3 months later

Well, that was a long summer break. I've been back to work for two months already and completely got off the blogging train somewhere in July. So to back track: I finished my butterfly quilt in June and shipped it off to a long-arm quilter I managed to find in August and she's finished and…

Summer time

I've had a bit much to do lately and I've let the blog slide a bit.  Let's play catch-up. Summer arrived this past weekend and on Friday it's Midsummer's Eve. The peonies in our garden are in bloom and I had to cut the largest buds off the plant because they were resting on the…

Wild life

After a long break I started biking again in March but had a bit of a set back when I got a flat tire half way home one Friday. Rickard patched it for me but then the weather was bad, we had activities in the evenings and I just in general made up every excuse possible…

Valborg

Sunday was Valborg, in other parts of the world known as Walpurgis Night. We celebrate the beginning of Spring by lighting huge (hm, well) bonfires and singing traditional spring songs. The bonfire nearest to where we live is always a bit lacking. It lights up and burns out quickly so lately we have chosen not…

Fun for Mice

Last winter an anonymous artist put up an art installation in town with a miniature cheese shop and nut restaurant. It became news all over the world and I think many of us were happily surprised that it was left in peace for as long as it was. In the end it was vandalised and…

Skin care DIY

Sofia has developed a keen interest in beauty products. I'm not sure where she gets it from as I don't exactly use anything. I wash my face with water in the shower and I never wear make up but she is very interested in lip balms and make up. I do however follow a few US…

Spring Saturday

The girls are off on their hiking trips. Sofia's group is gone for the day. Their guides were planning to make waffles in the woods for them today. Isabel's group went to a lake about an hour from here where they will keep practicing canoeing and sleep in tents or a lean-to. She was pretty…

Spring and sewing plans

We had an amazing weekend. The sun was out and the temps soared, but today is Tuesday and we're back to grey skies and low temps. The girls' hiking groups have started their new term and this weekend Isabel is going canoeing with a sleep-over in the woods, all in prep for a week long…

Buy-A-Harbour

One of the last days before I went back to work we took the train to Copenhagen. It's such a short train ride - it takes about 20 minutes from Malmö C to Copenhagen C. The train runs along a 5 mile long bridge starting at the Swedish side, transferring to a 2.5 mile run…

Roadtripping – a short one this time

We drove south east today to have a picnic somewhere along the coast. We hadn't decided where as we left but we wanted to go somewhere we don't normally go. My father has family out east so I was there rather often as a child. These days when we drive there we have a route…