House on fire

Maybe you have seen this art piece before her on my blog, but I really love this "painting" made of fabric, by my late mother Gunvor.

She made it after my house burned down - now almost 10 years ago. I lost almost everything in this summerhouse, but my mom found a poster on the ground, it was winter and very cold, so she took it, and some other stuff, like burned clothes and used these things to make this "painting".
Love it!!

By the sea

One street in Mellieha in Malta, just by the sea. It is not all all places that gives you "turisty feeling", here one or two flats where rent to turists, not more. The rest of it was occipied with locals.

But I did stay in a hotel, as I have written before about it, The Seabank hotel & Spa. Nice place.

Here you have a view from my room over the pool area. Not quite finished yet, when I was there in the beginning of June 2012.
Here you can read an earlier blog entry:
http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/06/more-hotel-pics-from-malta.html

One more story about Malta:
http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/06/maltas-blue-sea.html

In Rome

Some month ago I was in Rome in Italy for a day, it is a incredible city. I have been living the in the 80:s and then I had plenty of time to understand it, because it is not lika any city really. In every corner almost you can find a historic monument or building. It take some time to really get to know it.

But the you also have the modern city, the one changing year by year. But not this, the Spanish Steps at  Piazza di Spagna. Always filled with turists.

Then I cant just leave out this wonderful island of Capri. One ofe the most beautiful places on earth.
Read more about Capri here in a earlier blog entry:
http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2011/10/my-capri.html

After lunch

Some days ago, we - my colleagues at work, all of us from Svensk Damtidning - ate at restaurant Pontus! at Brunnsgatan 1 here in Stockholm.

We had big plates of seafood for lunch, with champagne. This is what it looked like after lunch...

A sweet Rottweiler

This is actually a very sweet dog, a Rottweiler that belongs to my brother and his daughter. She is called Buffa, and that mean fun in Italian.

And she is fun... But my cat does not like her very much... 

The photo taken one sunny day here in Sweden.

My wellies

When it's raining I am prepared - bought a new pair of wellies - and to brighten up a gray day they are in pink - and from Hunter.

But even if it is raining - I can always eat ice cream - like this. It is all home made from organic products.

This is a redcurrant and strawberries ice cream. With coconut flakes.

After the rain

The midsummer celebrations was lovely this year, we could eat outside in the sun. But on saturday, the day after, it was raining.

But we should not really complain, just remember how it could be, like this cold freezing winter.

Honeysuckle

And then I have to give you this photo of my garden, a honeysuckle, or kaprifol in Swedish, without the lovely perfume unfortunately.

Have a great day!

Yesterday in Sweden

As I told you we celebrated Midsummer yesterday, and this is what it looked like at my home.

We had amazing weather and I ate out in the sun in the afternoon. Today we are resting...

Happy Midsummer you all!

Today we celebrate Midsummer day - and it is going on until night. We dance arounde the Midsummer pole and pick flowers, some to put under our bed so you can dream of the man you suppose to marry.

We eat outside, herring (sill) and new potatoes with dill. And of course snaps. But this time I will make pizza, I hope. A new tradition maybe?

And the flowers here is Aguilegia, a typical flower to pick around Midsummer. It grows in my garden.

Lunch in Malta

And as I said before, I really liked my lunch on Hotel Seabank in Malta, in Mellieha. Here is a pic on just two of all the good things we got for lunch in our all inclusive deal.

Maybe it is not looking as good as it was, but I really like these types of mixed salads, and they are good for you too.

And here is a pic just of two blue doors I found in one of the street's of Mellieha.

Earlier entries from and about Malta:
http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/06/more-hotel-pics-from-malta.html

Stone faced - again

Here is more of the lovely pieces of art from my mother Gunvor. Mostly stone faces in diffrent types and forms.

This time not all of them are made in acutal stone, some is in wood too.

And as you can see, some is also made as an old runestone, this is the one's on the right, you know the this the vikings left behind - mostly to remember their family members that passed away. Remember, she use to live where the vikings passed by with their ships...

More hotel pic's from Malta

I can't not say how much I enjoyed my trip to Malta. It was my first and I really want to go back again. It was hot and sunny, the sea was lovely and the hotel was perfect, on the right in the pic.

Stayed at Seabank hotel, an all inclusive deal and it was a lot to eat, and really good stuff too. The design in the whole hotel was fresh and modern.

This is a photo of the restaurant where we ate, nice and airy. And good food.

Here in another blog entry from Seabank hotel:

http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/06/been-on-holiday.html

And more from Malta:

http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/06/maltas-blue-sea.html

Lunch at Seabank hotel.

http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/06/lunch-in-malta.html

Mellieha church:

http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/07/church-of-mellieha-in-malta.html

In the grass

If you look closely you can find all of these different flowers in your lawn, some not so nice and other just beautiful, in the grass in your own garden.

These are two different ones, can't say I know their names, but I like the look of it.

These flowers, or maybe I have to call them weeds, are in blue and yellow, like the Swedish flag.

Summer night

Here I am back in Sweden again, look at this photo is taken at 10.30 in the evening. It has been raining but not just in this minute.

And here is another one, with the mystic fog in the field below.

Maltas blue sea

The waters around Malta is really amazing, so beautifully green-blue, and very clear. So I did not stay in the pool all the time.

But the beach was really small and it was a lot of people that wanted to take a swim or lay on the sandy beach.

This photo is taken after six a clock at the evening, beach still busy.

Been on holiday...

Here is where I have been the last week, in Malta. And by the pool at Seabank Hotel & Spa, an All Inclusive resort in Mellieha with amazing food.

It has been 30 degrees and sunny - every day. So that's why I been here at the pool most of the 7 days I was in the country.

Poppies in red

This is a plant I think you call Papaver, or more common Poppies. We call them Vallmo here in Sweden. But they are regal and beautiful in every language.

This red plants are rather old and grow in my garden, as they have since I was a kid.

And here is another Peony in pink, also from my garden.

Silver - by my mother

My mother did really work with all kinds of material, mostly ceramic as you have seen before, but alos metal, stone and of course the more traditional paintings, both in water colors and oil.

This is some works by Gunvor in silver, a bowl a bracelet and a ring, the stone she picked herself here in the dirt, then polished it and made art of it.

My cat again

Here he is again, my cat Kisse, he is always around. And wanted to share this photo of him.

He is not that fond of cuddling, but he likes when I stroke him behind the ear or on the head. But just for a very short time.

Strawberry pie

Love strawberries, and therfore I also love strawberry pies of different kinds. This is one I just made here at my home, really easy to make.

Just butter up a ovenproof baking dish, then put the strawberries in the dish, forming a little mountain but also at the sides, they melt down a bit.
Then mix together sugar and butter, add flour and a cup of muesli and put that mixture on top. Place the dish in the owen for 20-25 minutes or more, then its ready to eat. Serve hot, with icecream.

Shapes of nature

My mother really loved and was inspired by nature, in all the diffrent formes.  Like these seed pods of different kinds. She always kept the real ones in vases, all year round.

But of course she made these two objects - seed pods - in ceramic, like beautiful sculpures.

A not so dead tree

This Maple tree had to be cut of since the branches where so rotten they easily could have fallen off and cause some harm, one branch already falled off during a storm, thank God no one got hurt then.

But the tree did not want to die, as you can see som new, very small branches it growing. It give me hope just to look at it!

The perfume of lilacs

I am not 100% shue that you call these lovely flowers Lilacs or not, but the latin name is Syringa Vulgaris, a rather ugly name for sutch lovely plants.

These are growing outside my home, and their perfume is really wounderful. In Sweden we call them Syren.

Here you have another bush with white ones, just as beautiful.

Peonies in a vase

This is just to cheer you all up a bit, it is still raining a lot here in Sweden, so I just took in these lovely flowers in a vase.

They are red Peonies - Pioner in Swedish. A red Peony it's all you need. They are lovely flower in my opinion.

It is raining

And this is because I seek the sun... here in Sweden it has been raining, like this, all the day. And it has been really cold too.

But then again, when the rain stops we get these beautiful rainbows, two of them. One is really clear, the other one a bit less.

Seeking the sun

This painting, in watercolours by my mother Gunvor, it is so much me and my life, always seeking the sun...the light.

You can see how much these persons want to go into the sun itself, to the light there in the background.
I have the painting on a wall here at my home, so I can watch it all the time.

He is looking at you

When my cat looks at me like this I really would like to know what he want, probably just be left alone.
I am rather good at understanding him, but not always.

He talks a lot, and now I can hear what type of message he is giving me, like "I am angry that I have not got the food I like", or when he is just glad to see me again.

Here he is with another wild black and white cat we have here around the house.

My herb garden

Today the rain is pouring outside, so this photo is taken some days ago. It shows my little herb garden. I must say it is not finished yet, more to come.

Here you can see one pot with rosemary and one with sage and then one with thyme. Then I have two pots with basil - la mia cara basilica - that I use on my pizzas and so much else.

Here is my pizza owen that I wrote about before, love it! It makes so good pizzas, a forno a legna.
Here you can read more about my pizza owen:
 http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2011/10/homemade-pizza-al-forno-legna.html