fredag 31 oktober 2008
torsdag 30 oktober 2008
tisdag 28 oktober 2008
Autumn is the time..
And this a "Royal Swan"
And this is "Charlotte". And this is the Bavarian Rose. They are all very romantic and feminine and I have a hard time imagine Prince Albert drinking from his cup above ( with his little finger raised??) They can all be found and ordered from www.tableandhome.com
Now, the cups below are pieces of art and was designed by the Catalan architect Gaudi.
As for great teas? Well some of my favourites are from Mariage frères in Paris whose lovely Salon du Thé in Le Marais certainly is worth a detour. (30 Rue de Bourg-Tibourg) And their pastry! You can order their new 2008 "flushes" from their home page. Reports are increasing about the benefits of regular tea consumption. And they are not talking about "the perfectly lovely cup of tea" that John Brown - her Scottish personal servant - used to serve the late Queen Victoria. Because that one was surely laced with Scotch! (Perhaps it worked wonders after all because of the age the Queen reached!) They even had a teapot modelled after her.
See this humoristic monster-wounder below! I have never seen anything like it..
Awesome! How I would love to have one!
The Young Queen Victoria Limited Edition Teapot
from the
Maureen Berry Collection
Tröttnade..
Nu blir det skärgård igen efter dockpausen..
I needed a break from all the marine/archipelago painting I am doing at present. So last night I painted these two dolls out of memory. They lurch deep in my memory from the past. Watercolors. But - Now back to the old track of sea, boats and cliffs and pretty cottages..
måndag 27 oktober 2008
Målarlust! The urge to paint!
Inspiration! Woke up this sunny Monday morning in the Stockholm archipelago and felt the urge to paint! It must surely be the gorgeous colors of fall that are so very inspiring. Now is high time to start producing all the watercolors needed for the Xmas Market Days that will take place on the island of Sandhamn in December. Here above is one I made this morning - still in my nightie. This particular one is not from my island though but from another part of the lovely archipelago that surrounds Stockholm.
lördag 25 oktober 2008
fredag 24 oktober 2008
En vintersvala
billigt lådvin ger föga men ändå litet tröst;
I väntan på skärgårdens mörka vinterdvala
viker vi av fastighetstaxieringslappen en svala..
PE
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F.Ö:
Det papperslösa samhället ställer nya krav. Man brukar säga att hittills har det endast genomförts på offentliga toaletter.
Man kan ana följderna.
(saxat ur Citronpressen. Läs den!)
måndag 20 oktober 2008
söndag 19 oktober 2008
Arga lappar..
Ett stort tack till PM. som ledde mig dit!
onsdag 15 oktober 2008
Sista lunchen..
Smakar som mmmmm...Vilket avsked!
söndag 12 oktober 2008
Det är inte ofta..
Det blir liksom en liten sallad till lunch..
fredag 10 oktober 2008
Woops!
Eftersom jag sitter i köket i Washington och passar bebis hinner jag inte skriva mer men här en länk om "Le Clézio" och hans spännande, produktiva och cosmopolitiska liv och författarskap.. Vi som var med då i bohemesvängen och den inledande hippieeran och diggade, hurrar idag!Jag får väl försöka ila hem till Sverige till den 10 december och stå i snögloppet på Konserthustrappan och vinka..Tyvärr konstaterar jag att nästan alla hans böcker är slut på förlagen. INNAN Nobelpriset! Nu lär det vara fart på tryckpressarna!!
PE
Fall forecast..nya höstfärger..
PE
torsdag 9 oktober 2008
onsdag 8 oktober 2008
Had a bad morning?
tisdag 7 oktober 2008
“It looks pretty ugly down the road,”
..said Simon Johnson, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund who specializes in financial crises. “Everybody is going to get caught up in this.”
The global nature of the crisis and its growing collateral damage ought to galvanize countries to work together to fashion a concerted response, Mr. Johnson said. There is a chance to do that this week, with dozens of finance ministers and central bankers converging on Washington for the annual meetings of the I.M.F. and the World Bank.
The trouble is, these institutions no longer have the resources or authority to lead such an effort. The I.M.F., which played a central role in the Asian crisis, has been relegated to the sidelines this time — its credibility tarnished by that episode and its skills ill-suited to a crisis in advanced economies. These days, it mainly issues lonely warnings about the impact on developing countries.
( NYT, 6 October 2008: "Global Fears of a Recession Grow"
By Mark Landler)
måndag 6 oktober 2008
October..
Washington canopy above is gradually changing..
So am I. I am now looking for flights to California. I long to go back to San Francisco where I lived once. Around 40 years ago.To see what it is like today. To see if my house on Russell street in Berkeley is still there. And the roses I planted in the garden.The Peace rose. I lived there during the days of Peace and Love; in the true hippie era. The era of the Viet Nam war, of student protests, of grooving in Golden Gate Park, of police brutality, of the Black Panters, of Haight-Ashbury days and of concerts with Janis Joplin..
A nostalgic trip in October when the shadows are getting longer and our days increasingly shorter..
söndag 5 oktober 2008
Sunday..
Lunch at Bistrot Du Coin, Connecticut Ave