May 18: Utö – sun
Each day was just packed, since in four days eight of us had to build a dozen benches and the other four had to build a set of stairs inside an old weird chamber to make it into a more accessible gallery space.
2395
The first day started out nice and sunny. The building in the canonical shot here, containing several mostly empty rooms, was pressed into service as our workshop. You can see the wood brought along on the ferry loaded on the truck next to it.
2397
The main hotel with the towers rising beyond.
2407
Violets blooming!
2408
A happy violet in the sun.
2413
Check out how the land slips in and out of view as you scan across the horizon.
2416
A really vivid little beetle.
2422
The first main activity of the day was to walk to all the potential bench sites to measure how long each bench should be. Here, the bunker built into the hill off the main street, which I dimly remember as housing a shower. Could that possibly be true?
2424
Lurking lighthouse.
2427
The stairs up from the main road to the higher area including Stenhuset and, further on, the lighthouse and pilot station. Naturen först!
2435
The southeastern end of the village.
2445
The lighthouse and pilot station from the way toward the southern end of the island.
2447
A really neat couple of rocks; a bench would be installed here.
2462
Islands in the sky!
2463
Up near the lighthouse: a nesting duck! Adorable.
2465
Full-on view of the pilot station and tower.
2468
The western lobe of the island, beyond the pilot station, the restricted military area.
2481
Sun lighthouse.
2491
Buuuuuuuds!
2493
The lookout tower of Kattrumpan.
2500
Looking west from the cemetery.
2502
The junction of the south road back at the main village street.