Gotland in May

It's not just us who enjoy the view from a window. In our birdhouse, which we put up very late this spring, Mr. and Mrs. Great Tit with family moved into.





In early May


...and the end of May

Lav

...då är det vår

Förra veckan åkte vi till Gotland och fick vara med om en förvandling – vinter blev till vår. Att se en citronfjäril och höra staren sjunga, då vet vet man att våren kommit. Det var med stor upptäckarglädje som vi hittade det som vilat under snö, både bildligt och bokstavligt. Och som man säger "det som göms i snö kommer fram i tö".

Last week we went to Gotland and got to be part of a transformation - the winter turned into spring. When you see a lemon butterfly and hear starlings sing, then you know that spring has arrived. It was with great joy of discovery we found what has been rested in the snow, both figuratively and literally. And as they say "what is hidden in the snow comes in thaw".

Back in the studio August 19th

More then two month on the countryside makes it hard to give up this life. During the summer we have been cleaning the first floor (celler) from junk and finally, after twelve year, I can see it's a room. So this last week I will do the final touch and hopefully I can enjoy sitting in the "new" studio before we leave the island. The end of summer...

Details

Life in a small cottage

This is the true picture of my life right now.



We do'nt have a washing machine, barely a water pump. So I´ll do it in the old way – with a washboard. Did I say that I have to boil all the water to the right temperature, that is so I can put my hands in the wash-tub. So no barking about colours. How ever it a quite peaceful occupy.


A recycled clothes hanger with bag my serve as a clothespeg collecter

A dazzling garden

Last years garden project has given us results. Flowers and herbs we thought would die during the moving, is now in blossom. There are still some plants to go in soil.




I love the mauve colour of chive and sage. And they grow like weeds. My device about flowers - the more the better.







The withered wild tulips. Plainness. But now there are fresh sweet-smelling jasmine in the vase.

Midsummer weekend with friends

Midsummer feast at friend´s with dance and some pics from me and Maria's kid free tour. She and her family visit us on Gotland. We took things easy throughout the weekend, a lot of reading old magazines in the outdoor sofa. All of work delivered, no internet and a non-working-in-the-country-cellphone (bad phone company). I guess this is the start of my summer holiday.









Midsummer feast at friend's home. Whom are about to rebuild and renovate there studio/smithy to a new home to live in, still with working area. There intention is to preserve the old barn, the details and the beautiful windows.





The best buy at an auction. A baby doll pram from the 70th.

Wild tulips

Longing for summer

This weekend we cleaned out our balcony and planted some seeds. In just a few weeks we´ll take them with us to Gotland.


Matilda in her new blue hat.