My clan

As beeing part of a family yhat once originated from Scotland, I can not help to show you my Nisbeth, or Nesbitt clan, crest here.
You can se that further down - here is our family tartan.

Here is our crest - I Byd it.

This is our coat of arms, the original Scottish one Nisbet - With the boars.

In Sweden we have a slightly different coat of arms, with three bears on it, instead of boars. Somewhere someone heard wrong I suppose?

This text below is from wikipedia, translated by Google and edited by me.

The family descended from Berwick in Scotland, where it is known since the 1200s. Ancestor of the Swedish branch William Nisbeth of the house Rochelle (1596-1660) who in 1627 was added to Sweden, where he became Colonel of the regiment of Uppland. With his first wife Christina Greij he got his son Wilhelm Nisbeth (died 1695) who was a captain in Upplands infantry. He was married twice. First wife, Sophia Böllja was the sister of his stepmother, and their mother was a Månesköld of Seglinge. Second wife was Margaret Duwall. Wilhelm Nisbeth was naturalized as a Swedish nobleman in 1664 and was introduced at number 828 years in 1675, and wrote to Osmunstad and Olstad.

His eldest son Axel Nisbeth was regimental quartermaster, married to Brita Maria Storck Felt, whose mother was a Ulfsax. The eldest son Lieutenant Pehr Gustaf Nisbeth was married Skuten Mountains, and the main branch manna continued with their third son of Major Johan Axel Nisbeth, married to Gertrude Pfeiff whose mother was a Lillje Marck. By the testament of his wife's aunt went over the estate Tisslinge the dynasty Nisbeths main branch. 

Tisslinge.

A younger branch, via Carl Magnus Nisbeth, passed in the 1700s in Polish and French service and this branch was based in Sweden. Another younger branch, originating from the former's brother Axel Nisbeth the ball came back to Sweden after the foreign service and was married to Anna Beata Bäfverfelt. Descendants of him was through marriage with Bratt of Höglunda mill owners in Värmland.

1778 transferred dynasty in the former knightly class.

Se my family tree here››

Evening sun

Just a few days ago I got this beautiful sight of the afternoon sun, just before it got dark.

It is now much cooler outside, almost snow in the air, and not this sunny at all. It's just a nice memory - from Sweden.

Renovation project

Here you can see a house here in Sweden that is undergoing a renovation, the red parts with the old timber is from 1800-hundreds.

 The old "faluröda" red colored timber was below the newer yellow panels that's from the beginning of the 1900-hundreds.

Now they are isolating the house, so the cold winters can be a little less cold.

Autumn colors

And so another photo of my forest, a piece of autumn colors. So pretty!

Nature can really be lika a painting in autumn, love it! The colors are amazing and the nature is inspiring. And Love Sweden too!

A giant stone

In a forest near me you can see this gigantic stone. When I was a kid they told me that a Giant was throwing the stone, you can se some marks on one side too, like marks from a big hand with nails.

But now I know that is was ice, the Continental Glacier, that a long, a very long time ago made those marks on the big boulder.

Here you have it from another angle. You have another big stone there too.

More from Pizzo in Calabria

Here is two more photos from the city of Pizzo, in Southern Italy, in the region of Calabria.

One is of a small but very nice church, there is a lot of churches in Italy.

And the other one is a religious shrine with a cross in metal and roses in plastic - you can find these all over the citys in the Southern Italy.

In Sigtuna

Sigtuna is one of the oldest citys in Sweden, been founded in 980. It's situated one the Lake Mälaren and it is close to both Stockholm and to Uppsala.

Here is one photo from the "big" shopping street of Sigtuna. All the houses - in wood - has different vibrant colors.

And here is Sigtuna Rådhus, the Old City Hall. A very popular place in the summer, a lot of cafés and restaurants serve food outside.

More from Phuket

Here you have to more photos from Phuket in Thailand. The first photo is from Kamala Beach and show us a hair salon in one of the streets behind the beach.

Love the color on the house, and all the flowers otside, upstairs and downstairs.

And this one is a beautiful temple, still at Kamala beach, just close to the sea.

Picking sloes

Today was a perfect autum day here in Sweden, I went for a walk and found these sloes, or Slånbär in Swedish. They are also called Prunus spinosa, and yes they they have very sharp spines. So you have to take care picking them.

Later I used them for making a liqueur, that will be ready for Christmas. I put them in a jar filled with Absolut vodka. It should have been Gin, but I prefer vodka. After at least 2-3 month i will take the berries out and add sugar.

Look here if you want to see the bushes of Prunus spinosa before the berries:
http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2012/05/prunus-spinosa.html

Shoe-shopping in Thailand

I love shoes, not necessary this ones in the picture. But they where interesting to look at. Most of them had really high heels, and that is not for me.

The shoe store in the pic is from the big shopping centre in Patong, Jungceylon. And there you can find a lot of shops, not only with shoes.

Here is another pic from Jungceylon, in Patong in Phuket, and that is in Thailand. Here it is a late evening, open until 10 at night.
Here is another enrty about shoe shopping in Thailand:
http://agnetanisbeth.blogspot.se/2013/05/more-shopeshopping-in-thailand.html

Strange mushrooms

I gound this strange looking mushromms in my garden, have no clue what type of mushroom they are. And I am NOT going to find out...

But they look really interesting, as for the form, shape and color. Probably very dangerous to eat...

Colors of autumn

I really love summer, the sun, the warm weather and all the green grass, the flowers and so on. But I must say thay I am really fond of the autumn too.

Just look at these lovely Maple leafs close to my home here in Sweden in all the colors, red, orange and green.