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…
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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.
6th of June – Sweden’s national day
The 6th of June is Sweden's national day and a public holiday. We celebrate that in 1523 Gustav Vasa became king, and Sweden became a united country and broke the…
8 June, 2016
Summer in May
Suddenly summer is here! After months of unusually cold and wet weather it's suddenly unsually warm and sunny. Summer arrived in time for our May long weekend and we spent…
8 May, 2016
Spring has sprung again…
There is chirping and twittering in every tree, bush and shrub from birds desperate to find a partner to nest with. The trees are morphing back into green and the…
5 May, 2016
Easter 2016
The Easter weekend 2016 was a contest between seasons. One day cold and pouring rain, the next blue skies, sunshine and warmth (when out of the wind). The rainy days were…
28 March, 2016
12 March 2016
More daylight hours promise the end of winter and the coming of spring, but the snow lingers on Orust and this weekend the sun refused to shine altogether. Anna, Roxy and I took a…
12 March, 2016
