This is what I am longing for

I am reposting this photo. We just cancelled our trip to Sweden, that we were supposed to do this coming Friday. We still have 1-2 weeks of the Swedish West Coast to look forward to in August, so it's not all that bad, but having built up all the anticipation to go, I am really aching for this spot in the world, so I just have to repost this.

Taken last summer, on a little outing on the cliffs with the family.

Grey and Green

A good way of getting back into my blogging habit, I think, is to pick up the different weekly challenges that I used to do. One of them are Friday Colours and today the subject is grey and green. I immediately thought of O's grandmother's house. She had the most gorgeous hallway, in cool shades of green and grey, probably chosen when the house was built in 1919 and she moved into the house as a 5 year old girl.

If you want to view more Friday Colour contributions, please click here.

Missing my Swedish West Coast

At least the temperature has gone down now. Over 33 degrees in a metropolitan city is not a pleasure at all *actually I don't like 33 degrees anywhere, but in a city it's even worse*.

I have been quite okay with not being in Sweden that much this summer. Until last night. I have been thinking of doing some photos into wall art, you know "photo on canvas" and I started browsing through my photos from last summer. I remember when I took this, O and the children were fishing crabs on the cliffs just off the beach and I took a little stroll with my camera. I absolutely loved this view and as I sat down I saw the sail of the sailboat emerging from behind the house and I snapped some shots. I actually wasn't happy enough with this photo last summer, so I never posted it as part of my 366, but to me now, today, it looks like paradise.

A little break from work

June has been absolutely frantic, work around the clock all days of the week *I know, not good* Our Midsummer weekend *a Swedish holiday weekend* was spent in London and I was actually working the whole weekend, going to an exhibition, but on Sunday afternoon, I finished early and caught up with the family at London Zoo.

C decided to try face painting for the first time.
*you can really see his anticipation, knowing he is going to look
really, really cool*

A very happy spiderman

After refusing face painting at first, J changed her mind
and wanted to be a flower fairy.

Have completely fallen off..

..the blogging wagon. Have had just about 1000 things to do and not been happy with my photos (somehow I have taken 1146 photos lately, and I am not happy with them).

So I am thinking of changing the format of my blog, back to my old diary thing. I know the 365 is just for fun, but I realize that I am not that good at deciding that "this should be my boat photo for the year" *what if I take a much better boat photo this summer?*, it leaves me never happy with what I do *and that is not like me*.

I will start doing my "pearl blogging" again. Just finding something that got me through the day. Not tied to a theme, just posting whatever life is throwing my way.

That's what I am going to do.

Celebration!

#42 Celebration

Just over a year ago, I started to turn my life around. After years of migrains, aches in my body, I stopped eating carbs. For 8 days I had the worst headache ever, and after that it just stopped.

For the last 13 months, I have only had migrain twice and both of the times have involved carbs.

Part from getting my health back, I have also lost weight and today, when I jumped on the scales, I realized that I have reached my first goal:

-10.2kg, that is 22.5 pounds. And I've done it by focusing on natural organic food, not forgetting eating natural sources of fat and a minimum of carbohydrates.

*Yay!!* :)

Nostalgia

365 challenge #200: Nostalgia
O's grandmother's house, where she lived from age 7 to age 90.

I've spent the past couple of days in the past. Our 16 year old cat became ill this weekend. I know she is old and I have been wondering when she would start to deteriorate (feeling quite practical about it and not at all emotional), but I wasn't prepared to all the emotions it would bring. I literally spent the weekend sobbing completely flooded with memories of when I moved into my first flat and all my plans for my future and all the fun I had with my little kitten. She followed me everywhere.

It seems that her condition is non-reversable, but at least for now she is quite happy and comfortable and it's so great to see. I will speak with the vet again today and hopefully we will be able to enjoy her for a little bit longer.