The last day of this Christmas/New Year break was rainy and grey so we decided to put some colour into it by visiting Marita and Mattias and their Bernese Mountain Dogs in Svenljunga. We took […]
Even greyer…
Sunday the 29th of December 2019 turned out to be even greyer and duller than Saturday the 28th. A thick mist of atomized water droplets hung in the air killing any semblance of daylight. It […]
Cold and grey day
Still carving into the remaining Christmas ham for breakfast, and sipping warm glögg in the late afternoon. Lazy days indeed. Walked Cooper to get some fresh air and stretch our legs. This time last year […]
In-between days
Christmas is slowly slipping over into New Year. In Sweden we call these lazy days the “in-between days”. We sleep late, eat left-overs from the our smörgåsbord, and take long dog walks to make the […]
View from the top
What to do on cold, wet and grey Saturday in the middle of December? Take Cooper for a stroll up to Ramberget, the large granite rock from which we can look down on our terrace […]
Cooper and I
Another weekend at the summer house. This time it’s just me and Cooper. It’s dark and raining when we arrive on Friday evening but soon we have a fire burning and it gets warm and […]
Finally the sun
Last weekend of November and finally the sun makes an appearance. When the clouds clear the temperature drops and it gets frosty. Friday night we head to Falkenberg for a Christmas dinner with Anna’s job […]
No sun November
So far this November we have apparently had 10 hours of sunlight. Sounds a lot to me. Spend a normal November in Sweden and you will understand the Swedish Melancholy (“det stora vemodet”). It sucks […]
Appalachians in November
This may be my last visit to Greensboro. Come December I will have new assignments that may not take me back here. Headed west on Friday after work, up to the mountains near Asheville. A […]
Last day of summer time
It’s cold now, and wet, and windy. Today is the last day of summer time. Tomorrow we get to sleep an hour longer. Means it will start being dark when we leave from work in […]
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