Healing at home

Just now I have to stay at home. I do not feel well for the moment and have to relax and cure myself at home.

It is still winter where I live, outside Uppsala. Hard to walk in the ice, slipped yesterday and it hurts really bad...

These are tulips I got today from my work mates!! Lovely when you are home and sick!

To be or not to be - winter...

Today it has been raining here in Sweden, at my home between Stockholm and Uppsala. Some day's it feels really like spring, but then the cold weather keep coming back.

Back and forth. This day, sunday, it was really cold with ice on our little pond. I dream of the real spring and summer!!!

Merry Christmas to you all

Just a quick hallo from Sweden here, I just want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

This is what it looks like with my lights in the window today, December 24.

And this a pic from the other side of the house, it is cold today and a little snow.

A walk on the beach again?

During the winter here in Sweden many of us are dreaming of a sunny day at the beach. Like this here, when I was in Thailand last year.

But soon again I will be in the sun, in Asia. Dreaming of it every day now. The pictures here in from Kamala beach in Phuket.

An as you can see here in my photos it is not really crowded. Just a few persons on the beach.

Here is a pic from a restaurant I dined at in the evening. Just at the beach.

Summer road

This is what I love, dringing home in the summer night, the photo here is taken just a few days ago.

All green and warm an sunny. Even if it's late in the summer evening, coming home after work.

And this is a reminder of how it looked just a few month ago, in winter, the same road, same time. But oh, what a difference!!

3 photos - from winter to spring

Here you have 3 different photos fom the same place, but taken at different times this year here in Sweden.

The first one is from mars, still with a lot of snow.

The second one is from april with just a little bit less snow and a nice blue sky.

The third one is from yesterday, no snow at all and spring in the air. Yippiie!!!

Just for cats

Just now it's so icy outside that only cat's and dog's seems to appreciate. We have cold nights - below 14 degrees Celcius - and really nice sunny days.

But it is really hard to walk in the sun without falling, but you have to be outside today, you just have to seek up the sun.

Today in Sweden, mars 10, 2013. Ice and snow and a lot of sun.

Icy outside

It is very icy outside now here in Sweden. At least where I stay, close to the airport of Stockholm. So it is very difficult to walk.

But it is getting better, I hope it will rain away soon. But I give you something much nicer to look at, my mothers apples.

I have the apples in ceramic outside my house when it's summer. They are so lovely.

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...

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.

Christmas is coming

For us here in Sweden it's just one day left for Christmas. Tomorrow, the 24:th of December we celebrate all day long.

This year I did not get a Christmas tree, but I took some branches from an apple tree and put up some lights and decorations in it.

Then I have to show you this pic of a bleak winter sun behind a tree and a lot of snow. Ans wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!

On my way home

This photo is taken just an hour ago, in my car on my way home in the snow and the cold weather.

As you can se it's snowing again. Not happy about that, but it's winter so what can you do...

And to remind me of nicer things - an old photo of my cat Kisse in the summer.

It's misty again

The cold weather makes some amazing views, with the snow and the mist in the background.

For me not so nice, since I don't like the cold, especially together with a lot of snow.

But I can not say anything about the pure beauty about it. Sweden rocks even in snow.

House in the snow

Looks like a Happy Christmas postcard - but the little red house is here a yellow one.

The photos was taken a really cold day with the blue sky and all, and a lot of snow.

And here we have a photo of my garden - or rather- some trees in snow, cold but really beautiful.

Outside in my garden

My garden in winter - a big difference from the green lovely place in summer.

The photo was taken before the really big snow fall last week. But it is really white.

And just remember how it all looked in the much more colorful autumn....

Winter wonderland

It is really a winter wonderland just now here in Sweden. The whole landscape look exactly lika a picture perfect Christmas card.

But for me, winter is like a long - what should I call it - a prison sentance! Like one thing you have to go thru, like it or not. It is so hard for me to live a "normal" life in the cold. I dress well covered, but it just dosen't matter. I am still freezing!!!

Here is another beautiful photo - it is taken one very, very cold day, at noon, here in Sweden.

Snow everywhere

Just now it's snow everywhere here in Sweden, even on the flowers and plants I have, are covered by snow. This is on old hoseplant I have outside my home.

But in some strange way I must say it is almost magically beautiful too.

More winter

And here is two more photos of this long, cold and snowy Swedish winter. Cold it is, at this photo it was 10 degrees below zero.

But I must say, it is rather beautiful too. In it's own vierd way. I do not like winters, but I can appriciate an amazing landscape.

And here is another photo of a Swedish winter of my garden, before we got a really lot of snow.

Really snowy now

Yesterday we had a really snowy day, I could not get yo work, roads where blocked and no trains or buses. As I live a lot in the countryside I have a bit to go, but today it was possible to drive again.

And then take a train to Stockholm, here it's a photo of Knivsta from the train station - in the morning. You see all the snow!

And it's really cold

This morning when I woke up it was almost minus 10 degrees Celsius. Absolutely too cold and freezing for me to want to go outside.

But it is rather beautiful, like the photo here. Snow and a piece of winter sun.

And here is another photo just two weeks ago, a small pond with then still open water. Beautiful.