… actually is part of the furniture exhibition at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.
Couldn’t believe my eyes when I spotted it while walking around there with a friend!
Why?
Well, we have one of these in perfect condition stored away in our garage.
Any idea, anyone, of how valuable this one could be?
This TV-Set I really loved – it was placed right beside the couch. Looks like straight out of Star Wars, doesn’t it? Probably my age, that thing ;).
Midnattssolsrallyt – is an annual rallye taking place in summertime in Värmland, with classic cars! More information you can find here, in Swedish, though.
We caught them at their lunch stop in Hällefors. That was like 2 weeks ago – time goes fast!
And this is what it looks and sounds like when they pull into their service stations.
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Instantly one dreams of a bigger garage, more time and taking part in a rallye oneself, doesn’t one?
There were at least two lady drivers, with their husbands (presumably) as card readers at their side. These ladies both looked very determined, it was really nice to watch them!
And since the BF recently mentioned that I should definitely consider a rallye-camp, as I took the bends swiftly (and admittedly quite a bit over the speed limit) on our way over the curvy roads on the countryside – maybe not such a bad idea after all to get into it? It should then be an old BMW, Saab or Porsche, though. My birthday approaches, and I love presents… ;).
This year’s first jam batches are waiting for being eaten!
This years specialities are:
– Strawberry/Rhubarb with Drambuie Liqueur
– Wild Strawberry/ Rhubarb with Drambuie Liqueur
– Black Currant with Grappa
– Strawberry/ Black Current with Drambuie Liqueur
– Red Gooseberry with Finnish Esimarja Liqueur
– Red Currant/ Peach with Gin
– Red Currant/ Banana with Gin and a hint of Garam Masala
– Red Gooseberry, Black Currant with Laphroaig Whisky
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More to come!
I just need to get more glasses first, my carefully collected stock is kind of exhausted right now. I was even forced to freeze some kilos of berries!
Until now, I dealt with about 11 kilos of fruit, I just counted. Incredible. One does not notice how much it becomes once one is on it!
Dear Swedish readers, would anyone of you know any good and not too expensive supplier for jam-glasses? The boyfriend is getting tired of having so much Sill (Swedish pickled herring) during the year, just because I want the glasses, ya’ know… . ;).
Psssst…. They are sleeping!!
P.S.: In case you wonder about the alcohol content – it is safe to drive after breakfast. The good stuff serves to get a nice finish on some exquisite fruits, which are mostly from the home garden. I decided to specialise in jam and marmalade that contains alcohol. Simply as I don’t see it that often, especially not in Sweden. It is amazing and much fun to experiment with what kind of extra flavour spirits add to different combinations. The secret is about smelling what fits with each other and combining it in the right amounts. To find that perfect balance in taste is my challenge. And it is a personal pleasure to see that the people tasting the outcome prove me right most of the time in my decision of combining the different ingredients. Hope that was not too much of self-praise now?
OK, this post should admittedly have been posted about a month ago.
Midsummer in Sweden is always on the weekend after the 21st of June. And in Sweden it is a bank holiday. Like some Norwegian friends love to point out, we are the only country having a bank holiday then… But they tend to forget that unlike them and the Danes, the Swedes have no Whitsun Monday off any longer… So I think we deserve this little extra, don’t you?
Here are some pictures…
… and a little video about the dance around the “Midsommarkrans”.
And don’t blame me should these melodies stick to your memory 😉 .
Thanks again to Christoph Salzig and the pr://IP-Team for this superb summer garment. A souvenir from the amazing #NEXT-Conference which accompanies me through the Swedish summer.
And all that because I couldn’t help telling them that my colleague Anton at Twingly is still wearing his conference wrist band… . Which is admittedly quite pretty! Mine adds to the decoration of the bookshelf at home, where I collect all kinds of conference and event passes.
Thanks again, and hope to be with you NEXT year as well!
Some more great memories of the conference (THX Anton for the pictures!):
Skogsrunda = Swedish for a jogging round in the woods.
And when I say woods, I mean woods. Because I am in Sweden, on the country side, in Grythyttan. We are surrounded by woods.
Since I enjoy this week the incredible luxury to work from home or better saying the summer house, I decided to start the week with a nice discovery jogging round. Especially since for once there was no damp, hot summer air already at 7am, but some nice, almost chilly weather outside.
I decided to find that way that we once walked with a relative and her dog. Eventually I did, after having been down to the lake first, enjoying the view. Calmness all around. And again, I mean really calm. Super unusual for any city kid. Trains, cars, motorcycles and even other human beings – you hear them all from way in advance, long before you even get a glimpse on any of them.
After running a while I stopped, listened, looked around, hearing nothing but my own breathing, a few birds and very far away the main road. Great actually that one can find ones way just by listening to the different sounds.
I met only 2 people, both out and about with their dogs. And both willing to help with advice on in which direction I should continue. There were a few possibilities to choose from, but having no idea how long the whole round actually might take me, it was good to get some extra information. It was a proper round I found out that way. No risk of ending up somewhere at the other end of the lake at least.
That is another thing. When jogging on a road or similar, I somehow have a feeling for time and distance. Today, though, all that was not there. I left with house key only this time. No watch, no mobile phone. Quite liberating actually, and especially when trying to figure out ones way through new terrain.
The result was that I came back refreshed (in fact I am still much awake now after a good full first day of office work, quite unusual after holidays for me), somewhat inspired and in an incredibly good mood.
Almost 5 kilometres I covered this morning, and since it involved some cross running and walking in the very uneven places, it took me an hour.
I posted my new round on Runalong.se, in case you are interested.
Wha'ever! 