On a normal Saturday-night we had dinner with my in-laws. Lovely evening, and amazing food (as always), the whole thing served on a piece of wood. Very Swedish, and a bit christmassy.
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Minus 10 degrees and a world covered in sugary frost. I love this! Had lunch in the forest yesterday, and saw the first small signs of seriuos winter: ice on the lake. Still very thin and crispy, but soon it will be hard and thick enough to walk on.
A long weekend in Copenhagen, full of good food. Like this: butter-pan-fried marinated fish with ryebread and remoulade. Hurray!
The mood in the forest a few days ago. Cold, clear and with a fantastic fragrance.
Father-in-law went fishing yesterday and gave the catch to us. So this is a closeup of a 1,4 kilo-gädda (pike) ready to be served for dinner in the weekend. I got the honour of cleaning the beast this morning. Lucky me :/
Yesterday I passed a tree that made me think it shed paper-leaves. The ground was covered in them. They were green on one side (like any other “normal” leaf), and white, almost blue-ish on the back. I like it when nature surprises me with something I’ve never seen before – like leaves of paper.
When sharing my life with a Swedish man, I get to enjoy the beautiful results of his cooking skills (and they are always fantastic). And since Christmas is coming closer, his latest kitchen endeavors resulted in the beauty: classic gravad salmon, a must-have on the Swedish Christmas-table. It tastes absolutely wonderful.
When I woke up this morning, the snow was falling, and so far, it hasn’t stopped. I don’t think the ground is cold enough for the snow to pile up and not melt… but at least it’s started falling now. I tried to document the mood in the garden, but it’s a bit tricky to get it “right”. So just trust me when I say it’s pretty.
Joy and happiness! Today, the very first round of snow of the winter has fallen from the sky. What a great feeling to know that this is only the beginning! Everything looks amazingly pretty, all covered in a thin layer of white crispy snow – the leftover parsley in the garden is barely visible between fallen leaves and snow.
This is what I am working on right now: a baby blanket made of all my little scraps of soft coloured seersucker. I am hand quilting this one too. And I have a feeling it will be quite pretty, the finished result…!