Christmas Holiday 2007 - Engarn, Vaxholm

From all of us to all of you - we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This year our family have guest from Japan staying with us during the Christmas Holiday. It's going to be great fun to share our very traditional Christmas with someone from a completely different culture. Her name is Rina and comes from Tokyo. The Gazebo at Engarn, VaxholmFrån oss Alla till Er Alla önskar vi en

Seed is the small embryotic......

PhotoHunt small. Small is this weeks theme.Seed - a very small most amazing thing. The seed is the small embryotic stadium of a plant.Once upon a time there was a very very SMALL seed,that grew into a very SMALL plant that grew into..... a huge, old tree........like this one the Giant Ash, can you see the small cow? Actually... she was a he and not very small. As a matter of fact he was a big

13 December LUCIA

My niece Emma in the Church of Vaxholm - Min 'lilla' brordotter Emma som Lucia i Vaxholm kyrka Lucia brings light to Sweden Read about the history of Saint Lucia from Sicily! "Natten går tunga fjät, runt gård och stuva. Kring jord, som sol förlät, skuggorna ruva.Då i vårt mörka hus, stiger med tända ljus, Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia!"Idag njuter vi av Lucia med sång, gott kaffe med lussekatter,

The Swedish Saffron Bread

Butter glaced Saffron buns, the ideal recipe for 'antiwrinkle' bread. Saffron buns sprinkled with sugar Another perfect day in paradise, despite the weather. Today was one of those day that we didn't get proper daylight, very grey and no sun at all. Missy M and I decided to bake some lovely Saffron buns and play Scrabble. Perfect! TYRA

From 'The Land down under'

PhotoHunt - longMusic to go with it, Men at Work 'Land down under'The theme on this weeks PhotoHunt is long. Not that long time ago I visited the 'Land down under'. The pictures are taken outside Port Douglas, very long roots, long beaches and a cute fellow that loves looong naps. The last picture is from Great Ocean Road, The mighty Twelve Apostles are world-recognised icons and those stone

Traditional or non traditional, that's the question

Advent....finally! I just love Advent. These four weeks before Christmas Day, 'the waiting for the arrival of an important person'. This year I made a non traditional Advent candle holder with an Indian twist, 'Kerala style' with lush green ‘hills’, added an elephant, a lime fruit, spices and cinnamon sticks. In Sweden during Advent we light all our 'Advent candle holders', the traditional ones