...but the sunsets are fantastic! Low pressure systems keep rolling in from the North Sea bringing rain and cold winds. Gusts sends the garden furniture dancing around the balcony and…
The local highlight of the year here on the island of Orust on the west coast of Sweden is "Tractor Day" arranged by the Myckleby historical society. It's a day…
The final night of our trip is spent back in Berlin. We arrive just after lunch from Leipzig. The hotel room is in Kreuzburg, a bohemian part of Berlin. We…
Strange month February. The light starts returning, you notice it first in the mornings when the glow starts creeping in from the east. It's cold and it's still winter and,…
In Sweden we call them the "in-between days" or "mellandagarna", the days, or rather, the week in between Christmas and New Year. This year, both Christmas and New Year being…
Not long now. Doesn't feel like a year has past since the last one. Christmas again in less than a fortnight. Bloody cold weekend. Snow and ice and several degrees…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
