The month of July
July is vacation time. Following the road trip up north the rest of the vacation was spent mainly at the summer house on the island of Orust. Lazy days going…
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31 July, 2017
The month of June
June was a busy month. Started with a house-warming party on the balcony six months to the day since we moved in. It carried on until the wee, small hours…
2 July, 2017
Arm wrestling in the Volvo Truck stand at Sweden Rock
Snow on sunny Orust
A weekend at the cottage on Orust with Anna and Roxy. Up early Saturday morning and a walk down to the water. Clear skies and warmish. Heard black bird chirping…
19 March, 2017
Roxy
Roxy, our Bernese Mountain Dog bitch. Nearly 10 years old and still going strong.
4 February, 2017
12 degrees below
Spent a couple of nights at the summer house on Orust to wind down from the festive season's hustle and bustle. Temperature dropped from just above zero when Roxy and…
5 January, 2017
Orust in mid-December
We are four days from the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. From December 21 the days will get longer and eventually the colours will come back and…
17 December, 2016
First snow of the season
A light drizzle on Friday turned into the first snow cover for this season on Sunday. Braved the slippery roads and drove to Orust to empty the plumbing and prepare…
6 November, 2016
A quarter of a lap ago…
A quarter of a lap around the sun ago it was summer, vacation, and on that particular day the air was warm, the sky was blue and the sun was…
30 September, 2016
Myckleby Tractor Day 2016
Tractor Day at the Myckleby Parish and Historical Society (hembygdsförening) is probably the main event of the year on the inland side of the island of Orust. The second Saturday…
16 August, 2016
Last week of vacation
This years summer vacation is coming to an end. The week has been cold and wet and extremely windy. Last night the clouds disappeared and the Milky Way was clearly visible…
11 August, 2016
Our cottage under the Milky Way
Looking for elks and elves
If there is one certain thing about Swedish summer it's that it's completely unpredictable. Sunshine and blue skies one moment; wind, rain and heavy dark skies the next. This year's…
7 August, 2016
Evening at “nabbarna”
"Nabbarna" is the cliff we go swimming off when on Orust. There has not been a lot of that this summer since it's been either windy, cold or raining, or…
4 August, 2016
Preparing to fish from nabbarna.