A walk up the hill ?

Want to join me for a walk up the hill ? it's not that steep but it's so loooong...

you know it's one of those hills that feels in your legs about halfway up

 of course I had my best trekking shoes on

not....I had flip flops !

 almost at the top

just a little bit more

it's so worth the "climb"

because

it is so beautiful up here

the view is amazing

look at that coastline...the beach goes on and on...

too bad the water is so cold all the time

walking down again

overlooking the typical landscape around here

hope you found the walk worth while

I sure did

An Indian store in the countryside

I've heard of a store out in the countryside that sells Indian furniture and textiles....the profit from the store goes to running a school for underpriviliged girls in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

 so the other day I decided to try and find the place

the stores name is Alma and Arthur and it's really out in the countryside

situated between Löderup and Borrby

the store is in one of the barns

old doors, chairs, tables, cupboards etc

I guess the swedes like the Indian shabby chic furniture and the industrial design

it was fun to have a look ...

a little surreal though

India in a Swedish barn in Skåne

Red currant cake

this morning I decided to save some of my red currants from the birds...

they are eating all of the red berries !

I decided to make a red currant cake

to bring to my father-in-law

you see, he lives in a home because he suffers from Alzheimer's

he doesn't know who I am and sometimes I don't know what to talk about

 today we talked about berries...

we listened to music and ate cake

I left with a feeling that it was a good visit after all

A hangover

from yesterdays weather caught my attention at 4.45 this morning

I just had to get out and look at the sky after the weather monster I saw yesterday

I didn't know what to expect

it was incredible

amazing

it was so quiet

I could actually hear myself breathe

the colours where spectacular

then the sun managed to get out of the thick cloud blanket

time to go home again

it was a little cold

maybe some coffee

even though it's really early still

Now this is what I call weather

a couple of hours ago I was out in the garden in the sun..

it was so nice and warm...then I hear thunder in the distance...

so I went down to the water to check...

and I could see the front coming towards us

about two hours later the sky was so black....still no rain and no thunder over us but

I could here it coming closer and closer...

so I walked down to the water again..

wow...amazing...I was standing in the sun but this monster was creeping up on me..

it looked like the clouds where going to merge with the ocean...

 here comes the thunder and the rain...I better run home...

 while I was writing this post the power went out...twice....

and now it's really raining

almost like monsoon rain

Breakfast guest

went out to the green house with my breakfast this morning

and interacted with this creature

I'm sure glad that I had put my coffee down....

don't like close encounters of this kind

looking at it now though

it's kind of fascinating

or ?

it's thursday folks

feels like I need to tell, at least myself, that

it's like it's just any day every day around here 

good thing that I have the blog

otherwise I would be totally lost

I guess that's what its supposed to be like when you're on vacation

because it can't be that I'm getting older and more confused

can it ?

A strawberrylicious brake

just because I can...

 picked my first strawberries in the garden and 

made a waffle...

 whipped some cream and

enjoyed a moment in the shade

just because I can

is this what we mean by quality of life ?

Swedish cows

are so different from the cows I see in India...and in India I usually see them in the streets...

that won't happen here...

so curious..they all came to us.....see the black one who doesn't want to miss out....

this little calf was a little shy but so wanted to have a look at us...

adorable...

since I'm talking about cows I thought  have to show the sign I drove by the other day...

it's a warning sign that tells that cattle might be walking across the road for the coming 2.8 kilometers

(we have some spots with huge fields where you can find these signs)

we have cattle grids to keep the cattle within the pasture...no animal with hoofs can walk across the grid...smart thing isn't it ?

the other sign is kind of funny...you don't see that one everywhere...

no tanks beyond this point  !

after a day with rain and pretty cold weather summer returned today

I'm sure glad it did...

all my vegetables and fruit wants the sunshine 

actually so do I

see you...

My house is a home when

it's filled with life....

  with people, pets, laughter and the smell of food....

 all of a sudden it's almost empty and the home is just a house again..

a shell just waiting to be filled....

I did find an old friend in the green house this morning...

felt good....

I'll never get used to the feeling I get when everybody leaves...

it gets really empty

can't wait until it fills up again

Midsummer celebrations

what a wonderful day we had 

the weather was not the best...kind of mixed... but

when we where at the meadow the sun actually showed itself ....at least for a while..the swedish tradition is to decorate a pole with flowers and dance around it..

it's really the kids afternoon around the midsummer pole...

my tradition is to make a strawberry cake to bring along with coffee ...

tradition number one is to make our own flower wreaths....so the girls did with flowers from the garden.....

even my son Anton got a wreath ....

even the animal gets flowers....

walking home....the sky was blueish greyish and the rain was really hanging in the air...

then all of a sudden it was just greyish -blackish....

then it was fine again...and I could get my picture with all the kids and their respective....and of course the cats...

friends arrived and we could eat

typical midsummer food and we all had lots of it

 time fly by so fast when you're having fun

all of a sudden it was today

and we said good night

I look forward to next years midsummer already