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June was a month of little big things. Finally getting some shelves fitted in the office was one of the highlights. Our drill wouldn't go through the thick concrete wall so we booked someone from Clas Fixare (home improvement division of Clas Ohlson). The shelves going up meant
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June has been a month of prolonged heat, ice cream, people wearing socks with sandals, pop-up strawberry stands, pillars of geraniums, screams from football fans in surrounding apartments, airy dresses, vaccinations, green streets and eased restrictions. We are also starting to see early signs of the city emptying for Summer.
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May brought the smell of bbqs on balcones, leaves on the trees, blankets of pollen, the sound of seagulls mating, hot sun with cold wind, people zipping around on bikes, vaccination posters and longer days (midnight sun arrived in Northern Sweden). Cherry blossom was one of the best bits of
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May has been a mega month. Some good, some bad and a whole heap of things sandwiched inbetween. I'm pretty exhausted! In other news, the apartment is starting to take shape and I've been experimenting with how much coffee my caffeine intolerant body can handle (not
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April was a good month for snow flurries. The perfect transition for people like me who aren't ready to say goodbye to the snow just yet. Everyone seems to be moving slower now Spring has arrived — presumably because there is less need to rush around to stay warm!
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March vanished and here we are at the end of April. Our applications for uppehållsstatus (post Brexit residency status) were approved and that was a huge weight off our minds. We've been riding out a third Covid wave, redecorated the apartment, had our final TBE vaccinations,
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March was the month of frozen water, sporadic snowfall, colourful feathers for Easter, warm sun, a handful of coat free days, anti-vax protests (not us), pockets of coarse grit on pavements and tiny purple flowers called blåsippa. I'm amazed the water stayed frozen for most of the month.
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February began in what felt like the depths of Winter, with snow and daytime temperatures averaging -10c or below. Fat Tuesday arrived, more Covid-19 recommendations were put in place, colourful tulips filled the shops, snow ploughs zipped around, the calls of roof clearers echoed down the streets, hands were stuffed
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January and February mostly revolved around putting everything in boxes and taking it all out again (we moved to a new apartment). I also turned another year older. But aside from that, the rest is a bit of a blur. New Year already feels like many months ago. I took
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January has been a good month for weather nerds like me. The temperatures have fluctuated quite a bit and we've seen rain, fog and snow. Plus the sun finally came back for several hours at a time — what a good day that was. Early January involved lots of
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I only intended to take a few photos of Wintery weather but I love snow and I love taking photos, so of course I ended up with more than I could fit into one of my usual monthly roundups. These were all taken during the first half of January. This
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2020. WHAT A YEAR! The world has basically being living the plot of Contagion — except toilet paper almost became the currency of the future in the 2020 version. 2019 was an incredibly hard for us and I remember saying "this year has been so awful, 2020 has to be
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