Last week I, Viveka and Sue, visited Kyrkö Mosse and the cars buried there. The athmosphere here is very special, and you cannot but feel it – in your heart and bones. There is also something with the grasses, the soft, green moss and the brown rust…
…something that touches you deeply.
And it is not only the contrast of the soft againts the rough or the living against the dead or the fragrance against the decay…
This Something touches your very soul.
At least if you are Swedish or Scandinavian…
…you will feel the Magic…
It is all around you…
…and you half expect Princess Tuvstarr sitting there, gazing down into the water…
…and maybe she still is…because she, and John Bauer who once created the watercolour of her – they are both part of our national heritage. Many of us grew up with Bauer’s fantastic paintings, especially Tuvstarr and the moose Skutt.
Tiny, pretty princesses, handsome princes and noblemen, bold young lads, old witches and giant trolls of the deep forests of the North – they are all an eternal and vibrant part of Sweden´s national heritage through the genius of artist JOHN BAUER, the Art Nouveau master of Nordic mysticism.
For more of John Bauer’s art, click here.
Leya 
Beautiful artwork and thick atmosphere. I’m sure I’d feel something, no matter how no part of me is from your parts. 🙂
♥
I really could feel the magic through your photos, the atmosphere… wonderfull ❤
Thank you so much!
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I’ve been enjoying Kyrkö Mosse with Sue’s posts and now I have another view. What a great place. And I love your combination of words and images.
Thank you. Another angle tried…Sue is the true decaylover!
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Beautiful photos and story. The feeling is so unique also because you know, this green lasts so short in your country.
So true💚
What a lovely post, A C…..you have done Kyrkö Mosse proud!!
Amazing place, dear Anne-Christine! It looks like a true fairy’s land. 🙂
Underbara bilder från trollskogen precis som John Bauer målade. Ha en fin dag
Tack- ni också!
A-C, what a wonderful … post. Believe it or not … when I worked my camera against nature and the moss .. I was thinking of John Bauer too.
We are Nordic!
Yes, we are!!!!
You’ve definitely caught the mystical quality of it, and I love the slide show. 🙂 🙂
Tell me- does Leya mean something in Swedish? These days I never know if I should call you Leya or Ann Christine.
Well – it is all up to you! Leya is my shortened version of Lagottocattleya: Lagotto is the breed of my dogs and cattleya my favourite orchid.
Ah-ha! I suppose I must have read this somewhere before but I have the memory of a tadpole these days. 🙂
Then we are two…having this problem. I have to write down everything…and then I cannot find where I wrote it down…😁
Join the club, Jo!!
Magical! I love the last piece of art. Striking!
He was our greatest illustrator of old fairytales. Sadly enough he and his family went down with a ship in a storm…He was only 36.
Oh very sad…
That’s really sad. We have a very nice Sagobok illustrated by him.
Bland Tomtar och Troll?
Do you know how long ago those cars were buried there? Lovely photos and piece of art at the end 🙂
Åke started this about 1940, and kept it going for about 40 years.
Nice,
😊
That’s an interesting place, but I mostly envy the three of you getting together. 🙂
janet
Well- I think we are very grateful for it, Sue, Viveka and me!
We certainly are!!
Wondering about those cars. Nice captures you have here.
Thank you.