Welcome autumn
Some autumn favourites: - hot chocolate or ginger tea with honey - colourful leaves - misty mornings - getting out warm socks and sweaters - steamy stews - picking apples from the garden - and making apple...
Taste of Sweden: Cinnamon buns day
In Sweden and Finland, the 4th of October celebrates the delicious fika buns with cinnamon and while you can buy these treats more or less everywhere, from Ikea shop to...
Planting bulbs for spring
Up north, spring arrives late and when we celebrate the end of winter during Valborg (April 30th) there can still be snow covering the earth and all the colors have...
Happy loppis find
It took me a while and a lot of listening to the character of my studio space to realize what I was looking for. I really wanted a sofa, but...
Our favorite potatoes
Until Joeri brought home a bag of potatoes from the supermarket, I would argue that potatoes are potatoes and as long as they are on my plate, I'm happy. I...
Small pleasures #8
September arrived with a summery sun and a few delicious warm days to give some extra blush to the apples that are still ripening on the trees. A few sweet...
Fossil find!
A gentle layer of fluffy clouds covered the sky the entire day. It might look like autumn, but it was surprisingly warm, something we noticed after dressing way too warm...
Taste of Sweden: Västerbotten cheese pie with chantherelles
The autumn feeling is slowly taking over from summer here up north, and that means time for the edible gold of the woods: chanterelles! I do remember seeing them now and...
Best and worst Scandinavian series
You might call me a Nordic-series-fan. I'm often drooling over the magnificent landscapes, and enjoying some strong or unusual characters and storylines. Once, the Nordic way of both filming and...
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