Sweden’s National Day

When Karl was in Sweden a few weeks ago, he picked me up a fun wee book on Swedish traditions. … More

This week’s small pleasures #45

This week’s small pleasures include a cyclamen plant.

The other day, I saw one of those ‘what’s in my handbag’ posts the other day, and as my bag … More

So here we are at the end of February already. How time flies….anyway, here is a round up of what … More

Wellington, December 2016 Hi everyone So here we are at another year, and what a year 2016 has been. From … More

It’s already 13th December, and Christmas is coming fast. Today in Sweden it is Lucia, a day I did talk … More

There are Christmas traditions and then there are those other Christmas traditions. Every year since 1966, a 13m Yulbocken or … More