Midsummer's Eve

Windy evening - but sunny, so ok for a little picnic.

Driving home in the brightest night, so many bonfires along the fiord. You can smell the smoke everywhere -  probably most of Scandinavia is wrapped in it. 

Oups..

.. lost the last two posts while rearranging a bit in here.. anyway, here is the most important part:
:o)

The forest comes closer

In a radius of about 15 km from here three new forests are growing fast - this time of year you can almost hear them grow.

This area with mostly rich soil has been farmland for a very long time, but because of a national afforrestation plan this is now changing - well at least a minor change since these new woods are small - about 2-300 ha. each.

Trees instead of e.g. intensive wheat means better protection of drinking water and making room for larger biodiversity - and besides all that I love trees and I envie them norsemen and swedes a little bit for having all those trees.. :O)

This new forest is placed partly on an old gravel pit. I wonder if this is somewhat similar to how things looked after the last ice age?

When books were new and a bit frightening

Have been busy lately..

The other day I was going through old e-mails to find some work images. On my way I came across this norwegian video sent to me by my sister, who was studying in Tromsø back then.

 (Danish subtitles can be found here).

Extraordinary wednesday mini excursion

Yesterday my neighbour invited me to join her on a little trip to a magic yarnshop she recently discovered. No hesitation :O) - and after a 15 min drive we reached Louise Hardens shop. Magic place indeed. Lovely yarn, models and very skilled help.

Over time you get a sort of personal-map showing special places like a fine path with blue anemones in the spring, pancake-café near lake a.s.o. This is a new spot for my personal map. Thanks for showing, Kim!

Firmly planted

Helps you stand tall.

It's been rough and rather windy this last week.

The Wren

Gærdesmutte in danish = "stone-fence-slipper" :o)

Tiny bird with remarkable song - easy to recognize because of it´s opright tail. Two cold winters have reduced number of wrens in Denmark - hope this rather warm winter will help them make comeback.

Thanks to this blogger, I found my way to a very fine piece of wren. Together with a candle or two it makes a fine little gift.

Colorful afternoon break

Close family expecting a new member ♥ .. nice opportunity to knit small items :o)

I love this magic yarn and how well it goes with my pear and mug. I find much everyday-pleasure in colors. I get a little "high"seeing unexpected combinations like a well known stamp in new colors. A bit odd perhaps, but maybe you know that feeling?

This post made me think about the constant joy of colors.

Do you fancy old cross stitch patterns?

I do. If you do too, you should go here soon, Korsstyngsbolaget has a give-away coming up tomorrow. You can win their newest collection of old swedish cross stitch patterns called "Beings".

Britta Johanson is the woman behind Korsstyngsbolaget - Cross stitch publishing.

She has made 11 books with pattern collections! I want them all :O)