Singö - A Few Days in the Countryside

The island and the cottage were your whole summers as a child. You played a hundred games on the rocky plot of land, dreamed a thousand daydreams on the porch. The pine tree forest, blueberry bushes underfoot, was home to all manner of creatures and you wanted to make it your home, too. The sea, in the calm, shallow bays, was comfort in the heat, and on the cliffs, it scared and enticed you in equal measure. Wild strawberries grew along the side of the gravel road, and mosquitos nibbled at you i...