It is Good to Be From Florida

Feeling grateful for Fall, Family, and Florida.

There is little the sand, sun, and mother ocean

can not repair.

Swedish Summer is Made of:
Family Visits
(but not much blogging time!)

In the Cherry Valley

In the West Harbor of Malmo Yeah, don't ask.

Svanholm Castle

Ale Stenar

SandHammern Beach

Hi There, Bloggie Visitors!!

Who from Ouagadougou, Kadiogo has a link to me?
Just curious, I see you stop by all the time!

Still working out camera trouble. More pictures to come, when upload is working smoothly again!

Cherry Blossom Family Picnic

We had visitors from Florida! The Carlsson's from our hometown of Sarasota, Florida paid us a visit. Like me, Kollene grew up in Sarasota, but married a man from Skåne. They stopped by during their annual trip to visit his parents, and we took a hike to the cherry valley for a picnic.

You want to know what brave is? Taking two fairly new families of four- that is two families with 3 or 4 year olds and new babies- and hiking up a steep muddy hill just after a hail storm, when it is already past dinnertime (so older kids are on the brink of meltdown), in order to have a picnic amongst the cherry blossoms, when the sun will soon go down and the chilly winds will begin to blow. And it will be past bedtime....

The view, and the company, will still make it worth the while. Especially if there is lignon berry cake, hot cocoa, and the what is likely the last fire of the season waiting for you when you return home.

Another Visit from Uncle Geologist

Uncle John from Bristol came for another visit, and brought his lovely girlfriend Sarah. We had a fun visit, and a hike through the woods just as the first green was appearing, and the vitsippa flowers on the forest floor were still going strong.

We had a picnic on a hill top of preserved pasture land, with a nice view over the hilltops.

There is nothing like the fresh, first bright green leaves on the birch trees.