and some of what was seen in between

Summer holiday

Sunrise heading south

Sunset heading north

Timber built

On the train south last week, stopped at Lightvalley.

Did the same coming back five days later.

But this time the woodpile's lower.

Another timber building a bit further north:

The other side of the mountains...

Trap!

When april with his sweet showers...

On the last day of April, Spring is traditionally "sung in", here in Sweden. A male voice choir stood on the steps of the old artillery regiment yesterday evening and braved the last of the April showers. It started with hail and then turned into heavy snowfall with a biting wind that caught up the black party tent to the left of the choir and blew it into them. None of which stopped these valiant Vikings from giving it their all from the first song below to the final song in the link.

http://www.svt.se/nyheter/regionalt/jamtlandsnytt/kylslagen-varsang

Valborg , Swedes welcoming the Spring

Down South

 

Happy Easter

The Great Lake on Easter Monday 2014

Half term 2

For the Autumn half term, at the end of October we headed south as far as we could. We needed a break after a long summer of sorting and clearing that was thrown to the wind when our house was broken into and trashed. Here are a couple of shots of the far south of Sweden.

Half term

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

God rest you merry gentle folk let nothing you dismay
Here is hopefully a video, but if it doesn't work I have been given permission to use a picture drawn by my youngest daughter to wish you all:
En fredfull jul
och ett gott nytt år

Merry Christmas

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG SISTER!

Just for you Sarah, we managed to get hold of your very first LP artists,
The Not so New Seekers.
Perhaps not quite as fresh as they once were, but still going.
Unless your name is Sarah and it's your 50th birthday, then I probably would NOT WATCH the following clip!

With lots of love to you all...

I'm still around, just extremely busy. I'll try and visit as soon as things ease off... hopefully at the end of next week... or maybe the next...

xxx

Passing through Ytterhogdal

Taken by Strawbri

thru the car window

as we travelled south

for a 70th birthday party.

Swedish Horse Guards

Walking in the woods

The best way to travel

Inlandsbanan - the slow train that takes its time, stops to look at bear dens and waterfalls, lets you sit up front next to the driver, with guides that cheerfully solve problems and sing Jemtlands song as you cross the border, best train trip ever!

Friday evening by the lake

Miss T and Strawbs have gone off to camp for 10 days, leaving us to amuse ourselves.

Spring, Swedish style...

Which means we're still enjoying the snow!