With X-mas just around the corner..

..and Gotland considered to have the best and mildest climate in Sweden, I found some signs of the lingering autumn.

The apple tasted lovely but the rasberry was kind of sour. The former owners of my house inform me that they picked over 100 liters of rasberries in the garden last year. And they left a bottle of homemade rasberry squash for me in the kitchen when I moved in - made by the deceased former proprietor of this kind and friendly house..

In Gotland, there are even some people growing their own grapes for winemaking. One of these is an old school mate of mine from the old days at Whitlockska Samskolan.
Article about his brave efforts here (in Swedish though)
I will have a go and plant a few vines myself in the spring on my southern lime covered wall that should be warm enough for the grapes to ripen.. My sister who lives almost next door has plenty of very nice tasting grapes in her garden ripe and ready for picking around mid-and September..