Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Week 27+3/Vecka 27+3

Kolla in den lilla elefanten. Jag expanderar i en valdigt fart nu.
Check out the little elephant. Expanding rapidly now.

Green things/Grona saker

Har ar det lilla piltradet Rich planterade for ungefar en vecka sedan pa varan framsida. Bakom pilen ar det tre sma stallningar for kaprifol plantor att klattra upp pa. Till hosten ska jag plantera massa vita tulpan lokar runt tradet har jag tankt. Som ni kan se har vi redan host vader har.
Here's the little willow tree Rich planted in our front drive about a week ago. Behind it you can see three frames for the honeysuckle to climb up on. I'm planning to plant lots of white tulips bulbs around the tree this autumn.
Den har fina zink behallaren kopte jag hos Camilla pa Heestrand interior nu nar vi var hemma i Sverige. Sedan kopte jag tva murgronor och klatter stallningen har jag fixat till sjalv. Ar valdigt nojd med det hela.
I bought this lovely zink container at Camilla's shop in Heestrand when we were in Sweden. I've made the climbing frame myself and have planted two kind of ivy which are already growing like crazy.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Mer Sverige/More Sweden

Vi akte ut till Branno en dag tillsammans med Calle och solade och badade och at Ballerina kex. Killarna hoppade fran hopptornet. Hojden pa detta stiger med varje gang Richard berattar om det. Jatte mysig dag!
We went out to one of the little islands just outside Gothenburg callde Branno to catch some sun and have a little swim. The boys jumped from a platform and the hight of the platform and the amount of stingy jellyfish increases for each time Rich tell the story. It was a lovely day! Sa fick jag traffa min fina lilla guddotter Ebba och hennes mor och far som jag langtat sa efter. Vi spenderade en dag i Nodinge och lyckades ta nagra promenade mellan skurarna.
We also caught up with my goddaughter Ebba and her parents. We spent a day in Nodinge hanging out and taking little walks in between rain showers.

Sverige semester/Sweden holiday

We spent a week in Sweden catching up with family and friends and enjoying surprisingly good weather.
Vi var i Sverige en vecka och traffade familj och vanner och njot av det overraskande fina vadret. Above Ellen with her "farfar"/granddad at the BBQ that dad and Gunilla had on the Saturday we arrived.
Ellen och farfar pa grillfesten pappa och Gunilla ordnade pa lordagen.



Lovely Ulf and Agnes.

Fina Ulf och Agnes.

Check out the girl domination in our family. No wonder my mum has ordered a boy next!

Kolla in tjejligan i var familj! Inte konstigt att min mamma har bestallt en pojke nasta gang!

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Bjornbar/Blackberries



Vi gick ut en svang idag nar vi kom hem fran jobbet och lyckades plocka 2,5 liter bjornbar pa typ en halvtimma. Det kryllar av dem! Sa det blev bjornbarspaj till efteratt!

We went out for a little walk when we got home from work today and managed to pick 2,5 litres of blackberries in about half an hour. There's loads of them. So we had blackberry crumble for pudding!

Vecka 25/Week 25

Sa har stor ar magen nu i vecka 25.
MiniEmm sparkar for fullt, speciellt pa natterna. This is the size of my belly now in week 25. MiniEmm is kicking about a lot, especially at night.