Couting Down, and more

It feels good to up and leave this time. No stress (yet), only a kind of relief. This season's been rough, and boring, and odd in many ways. But more than anything, I feels it's good that it's over....

The downside is a black hole, and I'm not going there again, not right now. The up-sides quite a few, and i feel good about most of it, with hindsight. I managed to get my "hommage" off the ground, and onto the walls of an almost gallery. If you havent seen it already;

Voilà, my very own first exhibit! it's coming down again on Sunday, although I was just offered another week. no need to flatter myself, I know the French, and their bad planning. Anyway, the great migration is here, so on wednesday we're off for the next season.

Oddly enough I've made new friends! In for me the most unlikely place.;The Internet has its good points and bad ofcourse. I was swept away earlier this winter on a Twitter-wave that I'm just now re-surfacing from. It's an odd place, and I've come to see that I might not be for me. Still, I'll leave with some friends and some aquaintances, and a very dear special friend I hope to spend a lot of interesting time with. No names here, I do try to respect privacy, when i stop to think. I don't think I'll stay a Tweeter, but hopefully my friends will still have me...

Now I'm heading North, and I look forward to it a lot! I have an artistic challenge I've taken on, and am serious about. I have projects, both private and for the family. I have family and friends to re-connect with, and I so so long for my peaceful haven of a tiny garden! No projects there this year! I just want to be, and enjoy, and watch it take care of itself.

There's so much more to contemplate and to tell about, but I'l save it for another place, and another time

Preaparing for take-off is harder every yaer, and I'm tired now. well, at least I've blogged again...amazing!

Sweet Home!

Between Everything

Summer's here! It's hot, finally, and I hope it'll stay that way. The heat both gives and takes away my energy; I huff and I puff, and I prune my apple-trees, work on my upcoming "exhibit", and train the dog, feed the birds, bake bread... the list goes ever on!
I haven't taken a lot of pictures this summer. The weather's been against me, and frankly, I've seen all this before. I hope for a trip in August that will broaden my horizon, and hopefully give me a kick, picture-wise. While wailting for that, I can at least go through, and post some earlier stuff:

I've been looking at a friend's meadow, planning to do something with some of the pictures. We'll see, how, and when....

Lilac and Clematis, memories of June.

As soon's I get my hands on some good plywood, these guys are going to become a garden-table!

My Holiday in the South, part I

Midsummer in the South has more or less become a tradition by now. Well maybe not the Midsummer as such, seeing as I'm not really the celebrating kind, and here in Sweden this weekend is all about eating, drinking, dancing around the Maypole slapping away the mosquitoes all rolled into one.
This year's stay has mostly been damp, as the rain comes and goes willy nilly, and we haven't really been able to be outdoors as much as planned. Still, there's been some clear moments spent walking thru the forest, or picking strawberries, or just around the very pretty garden at my dear friends house;

Mixie giving me the slip...

Queen Anne's Lace, and Buttercups

Pretty little bird-bath

A very good place to be!

San Remo

What can I say? It's a beautiful beautiful place, and despite the fact that we only spent one night there I just know we will go back very soon. I mean, it's only a little more than an hour away! I've put together two albums with "Italian Poetry", which I intend to just dump here with out any comments. Why? Well because I'm late for work, and also because a picture say more than...

Well, that was Italian Poetry I...





















Here comes no. II

Ecco my friends!

Here, and now

I just had to share this very lovely tuesday-view from my window. The air is crisp, and the horizon is razor-sharp...

Bliss Revisited

Having moved even further South, and towards the Eastern coast, I can only confirm what I already knew; this part of Sweden is truly wonderfully pretty! It's still day one, and the camera haven't been up and running very much yet, but I'll start with some morning and forest-pictures, for now.


Darling Dog in the sunny forest



The sky's more vast here... not like Wyoming, but still.

Magical Moments of Summer

The summer's been magical so far, and I want to share some random moments here. I think this may well be the first of a series of "Magical Moments of Summer", we'll see.



Reflection I



Reflection II



Sitting pretty in the summer sun....

Found by peeping...