..keeping repeating myself! But I never seen such an abundance of the blue spring Anemons called Blåsippa in Sweden! In the center, the lovely little Blåsippa Stella - the10-year old grandaughter of my sister - picking a nice bouquet. This is just behind my garden in the woods.. The area where I live is an interesting wetland with the famous Lummelunda caves underneath some miles away. This little pond can be found in the rather inpenetrable woodlands behind my house. I wounder if it contains any crayfish? The brya - as a pond is called in the Gotland lingo -should be ideal for this delicate shellfish.. Hmmm..
The very first Anemone Nemorosa - "vitsippa" in Swedish - was sighted today. Gotland is well ahead of the rest of Sweden (along the very southern part of Skåne) when it comes to the advancement of spring in Sweden.Soon the woods and meadows will turn from blue to a compact white..
Hej! Jag har bott på Gotland i ett och ett halvt år, och det är den andra vår som jag upplever här. Jag kommer från Rumänien, förlåt om min svenska inte är så bra. Vad vill jag säga...vi var i fjol i april i Lummelunda och det var fullt med blå-,vittsippor. Jag tog några foton, de finns på min fotoblogg. Ditt hus är så vackert! Kram från Visby.
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
Le trompe-l’œil, Musée Marmottan Monet
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Yesterday I went to see the new Trompe l’Oeil 👁️(fool the eye) exhibit
At *musée Marmottan* in the 16th arrondissement (Metro 9).
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Life
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French Apple Cake
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Notre Dame ... objective 2024
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The confinement period of course meant some interruption of the
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Understanding Pascal's Law
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*Understanding Pascal's Law*
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"Yellow is capable of charming God." Vincent Van Gough
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Our 2018 Project
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Några av höstens föreläsningar
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Ursäkta att jag inte är här så ofta längre. Insta blir ofta mera direkt.
När
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little blog. My Marrakesh has moved homes! Please find me here in my new,
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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
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The Promise of Summer
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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?
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Kantarelltid
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Kvällsljus..
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Midsommarmåne..
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Paris. Belmondo & Seberg i "Till sista andetaget"
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Heading for Ngumba Island, Lake Victoria
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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.
..keeping repeating myself! But I never seen such an abundance of the blue spring Anemons called Blåsippa in Sweden! In the center, the lovely little Blåsippa Stella - the10-year old grandaughter of my sister - picking a nice bouquet. This is just behind my garden in the woods..
The area where I live is an interesting wetland with the famous Lummelunda caves underneath some miles away. This little pond can be found in the rather inpenetrable woodlands behind my house. I wounder if it contains any crayfish? The brya - as a pond is called in the Gotland lingo -should be ideal for this delicate shellfish.. Hmmm..
The very first Anemone Nemorosa - "vitsippa" in Swedish - was sighted today. Gotland is well ahead of the rest of Sweden (along the very southern part of Skåne) when it comes to the advancement of spring in Sweden.Soon the woods and meadows will turn from blue to a compact white.. 
Cara,
SvaraRaderaBuona Pasqua a te! Varen har kommit langt pa Gotland, ser jag. Njut och ha det gott! Bacione! Ingrid
Hej!
SvaraRaderaJag har bott på Gotland i ett och ett halvt år, och det är den andra vår som jag upplever här. Jag kommer från Rumänien, förlåt om min svenska inte är så bra.
Vad vill jag säga...vi var i fjol i april i Lummelunda och det var fullt med blå-,vittsippor. Jag tog några foton, de finns på min fotoblogg.
Ditt hus är så vackert!
Kram från Visby.