So far this year has been one of the busiest periods of my life. The winter months from january until april 1 have been literally packed with must do’s. In the mean time all my three kids had chicken pox over an extended period of five weeks, which meant that I had to work in […]
My first attempt to raise home grown tomato plants from seeds was fairly successful despite that I had no greenhouse. The Swedish summer offers a nice and temperate climate, but the warm summer period is fairly short. Nights are also fairly cold, often below 10°C except for a period in July and August. Last week […]
An observant reader might have noticed that I mentioned, on my about page, that I’m an amateur bookbinder. As a member of the Falun amateur bookbinders’ society (Falu amatörbokbindare), I try to get some time off to go down to the bindery every once in a while and make some progress on my various book binding […]
Summertime is here, and I’m more or less taking a break from the keyboard. Expect only sporadic postings until the end of August. For the next couple of weeks I will be having lazy days gardening and making some smaller maintenance jobs at our summer house. Today was the first day back at home after a […]
Dad has fun too at the childrens’ easter parade in Karlstad. Easter means a tour to Karlstad to participate in the annual easter parade. This was the 30’th time it was arranged, and several thousand people participated. For us, it was the fourth time there. The kids were dressed up as witches (påskkärringar) as usual, and […]
After a couple of wonderful spring–like days that caused much of the abundant snow to melt, there was a backlash today with almost 20cm of snow falling. Despite this, I decided to make another attempt to get going with my jogging, which has more or less been on hold since last fall. I went out at […]
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