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...if people read my repsonses on the comments – but for those who asked, below are a few links to other peoples pictures from the Halloween party last night. Unfortunately Leo-the-princess-fairy (thanks to Jilly Pickle for the beloved costume!) wasn't captured in his pink buttondown shirt, and fairy skirt... Unfortunately not.

If anyone have the energy to look through the album...

A few picks:

Ezra has gone tricking & treating.

Our friend Tina-Marie & her daughter Camilla.

Tex Mex dinner...

Our friend Charisse (from Brooklyn)

The pirate, and his Spiderman friend Julian (Charisse's son) climbing.

Oh, what a day!

The day that I quite honestly haven't been looking so much forward to, turned out to be one of the best days in my life so far! It was a day filled with so much joy, love, friendship and fun. We threw a "Bubble & Cake"-party at our studio, and I'm incredibly happy that so many old friends, newer friends, and family, showed up at an indoor party on the hottest day of the summer (+29° C ≈ 84°F)! Thank you so much everybody. I can't believe how lucky I am, having you all around!

I also want to send a very special hello & huge thank you hugs to the American family, and friends, who, even if they weren't here  in person, were very present through cards, phone calls, emails and gifts! I can't wait to order my very own design piece from one the Atlantic Avenue Vintage shops in Brooklyn, for example..! Wow. Thank you guys so much for all your love.

For Ezra & Leo (in new party shirts from Småfolk (Little People/Leo) and Hjorth Copenhagen/Ezra) – I wish I have had a video camera in my bed, when you sang the Happy Birthday song to me at the top of your voices in the morning! That meant everything! My little boys are indeed getting bigger.

For Joshua – you make my life. A man who knows how to pick up cakes for 45 people on a bike, who takes me swimming here at 9 pm on the night of my birthday, just to brush the algae out of our hair to bike us to a fancy Italian restaurant – that's the man I love!

Check out the party pictures here!

And again – thanks to all who made this day so beautiful and memorable.

Summer lovin'

Clear blue skies for days and days. Much hotter than it usually gets here. A wonderful weekend with our friends Cecilia, Martin, and their son – my God Son – Luke, at their summerhouse in Skälderviken, close to Torekov and Båstad. A gazpacho to die for made by Cecilia. An early birthday party with home cooked Indian food. By the great cook Cecilia again. A marvelous cake. A great gift – some very hot apple (!) clogs. A photo of them, and some more pics from the weekend can be seen here. Four boys dining in the garden. Beaching, beaching, beaching. Napping in the bike after a long beach day. An occasional moment of indoor playing. Although I wish that this summer would go on forever.
Peace out :)

A countryside adventure...

Sometimes things don't really turn out the way one plan... This vacation certainly nothing went according to the books, so far...  The summerhouse turned out to be a wonderful little house in the middle of the woods with two cows as the closest neighbors. So far, so good. Unfortunately the water pump broke down the first night, and we had to pump water from the well. I can absolutely see the charm of living the kind of life my grandmother used to live during her childhood; going outside to fill up a bucket from the well, heat up the water on the stove to do the dishes, mix freezing cold and steaming hot water for giving the kids their baths out of a pitcher – at least for a few days...

But this wasn't everything. The second day, when we took a trip to an art gallery nearby, the owner of the house came to fix the pump, and discovered that during the two hours between when we left the house and until he arrived, somebody had broken into the house...

Unlucky. Yes.Our vacation ended sort of abruptly already on Tuesday night, only two days after we arrived. My new camera was the biggest loss on our part, but still not that bad considering. We're just happy that everybody is ok, although I  miss having the camera as I was planning on doing a lot of photography this summer. Well. 

After a day or so at home, trying to relocate, we ended up doing some nice things anyway. Here are a few examples from the rest of our "summerhouse week" – more pictures to view here.

Thanks for all Happy Holiday-wishes :)
The same to you!

Top photo: At the beach in the Barsebäck Harbour, a very beautiful place, despite the now closed power plant that's located nearby.

Middle and bottom: We took a day trip to the island of Ven, mostly known for being the place where the astronomer Tycho Brahe built his observatory.

We  got to pick a few blueberries and enjoy our pancakes with raspberries directly from the woods...

...and play a rocket ship taking off in lush nature, before our summerhouse adventure ended.

Back in Malmö, we went to a concert with Anna Järvinen.

Some people danced and played all night long.

Taking off!

Ok, we're taking off this afternoon! We rented a torp in the woods close to this lake and will be hiding out there for a week. So excited to get away on a little summer vacation. See you in a bit - Happy summer everyone!