Windy weekend
Babet drew in from the east, not the usual direction for a storm. Normally they come in off the Atlantic and the North Sea. This side of the island of…
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21 October, 2023
Getting colder and darker…
...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…
19 October, 2023
Indian summer on Koster islands
Summer 2023 is drawing to a close. What began with a heatwave turned into the coldest, wettest summer for years. From the day we returned from the continent you can…
3 September, 2023
Summer begins
Summer took its time this year. Then, suddenly, there it was. Weeks of glorious sunshine, warm evenings, and no rain. Now the "no rain" part is beginning to be a…
18 June, 2023
A cold spell
An arctic cold spell meandered down from the north and had us its grip for the past couple of weeks. The mercury dropped below -10° some nights. A couple of…
18 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
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
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
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
2022 begins
The lovely, white snow disappeared overnight. 2022 is here and everything is the same as it has always been, and at the same time it's completely different. Orust is as…
9 January, 2022
Doodles in the snow
It's bitterly cold and windy but the sun is shining. Wanted a change of scenery and caught the ferry out to Hönö for a walk with Cooper by the sea.…
7 February, 2021
