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.

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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.