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This picture is from the harbour of Grenå, a provincial town in the area of Djursland in Jylland in Denmark approximately 16 kilometers from where I live.  July 2007.

Evening atmosphere at one of the beaches in the Northern part of Djursland in Jylland, Denmark in the summer of 2007.

Forest area in the Northern part of Djursland, Jylland, Denmark, June 24, 2008.

The sky over one of the forests in the Northern part of Djursland, Jylland, Denmark, June 24, 2008.

Sky-formation over a forest in Nörre Djurs, Denmark, June 28, 2008.

Forest atmosphere, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, May 31, 2006.

Perspective in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 1, 2008.

Spruce cone in the wood, July 1, 2008.

A woodpile in the forest, July 1, 2008.

Atmosphere in forest in Nörre Djurs in Jylland, Denmark, July 1, 2008.

Trees in contrast to the sky, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 1, 2008.

Light between the trees, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Early in the morning; impressions from a walk in the wood, Nörre Djurs, July 2, 2008.

Woodland path, early morning, Nörre Djurs, July 2, 2008.

An open field in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Nowhere is the meaning of light so clear as in a forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Another impression from the walk, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Another woodpile, Nörre Djurs, July 2, 2008.

Another mood …. Nörre Djurs, July 2, 2008.

The microcosmos of a spruce, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Firewood … July 2, 2008.

The aesthetics of firewood, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

A Danish cornfield in the area of Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

A country road in Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2oo8.

This place is called Karlby Klint (the cliff of Karlby); it is typical Danish, bare, naked, simple and with nothing to conceal the endless sky. Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

A country road typical for some part of Nörre Djurs, July 2, 2008.

Typical “levende hegn” (hedgerow) in the area of Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Horses in the country-side in Nörre Djurs, Jylland, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Two horses, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 2, 2008.

Trees on the edge of a open field in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

The forest is this never endless play of light and form, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

Trees toward the blue sky, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

Trees in the flash of the sun, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

Two cones somewhere in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

A tree at a roadside, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

Each woodpile is different, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

The rings in a particular large trunk of a tree, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

Trees in a different section of the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

The magic of cones, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

“Bønnerup Strand” is a little harbour-city in the region of Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

Flags at the harbour of “Bønnerup Strand” in the region of Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

A fisherboat drawn up on land at “Bønnerup Strand” for maintainence, Nörre Djurs, July 3, 2008.

The beach at the harbour of “Bønnerup Strand,”  Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

The harbour of “Bønnerup Strand” is characterized by 7 giant windmills, Nörre Djurs, Denmark. july 3, 2008.

A family on the move at “Bønnerup Strand, enjoying the sand, the wind and the water, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

One of the windmills at “Bønnerup Strand,” Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

White sea shells at the beach at “Bønnerup Strand,” Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

A country road scenario, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 3, 2008.

A lonely tree is left after the ranger has cut hundreds of trees in a part of the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

A woodpile, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

A log numbered by the ranger, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

Cut down trees, Nörre Djurs, July 4, 2008.

The colour and pattern of a log, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

Another pattern of a log, Nörre Djurs, July 4, 2008.

The special character of an old log, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

Structures of logs in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

This beach is called “Gjerrild Nordstrand,” which means the northern beach of (the city of) Gjerrild, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

Some seaweed on the beach of “Gjerrild Nordstrand,” Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 4, 2008.

The top of a tree in its rendez-vous with the sky, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

A sense of the forest; actually, just minutes before I took this picture I “ran” into a deer. Suddenly, it jumped out of nowhere to my right and disappeared like a blitz; they are extremely fast, you have only seconds to grasp them, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

This part of the forest I call the fern-forest because the woodland floor is covered with ferns everywhere, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Another woodpile along a forest road, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

There are never two logs with the same pattern, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Another pattern in a log, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Another view of the woodpile, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

The endless forms of a woodpile, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Another view, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

A melody of wood, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Looking up … Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

An ants’ nest in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Deep in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

For each step a new scenario. Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

And over everything: the clouds, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 5, 2008.

Street in the city of Grenå, Djursland, Denmark, July 17, 2008.

Street in Grenå, July 17, 2008.

The impression from a passage between two streets, the city of Grenå, July 17, 2008.

Street-life in Grenå, Djursland, Denmark, July 17, 2008.

A farm at the roadside in Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 17, 2008.

Impression from one of the beaches in Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 17, 2008.

Spider web in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 19, 2008.

Rainy clouds pass over the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 19. 2008.

A pathwork of leaves, Nörre Djurs, July 20, 2008.

Drifting coulds, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 20, 2008.

A farm, Nörre Djurs, July 20, 2008.

A country road, Nörre Djurs, July 20, 2008.

Blue flowers at the country road side, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 20, 2008.

Another woodpile in the forest, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 20, 2008.

Impression from my walk in the forest, Nörre Djurs, July 20, 2008.

Shadows on the forest floor, Nörre Djurs, July 21, 2008.

Wood piled up between two trees, Nörre Djurs, July 21, 2008.

A close-up of a corn-field, Nörre Djurs, July 22, 2008.

A line of trees surrounded by corn-fields, Nörre Djurs, July 22, 2008.

In this area trees and cornfields lie in rhythmic sequences, Nörre Djurs, July 22, 2008.

Nothing is more Danish than a cornfield, which is “just there” in all its majestic simplicity, Nörre Djurs, July 22, 2008.

Horses in the summerland; these horses is just outside Grenå in the very vicinity of the city, Nörre Djurs, Denmark, July 23, 2008.