Asbjørn’s sweet tooth knows no bounds. He’s never been one to turn his nose up at a treat, but lately his gluttony has reached new heights. On Wednesday afternoon Debbie, Helena, and Melanie came by for fika and Debbie had made a scrumptious German chocolate cake, complete with Betty Crocker coconut/pecan frosting. After the four… Read More Dog Treats

I talked Olof into a trip to Alhems Trädgård, a local nursery, this afternoon, and I’m so glad I did. They’re having a sale on their summer plants, and I got three geraniums and two begonias for 65 SEK (eight U.S. dollars, give or take). Too bad I didn’t realize until the salesgirl rang everything… Read More Flower talk

I’ve finally recovered enough from our Stockholm weekend to start blogging again. We had a great time, but man were our days long and full. We came home completely exhausted and I don’t think either of us has caught up on sleep yet. Our flight left at seven o’clock Saturday morning, which put us at… Read More Stockholm Recap

Olof’s and my flight leaves from the Skellefteå airport in just over twelve hours. We’ll be in Stockholm from eight o’clock Saturday morning until five o’clock Monday afternoon, and we’ll be free as birds since the kids are staying with Olof’s parents. We’ll hardly know what to do with ourselves (actually, I think lots of… Read More Mama anxiety

As it turns out, our digital camera isn’t totally dead and it can be coaxed to take a few pictures now and again. We managed to get it working a couple of times today, and I got some nice pictures. The building of the wall has finally commenced and Lydia’s new room should be livable… Read More Picture Day

I’m afraid our digital camera has bitten the dust, which is a double disappointment just now because I had a great post all lined up but it won’t work without a digital photo visual aid. Curse the luck. I suppose now we’ll have to buy a new camera, because Lord knows my life would scarcely… Read More Picture-less

The weather has been so nice for the past several days that I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I think summer has finally come to Västerbotten. Since Saturday it’s been warm and sunny with clear skies and only a tiny bit of rain (scarcely enough to mention, really). This is… Read More Wednesday

We have got to start getting to bed earlier, but considering that it’s past ten as I type this and nobody seems to be winding down yet, I don’t think tonight will be the night. Since Olof’s vacation started a week ago, we haven’t gone to bed before midnight (yes, that includes the kids, I’m… Read More Sunday

It’s been warm and sunny all day long with scarcely a cloud in the sky. I could hardly believe my eyes when I got out of bed this morning and was greeted by clear blue skies. I think I’d almost forgotten what how nice a real summer day could be. After lunch we drove down… Read More Let the sun shine in!

So I guess there won’t be a flood, despite what must surely be close to forty days and forty nights of rain. I’d been looking forward to this afternoon for over a week because today was the day that Helena was coming to visit. It had been over a month since we last got together… Read More Promises, promises