A fine day in the forest

Second mushroom hunt of the season ...

turned out to be just as unsuccessful as the first,
but instead of sulking over the absence of the only 2 kinds we know are edible we enjoyed the walk in the crisp autumn air, filled our basket with potential dinner items, downloaded an app and went home with the intention to study every single one of them.

So far we ate 3 and are still alive and well :)

Sweetest Surprise

Some people know I'm attracted to all things sunflower-yellow,

some know I have a thing for notebooks ...

some people know I love taking pictures,

looking at pictures,

and remembering beautiful days and re-living sweet memories with pictures.

And there's one special person out there 

who put all of those things together 

in a little box 

and sent it all the way to Sweden!

♡

Apples, figs, and other rewards

I dread the day we'll have to say goodbye to our little house and move back to an apartment without garden ...

Anyone who has the space should try growing their own food - it's so much fun & so rewarding,

plus I have a theory that people who grow their own veggies actually also eat more healthy too. 

(at least I like to believe that :))

This summer, I've been self-sufficient in home-grown cucumber, parsley, basil & cherry tomatoes 

as well as figs and grapes, and since I've gone completely overboard on pumpkin we won't be eating much else this fall :p (today was pumpkin-pie day!)

We thought the fig season was over actually, but after a couple of sunny days we were rewarded with a surprise harvest :D

Oh and have I ever said how lucky I feel to have access to so many apple trees as a gardener?
My juicer gets to work hard these days - and lemoncurd lovers should try applecurd! It's a whole new level of awesomeness!

Newsflash: Climate change is manmade.

No shit Sherlock!
Does it frighten anyone else that it took "science" such a long time to agree on this?

Autumn Cosiness

It's been a very long and fabulous summer
but it has come to an end ...

It's time to harvest everything that is left to harvest,

store garden furniture,
 rake leaves,
pick apples,
put on some woolly socks and a big sweater
and drink hot chocolate with mini-marshmallows ...

Happiness is ...

coming home from work, finding the man of my dreams in my kitchen,

and as if that wasn't enough, 

getting a spoonful of delicious homemade fig-jam (with ginger, cinnamon & honey) 

and a reason to take out my camera! :D

Mmmmm!

Peace

One very early morning on the island of Fårö

while I was still cuddled up in my sleeping bag

someone got inspired, crawled out of the tent with my camera and took this stunning picture.

The calm and peacefulness of this image is almost overwhelming.

All credits to you Jonatan :)

I might have to print this one and hang it on a wall somewhere.