooking With Oyster Mushrooms
Wild Food

Cooking With Oyster Mushrooms

ByRania August 27, 2021June 14, 2024

Cooking with Oyster Mushrooms is lovely and they are very tasty in this warm winter sallad with chickpeas, broccoli & honey glazed beets.

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A slow Dalaweekend – Exploring nature in Dala-Floda
Sweden | Travelogue

A slow Dalaweekend – Exploring nature in Dala-Floda

ByRania August 16, 2021February 28, 2024

It’s becoming a yearly tradition t travel to enjoy a weekend in Dalarna at the end of summer. This time we explored nature in Dala-Floda.

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Sunday campfire lunch
Adventure that is life

Sunday campfire lunch

ByRania May 6, 2021March 15, 2023

It’s becoming a Sunday tradition to head outside with our friends to cook and have lunch by a fire. It’s lovely to enjoy nature like this!

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Getting Out And Seeing The Beauty In Bad Weather
Sweden | Travelogue

Getting Out And Seeing The Beauty In Bad Weather

ByRania November 18, 2020April 18, 2024

November is grey and dark and it’s easy to feel depressed, so here are my tips to on how to get out and see the beauty in bad weather!

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Travelling alone & enjoying a slowcation
Sweden | Travelogue

Travelling alone & enjoying a slowcation

ByRania October 21, 2020April 18, 2024

As I travel alone I realise how much I enjoy it. During a slowcation in Örebro I get to wind down, focus on work and find new inspiration.

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Hiking In Vålådalen Amongst Mountains And Reindeer
Jämtland | Sweden | Travelogue

Hiking In Vålådalen Amongst Mountains And Reindeer

ByRania September 19, 2020August 18, 2023

Hiking in Vålådalen, located in Jämtland, is beautiful and the STF Mountain Station located at the base of Ottfjället is a great base camp!

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Bikepacking Guide – A Staycation On Two Wheels
Travelogue

Bikepacking Guide – A Staycation On Two Wheels

ByRania August 18, 2020August 14, 2023

Swedish summers are perfect for a staycation like bikepacking and camping. This is my guide with gear and tips for a good experience!

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Mindfully exploring nature
Photography

Mindfully exploring nature

ByRania April 30, 2020March 14, 2024

Photography as a tool let’s me get closer to nature, slow down to mindfully explore it and view the world in a new light.

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Fall Workation and cabin life at Villa Nagu
Adventure that is life

Fall Workation and cabin life at Villa Nagu

ByRania October 8, 2019March 27, 2023

It’s October and I am at a fall workation at Villa Nagu. I get out off bed, slip into a pair of knitted socks and tiptoe to the living room to get a fire going.

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Autumn and fishing in Norway
Photography

Autumn and fishing in Norway

ByRania September 10, 2019April 24, 2024

By taking the arctic train all the way to Narvik I was able to meet up with my friend and spend a few amazing days fishing in Norway before her wedding.

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hello and welcome!

My name is Rania

I live in a small northern town of Sweden where I work as a freelancing photographer, visual communicator & photography educator. I strive to live slow, sustainably and intentionally and in this blog I will share my life from outdoor adventures and photography tips to traveling and foraging & using wild food.

May also contain traces of coffee and cats.

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Grain & Fern

photographer, content creator and maker of things

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Fotograf & naturalist 🌲 Studerar till Landskapsvetare
@omsystem.cameras ambassador. Represented by @johnerimages📍Sundsvall, Sweden

Nature, what an artist you are. These colors and t Nature, what an artist you are. These colors and textures are unreal! Lichen & moss on a log in our garden, but it could almost just as easily have been a coral reef underwater. Magical ✨️

I wish people could truly See nature. You don't need more stuff to be happy. Just go outside, slow down and be aware. It's amazing, and it's alive.

📷 OM-5 + 60mm F2.8 Macro 

#omsystemcameras #cameranatura #lichen #naturfotograferna #putyourselfoutthere
I love being by water: Fog dancing across a lake, I love being by water: Fog dancing across a lake, a dark forest tarn or babbling brook, it's beautiful! Being IN it? Less enjoyable, but educational! 

Through school we were tasked with finding invertebrates in a creek / river. It was cold and challenging, and I definitely prefer plants and mammals. But water, and all it's life, is vital for the health of our landscapes and biodiversity!

And I got see 4 big trout travel silently up the river which was an amazing experience ✨️

Big thank you to Dan, my best friend & partner, for the company, note taking & photos 🤎

#landskapsvetare #biodiversity #cameranatura #omsystemcameras #putyourselfoutthere
The fieldfare [turdus pilaris] has been feasting o The fieldfare [turdus pilaris] has been feasting on rowan berries all week 🍂 Did you know birds often wait to eat rowan until a frost? Freezing the berries breaks down complex starches & reduces bitterness, making them softer, sweeter & easier to digest. 

📷 OM-3 + M.Zuiko 40-150mm paired with MC-20 

#cameranatura #birdlife_europe #naturfotograferna #omsystemcameras #omsystemom3
We've let the thistles run wild along the edge of We've let the thistles run wild along the edge of our property. The beautiful purple flowers feeding the butterflies all summer, and birds like the European Goldfinch come fall and winter.

When we 'clean up' in nature, we remove habitats that offer food, shelter and homes for our fellow beings we share this round home with. As it grows ever colder, food is scarce and these dry, to us now 'ugly flowers offer much needed substance. Especially so once snow falls. 

So, let it be a little wild and messy. It's OK. It's natural. 

#liveslowstaywild #naturvård #natureconservation #naturalist #birdlife
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