Bowls full of goodness :)

Company when out picking berries and plums makes it all the more fun,

and breakfast for two is definitely better than breakfast for one.

Should anyone be interested in the most delicious mango coconut rice pudding,
you can find the recipe here :)

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Meet Silas
A fascinating cat with funny ways and intriguing habits,

a skillful hunter who tried to charm his way into my heart by bringing me fresh mice several nights in a row,

only to realize that simply chilling with me on the couch and joining me for walks in the garden did the trick :)

Tonight is his last night here before he's going back home to his favourite humans after his 2 months holiday with me.

Tonight's also my last night here before my favourite human comes and moves in with me :)

(that might be why I'm still up at 3:45 :p)

Now that our slight (long distance) bump in the road is nicely straightened out it's time for new adventures!

And what better place to start than right here, where it all started?

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain

My body has been giving me gentle nudges for weeks

and now even the weather makes me stay inside and take it easy!

I finally found time to make those pom-poms I have been wanting to make since May

and I have enough redcurrant jelly to feed a whole village!

The cat (who also doesn't want to go outside) is enjoying some sofa-company 

and I might just finish yet another book :)

Your heart already knows where your feet should go

Picking red currants used to remind me of summers in Sweden

last summer that memory changed to breakfasts with my dear friend Fien

Now it reminds me of picnics in the garden with the man I love ...

a very special someone who got up in the middle of the night and drove about 400 km 

to catch a flight to come and surprise me on my birthday (!!!)

:D

Halfway ...

Time flies when you're having fun!

Especially when building sandcastles, trying out new restaurants & beating competitive people at minigolf ;)

It's a real shame Swedish summers are so short ...
In about a month's time the tourists will have left again and the island will return to its usual quiet self.

It's definitely time for a big adventure this fall!

Summer!

 Summer is here!

The sun is shining, 

the tourists have started to invade our little island

and this afternoon I'm welcoming my first guests at Muramaris!

This is the very first summer I'll be spending entirely on Gotland.

Anything else would just be wrong :)

I turn it off!

FINALLY an infographic and campaign about the enormously wasteful habit of leaving your engine running while you're not actually driving.

Something that has pissed me off for as long as I can remember will maybe finally die off and disappear!
Visit www.iturnitoff.com for a bigger version of the image above and TURN IT OFF!