"Sandhamnssyjuntan " nästan fulltaliga nu under 2008-års Gotland Runt på ljugarbänken i hamnen i Sandhamn på fredagen: Pia, Marina, Lalla och Kerstin. Har upplysningsvis aldrig sytt ett stygn tillsammans trots många möten. Mest efterstygn har det dock varit genom åren faktiskt! :-)
Regnet öser ner! Dan innan Gotland runtstarten! Blött, blött och trist!
Bild 2 från Waxholmsbolagets webcam lördag morgon. Hoppas verkligen att webkameran får vara kvar! Den är till stor hjälp för många - speciellt för oss skärgårdsbor! Oddsen stärks kanske nu mot bakgrund av genomtrumfandet av FRA-lagen. Läs mer.. PS vädret lär lätta framemot förmiddagen. Puh! DS
Journalist/information officer/publicist - however writing will often have to yield to photography, painting and other creative work. I live in an old farmhouse in Gotland, (indeed a challenging renovation task!)the large picturesque island in the Baltic and in Sandhamn - the sailing centre of Sweden - situated in the Stockholm archipelago. Obviously "an island person" who fish and I was almost born in a boat. Lived in Africa for some 8 years - and for some years in the US in the 60s.. Travel a lot to countries afar. Worked internationally mainly with development, human rigts and refugee questions. Started an interior decoration shop/workroom in Saltsjöbaden outside Stockholm and run it for 12 years.
”When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.” — Winston Churchill
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
99% of the photos in this blog are from my personal collection. If a photo is not mine you will find a link under the photo to whom it belongs to. I use one camera: Canon ixus 860 IS
I was born close to the sea..
..grew up in boats..
Mimi siwezi kusema kimasaii!
..and grew older in Africa..
..and would have loved to stop growing older right here!
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. – Chinese Proverb
Matisse, 1941 – 1954 | Grand Palais
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A good way to understand an artist is to make a copy.
I visited the new Matisse exhibit, April 2 at *Grand Palais*.
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Spring 2026 Book Tour news!
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May 5th: Release of The Great Book of Chocolate which is now available for
pre-order from your local independent book seller as well
as Bookshop, Amazon, a...
Fantasie Suite
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PANORAMURALS by Justyna, Poland Allo friends, how are you? It’s been a long
time since I’ve had a chance to get to the blog and as always, remembered
how m...
Pascal's Law Equation
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*Pascal's Law Equation*
Pascal also wrote about hydrostatics, which explains his experiments using
a barometer to explain his theory of the Equilibrium of F...
"Célestins"
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The “Caserne des Célestins” is where you find the headquarters of the
“Garde Républicaine”. Passing by the other day, I was struck by the
extraordinary d...
My Garden 2018
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I have finally got to posting some photos of my garden this year. Chosen
just a few to give some idea of how the year has progressed
Things start to per...
Something Old, Something New
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Ever since I first saw glimpses of photographer Victor Skrebneski's house
in those Seventies and Eighties-era Estée Lauder ads (Skrebneski often used
h...
The Backyard Feminist
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The Backyard Feminist, oil on canvas, 14″x18″. I suspect she’s listening to
Heart’s ‘Dreamboat Annie’ cassette tape as she rocks […]
Hemgjord flytande gödning
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Jag får en hel del frågor om vad jag göder med i mina inomhusodlingar.
Det senaste är kallt nässelte. Jag torkar ca 60 liter nässlor varje år.
Själv
dr...
Marrakesh: and a tale of an end and a new beginning
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Dear friends, We grow older and things change. And so it is with this
little blog. My Marrakesh has moved homes! Please find me here in my new,
swanky digs...
Red, White, & Blue & All Over the Place
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She started it.
[image: Photo | Taylor Porter]
Okay, actually I started it. With the first pair in 1993 ~ to match her
personality ~ she’s a redhead.
[imag...
Som jag har längtat!
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Det är inte klokt! Hur lång kan vintern vara egentligen? Först kommer
solen, mycket sol men köldgraderna ger sig inte sen när man härdat ut länge
nog tyc...
The Promise of Summer
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This morning I woke up and it was beautiful, warm enough to wander round my
freshly mowed garden in my robe and set the table for an alfresco
breakf...
A Prada Pastiche
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At the start of every season, I try to make a point of going to the Rem
Koolhaas-designed Prada store in Beverly Hills to look at the new arrivals
— displa...
Gustaf V signerar stenen utanför klubbhuset, Sandhamn 1930
Paul Isberg, min farfar i mitten, ser leende på..
Grönskärs fyr. Pastell efter gammalt foto. Pia Ehrenpreis
Sandhamnsflagga?
Skulle Sandhamn ha en egen flagga skulle den kanske se ut så här!
Sandhamn för länge sen..
Les Moules
Kantarelltid
Sandhamnsnostalgi
Marint collage
Inloppet, Sandhamn
Kvällsljus..
Brandskärgården utanför Sandhamn
Midsommarmåne..
The heroes of youth..
Paris. Belmondo & Seberg i "Till sista andetaget"
Klart källvatten.. Zimbabwe i högländerna mot Mozambique.
Crocodile river, South Africa. "A tender sniff.. Giant crocks lurking in river below.."
Heading for Ngumba Island, Lake Victoria
Ngumba Island, Victoriasjön
Afrikafoton: Pia Ehrenpreis
My Blog Award
The tastes of Italy..
Dofterna, fröjderna för ögat och för gommen. Jag älskar Italien - som så många andra - och försöker komma dit så ofta jag kan. Denna gång blev det Toscana och Umbrien. Samt några dagar vid Medelhavet- inkl.ett dopp faktiskt! (april) - vid Marina di Pisa samt tågresa till Pietra Santa med sin vita marmor och sina skulptörer och konstnärer.
"Sandhamnssyjuntan " nästan fulltaliga nu under 2008-års Gotland Runt på ljugarbänken i hamnen i Sandhamn på fredagen: Pia, Marina, Lalla och Kerstin.
