CARAVAN LOVE

LOVE this little vintage caravan

I see it everyday as I walk the dog

I have a vivid imagination

In my head I have re-vamped the interior

 RETRO chrome & red polka dot 

and crochet Granny blankets & cushions for snuggling

Although we have lived in Sweden for quite a while

We have seen very little of all that Sweden has to offer. 

I think I need to pack the tent 

and plan a Summer Road Trip for me and my boys...

It's a big bank holiday weekend here in Sweden

MONDAY & TUESDAY are both RED days (Bank Holidays)

Wishing you all a great weekend! 

DALARNA HORSE

Grabbing my keys off the kitchen table this morning, taking the dog for a walk, on this damp and grey morning...

I stopped, and noted the colours

 of this sweet, little, Dalarna Horse keyring.

 I purchased it in one of the typical trinket shops you find in the tourist area of Gamla Stan in Stockholm.

Off and out to Yoga and Meditation this morning

My saving Grace.

:)

CHOCOLATE CAKE...

...Isn't always the answer to everything... 

But it helps.

I rustled this up for my boys late tonight

just before bedtime...whoops 

Sitting around the kitchen table

with a nice cup of tea eating Chocolate Cake

We're enjoying the moment together.

Wishing everyone a great week ahead!

INSPIRATIONAL PICTURE

I LOVE laundry...

LOVE this inspirational picture from REFORMA STHLM 

I especially like the fish tea towels 

Think I will place an order here and and turn them into a cushion for my youngest son's bedroom

SIGNS OF SPRING 2012 CHALLENGE

Please forgive me, I am posting this a day late

It is not from Halsingland...sorry.

We are currently staying in Stockholm, my daughter is house-sitting her boyfriend's parents house.

On our way to our friends apartment in town,

next to FILMSTADEN

Walking in the footsteps of
 Ingmar Bergman, Greta Garbo
 & Ingrid Bergman

We discovered this carpet of spring crocus

(not sure what the plural is crocuses? lol)


Click on image to enlarge


Click on link in title to see more SIGNS OF SPRING 2012


Wishing everyone a wonderful, spring filled week ahead!

EASTER

Easter 2009

I LOVE this photo.

This photo was taken at our Summer House...


This morning I've had the opportunity to look through images and reflect...


Easter 2009, was quite an exciting time with many plans & dreams and the promise, of a new and better life ahead as we were planning our move to Sweden...whilst our daughter remained behind in London

Today 3 years on (where does time go?)

Easter 2012 I am here in Stockholm with all our 3 children together

The first time since Christmas... and it makes me so happy.

And they are so happy to be together. 

 I have been sitting back, just watching them interact, joking and laughing, play fighting/real fighting, squabbling, playing guitar and singing, dancing, chatting about weird, stupid and wonderful things as only siblings can do...

The last 3 years have been an enormous struggle for our whole family, on every level, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and financially.


  And for our children especially, educationally and socially. 

I feel terribly guilty and saddened for the burdens that my children have endured...

We also realise that in the months and weeks ahead
it will a rocky road that we travel...


At this Easter time especially...

My HOPE is strong


"After the darkness comes the brightness - sometimes you go through a dark time and it seems like there will always be darkness but there is light at the end..."

Easter means a new life, a second chance, a new beginning

AND THE WINNER IS...

MOONSTRUCKCREATIONS

Congratulations!

Please accept my sincere apologies for the lateness

 in announcing the winner of the draw.

Thank you to everyone who entered.

Have a great weekend ahead!

PALM SUNDAY

PALM SUNDAY,
 the final Sunday before Easter,
 marks the start of
HOLY WEEK.


I recently bought this Old School Picture from
 a lovely Swedish lady called Eva
She has a fantastic loppis in my local town.


(Click on the image to enlarge to full view)


We were at the house this weekend, so I hung it in the kitchen to contemplate...appropriately today.


I'm off to Stockholm on Thursday
Celebrating Easter in the city!


Wherever you are whatever you're doing...


Wishing you all a Blessed Holy Week AND Easter

~X~