reykjavik fragments

January 22, 2012

January 21, 2012

Saturday

Picture: Bolig Magasinet via From Scandinavia with love

I was brought up in the western Swedish archipelago. Next to us lived my grandparents and most of my aunt and uncles. My cousins and I spent our childhood running around in the woods and mountains and we did the swimming most people would need a lifetime for during the summer holidays. Here I am in the outer archipelago that we used to travel around in a sailing boat my father built.

January 20, 2012

Friday

My youngest kid falls asleep in the pram and sleeps some 2-3 hours outside the house every day. Might sound like a dream. Except this winter we've had all the snow you had in Europe last year concentrated to Iceland and more. And the winds have been literally turning the pram 180°on the street corners. A home picked sea bird duvet does the trick. I use it inside the sleeping bag. But my fingers go numb sitting by the open window with hail and snow flying around the room.

January 19, 2012

Thursday

My Swedish summer fluffy cloud sky.

January 18, 2012

Wednesday

Photo: mbl.is

Seems the kitchen in this post had an Icelandic relative.

Wednesday

Random picture from my favourite country. Old ruin below the mountain.

January 17, 2012

Tuesday

That you can make snowmen also in the summer. This picture is taken on the Myrdalsjökull glacier by the way located on top of the of the overdue Katla volcano media was telling you all about. (Big sister of the smaller Eyjafjallajökull volcano that disrupted the flights in Europe.) We used to drive over it every summer with the kids.

January 16, 2012

Monday

www.hemnet.se through Husligheter

You probably know by know I have a weakens for old vintage pastel colored kitchens. Then it doesn't get much better than this. Designer Bea Szenfeld's apartment that is now for sale if you're looking for an apartment in the Swedish capital area.