Places
November bought mostly city time. A combination of us continuing to avoid public transport where possible and just feeling the need to rest. We've taken advantage of weekend rain giving us permission to stay cosy at home. This month also delivered the first snow flurries — they were short
Life
The past month has revolved around more darkness but also more light, extra layers of clothing, safety reflectors, spending more time indoors now the virus has ballooned, chocolate covered marzipan, Christmas presents from the UK, a small snow flurry and colourful Winter sunsets. Our friends gave us this dalahäst as
Places
October has been a good month for night walks. I say night walks but darkness arrives by 5pm so it's not like we've had to venture late! The trees have lost their leaves, julstjärna have started appearing in shop windows, city dogs are wearing their safety
Life
Life lately has been cold air, darker evenings and sunlight to new areas of the apartment. We've been burning more candles, making Saturday morning treat trips for Lördagsgodis, playing with new cameras and we bought a loaf of bread from our favourite bakery again (they were closed over
Places
The city came alive again during September. More people, more traffic, more shops are open and best of all... there are more sausage dogs roaming the streets. My game of sausage watch (which could be mistaken for another activity by those not in the know) can finally be resumed. This
Places
Stockholm has been deserted for most of August but that has started to change this past week. People are returning from their Summer cabins and staycations. Even Gamla Stan, which has been a ghost town for weeks, is now filled with more people than pigeons for the first time in
America
I've been digitising old film photos lately and found some great shots of New York that have never seen the light of day. Almost twelve years have passed so I don't remember a great deal about what I was feeling etc. But I do know I
Film Photography
My favourite film camera is broken at the moment and I missed shooting film so took the Olympus Trip and Lubitel (medium format) for a spin around Stockholm instead. We stood here during our very first week in Stockholm. I remember us walking along the shore talking about feeling anxious
Places
Despite the rain, we've spent quite a bit of time walking around the city this week. I feel like I've adjusted to the hum of lots happening around me, and now I'm seeing the interesting things rather than busyness. And I say busy but
Life
Life lately has been trying to sleep in the heat, the sound of cutlery on plates from outdoor meals on other balconies, gifts of rhubarb, geraniums and tomato plants, socially distanced chats with neighbours, Swedish strawberries and watching people let their guards down with social distancing despite the virus situation
Life
Thanks to "this time last year" photo reminders, I've been reflecting on the amount of change we've experienced in the last twelve months. The loss of my Mum, new directions at work and moving from the UK to Sweden. I don't know
Life
It has been a funny old couple of weeks. Eating ice cream on the balcony, then huddled up under a blanket the day after. Saturday was so warm I announced I was going to put my big coat away for good. More snow and rain arrived the next day. I&
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