Just a few recent captures of Easter-ish highlights in this residence. I’ll return with explanatory words tomorrow.
My little queen of fucking everything aka Ztina has found a new favourite spot. I created the spot to sit comfortable in this ol’ softa while watching TV or reading. Ztina claimed it, because obviously it was made for her.
Had planned to change the sofa cover, and new pillow covers for Easter. It didn’t happen. Not yet. But there’s always another week.
The protected hepatica (Sw. sing. blåsippa) first. Shortly followed by the wood anemones (Sw. sing. vitsippa).
Felt like a pink pleated day pre-Easter. The Unikko skirt is of course from Marimekko. If I remember correctly I bought it as an Easter gift for myself a few years back.
Still tights-weather, so it teamed with Snags in colour Raspberry Pie. Vegan sneakers from the Adidas/Marimekko collab 3 years ago.
I haven’t visited the beloved cherry blossom trees in Kungsträdgården since 2019. And the plans for this year to do it turned out to a big nothing alas.
These sakuras in the neighbour suburb are nothing as impressive as the Kungsträdgården ones, but it’s still a pretty feature in an otherwise rather depressive suburb center.
Our local cherry trees will hopefully be in full bloom very soon too. 🌸
It wasn’t the bakery XL levain I had planned to get for Easter, none left when I got there. So I got this less impressive poppy seeds loaf. It was rather nice.
A soy latte in keep cup is a very rare treat these days, and another little (luxuary problem) reminder life is very different from what it once was. But with these two I reached 5 more points on my Espresso House app, so I have a few free coffees saved now. Little pockets of joy ✅
The vegan Easter looks very different in this residence now compared to when younger. Very much less candy and more a focus on good food. And with ridiculously high grocery prices nowadays, the food isn’t fancy or plenty. 
But here are a few of my plantbased favourites, all Swedish brands. My favourite baking butter and sandwich butter from Carlshamn. The Greek style soygurt from Planty/Oddlygood makes such a nice garlic sauce. Organic baby spinach from Garantskafferiet.
Plantcheez doodles from OLW. Another rare treat, but much enjoyed snack on these rare occasions. Whipping cream from Oatly is the best dairyfree cream as far as I’m concerned. Bubs winegums style candy. Palmoilfree Brago biscuits have been around since I was a kid. From Göteborgskex.
Made one of my favourite simple meals for Easter dinner: oven roasted 🥔🥕, dito zucchini and 🧅. Airfryed tofu. Baby spinach and 🧄 sauce. Kind and texture/flavour rich food that makes me so happy and satisfied.
Little mum found these wild growing hyacinths. Smells lovely. Looks pretty. Free treat.
Not having a working streaming device anymore, but a TV with more channels (but too much commercials that I hate) my TV routines have changed a lot.
First I was so happy to see the original UK Grand Designs still ran on Swedish TV. I have been a great fan since forever, but haven’t seen it since my TV stopped working for the channel that showed it. Alas the show was on for a few weeks only, I guess it was end of season episodes.
Then I discovered ”The Great Pottery Throw Down”, loved it! The incredible talents, the emotional judge, the pottery. One of the nicest shows ever. Unfortunately the two first (old) seasons haven’t been followed by more. I hope there will be.
There are also several US building shows I think are pretty good. But I find it quite quite ridiculous with the obsession with the huge flags at the entrance. Do Americans easily forget which country they live in? 🤦🏻♀️
In Sweden (and most other European countries I think) we have usually have raised flags on Swedish national fete-days and on the home owners family birthdays and such. Not everyone has a house/garden large enough for a flagpole of course, but small flags can be attached to terraces and such instead.
We are not a very flag worshipping nation, and personally I have always find flag obsessive patriotism quite off-putting and nasty. 🤷🏻♀️
”The Lottery Dream Home” has also caught my attention. David Brostad is such a fun and colourful host. It’s also very interesting with the architectural differences between north and south, middle, west and east USA. And of course the most often the country typical unnecessary huge houses.
Noone needs it, and the strive for luxuary and larger things, more than you actually will ever need is one of the many many things that is wrong with this world. It will never make you a better, kinder, caring human being and loving steward of this one and only planet.
Watching TV shows like these make you think. A lot. About the chaos selfish, greedy people have created on this planet. And if there’s even a glimmer of hope to turn back from this devastating path of cruelty, ignorance and lies.
But apart from an overload of thinking, my Easter 2025 has been quite enjoyable after all. 🐣🌷🐥
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