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Better late than never, here's the latest (and very short alas) update on the fabulous Z sisters. ~ Soon seven weeks old, prefering dry food and minced meat over gruel, Ztina weighing around 850 grams, Zigne around 800 grams. ~ They've quickly become very apt att climbing out of the kitten crate, and in to eat their special food and visit the mini litter box. I often find them sleeping in

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These past ten years or so I've become very good at treating myself to nice things. Because I'm worth it (and I thought so even before the silly commercial said so). And no it doesn't at all have to be something I buy, just having a cup of tea on a sunny porch, going for a walk in the woods even though I *should* be doing something more productive, a bouquet of tulips, baking a cake, having a

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It has been a crazy hectic week. Only in a good way though. Yes, pretty much only in a good way. I'd say great ways even. Good ways make those ruffles seem insignificant, easy to deal with and laugh about. Gosh, I wish life could be a bit more like that. Perhaps it's an attitude thing, perhaps the stars have aligned, properly, finally, but I have to say, I worry less (touch wood) and it feels

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I had two more Löv teas on my to-try-list - well, there might be more but these were the ones that sounded flavour appealing to me - when I saw that wee sweet organic shop I regularly pass by on my way home had finally re-stocked all flavours I obviously had to pop by and have a sniff. Several non-appealing sniffs and a few nice ones (although I think I've found all my favourites already; red

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Not to worry, it's not as strange and unwanted as wild strawberries growing outdoors in December, it's just me very much enjoying the light we've had since the snow fell the other day. Yesterday it was Ms Strawberry with friends, today it's a rekindle with amigurumi. It's been a while. I made a few more strawberries and before two of them move to their new home tomorrow I thought it would be

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With snow comes an abundance of light and opportunities for photo sessions. The three larger fellas in this photos have been biding their photo op time since a few months now, since they arrived as a lovelt gift - time to meet Mr Broccoli (previously seen posing with blue boots), Ms Strawberry and Mr Carrot. A dreadfully fine trio from a place I'm not a fan of, ya' know, very blue and yellow,

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Life is a lot about thinking right now - and kittens plus blue boots, oh how I adore them all in their own ways - so here goes another post on this and that ~ :: Enjoyed reading your different views on blogging and blogetiquette the other day very much. And yes, to put it plainly, as someone clever said, "do what is right for you, blogging isn't an obligation". :: I find it mind-baffling

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The day they turned four weeks old they got to try gruel from a plate for the first time, it went down well and with surprisingly little mess. Afterwards they sat their tiny behind in their little litter box and made a wee pee, no instructions needed. In other words, they were exemplary kittens. Since then they've also made wee poos and a mess with the food - because clearly it's best eaten

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:: So far I've been a semi-strict boss - in the semi-finished office above - to self this week. I've made a few phone calls in-the-name-of-the-company - remember me being an odd phoney so it's a big thing - including talking to a dream-client (and was asked to call back next month, thus plenty of time to prepare, oh the joy, the borderline delirium afterwards). Booked a meeting. Prepared for a

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Yesterday was headgear day, today it's all about the socks. Well, more specifically one pair which I'd quite forgotten about - they were one of the beauties that arrived in September along with the tofu socks, the awesome bicycle ones were a perfect wee gift for someone who loves her bike - since I have been very partial to lace socks these past few months, and admittedly a few dotty and

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I'm thinking that the knitting of caps might be the new scarf or the new socks for me. Plus they're quicker to make, with rather little effort and hey presto, you've got a new hat! I've got me some fabulously perky and lovely wool yarn - I've been ogling it for ages - before Christmas, I then returned for another skein in a sweet skyblue hue. Granted compared to the bright pink (with small

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I was going to write something substantial about my "first week as my own boss" this evening. But I have been a very kind boss this first week, getting into a flow plus those hairy, cuddly colleagues, well, you have to spend time socializing to, right? I may not have been quite as diligently checking off lists as I had planned - and I'm really, really working hard on the "not everything has to

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It's not only Friday the 13th, it's also St Knut's day, the official end of Christmas in Sweden. My advent candlesticks will as usual continue to light up my life until the days get brighter, longer and my home is not filled with christmassy ornaments so not much will change in that way. But I'm thinking that all these small steps towards a nicer season and new beginnings etc etc are sweet, 13

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Bought three packages of Kulau coconut water a while ago. I hadn't heard about or seen it before, but the packaging was lovely and it sounded like a good thing to try. I mean, coconut, that's such a lovely flavour, right? So far I've tried one, the one I found most intriguing, being a lover of pomegranate, the one containing just that. I have to say though, that it was actually one of the most

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Time to look back at 2011 - one photo per month. Though looking back at 2011 it will be very difficult picking just one photo a month, it was an eventful year, quite a bad one, crap galore even, but when I see it in a distance like this I'm grateful for all the fun and good times that managed to sneak in there regularly too. I'm afraid there won't be any short, witty underline - I have to say

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A week later, three and a half weeks old they're just irresistable adorable AND pretty active suddenly. Extra yay for Ztina now being rather a dollface - and having quite an exotic colour/pattern, from my point of view, either bluetortietabby pointed or lilactortietabby pointed. Tomorrow they'll get their own wee litter-box and try gruel from a saucer for the first time. I expect a mess. But

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I did debate with myself if I was going to post an all shoes and boots post today already, as I mentioned it only yesterday, a bit of a teaser and then a little wait, that's usually my melody. But sometimes I tend to forget the tune and never post the thing that felt oh so important that day, other matters, life come between. And for better or worse, blogging is often all about the here and now

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It has been a long, lovely weekend, the Epiphany, now Christmas and New Year's is really over. Not a great fan of that time of the year, due to its hyped and commercialized spirit, but when it's over, the many lazy, cozy days of just being, I kind of miss them. From now on until Easter there will be no long - calendarwise - lazy weekends to enjoy. That said, admittedly, I have not looked

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I bribed the bobbaloos with cake (they're easy that way) and got them participate in the tea drawing. Outdoors, it was pretty cold. Into the green drawing pot squeezed themselves the most cake-delighted bobbaloos. Two of them (Byno and wee Hubbard) managed to squeeze themselves out of the pot the quickest and with them came two names. The names of the lucky winners of tea this time are.... *

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Today was yet another grey day hanging over one's head like a big wet, heavy blanket. Energy and inspiration run low, very low on such days. We've had an unfortunate plethora of them since September here. Makes one wish hibernatition for real was a viable option, because weather like this, days upon days upon days upon... it's not living, it's semi-living. I'm not blue, just pretty darn tired

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A few days later they're slightly more active, meows excitingly when you peek over the wooden crate - I've put beside the sofa in the living room so they're still in the middle of where most of the action in this house takes place - try to run on wobbly legs, squeak, purr when being cuddled, react on the environment - even if granted they still mostly sleep and eat, weighing almost 300 grams

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Two years ago I was most happy to have rekindled with Filofax, but in a smaller, red non-leather version. For some months I was quite happy with it. The before-iPhone era. But after that I've sadly not used it much, I've lost touch with my inner diligent calendar scribbler. Dates, meetings and appointments I've made a note of in iPhone. (But I've missed the scribbling in calendar every. single.

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I began the new year in green, for what better colour to celebrate new beginnings? A fabulous green beanie is almost finished. Here shown by the very first bobbaloo I had the uttermost pleasure to welcome to my home last year, Kismet, and the latest arrival, Gingerbob. When old-ish meet new magic happens. And of course, the nails are green (if not my fingers), apple-green, the loveliest of

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I had planned to do a 2011 in 12 pictures post - like last year - but alas, that will have to wait until the new year has arrived already. For now I will just share three wishes for 2012; That the world will be more compassionate, kind and loving place That people will stop eating meat - it's not difficult at all & very rewarding on many levels, promise! That my business will prosper - one has

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The wee ones have now turned plus two weeks, have been growing steadily since that awful first week and weigh over 200 grams each now. They seem awfully content and pleased with life as it is. Signe opened her eyes when only a few days old - too soon for my liking - but overall they seem to have adopted an attitude of, some days I want to only eat, sleep and have my eyes shut, some days I can

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I'm most pleased to announce that for the fourth year in a row my photos have been chosen to play a part in the municipality's environmental calendar. This year with three photos. Say hallo to March (below, surprisingly fun when in larger size in a calender), April (top above) and last but not least, the December pig I picked up this year's prize the other day. As blown away by the awesome

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Well, one can't really let the new year begin without posting something more substantial about the birthday getaway, right? The random thoughts on the destination in question will have to wait, but here are a few random photos - more in the Flickr set of course - from Lisbon. Because yes, no beating around the bush - which is a weird li'l expression me thinks, the one with the same meaning in

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I hope you've all had a lovely Christmas weekend. Ours was spent in a fine, unpretentious way, reasonable amounts of good food - I've never understood the ridiculous concept of Christmas food gluttony - and sweets. Watching tv, knitting - one and a half perky beanie finished - admiring the wee ones - growing steadily - and sleeping. Oh for the joy of sleeping again... Weatherwise; snow

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I hope you get to spend it just the way you want, that it will be heartwarming, relaxing, joyous, safe and loving, filled with good (vegetarian) food and sweet treats, laughter and good company. Happy Christmas time to all well-deserving souls out there ~ On Christmas Eve we turned 9 days old, we don't really know or care about the thing called Christmas, we just like to eat, sleep and

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The day before Christmas - yes, the proper day to celebrate Christmas is of course on Christmas Eve, didn't you know? - I give you a fabulous cookie recipe. Made from the Swedish peppermint rock candy "polkagris" previously presented by its lookalikes Wartle and Hefflebaum - but I assure you that no bobbaloos were hurt in the making of these cookies!   I made one batch of vanilla cookies - with

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I hope you've had a lovely winter solstice - now things will only get brighter and tad lighter every day! Me, I've spent it in the company of Gingerbob and Byno, the December boys. Plus, of course, the teeny tiny ones, Z and Z, who are, if I'm correct, girls, the December girls. In the case of me being correct; meet Zigne and Ztina.

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I'm so pleased (touch wood) that after having noticed that the wee ones gained weight through suckle only yesterday I did sleep about seven hours in a row last night. De-lovely. In many ways. Thus I've actually managed to put in a bit of proper work today, my brain seems reasonable well back in order - even if I'm already very much looking forward to bedtime again - all the Christmas cards are

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~ I had hoped every thing would be fine and dandy during the weekend, turned out that Siri apparently has a bit of a problem with her milk and the kittens have far from gained the weight they should have. Both mummy cat and the two kittens seem very content and happy with status quo - I am not. They really need to gain a reasonable amount of weight grams each day so we (ie mostly I) have been

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The arrival of the kittens has been such an unusual, lenghty process, quite different from anything I've experienced as far as kitten births before. In different ways exhausting for us all. And honestly I'm not even sure it's completely over yet even. Siri is just a very brave and capable kitty mum - and me, I'm feeling more than a tad bit guilty to have put her through this labourious thing...

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As the world according to me pretty much revolves around the waiting for proper lussekatter (it doesn't look as if it's going to happen today though, darn) and over the years I've already written about the Swedish celebration of Lucia a number of times - it's quite a lovely tradition, but for the religious undertones of course - I thought I'd simply share this year's batch of lussekatter (lusse

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Five pair of socks have been amongst my knitting projects lately, behold two of the perkiest ones. The pastel pair to the left I've made for myself (because I'm worrrrth it), a slightly thicker, softer yarn, perhaps not quite as magic as my usual yarn, but very cosy and pretty just the same (and bobbaloo approved). Not sure when the opportunity to wear them will come though, with the now

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On this third advent Sunday the time has come to have another tea giveaway, this time a slightly more seasonal one as one of the teas is the lovely Christmassy gingerbread tea I was most fortunate to make the aquaintance with a year ago. The other tea is a special Stockholm tea blend - equally lovely in flavour, but more of an all the year round tea - made by the Tea Centre of Stockholm since

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"Att läsa är att resa - To read is to travel" December 10th is not only the Nobel Day but also Animal Rights Day as well Humans Rights Day. Last year I was not in a good mood about this day, my mood du jour is granted better this year, but as usual a sad little has really happened to make this world a better place for those who can't speak and defend for themselves. The only two Nobel prizes

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I'm not a great fan of rock candy, I don't care how classically Swedish these "polkagris" (= polka pig, peppermint rock) candies are, I've never enjoyed them. (Well apart from when they're mixed into Marabou chocolate, then it's all mmmm...). These have been stuck in the pantry for a year now, I've been meaning to put them into cookies ever since. The time to finally do that has come. ~ And

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A recipe for a very simple, quick to make, perky soup. Myself I'm admittedly not a great fan of green peas, they're just a bit too sweet in flavour for my personal taste of veggies. But that said, if you can look pass that sweet tang that green peas have this is a flavoursome, lovely, moodlifting soup. I added a dollop of cream in my soup to round it off, soy milk or equivalent would be just

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It's been well over a year since I last wrote one of those list of skincare products I've-used-recently. I'm thinking it would be neat indeed if I could get those bottles and jars, lotions and potions (opened, used and recycled) squeezed into one post before the end of December. I think that time has come, here's what I've been using since August 2010; :: facial cleanser - mineral flowers facial

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At 3.46 pm (or 15.46 as us Swedes prefer to call it) it's this dark already here, on this day of December 6, 2011. The only bad thing about it not being snow on the ground this time of the year is that it really gets pitch dark. And of course, it isn't as pretty as it is with snowy scenery. But practical, very practical, albeit dark. This was my view at the bus stop. Waiting for the bus,

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I have been ogling this adorable Moomin house looking bird combi-feeder - from Swedish company Wildlife Garden, which have all sorts of lovely looking feeders and retailers in several countries, click on the respective flags on their website for more information - for a while now. It has been very high up on my wish list - and surely buying something meant to make life easier for other

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Inauguration of last year's prize today. I know, I know, it should have been two candles burning today, promise to have that done by next Sunday... I got pretty much everything ticked off last week's list - minus the finishing of Lovikka mittens, but really, that was not on top of the list, far from - for next week I don't have much planned. A few nice things I had looked forward to got

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Another week has passed, weekend again, I hope you'll be able to spend yours just the way you want to! Me, I'm going to spend a better part of it drinking this fabulous tea concoction I recieved this past week from a friend - for some odd reason it also contains popcorn - very easy on the eye, wouldn't you agree? When brewed it turns pink - yayness! - and luckily it's quite drinkable with

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This December 1st is very different from last year's, in weather as well as mind. But as grateful as one might be for every day that passes without snow - since the last two winters have been incredibly cold, harsh, long  and difficult - as saddening it is to find wild strawberries growing this time of the year outdoors in Sweden. Sheer madness. Spotted in bloom have also been narcissus and

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Three little woollies braved the harsh winter winds and volunteered to draw the winner of a signed copy of "food and drinks with bobbaloos". To make a quick operation of it, we used the bobbaloo travel cabin for the drawing, Wilco - who did a great job the last time - was sent in to rumble through the tickets and chose a winner. "hurry up now, it's cold out here" Congratulations, Maria B ~ 

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Yes it still needs a bit of tweaking, there are annoying wee details I have yet to sort out, but all and all, I think the new Luddkolt's (my breeding of British Shorthair cats) website has the information and style I was looking for. Most everything can be improved, but for now, this will do (in Swedish only at the moment). Kittens welcome. Very Meowy me thinks!

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There are three major recurring notions in trends I can't stand; animal prints, metallic and sparkly. Too much bling, hate bling in general. That said, it was actually M who spotted the nailpolish display of the Muppet-collection from OPI, not me. I don't really  n e e d  another nailpolish. But I was quite taken with these, despite them being very glittery. I think it was the idea of having

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Time for the weekly list. I'm proud to say, that even if it didn't feel like I accomplished much during the week - the wet, grey, dull blanket above is really doing its very best to dampen the spirit! But now we've had some rays of sun on two (!) different days and things feel a bit better - it seems I did. By no means do I make these public lists to boast about how *much* I do in a week, most

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Easy to make - although a bit time consuming since they have to dried in oven for quite some time. Although perhaps not four hours, which I did this time since they seemed to soft for rusks, but in the end they turned out a bit like mini bricks. Never mind. I've made them before and they turned out lovely. So please continue - and very satisfying in taste. Here's the recipe for biscotti style

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There was a teeny tiny li'l glimpse of the sun today. But it's still scary how dark it really must be, given it's almost impossible to take photos outdoors in natural light no matter time of day. I'm really most tired these days. The lack of energy is almost palpable. And with these days being mostly about waiting for information - being dependent on other people's yes-no-maybe-i don't know:s

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The Christmas season has never much interested me, less and less so with every year - apart from Christmas cards, Ris á la Malta, lussekatter and hyacinths that is. I enjoy these four things that come with the season. I'm very pleased about the first hyacinths of this season has just begun to bloom. I knew that "lawyers never lose their appeal" and the camera mug would come handy one day.

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I have only seen excerpts of the movie "The Cove", I am completely unable to see such senseless (and very human) cruelty against defenseless, peaceful creatures. I'm not one of those who has to be convinced about humanity's continous acts of evil. If you are able to watch this award winning documentary about the hunting of dolphins in Taiji, Japan for them to be sold alive to aquariums and marine

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The red socks from earlier. As I mentioned then, I felt they needed some snowflakes amongst all that red. So they got some before I handed them over to the buyer. This is how the red socks turned out in the end. Had I had more time I would probably have stitched some more on, but I like how they look now too. And so did the customer. Very cozy looking snap this. Thank you kindly for all

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I'm quite enjoying the lists of what-will-I-do-next-week and what-DID-I-do-last-week, keeps me reasonably focused at tasks, instead of dreaming, contemplating and well, procrastinating I suppose... So here goes, ticked off (yayness) of last week's list are; :: one inspirational fika, lunch etc is better than none - I had to run for the bus one day which that left my calcaneal spur/right heel

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Yes, I'm spending a good portion of a - what the forecast predict is going to be - glum weekend weatherwise with this lurid hank, making a cowl for someone (other than me). The yarn chosen is bobbaloo approved - worth to mention is that while approving it they also pointed out that really, there aren't any violet, magenta, chocolate etc bobs living in the Scandinavian colony. Demanding li'l

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Sharing my happiness - and hopefully not jinxing it by telling... so let's touch wood on that - over the fact that yes, there will be fluffy kittens arriving in December. Around the time of Lucia, proper little "lussekatter", plush, purring, cuddly, minuscule teddybear kittens (aka British Shorthairs), in many possible colour combinations, dotty, bicolour, torties, blue, red and then some. Oh-

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Yes, I did finished embroidering the socks yesterday. No make that today actually, since I spent pretty much the whole night doing it. I'm in a bit of a post-sock-embroidery daze. It was incredible time consuming, I didn't think it would be. Had I been thinking about it more beforehand I would of course have knitted the pattern into the socks instead of embroidering them afterwards. But now

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I've had leftover bananas in the freezer for a while and making a smoothie again or bake a cake felt... boring. So I was very pleased when I found this recipe for almost raw vegan icecream (in Swedish) the other day. Only three ingredients, which certainly added to the awesomeness. Not a great fan of soy milk I went with coconut milk instead (which made it raw icecream for sure) and it turned

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On a day when I apparently (subconsciously, promise) matched the lipgloss with the nailpolish (OPI Dulce de Leche) I have so far managed to tick this off yesterday's list-of-the-week: # a monday breakfast accompanied by good talking about the life as a small business owner # handed in suggestions to get "the essential thing" fixed. Fingers crossed. # another day without snow # halfway

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I plan to: ~ have a few brainstorming sessions which will include fika, lunch etc (because they're so much nicer that way) with people that inspires me ~ deal with not so good news I got last week, regarding something rather essential about my new life. Ah, the silly little pope behaviour of administrative authorities never fails. But this really has to be fixed. Asap. And there are no

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During all that talking and walking yesterday - I love reading your comments so far on the topic of friendship, please keep them coming! - we also managed to browse some food shops. Admittedly I'm not much for browsing said shops in general, if I'm not on holiday, then I love it, but it was just really nice to (also) guide an out-of-towner to various delicatessen, vegan and organic shops. I

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Today I met a friend for the first time face to face and together we spent one of the loveliest days I've had in a long time. Some 10+ hours were passed talking, walking, vegetarian/vegan food browsing, a wee bit of shopping with a stop for lunch and later a cup of hot cocoa. I was pretty exhausted, hungry and tired when I got home late in the evening, but also with the great feeling of having

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This made me cry today, but also feeling more than a tad bit awwwness about the people who actually get down to knit sweaters to help the little penguins affected my the massive oil spill (caused by human greed as always...) in New Zealand. Penguin jumpers. So adorable, but for a very sad reason. So if you want to do a good deed with your knitting, this is one of the most worthy causes I've

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I've been a great fan of the Yes to Carrots - and not only because I *suffer* from the carrot defect - skincare range for a few years now. Sadly another fabulous brand not available in Sweden (yet). So whenever on a trip I look for it, always available in Sephora. So I picked these up at the getaway; the lovely lovely cucumber-green tea shampoo I mentioned earlier. The three different body

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I often judge a book by the cover, because curiously enough I've found that when I love the cover design I also at least 95% of the time love what's between the cover pages - "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" being a perfect example of the love cover, love book thing. I wish the same could be said for tea. There are so many fabulous looking tea tins, packages, bags out there, but honestly

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On the brink of a new week, I can tick this off my list for the week that went; ~ I did take quite a few pleasing steps towards my new life ~ have spent pretty much the whole weekend revamping and cleaning the office space. And then some. It's such a cathartic feeling, the deciding what to keep, sell, give away or throw away. One should do it more often, but one doesn't. The keeping of good,

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Every day that passes without the first snow is a good day, even though it's strangely (and rather worrying I suppose) warm for the season with temperatures touching above +10 C. It feels like September rather than November. It's lovely (and does wonders for the electrical bill), but odd. This autumn has, due to the high temperatures, completely lacked the lurid red and deep orange foliage I

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I'm a stickler for well-thought through details, in general the quirkier the better. I'm also a firm believer that design that combines a pleasing playfulness with user-friendliness and comfort always wins over things that oozes boring usability only. Add to that an even firmer belief that the daily boring household chores - but please, always keep in mind that a clean house is a sign of a

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Bobbaloos and socks, two of the best things in life. I am not ashamed to admit that I have kind of a bobbaloo-wishlist, consisting of colours/colour-combination and personality types. Yes, I'm that crazy. And proud of it. There are worse things to be a bit mad about. And most of us need more madness of the good kind in our lives. The kind of madness goodness that makes a world seriously awry

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It's been a rather exhausting day. Most of the birthday getaway photos aren't uploaded to Flickr yet. There are lots of thoughts swirling around in my head. Mostly good ones though. I'm not sure what to write about today, but write I must, so here goes a bit of randomness. Again. ~ Washed my hair in a new colour care shampoo today. Cucumber and green tea shampoo. When you sniff the bottle it's

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I do have a few favourite tea-strainers - the good quality ones that don't break or are warped thus let all the tea leafs out in the cup and are easy to clean - but my experience is also that they aren't very dependable in the long run, they break, they get warped and very many aren't that easy to clean. But so far, I do adore my little robot guy. Though ever since we saw and tried these nifty

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I'm looking forward to: ~ taking some more steps towards my new life (incl the revamping of my office space) ~ finishing a couple of socks and a few magical sleeping pouches ~ foot feeling better ~ meeting a new friend for fika - food - whateverish ~ possibly trying out a brand new café ~ sporting some new socks ~ baking and filling the freezer ~ welcoming a couple of small sized

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Sadly the pink flowers will most certainly be scarce on my weekend - but briefly a week ago they were mine to admire - the blue skies probably too. But there'll be reshuffling of furniture to make room for a brighter future (in many ways) and, what I hope is, an entertaining movie. That will do. Quite possibly inauguration of purple shoes. And baking of cakes. That's quite nice too. Whatever

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It was lovely to get a bit of sun, warmth and change of scenery. It was indeed a pretty, picturesque city (more of later) with nice things to see and do, but there where also two drawbacks that make it less than likely it'll qualify for my "favourite-cities-list". 1) To say the least it lacked a lot where vegetarian food was concerned (thank you cheap Indian restaurant near the hotel, it

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Last year I wrote this on my birthday. But it's not until very recently I've seen those changes coming and some comments in this post played a part in that. I am grateful for those words of comfort that made me think, and then again. When this post gets published I'm hoping we're walking, the not so rainy, streets of a beautiful European city, doing some castle spotting, having coffee and

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Picked up two new books to have as travel literature - as if the piles unread I have already wasn't enough to chose from, but there's just something irresistable with a brand new book bought for a specific purpose I think - a Swedish suspense novel that many have raved about "Döden på en blek häst" (Death on a pale horse) by Amanda Hellberg. Set in Oxford, where the author apparently lives

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Nick Brandt have been one of my favourite photographers for some years now. The soulful beauty and sorrow his animal pictures exudes is simply stunning and mindblowing. Today we visited the Fotografiska (Photographical) museum to see his exhibition "On This Earth, A Shadow Falls". I wept my way around the room, I weep writing this. For all the innocent life the egoistic mankind in complete

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Sock knitting season hasn't quite begun yet and I'm trying to take it easy with the crocheting - to not work that apparently now sensitive thumb grip too much... - but I finally put the last details to one scarf (which still needs to be stretched properly) I begun knitting last summer. Tie-dyed cotton yarn in fab subdued apricot-beige hues. And for some reason the Scandinavian bobbaloo

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My own copies of my first book arrived much earlier than estimated. In fact I have been marvelling over it for over a week now. My. First. Book. It's quite adorable, if I may say so myself, very giggle- and awww-instigating. The are also some things I'd like to tweak and make different with the next book, but all and all, not bad for a first go. The bobbaloos are excited - like always, but

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Exactly three months ago - on a day when I climbed an golden angle and thus fulfilled a little dream of mine - I had one of the best, if not THE best, meals I've ever had. And it was vegan. Admittedly, my experience of vegan food up until that moment have not been all that good, from presentation to texture to flavours, I have not been impressed. My experience have been that vegetarian food is

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Some recent snippets of thoughts in a random row; ~ A week from now I will be walking the streets of another capital in Europe. It's time for the very much treasured little birthday-getaway we've had since 2007. I'm not interested in getting regular gifts - since I can't say I need more stuff really... - but I love if we can find cheap tickets to a nice city for some exploring during a few

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Just so you know, cool gals sport caps with red tassels on top this autumn season. Yes it is suddenly that chilly here, certain days a cap is just what the head and ears need. And there's no reason whatsoever of course why it shouldn't be a fine one. Have a grand kind of weekend (with a tassle on top for best effect) ~

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For some reason I've always had a soft garment spot for dust-coats and shirt dresses. Admittedly I try my very best to dust as little as possible, so the appeal of the dust-coatish dresses must be the overall unpretentiousness of flattering design I think (like the lotsa pocket dress ). Admission number two; over the years I've rarely ever found the perfect dust-coat that fits and flatters.

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And they colour match, go figure! My kitchen table has obviously moved a long way from that crafty kitchen table it was at Christmas time. Now and then I clean up, make an open space of the table, but it never take a long time before it's clutter heaven again. But I always hold my head high - but rarely have lots of guests at home - and remember the wise words of someone unknown "any kind of

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I've been meaning to bake a rhubarb mascobado crumble for some months now, but never really felt like baking - oh dear, many of my mojos have gone on extended holidays... - in fact I haven't baked anything since that red currant cake/pie in June. But today was a baking kind of day, and there were lots of rhubarb in freezer that needed to be made into something. The mascobado sugar - fairtrade

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Pretty much exactly a year ago my weary mind lost its reading mojo again - in my world it's always a bad sign to loose the reading (or writing) mojo, because it's something so essential me, the devouring of books, words and thoughts. And the last time I lost it I was in a very dark place, so when I found my way back to reading again then I knew life and things were on the right track finally -

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The littlest bobbaloos were chosen for this special task - and the new family pet, Burble Blue, although granted he was more interested in playing silly in the autumn leafs - , the drawing of the three blogoversary giveaway winners. As is obvious they were, as usual, enthusiastic in a way that only bobbaloos know how to be. The three winners chosen, by the quickest bobbaloos -

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I hope you get to spend your weekend in that perfect, special way you want, whether snuggle indoors or outdoorsy in crisp autumn air, have a sweet one!

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I stumbled over these flatbreads from Fudges at a factory bread shop, when we did a bit of driving around Dalecarlia the day after the awesome Bryan Ferry concert, in late August. I'm really not a fan of crackers and cheese notion in general, but I liked the packaging and well, we had skipped lunch and I was desperate for something to eat there and then. Turned out these were lovely, the

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Briefly mentioned last week, but really deserving a little post of its own, this is indeed a rather awesome bookmark. When I saw it on Etsy I of course immediately knew I had to have it, stripey stockings, red shoes, wicked witch of the east. I think it's an ingenious and lovely quirky idea, even though I'll have it more as an inspiration piece than as a bookmark. From HoneyCase on Etsy. And

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For the 12th year we're celebrating a most lovely day here in Sweden, Kanelbullens dag (Cinnamon bun day). So whether in Sweden or not, I do hope you treat yourself and your loved ones to at least one decent cinnamon bun today, okay? Okay. I'm neither baking this year nor having a fika somewhere nice on the town, but I'm hoping someone nice will deliver a bun to be enjoyed at home later today.

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Had a lovely weekend - the first lovely only one in a long long time - with fine errands run, overall fabulous weather (thank goodness for Indian summer!), treats and good food, and wonderful old and new sights during the last cab outing for this year (alas, but at least the season lasted 5,5 months this year). It was a great reprieve from worries, I feel energised and I hope that'll last at

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food and drink with bobbaloos by pia k | Make Your Own Book Well, I know I said yesterday that I wouldn't divulge the project I was so excited about until I had a first copy in my hand (in two weeks time) to evaluate. A first copy of my first book. Because that's just what the project was all about. My. First. Book. But when I got some nice comments about it and then learnt today that the book

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Three things today: ~ meeting went well, as far as the the new administrator being a mild and simpatico guy wanting to help. Thinking my idea for a business was a great one, unfortunately, the current political system - with its very much a not so hidden, but completely appalling, agenda being to create a general, slow long-term salary-cut for average to lower income groups - "prohibits" the

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I was thiiis close to calling this a "wordless wednesday" post when I realised I needed to get a few words  of my coughing chest - yes, still fighting that cold I got last week, it's now in the dry-coughing-until-one-nearly-throws-up stage, an exhausting and nasty place to be - so here goes; Tomorrow I have a dreaded meeting, which I think (for well-grounded reasons) will be another pointless

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Apart from bobbaloo stalking finding I rarely frequent Etsy these days. So this sweet pendant - bought before summer, not blogged until now. Strange how un-bloggable things feel after only a while, if you don't write instantly it feels somehow... uninteresting. I really don't like the common notion of instant gratification in our modern society, and this

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Something very enjoyable in Berlin is a visit and a stroll at the Eastside Gallery, where 1,3 km of the Berlin-wall has been saved for mural paintings. Some 100 paintings from different artists (not only German) making this the supposedly largest open air gallery in the world. Some murals are mindblowing and brilliant, others not so much, but the overall impression is definitely a; go see!

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Time has come to tell about the wee woolly ones who saw it fit to migrate to Sweden during the summer that was. Well, some of them did arrive quite recently, but since it's Indian summer still... A proper introduction, so noone feel left outside. And that I'm addicted very fond of bobbaloos we've already established, so no need to point out the obvious, okay? Let's just enjoy their adorableness

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