One more shop

Here you have another shop in Goa, a wholesale trader and he got almost anything for sale.

The shop is in the small "town"of Cansaulim in south Goa in India.

And here you have the butcher in Cansaulim. A very happy one that show what you can get there.

Elephants from India

I really love elephants. In real life and in wood, stone or whatever material they can be made of, like souvenirs of India.

Like these lovely ones I saw in Goa.  They thend to like when things glitters in India. So sweet!

Flowers on my dress

This weekend I was working on this, put some flowers on my old dress, wanted to spuce it up a bit.

There where also a some stains on the dress, from the coloring, that I just could not wash away. Bought it last year in Thailand. A bargain.

Wall tiles

Goa in India resembled Portugal, it also was a former colony. A lot of churches in the region.  But there was more...

My hotel Heritage Williage club was full of hand painted tiles, on the floor and on the walls. Like this ones, from the reception area.

Painted black

Here yoy have another pair of my new sandals, these are painted black by me, one was white and the other one black before. Got them as a "sample pair" from a retailer.

So for something completely different - I made this lovely dessert yesterday, easy and so good.

Smetana mixed with vanilla, sugar and some Amarula cream, fresh raspberries. And cookies of toasted sesame seeds.

Yet another pair of sandals

And this is another pair of flat sandals - got them recently and changed the color of them, I love them. Hope you like them too.

I am quite fond of the fake diamonds, even if they can look rather tacky. But I think the sandals are sleek...

Vegetables for sale

Here we are back in India again, talking about the food I ate when I was in Goa. A lot of veggies, all sorts and in all it's forms.

This pic show the little market in Cansaulim, in soth Goa. A man selling all kind of vegetables. Veggies that later become currys.

Nice hot dishes. So to make a a curry you need spices. Like this ones, also for sale in India.

My new sandals

Look at these beautiful sandals I just got, white, gold and silver. Love them.

Perfect when I travel next time, hopefully to somewhere warm and sunny. Like Thailand...

This is just a reminder of what my last vacay in Phuket was, like eating at this restaurant Rock Fish in Kamala beach.

Fotball and pineapple

More from Goa in India, I am in Cansaulim in these pictures. A small "town" in the south.

Here you have the big stadium of Cansaulim, a place where all the local Goans gather on weekends to watch a game of football, or soccer as you call it in USA.

And outside the stadium you can buy yourself a pineapple as a snack for the game. Or something else, like a cold coke, from this vendor.

Walk to the beach

This was the view that I say on my way to the beach from my hotel Heritage Village club in Goa.

I was not a long walk and it was nice and shady too. But these where some friendly dogs...

Here is the one and only place on the beach - a shack that served cold drinks, good food and rented out sunbeds for the day.

Beach hut

More from my recent trip to Goa in India, here is a photo from the beach in the south Goa, like it when You are almost alone in the sand.

Just this one beach hut, occupied by a man with a big tan, and a bigger beach hut  - one that served food and cold beers.

Old things

I just love old things, like these lovely plates, just staying there on a shelf. Not really dishwasher friendly but what the h-ck!

I go to flea markets and antique shops regulary, do not buy things to often, but I like to watch and make a great bargain when I can.

Here is something I actually have in my possession, a jug in ceramic, by Stig Lindberg in his design-series Berså. I got this one after my late mother, as a child I used it daily, now it's an antique to save.

More tiles from Goa

Love, love tiles, and in Goa there was a lot of them. This is just frpm my hotel Hertiage Village in south Goa in India.

First we have the stairs up to my room on the first floor. Small fishes in blue.

Then we have this single one, handpainted on the ground floor, just outside the lobby, in the patio.

Flowers and tiles

In my hotel in Goa, Hotel Heritage Village club, you could find this in the hotel lobby. Every day different flowers and some incense. Goa in India has been Portugese...

And look at the tiles. The hand painted tiles was all over the hotel, like this ones in the lobby.

Indian spices

Lote the Indian cuisine, ginger, garam masala, tumeric, cumin, hot red pepper, tamarind, cinnamon and then all the diffrent types of curry.

It is spicy and it's sweet and sour. Served with rice. So yiu really should by some to take home!

Missing the sun and pool...

Today it has been snowing the whole day here in Sweden. Hate it! But that is what you get this time a year here in the north.

So I must say I miss the sun in India, and the pool you can see here in the pic. From Hotel Heritage Club in south Goa.

As a reminder, it looks like this, here in Sweden now...

Old doors

Love these old wooden doors that you can see here in the picture, and there is a lot of them. Probably used to be on an old mansion here in Sweden.

And there is also an old lamp, in glass and brass. You can se that in the upper left corner, handing from the roof.

Colors of India

I really love the colors in Goa, in India, all the tinhs you could buy, and not expemsive either.

The shopping was amazing if you like this sort of things, in all different colors.

These are just some examples of what you could buy for your home, like curtains or tablecloths, and much much more. A lot of it with lovely bling blings...

Sunset this winter

Winter again after a few days of mild weather and rain here in Sweden. But now it's really cold again, at night 12 below zero.

But I must say that this sunset today is really beautiful. At least from inside, from my window.