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Playing with AI: just a fictional story about the Village Vij in Westermo Parish. 

The old Ardennes horse pulls the heavy load with calm strength, and the weather-beaten driver sits firmly on the wagon bed, his gaze fixed on the road and his faithful horse. Lasse walks behind the rig, carrying a bouquet of wildflowers, while Carl stands a short distance away in his Sunday best. At a second-story window, a young woman leans out; sunlight catches her hair, and she smiles at the romantic gesture. Children play by the roadside, laughing amidst the dust kicked up as the wagon passes.

The scene captures both the toil of everyday life and those fleeting moments of romance and dreams—a slice of Swedish summer history in its most human form. by @pedercarlstrom
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Det här är min mamma, Irene Carlström. Hon har varit och röstat idag. Gör det du med! 🇸🇪❤️ taken in Sveaplan, Eskilstuna by @pedercarlstrom
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Dagens lunchpromenad ❤️🇸🇪 taken in Eskilstuna, Sweden by @pedercarlstrom
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Buss D516 continued its journey through the landscape of Södermanland. Bus Driver Gustafsson had left the castle in Stora Sundby, and the weather was really hot this summer day of 1959. Gustafsson noticed that the giant buckets with lime stood still. After all it was a Sunday and the workers might spend their free day somwhere else in the heat, Gustafssson thought to himself. Many of the passengers left the bus at the camping site of Hjälmaresund. Their goal was probably to take a swim in the lake of Hjälmaren. 

This fictive story is about a bus that has existed - between 1948 and 1960, it was owned by Bertil Gustafsson. In 1960 it got scrapped and the body served as a summer location for The Carlström family. 

I have tried to make the AI version of Bus D516 as realistic as possible. by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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This is the fictive story about "Bus D516" that was scrapped in 1960 to serve as a summer cabin. 

Bertil Gustafsson had made this trip many times before. He steered out from Alberga. The stop became longer then expected as a Taxi Driver needed help. Gustafsson was also a skilled mechanic, and a copartner of the bus company with his brother Ejnar. 

Bus D516 was bought brand new. It ran on fuel oil and billowed black smoke every time it drove out of Alberga. This was not popular among the locals.

This hot summer day in 1959, the Bus started from Västermo and Gustafsson was sweating behind the steering wheel. Swedish buses are not equipped with Air Conditioning at this time.

A look in the rearview mirror gave him a glance of a female passenger. There where something foreign about her; she seemed... foreign? D516 approached Stora Sundby Castle, and the woman adjusted her hat and took up a red lipstick. Gustafsson lost track of the bus's location and braked sharply, the woman smeared her lipstick across half her face. She looked up, saw Gustafsson adjust the mirror, and went out. The woman became angry, and yelled in an odd American German accent: "Did you get your license out of a cereal box? 

Gustafsson, didn´t remember much of the school English, nodded and looked away: "Yes, ma'am, Sure."The woman looked surprised: “The brown bag is mine, but you can´t leave it here. You need to drive me to the castle”.

Gustafsson didn´t understand but nodded: “Yes, sure”. The German accent got even louder now: “Mein Swedish cousin Carl Gustaf Klingspor is lving in the castle. Get me there!” 

Gustafsson felt his Swedish patience wearing thin: "Yes, sure, Carl Gustaf, I know him, nice fellow." Gustafsson set down the bag and went back to the driver seat. The journey was to continue.

He started the bus and closed the side door. The woman banged on the glass, and shouted: "I am Miss Klingspor!". The bus began to roll. She jumped out of the way while Gustafsson reversed. He was already running late. All thoughts of American women, air-conditioned buses, where gone. Now, the schedule had to be kept! Left behind, Ms Klingspor stood in the blue-black exhaust fumes of Bus D516 by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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Do you remember the story about "Bus D516"? The Volvo bus from 1948 that was scrapped in 1960 to serve as a summer cabin? 
Well, as this Bus gave the Carlström family a lot of joy, I will pay it back with some fictive stories: I am not sure exactly where this bus was driving passengers, but I do know one thing: the surroundings of Västermo is still beautiful. 
This fictive journey in 1959. Bus D516 has driven a lot of passengers. It has seen a lot of people, citizens and families around Västermo, during the years. It has also driven the passengers to Arboga in Västmanland. 
But for now Bus D516 has left the garage in Västermo. 

Soon, The Bus with the license plate number D516 had arrived to Alberga in Stora Sundby parish. The letter D showed that the vehicle came from Södermanland county. 

If the bus had been registered and sold in Stockholm, the license number had been starting with an A. So, every county in Sweden had it´s own license plate letter. 

If you arrive to Alberga today, you will find that the road is modern and that the crossing has changed. However, the buildings are very much the same. 

However, AI has some difficulties in making Alberga exact. I am born in 1968, when my family, my late father Harry, mothere Irene, my sister Pernilla and grandfather Edvin and grandmother Alma, came to this crossing at a Saturday - this is pretty much what we saw: 

A gas station to the left, a grocery store in the middle and a small kiosk with candy and icecream. I remember that Alberga used to look like this into the70´s. 

In 1976, grandfather Edvin suddenly passed away, due to colon cancer. The Carlström family stopped arriving here. 

The fictive journey of Bus D516 is a way for me to remember and a tribute to a landscape that I still love. 

To be continued: Bus D516 has to do more stops. 🥰 by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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Kebab Taco eller om det är Taco Kebab. 😋 taken in Grankvistgatan 6 by @pedercarlstrom
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Do you remember the story about "Bus D516"? The Volvo bus from 1948 that was scrapped in 1960 to serve as a summer cabin? 

Well, as this Bus gave the Carlström family a lot of joy, I will pay it back with some fictive stories: I am not sure exactly where this bus was driving passengers, but I do know one thing: the surroundings of Västermo is still beautiful. 

So lets start a fictive journey in 1959. Bus D516 has driven a lot of passengers. It has seen a lot of people, citizens and families around Västermo, durng the years. It has also driven the passengers to Arboga in Västmanland. 

But for now Bus D516 has started its journey from the garage in Västermo. 

The photos are a mix of my private photos, photoshopped pictures and AI. Some locations are not correct in size, as AI is very hard to work with. But I will do my very best, to make new episodes, maybe next weekend. 🥰 taken in Västermo by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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Ibland behöver jag se min hemstad ur nya perspektiv 🇸🇪🙂 taken in Eskilstuna, Sweden by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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Flyttar runt mina växter på balkongen och solen bränner. Har vattnat plantorna för mycket. Nu får de vila, precis som jag 🇸🇪❤️😃 taken in Grankvistgatan 6 by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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Jaha, då vet jag det. 😆 taken in Eskilstuna, Sweden by @pedercarlstrom
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2 months ago
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Shonnar vet: "Det va fint väder " 😃🇸🇪❤️ taken in Grankvistgatan 6 by @pedercarlstrom
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