Biting cold
Second Sunday of Advent before Christmas. Drove out to Orust Friday after work in my new electric lease car, a pearlescent white Polestar 2, Long Range Single Motor. A new…
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4 December, 2022
New look!
Less than a month until Christmas! And I feel like I just got back from summer vacation. Time flies, hope I'm having fun. Had our first snow a week or…
29 November, 2022
First snow
After an unusually mild start to November winter suddenly struck hard with severe snowstorms and cold weather in many parts of southern Sweden. Stockholm and parts of Skåne where particularly…
21 November, 2022
November
Allahelgonahelgen (All Saints), the first weekend of November, a time to visit graves, light candles and remember those who are no longer with us. It nearly coincides with Halloween, a…
6 November, 2022
Warm and stormy
It's an Indian summer weekend with 15°C in Bohuslän at the end of October. It's windy, really windy. Good for spinning wind turbines and keeping electricity prices down, but hard…
30 October, 2022
Week 42…
…the dullest week of the year? When I came to Sweden, a long time ago now, I was introduced to the Swedish concept of counting the weeks. Summer vacation starts…
23 October, 2022
The colours of autumn
It's autumn in this crazy year. It looks as fabulous as any autumn this lovely Sunday as we take a walk to the top of Ramberget, Anna, Cooper and I.…
9 October, 2022
Dejlige, dejlige København
The first weekend in September, summer is drawing to a close. Peter, our good friend and former neighbour, turned 70 earlier this year and we gave him a weekend in…
4 September, 2022
Tractor day at Myckleby is back!
For two years the pandemic has put a stop to the annual Tractor Day at the Myckleby parish on the east side of Orust. In 2022 it was back in…
6 August, 2022
Roadtrip to Norrland
First week of vacation and time for our annual roadtrip up north, this time to Tärnaby. Coincidentally we escape the worst heatwave in years. We manage a reasonably early start…
24 July, 2022
Wonderful Fleurieu Peninsula
The Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide is an area of rolling hills, clusters of gum trees, and steep cliffs leading in to a clear, turquoise ocean. It's a part of…
16 March, 2022
Back in Adelaide
Finally Australia opens up and making it possible to visit without having to spend two weeks in quarantine! Had to come super prepared with proof of vaccinations, PCR tests (before…
10 March, 2022
