july and august / 2021

kai: we needed this holiday! so grateful for my fun-loving sweet boy.

stockholm weekend pics: a day in värmdö

värmdö is a lovely area to explore for a day, as we did on this occasion, or a weekend as we have done in the past. we go to our usual spots...

first, gustavsberg to visit the local bakery, their chai latte is very good and you can't go wrong with any pastry but i love a good tosca (think almondy caramel). then we hop into the shops. gustavsberg for their plates, bowls, and cups. we were gifted coffee cups from them and they are lovely. they also sell lisa larson's pottery (i'm coveting the black cat pictured below). ittala is another outlet that i like to browse and i bought their blush coloured flower pot which now sits on my coffee table and makes me happy. there was a new little artisanal boutique with all the oils and honey and sausage you could want plus much more. we walked away with licorice (for stefan) and chips (for me). 

lunch was next at siggesta gård where i indulged in two seasonal appetizers... mushrooms on toast and crayfish soup. both were eye-rolling good. they also have a little shop where we picked up their homemade ketcup and apple musteri. of course, we visited the alpacas (or are they llamas?). 

our last stop was the artipelag, the museum in the woods with views of the baltic. rolf hanson's exhibition was showing which was not stefan's cup of tea although he liked his earlier work a bit more, the stair paintings "permeate a creeping sensation of discomfort, one can disern a ghost walking down the stairs toward an endpoint". i, instead, enjoyed his later more abstract paintings, especially "sine nomen". afterwards, we walked via the water walkway enveloped in its quiet and peaceful surroundings.

it's been awhile since we took a day trip. here's hoping for more of them.

summer at home: july and august

stefan and i very much enjoyed restaurang garba. it's a newish restaurant that is run by two best friends, linn söderström and marion ringborg. everything was incredibly good, the fish, the meat, the veg, everything. i loved the interior too. i really recommend garba! next time, i want to go for breakfast and pasteries and then wander the streets of vasastan, a lovely neighoburhood full of great boutiques.

exciting news, we have been casually looking for a new apartment! visiting homes in sweden is like walking into an interior design magazine... herringbone floors, bruno mathsson chairs, high ceilings! it's been such fun spending sundays apartment hunting and lunching with my hubby.

strawberries and sunflowers all summer long :)

the three of us spent a rainy afternoon on pastoral långholmen island where, adam and albin, for a second year in a row, set up the pop-up restaurant ön. the artichoke fritters with curried sauce and the kale salad with burrata were divine.

at home, kai tries on my glasses (he suits them!), the cats are cozy, i wear my new blue track pants, gifted to me by maya, my neice, on repeat. stefan makes the best grilled eggplants, loki is gifted treats by our lovely neighbour kelly, and the summer light shines.

loki is extra affectionate when we return from our month away. i awake each morning with loki greeting me in bed meowing, rubbing his head against me, purring.

we dine at spirtmusuem with our friends despina and george, and end up having a crayfish party. despina teaches me how to expertly break apart the shell. oops, i was too busy stuffing myself with crayfish to take pictures.

we celebrate our friend, petter's birthday :)

kai goes to greece, without me! these pictures are from a fishing trip he, axel, and eric went on... 

 hearts appear in the sky.

soon, i hope, i will have our summer pictures, from lemnos and holland, to show you!