Tyra's Raspberry Jam

Each year I make a few jars of lovely raspberry jam. I pick my berries when ripe and that is in July and August here on my latitude. Then I throw them in the freezer for later use. Normally I make jams on cold, grey and rainy winter days but this last weekend I needed some lovely jam for my waffles and the shelves were empty.I have these absolutely brilliant jam jars from Italy called Quatre

The Botanical Garden of Uppsala

On our way to our ‘summerhouse’ we decided to stop at The Botanical Garden in Uppsala . Uppsala is halfway and perfect for a quick stop. Do some shopping, have lunch or do something more interesting like this time a visit to a botanical garden. Miss M and I chose to have coffee first at a very nice Café called ‘Fågelsången’. The sun was shining from a crystal clear September sky so we were able

Ulriksdals Flower Show

I år var det tredje året som Ulriksdals Flower Show gick av stapeln på Ulriksdals Slott, 30 augusti - 2 september. Här kommer lite bilder. Där fanns bland annat en mycket trevlig utställning om kungliga brudbuketter, den här tyckte jag var min finast.....Kronprinsessan Viktoria och Kronprins Gustav (V) 1881 i Karlsruhe Här kunde man köpa jättefina lilje lökar till bra pris. En lite

September....do you remember?

Hey hey hey, Ba de ya - say do you remember.Ba de ya - dancing in September. Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.Our hearts were ringing.In the key that our souls were singing.As we danced in the night,Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah....... Yes, that was Earth, Wind & Fire. Great song that always makes me smile whenever I hear it.September the ninth month in the