tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306279772024-03-13T13:01:16.199+01:00Stilleben behind the scenessnowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-25442011276905152012014-09-09T07:29:00.001+02:002014-09-10T08:34:56.498+02:00What a summer....<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: SV; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The weather this summer has been very strange I must say. Late June,
around midsummer, the weather in this part of Sweden has been cold and wet. At
some point there was a minimum temperature lower than the overnight low on
Christmas night.<br />
But when July started the weather became hot, dry and sunny for over one month.
The forest fire in the area of Sala was a direct consequence of the weather.
And then we had a pretty early arrival of ‘autumn leaves’ with the first frosty
nights in the third week of August.<br />
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The results of this are clearly noticeable in our garden, of course. We have
plants, like corn, which for the first time, gave results. Squash/zucchini and
pumpkin on the other hand have produced not even 10% of what we harvested last
year.<br />
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During the dry period I haven´t added any water to my plants. It probably had
an influence, but I´m pretty sure that adding moisture would not have given
much better results. Instead we did as we have learned at Yggdrasil: to make
the plants stronger and let them retrieve water themselves from deeper levels
below. Their roots are able to handle these "extremes" a lot better
than we might expect. Of course you need to keep mulching all the time to slow
down the evaporation - that goes without saying.<br />
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Now that the first leaves are falling I can say that our garden has been a
great success again. I´m very glad we invested so much time during the last
months in redesigning. The effect of looking at the garden, without even
thinking of the results, has made me, along with many visitors, a happy person.
We shouldn´t underestimate this effect of nature and what it does to mankind,
to my humble opinion...<br />
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The next question for me now is what will happen if the next winter will be
cold. We had an extremely warm winter and summer. Will our plants be able to
deal with temperatures below -20°? We´ll see... Now time has come to slow down
and harvest. Later on in September the process of analysing will become number
one on our priority list…</span>snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-79053576902056372062014-07-07T09:35:00.003+02:002014-07-08T12:22:33.024+02:00Climatezones in Sweden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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in Sweden is just a little more complex than it is in Belgium. When you go out
to buy plants in a garden centre, you will see that they are all divided
into different climate zones. And if you think about how quickly the climate is
changing, you will understand the importance of picking the right ones for your
garden. You need to be very conscious of which types of plants to buy. Don’t go
driving south to a plant shop if you count on gardening in the north of the
country – it simply won’t work… </span></span><br />
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see on the map, the difference between Stockholm (zone 2) and Åmot (zone
6) is rather big, while the distance covers merely 200 km. Bearing this in
mind, I bought an apple and a cherry tree for climate zone 5 and a
plum tree for climate zone 6, since I couldn´t find all types of trees for
climate zone 6... Hard to imagine at first, since it was only 1 zone apart from
ours, yet I should have known better. After almost 4 years I still have no
single apple and our sweet cherry tree almost froze to death. Yet for the
first time this year we have 2 plums – pretty impressing.<br />
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The seeds I used for our vegetables are a mixture of local seeds and seeds
I bought in Belgium. I must say I’m very curious about the results of this
little experiment. The Belgian seeds I used in the greenhouse are doing
very well. The small ones we planted in our garden late May went through a very
tough time midst of June. On June 21<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> for example, we had some
minor frost so most of our delicious beans and potatoes froze. We do realise
this climate is not the easiest to deal with...</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Helvetica CE 35 Thin"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-32578533099325240222014-06-15T18:05:00.002+02:002014-06-15T18:05:19.263+02:00New garden designDuring the last 3 years I´ve been mixing perma-culture with a more traditional style of gardening. I was looking for a smooth design first, but after 3 years I was getting bored with straight lines. So in line with one of the main designprinciples of permaculture I redesigned the garden. On the Picture you will see that I´ve moved towards a design that is closer to nature. In nature you won´t find straight lines. The spiral-looking beds are not only more fun to look at, they should also bring more energy to my garden. It is on the borders of the spirals that the most energy can be found. It is on the edges and borders that things are happening. Not only in my garden, but in all aspects in life, the marginal elements are interesting objects.<br />
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The redesigning was very intense. I noticed that after 3 years a design seems to "settle". Plants that were there since 3 years and that survived the harsh winters, are still in place. It makes no sense to re-plant them. So we had to develop the new design with these plants in place. On the old pathways we put carton and straw. On top of that came compost. In the end this resulted in 1 big bed. The next step was that we created new paths, resulting in what you see on the image.<br />
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About 2 weeks ago we started planting and today we can see the first plants coming up.<br />
The danger with this way of working is that when the weather is dry, you need to add a lot of water. The rainwater sinks down very quickly through the compost and straw.<br />
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This new design will show its effect in the next couple of weeks. But I already know that it will take Another 1 to 2 years to settle.<br />
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Next year I hope to integrate a next area in my garden, which will make it 50% larger as today.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-16602940724410513132014-05-13T07:11:00.001+02:002014-05-13T07:11:20.757+02:00Winter or spring?Also in Sweden the climate is changing...<br /> Last Winter has been one of the warmest in record, with lack of snow in many areas, many stormy Days, a very early start of spring, but also the opposite very cold weather.<br />In the image below you can see how strange the weather has been recently here in Åmot. While having very early spring (summer-like) weather in March and April, we had a very cold start of May. Even snow was no exception in the first 2 weeks of May.<br />
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The consequences for our garden are visable, with leaves arriving almost 2 weeks later as last year, my plants that had started growing in April, now being slowed down, etc.<br /><br />I´m very glad I started using the permaculture model from the very start. It has helped me to understand the Environment I´m working and living in much better. The model hasn´t provided me with sollutiona, but it has learned to be "mindful" or to use my senses. Nature is not only a brain-thing or a feeling-thing. It is both. Using my senses and therefor growing my understanding has been the best way to deal with the changes taking Place at a very high rate.<br />
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In the next update on this blog I want to talk about how permaculture model has helped me also implement its principles in growing my business.<br />
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snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-7923264467925234252014-04-07T10:16:00.001+02:002014-04-09T07:30:13.229+02:00Silence as a product
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like light or fresh air, shouldn’t be a product you have to buy, right? It is the
kind of thing everyone should be able to have access to freely, at any time.<br />
Unfortunately the way of the world has changed a lot. We have turned the world
into a place where man dominates practically everything. Even deep in the
Swedish forest, one can tell that people have taken over.<br />
About a month ago, we bought 1,2 ha of forest in Åmot. We are determined: this
piece of forest will get its freedom back! We won´t be cutting trees to make
money, we will start selling silence instead. We understand that silence, yes
even silence, has become a product now. So, one might ask, why do we
do this? Why sell a ‘product’ that we believe should not be a product, yet a
freely accessible (re)source to everyone? <br />
First of all, we will not be selling silence as such. Silence is hardly the
thing you can giftwrap or sell at the market, right? When we say we will be
selling silence, we actually want to ‘offer’ people the opportunity to spend
time in complete silence. We create the circumstances for our guests to
experience the world (read: nature) without any distraction created by mankind.<br />
Another motivation to us is the strong belief that silence is a product that
can only be sold in remote areas. Åmot, a small town near the edges of the
Swedish forests, doesn´t have many big assets which many other tourist
destinations have. But if we think about what people are looking for when going
on a holiday, we notice that silence is a hot item nowadays. Experiencing
silence will be a growing trend in the next years, just because it is no longer
accessible to us.<br />
We wish to cater to people’s need, in a way that respects nature. So we fully
believe in our "product" - we are doing the right thing by selling Swedish
silence.<br />
We’ll keep you posted...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-38013412388612783022014-03-11T16:31:00.004+01:002014-03-11T20:48:07.422+01:00And then spring arrived...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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arrived 2 (!) months earlier this year. All the snow and ice have melted by now
(we note March 11th) and one would make the mistake to start growing vegetables
right away. The garlic planted in October is popping up because of the
extremely mild temperatures, so this is out of my hands of course. However, I
will not start planting any seeds until the middle of May, since we are not
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">But that doesn’t mean the garden
planning hasn’t started. The sunlight not only stimulates the animals, it also
tickles my brain to start putting into practice all these ideas that have been
growing in my mind during wintertime.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I will focus more this year, not only in my garden. I will have less variety in
types of vegetables, but aim for better volumes. The last 3 years we had people
who wanted to buy, but couldn´t, because I was sold out... This year we really
want to cater to the need of our customers.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Another plan I have, is to merge all the different zones in my garden into one.
Small pathways will make the area perfectly accessible. We would also
love to expand the area where we grow our vegetables by 40%.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Last but not least, I wish to increase my livestock (hens) by 150%. The hen
house was built for many more! The buy-in of 3 new hens should help us in
expanding our hen family.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sam, Vera and myself will spend more time in the garden so that we will be able
to store the profit better than in the recent years. Our permaculture garden
has been producing much more than we could eat! So I feel it is time to use
this "profit" in a better way. More about this next time!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-37271880023284937262014-02-03T06:32:00.001+01:002014-02-03T06:33:28.612+01:00What a strange winter...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LEaQZIzlIQ91sYlmpCeGnvKb1g_lYeVUpLWKtPXf8D-5BLsRV3h0d6sfMAzCQxeNyUd60h5X2jumNjcvf_fir6MUukwDDN2aV63BlYU219sX3lisl-o7IKdKYg2iKxap1M4n/s1600/superfood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LEaQZIzlIQ91sYlmpCeGnvKb1g_lYeVUpLWKtPXf8D-5BLsRV3h0d6sfMAzCQxeNyUd60h5X2jumNjcvf_fir6MUukwDDN2aV63BlYU219sX3lisl-o7IKdKYg2iKxap1M4n/s1600/superfood.jpg" /></a>OK, ok, yes we have snow and ice and dull Days, but this year is very strange. We had to wait until early January to have the first real snow, but even now with almost 50 cm of snow on the ground I find this Winter very mild. The other thing is that we have had almost no sunshine, making this Winter almost the opposite of last year´s Winter.<br />
Now that they Days are getting longer, we have gained about 3 hours of Daylight since christmas, I´m turning into a Belgian again. I need to start thinking of my garden again. <br />
The first objectives are: Not as many different types of vegetables as last year, start using a new part of my garden and different Shapes of the beds. The good thing is that we will have volunteers working here again from May until mid August.<br />
Another objective is to start picking more berries in the Forests. We need to build up a stock for our guests. I was inspired by a Finnish neighbour that showed me his impressive stock of blueberries.<br />
This is why central Europeans come to Sweden and Åmot, live Close to nature including experiencing its tastes...<br />
Maybe this Winter will lead to an explosion of fruits and vegetables later this year?snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-57539215171415922552014-01-25T11:21:00.001+01:002014-01-25T11:21:26.591+01:00A major stepYesterday, January 24 2014, I bought a forest here in Åmot! 1,2 ha, so not a large forest, but large enough to launch a new project. I want to work out the details first before announcing any details, but it will be in the area of ECO-tourism. The plan is to co-operate with a designer from Finland as well as with some innovative small companies.<br />
I´m very much convinced that ECO-tourism, and now I´m not talking about green-marketing-tourism, has a bright future. More and more our guests are visiting us because of what we´re doing here in Åmot: a combination authenic, green and social responsible tourism.<br />
I´ve now been asked to join a lecture in Gothenburg in March to explain what we´re actually doing. I´m ofcourse very glad that people are showing interest, because it´s a dream to not only make a profitable business, but also a business that doesn´t destroy nature or brings down people.<br />
Permaculture has always been a very inpiring model. And allthough I have the feeling that we are still in the very early stages of adopting its principles, the goal is there to implement them step by step.<br />
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snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-656400859301472942014-01-12T11:11:00.000+01:002014-01-12T11:13:44.995+01:00Finally winter arrived<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSGMXehKVxHQpBcn-gsFHVNaqdBy9RQl5CtLB-TdRx7nXoXW21B9t9up2YxQAWntDww9Ifsn6wCu2OloQqEkgzm3mI1cG9NfZMmUDxmiPZfh_1INs07Cis3tM3MlCdvdlrCuF/s1600/%C3%85mot+11+jan+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSGMXehKVxHQpBcn-gsFHVNaqdBy9RQl5CtLB-TdRx7nXoXW21B9t9up2YxQAWntDww9Ifsn6wCu2OloQqEkgzm3mI1cG9NfZMmUDxmiPZfh_1INs07Cis3tM3MlCdvdlrCuF/s320/%C3%85mot+11+jan+14.jpg" /></a>Until January 9th we had to wait here in central Sweden before winter arrived. Pretty impressive if you know that exactly 1 year ago we were having more than 1 meter of snow and the lowest temperature was below -25. It is very unusual according to SMHI, the Swedish meteorological institute. So what it meant? We were having no snow, no ice, green plants, singing birds and this in combination with almost no daylight making it a bit unreal. But ok, let´s forgot this now and look into the future. We´re working hard here at Stilleben, but also with a few inhabitants in Åmot. We are looking at the future of tourism for this small foresttown. Åmot has many opportunities but things won´t happen if we are not joining forces and trying look what our potential customers want. At the same time we should make organic decissions or said differently makes steps that are in line with perma-culture principles. Do as nature does. So even if we need to structure, the structure itself shouldn´t be too firm, we need to stay flexible, able to adapt. And use the resources that are available and not start to buy-in and therefore make us depending on recources too far away. As said many times by others <strong>act local think global</strong>.
In the next weeks and months we hope to launch some new products for the next summer season. Products with local Resources but for a global public!
Wait and see...
snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-59321664524890011462014-01-03T13:21:00.001+01:002014-01-03T13:33:45.743+01:00Silence, a way of living<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvxOZPiqwRLFJ0SnSbSqJk00iARUiGGQn2KUEegmBNCwuqhmBNeAyIEEXOstFf699cyyjFmdelXodPtroU4575r1p1RZj_jE1icEAMJufnmNDx1Vb7njhy2EyUerlDVYxvKnV/s1600/DSCN1812.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvxOZPiqwRLFJ0SnSbSqJk00iARUiGGQn2KUEegmBNCwuqhmBNeAyIEEXOstFf699cyyjFmdelXodPtroU4575r1p1RZj_jE1icEAMJufnmNDx1Vb7njhy2EyUerlDVYxvKnV/s320/DSCN1812.jpg" /></a></div>Since more then 5 years now, silence has become a part of how I want to live. Not being silent, or not talking or doing things, but more the understanding that Everything develops from silence.
To stay connected I have built in some moments/habits throughout the day that remember me of that. I have noticed that when you learn to do that, Life becomes very simple/stable. This has lead to happiness. One of the moments of the day is that I allow the Sunlight to determine the pace. Easy things such as Wake up when the first sign of the next Days are showing or go to bed when the light is disappearing, have made my Life very stable.
The interesting thing, besides the positive effect on my happiness-scale, is that I don´t feel that I´m living an "away from the World" kind of Life. I still feel as part of what is happing in this World. It has got nothing to do with being naive or to not care. This is very important I Believe, to stay part of the real Life.
During our silent week, we will live together in silence and learn to look at the elements, such as Daylight and try to build them into our lives. So when you return home and when you use the elements to remember you day after day and hour after hour of your nature-state I´m pretty sure that you will become (even more) happy without being disconnected from the real World.
More on this on our <a href="http://www.stilleben.nu/stille-weken">website</a>. Welcome with your question and suggestions!
snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-89697745897246784542012-11-28T17:54:00.000+01:002012-11-28T17:54:37.588+01:00Winter 2012-13Since today we have the first feeling of winter here in Åmot. OK, we already had snow late October, even more then 20 CM at some point, but November was one of the warmest ever in this region.
Now we seem to be going into another type of weather for the next days and even weeks (and maybe months).
Since yesterday we started seeing light snowshowers coming in from the East. The sea, about 60 kms away from here, combined with cold air from Rissua triggers them.
Since last night these showers started intensifying bringin between 0,5 and 1 mm per hour. This now (28 nov, 17.30) results into around 10 cm of wet snow.
Now talking about wetsnow. This morning I had to go for a meeting in Gävle, one of the main cities in the region and close to the sea. It is about 70 km away from here. While driving there I could see the snow getting wetter and wetter and in the end resulting into a mixture of rain and snow.
While driving back I knew I was going to see the oposite happening, and that is exactly what is did. I started taking pictures from Hästa, near the coast until about 1 km away from Åmot.
It was pretty amazing to see the effect of going from about 0 meters above sealevel to about 120 m. I think the fact that Åmot is well inland also must have its effect.
Winter reaches Åmot about 1 week earlier than Ockelbo and between 2-3 weeks before Gävle.
Enjoy the pictures! This blog will be regurlarly updated throughtout this winter.
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snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-8512922115975786252012-01-28T06:37:00.002+01:002012-01-28T06:44:26.109+01:00My last day as an employeeLast Thursday was my last day as an employee. Now the time as a businessman will start. Business... strange word for the type of business I will do. I'll have to start meditating about a new word for this.<br />In these days of change also wording will and has to change.<br />In the next 10 days I will be preparing for me relaction to Sweden. On February 6/7 I will be driving up north. Sam will be traveling later on by plane and with the dog. What a wonderful thougt that Bazzle finally will be living in the middle of the forests having all the space he ever wanted.<br />For me too, the new era starts becoming very realistic. The idea that I will be growing my own vegetables, no longer having to go to work, but to live my work, no longer having colleagues but rather people that work with you on the same project, to really start contributing to another world, ... these thougts are very beautiful.<br />For Stilleben a lot is happening now: I'm having meetings with accountants both in Belgium and in Sweden, presenting the "business" to organizations, the commune, neighbours. One way or the other it feels as if things are coming to me iso the other way around.<br />Keep reading this blog if you want to be updated on what is happening.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-19585197355418959422011-12-22T06:57:00.002+01:002011-12-22T07:02:08.278+01:00Some winter pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO4iHcKJNmth_D0LOd0kSu99CAD0ZTd1A9e2S02DMbhnUUQiFlme7mSycwvefLQobAunB-UqfS9jpm0rtXNT-ayPOenOr2L4KmTzkowLKpdKVUVRXDjnEDXrAq4oLf166z9cS/s1600/WP_000128.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO4iHcKJNmth_D0LOd0kSu99CAD0ZTd1A9e2S02DMbhnUUQiFlme7mSycwvefLQobAunB-UqfS9jpm0rtXNT-ayPOenOr2L4KmTzkowLKpdKVUVRXDjnEDXrAq4oLf166z9cS/s400/WP_000128.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688828956593761522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wtyN9DIDVNCheUy4YyQnJCCWGdK1aYBg0xKz74_GcjNrKHBedlDyIGUj5envE_0y78WAGjCRiZOrPYmu1xTMA5HoJ5jxkVYupwQoyY0FjX0wEBN95XTGAoC6tdVShrFSoYup/s1600/WP_000123.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wtyN9DIDVNCheUy4YyQnJCCWGdK1aYBg0xKz74_GcjNrKHBedlDyIGUj5envE_0y78WAGjCRiZOrPYmu1xTMA5HoJ5jxkVYupwQoyY0FjX0wEBN95XTGAoC6tdVShrFSoYup/s400/WP_000123.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688828952659406898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyACY2xIT11XMatd1W9df0OiaXE3i5OqzNf5YuyR4T2lP8eOHr8wVOfbR4_1v9IODfijBEvI6yBnoWwyS29Jq9Q2NPXpqp-e7mDpjbfWpSYILgVdXEvaX3mIAY2gIYdEm4ndo/s1600/WP_000121.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuyACY2xIT11XMatd1W9df0OiaXE3i5OqzNf5YuyR4T2lP8eOHr8wVOfbR4_1v9IODfijBEvI6yBnoWwyS29Jq9Q2NPXpqp-e7mDpjbfWpSYILgVdXEvaX3mIAY2gIYdEm4ndo/s400/WP_000121.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688828934525135954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44mVOLysqbvXHOOEFrTgY9TJzhglvnfnr6YbgEZvdUCU8Yo5mloUgxQiFRy0grfpShxV67JgrcAhObwQvYHSNJUvjsNHa-W6jqOYq9iH35O7tQSVHep6MBe9HFGK5TDPQqRXZ/s1600/WP_000109.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44mVOLysqbvXHOOEFrTgY9TJzhglvnfnr6YbgEZvdUCU8Yo5mloUgxQiFRy0grfpShxV67JgrcAhObwQvYHSNJUvjsNHa-W6jqOYq9iH35O7tQSVHep6MBe9HFGK5TDPQqRXZ/s400/WP_000109.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688828926565425650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sl_PQPMM6Wey6YbSOGi4t6pcrudPh_ko3MG4u8cZEMrcZzY3KvUHViMTxTGmik4xj-iA6HamXZRFXKWR9NoxXtTsXcNI728HQZIQXeNA9e_UTX9hUUOJxAGvM8TN_HANh-HI/s1600/WP_000107.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sl_PQPMM6Wey6YbSOGi4t6pcrudPh_ko3MG4u8cZEMrcZzY3KvUHViMTxTGmik4xj-iA6HamXZRFXKWR9NoxXtTsXcNI728HQZIQXeNA9e_UTX9hUUOJxAGvM8TN_HANh-HI/s400/WP_000107.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688828922587509074" /></a><br />Winter is late this year and with less snow. But still, now on the shortest day of the year, nature is very beautiful. Enjoy and merry christmas to you all.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-89286151685375212172011-09-29T08:21:00.002+02:002011-09-29T08:30:43.553+02:00ChangesThis blog hasn´t been used for tooooo long. Now that my life is about the change drastically I want´t "re-launch" it. It is a good way for to ventilate my thoughts, share ideas, keep friends updated, reflect, promote my new company, etc...<br />So 2 days ago I got the news that my current employer doesn´t need me anylonger. After 9 months in my current job, they decided to start doing things differently....again.<br />Since many years now, I feel that I need to start my own company so that I can use my "talent" for developing something I really believe in. While doing my job, I kept on investing in myself by doing courses, staying in touch with people whom I believe know the real truth, working on a real poject during my free-time. I must say that I´m very happy with that now. Some people feel lost when they loose their job, well for me it´s exactly the opposite, I feel free now. Another thing is that some people completely loose their structure while I feel that now I can finally start building my own structure in my life: Starting the day early, doing my yoga and meditation, eat a healthy breakfast, work during the morning hours, have a lunch and rest, work some more in the afternoon and than take time to reflect. I want to start living entirely according the speed of nature, according to the seasons etc.<br />This week, is probably going to be one of the most important ons ever in my life. At the same time that I want to express my feelings about being free, I want to be humble too. I experience this as a present and I want to treat it carefully. The new life is going to be about organic growth...snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-74559178881789090422010-12-20T14:02:00.001+01:002010-12-20T14:08:09.832+01:00White christmas?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGdevbL-VYKHSadG43PlsblJgCVagzJ91dd7wb_sNU6i-B3rhK_9Wyd-CODMLcZv0xkN1WaasRdVTjU6UIooXjVI-BVNm073Nw-rZGIr9x1M3W6LNFv3iVb9gBeO2cxEEh5ru/s1600/IMG_4944.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGdevbL-VYKHSadG43PlsblJgCVagzJ91dd7wb_sNU6i-B3rhK_9Wyd-CODMLcZv0xkN1WaasRdVTjU6UIooXjVI-BVNm073Nw-rZGIr9x1M3W6LNFv3iVb9gBeO2cxEEh5ru/s400/IMG_4944.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552750470320198242" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlfbkONEBVMYZrptPSK9CvO9yCMQfX3524sxvI65bssS0rfdQdZKb_1erRqQroXZDSwbPuUkLgZJio9gksSZsGstDTA_6eRWEsqnYpSQKG27XjLJs9lhdjCTus8bZKaaMHNb9/s1600/IMG_4941.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlfbkONEBVMYZrptPSK9CvO9yCMQfX3524sxvI65bssS0rfdQdZKb_1erRqQroXZDSwbPuUkLgZJio9gksSZsGstDTA_6eRWEsqnYpSQKG27XjLJs9lhdjCTus8bZKaaMHNb9/s400/IMG_4941.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552750465997593634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt2cNbyufcxKDlK5Tc4ykNAL1am_Xsv2zbpg0oSZ1YmHHXYI-ii1hopLCx02s0z7GEVvPuQ4hHPFnn4WmDYWQYgBb9Hc_AlD2x89uigDJn2UKRxBh0jSkYgKvmS5Fv-s9R7vi/s1600/IMG_4936.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbt2cNbyufcxKDlK5Tc4ykNAL1am_Xsv2zbpg0oSZ1YmHHXYI-ii1hopLCx02s0z7GEVvPuQ4hHPFnn4WmDYWQYgBb9Hc_AlD2x89uigDJn2UKRxBh0jSkYgKvmS5Fv-s9R7vi/s400/IMG_4936.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552750463940890514" /></a>snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-54754734013343297122010-12-19T19:14:00.002+01:002010-12-19T19:27:33.312+01:001 year later...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKkIkoxp66vsXWqnR41wgcB82V9BkO-7t4A6Qxmsx2R4kxbxc1NVS_pR7J2sgtUogK8_9o69LU2Os57DW4UTvrEcjJLVc9e53IMxSmoupw-KdJYL5X-aGxYyuc2gSFreLLHur/s1600/IMG_9050.JPG"><img style="float:left; 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margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKJzjBaxpCVRWAcrmJDtGslPXaJylJaYpk0xodU_3TfqXlKle2XBUtkGRe7wwt42q85thn5N9QVsB7WaS_5Zi3rZJ60gIHEvu7GHM_hccEGbCHE3D5_s9KBZEdSgJQrLix9NO/s400/IMG_9036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552461659683101650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZHS4CtIYeRhWHQqjsrT4dH9-8E45HJtf4-bqfRyRPf0pdlEOcJ2d6X20SMORT9O9Kb4k-zbpKK2Lk1fsJWWn6aPOLg_dqgAUb0ciiNmNIyq5etyJLiuFe83rxQj03vdfNcW9/s1600/IMG_9014.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZHS4CtIYeRhWHQqjsrT4dH9-8E45HJtf4-bqfRyRPf0pdlEOcJ2d6X20SMORT9O9Kb4k-zbpKK2Lk1fsJWWn6aPOLg_dqgAUb0ciiNmNIyq5etyJLiuFe83rxQj03vdfNcW9/s400/IMG_9014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552461647632826834" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcu_r3f7Id4odVRJdV_kYry3ZVNl9hHRpukaijf-6BY8RIOjVQ43TGlkzjvoXez5f9WetMSv1hVtwNCq_RY1OwR49yWFLTlo11lbgFO9nO8t6ejXJveqC9KYbU7w__z7s8eKR/s1600/IMG_9013.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcu_r3f7Id4odVRJdV_kYry3ZVNl9hHRpukaijf-6BY8RIOjVQ43TGlkzjvoXez5f9WetMSv1hVtwNCq_RY1OwR49yWFLTlo11lbgFO9nO8t6ejXJveqC9KYbU7w__z7s8eKR/s400/IMG_9013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552461633205172562" /></a><br />it took me 1 year to return to my blog and put some fresh pictures. Last weekend my sister, her little son and dad joined me for a short weekend trip to Amot. Winter was again very "active" with lot's of snow....snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-43784938766522238472009-12-25T11:48:00.001+01:002009-12-25T11:55:14.975+01:00More pictures from winterwonderland<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayz2i5wKln0Eyt_n_nvOjZv68EX3a7bxHGxMyGGl5vDcAB2x1iFu3pGGfIp6FWvajlnV5IQbk6V2SqbglJh9rUD8ZyNFPxVqWUmujE8uLnzS745doolgt_1lHRJncikqWLaBq/s1600-h/IMG_8172.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiayz2i5wKln0Eyt_n_nvOjZv68EX3a7bxHGxMyGGl5vDcAB2x1iFu3pGGfIp6FWvajlnV5IQbk6V2SqbglJh9rUD8ZyNFPxVqWUmujE8uLnzS745doolgt_1lHRJncikqWLaBq/s400/IMG_8172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419125578767444306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35MXzA3_3x4ER9aB-R8Bmc_jMj52ssVv8BasmCD__UnVCQ3TAG6bG4w7Q36pB1r5e2eS1EzAbQUlTDTeosscuWSgWBQIqAOmhnGE0UesDkT4aUflKB6vIbKDcdSytPAcruAVz/s1600-h/IMG_8162.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35MXzA3_3x4ER9aB-R8Bmc_jMj52ssVv8BasmCD__UnVCQ3TAG6bG4w7Q36pB1r5e2eS1EzAbQUlTDTeosscuWSgWBQIqAOmhnGE0UesDkT4aUflKB6vIbKDcdSytPAcruAVz/s400/IMG_8162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419125576388278082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQJb8gy9yogJsBPq_ccsrAYlzLZMRTC_ePyRqzftGeLG3KO0omMdVeTghDkhpQ6OpvM0U2glkscORdyrNURYp3ofgyJ_kkcWW5X6Bi27tjs0dfYIWdXYdn44SjVdkTbR_zdIo/s1600-h/IMG_8152.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQJb8gy9yogJsBPq_ccsrAYlzLZMRTC_ePyRqzftGeLG3KO0omMdVeTghDkhpQ6OpvM0U2glkscORdyrNURYp3ofgyJ_kkcWW5X6Bi27tjs0dfYIWdXYdn44SjVdkTbR_zdIo/s400/IMG_8152.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419125571989708530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIdAjxdqmtefLj7toIGVXF45jzQRVNgf7XAK55RRCeWB8KF44vj4tgtEriSfxdHI3V44FuQPM0-pLphhvFvwqXBtRw0fWvVKFoi-pgWqlD6yT6kerEY-XD7G8-ppfVsjsoq2w/s1600-h/16.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmIdAjxdqmtefLj7toIGVXF45jzQRVNgf7XAK55RRCeWB8KF44vj4tgtEriSfxdHI3V44FuQPM0-pLphhvFvwqXBtRw0fWvVKFoi-pgWqlD6yT6kerEY-XD7G8-ppfVsjsoq2w/s400/16.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419125564429468178" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnzAXtKJu0NU5rij_di4jEDi8VFBE5fshZUOQ5tUkzKcuwB3H0yHpqKZf1WbhZS7Y75gVnJZ5iqPtxWIwg6-Sq7-3-JO0ZVI-vgsnZY-3tTl7MqdBEbwvI3c8jUlDP4UQ1Yjn/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnzAXtKJu0NU5rij_di4jEDi8VFBE5fshZUOQ5tUkzKcuwB3H0yHpqKZf1WbhZS7Y75gVnJZ5iqPtxWIwg6-Sq7-3-JO0ZVI-vgsnZY-3tTl7MqdBEbwvI3c8jUlDP4UQ1Yjn/s400/13.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419125559638081906" /></a>snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-16877943865951382902009-12-24T07:23:00.003+01:002009-12-24T07:46:56.225+01:00Merry (white) Christmas!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCA9_VLuvWOEUUpUE2-nqJH6C00MDNk193hMxmNszcWqE9eLxBeeAORkjSmnd7weX62hEfRhyGsDU2xKX1p6BLkGfpZb_bhEr_cvE5_dAgPLc69rDxCnWiC_IwrbNURyfgEUP/s1600-h/IMG_8145.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCA9_VLuvWOEUUpUE2-nqJH6C00MDNk193hMxmNszcWqE9eLxBeeAORkjSmnd7weX62hEfRhyGsDU2xKX1p6BLkGfpZb_bhEr_cvE5_dAgPLc69rDxCnWiC_IwrbNURyfgEUP/s400/IMG_8145.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418688853809647650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKeLhBxyc7LdkhhbVl_6AYh7fDNwdD2pSuHeTrY2J7nrFBWTO6QNdxpRXoHiiobLgpAe1RwWOomLRy1ZWRsXRasTJ1h5HCalDEs9M39aAftxS6oQ1dHk3rOfEhtoqLgDp1p6y/s1600-h/IMG_8141.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKeLhBxyc7LdkhhbVl_6AYh7fDNwdD2pSuHeTrY2J7nrFBWTO6QNdxpRXoHiiobLgpAe1RwWOomLRy1ZWRsXRasTJ1h5HCalDEs9M39aAftxS6oQ1dHk3rOfEhtoqLgDp1p6y/s400/IMG_8141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418688843893341874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQcViwGPF9k9XGPxvPv3RL4908v0tpwjZrrCtYB7d0V1aH2krt478a8xruXkKOR1Tq8uI09g3eNsiXXq2dYnTqOsCkZwaGCkwyFSIU9jKIguaZ_kzAmPrCUwkP3OKTAqQy4uQ/s1600-h/IMG_8135.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQcViwGPF9k9XGPxvPv3RL4908v0tpwjZrrCtYB7d0V1aH2krt478a8xruXkKOR1Tq8uI09g3eNsiXXq2dYnTqOsCkZwaGCkwyFSIU9jKIguaZ_kzAmPrCUwkP3OKTAqQy4uQ/s400/IMG_8135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418688841120485378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9WfAkZQHiLG2ZWH1moaiYIm33Nv4ezcyiiYsxU5ZjaSByxgW6BJQc8RtAhXA6JFHW-Y7teBTt_hAg0ohPRBQ8JMr87e3PwZujy2XP3T5wg57_N2U6sUNJKN4ATWSy2n2iHt1/s1600-h/IMG_8125.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9WfAkZQHiLG2ZWH1moaiYIm33Nv4ezcyiiYsxU5ZjaSByxgW6BJQc8RtAhXA6JFHW-Y7teBTt_hAg0ohPRBQ8JMr87e3PwZujy2XP3T5wg57_N2U6sUNJKN4ATWSy2n2iHt1/s400/IMG_8125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418688837904175890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmCFbSC6OaouXDxNKhk_G0Yr9cvBGkTMiGmAfDo0ZeGB9b4nWiWcxJlyKZg5y2NHfAESHNYryfi5JzQyzhVKtl5VAfK2m1F94olPUh966r5tCH5wiKbMzbv_zwzzENIsOoJDQ/s1600-h/IMG_8119.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmCFbSC6OaouXDxNKhk_G0Yr9cvBGkTMiGmAfDo0ZeGB9b4nWiWcxJlyKZg5y2NHfAESHNYryfi5JzQyzhVKtl5VAfK2m1F94olPUh966r5tCH5wiKbMzbv_zwzzENIsOoJDQ/s400/IMG_8119.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418688828367278786" /></a><br />Yesterday I traveled back to Belgium for 2 days to celibrate Christmas with the family in Belgium. What a surprise to see snow on the ground at Zaventem, so maybe even here I might have a white christmas....<br />Here more pictures we made last days.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-41937552078602282252009-12-21T10:49:00.002+01:002009-12-21T10:59:27.658+01:00The day after<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TZRPr25Dxo41HUvuEbI5-ZpZg5k9GH1r4TjE-CNDylVIqB1t7cJLP8vYuuQ6L4PQVIcck_z2RzPhFC0eYfkzCOJKGX6_qLbiRjCDFqlxvgHej9nmxAJygI5p5DqCV5OgjC6b/s1600-h/IMG_8136.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TZRPr25Dxo41HUvuEbI5-ZpZg5k9GH1r4TjE-CNDylVIqB1t7cJLP8vYuuQ6L4PQVIcck_z2RzPhFC0eYfkzCOJKGX6_qLbiRjCDFqlxvgHej9nmxAJygI5p5DqCV5OgjC6b/s400/IMG_8136.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417626744118818818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdVPR5wPVAyGLUC3VzY1EhIwdleZglnaBOunKXr7dH4A4xOS0tE9TqZNzKeG1B_puBkZYK5ghmdG0NEEW_CbAQryxPyd3WG4BbNh9nSa48bLdBHdnnG34rWJMA6yZ-dAJ7ted/s1600-h/IMG_8127.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdVPR5wPVAyGLUC3VzY1EhIwdleZglnaBOunKXr7dH4A4xOS0tE9TqZNzKeG1B_puBkZYK5ghmdG0NEEW_CbAQryxPyd3WG4BbNh9nSa48bLdBHdnnG34rWJMA6yZ-dAJ7ted/s400/IMG_8127.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417626739714549970" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5Y98dp7eE4gmynpbku8o3wu1kClheTi0z1lATrSaYfIGhNvDQUoqMAkgFr9qnIkIv3oJ3nERDeJZJDhVKLKbZv9-4WuZguTHC15uTu9S0q1JVPEha0U7w0f0VwlOaDEZOMwd/s1600-h/IMG_8123.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5Y98dp7eE4gmynpbku8o3wu1kClheTi0z1lATrSaYfIGhNvDQUoqMAkgFr9qnIkIv3oJ3nERDeJZJDhVKLKbZv9-4WuZguTHC15uTu9S0q1JVPEha0U7w0f0VwlOaDEZOMwd/s400/IMG_8123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417626735103015154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uVh2u1wYeKkdWsqbNX7CA2iZyVkoa0KsX-ceIhiyVDO163U6TkNT6tWj1Ceco_UNlJyGOx8kJppKOWu_EKGvTpbM3ihDAAdGlsh1Lwh_iUCS8ltVD4GIIbaFcykbrVEdLaXA/s1600-h/IMG_8118.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uVh2u1wYeKkdWsqbNX7CA2iZyVkoa0KsX-ceIhiyVDO163U6TkNT6tWj1Ceco_UNlJyGOx8kJppKOWu_EKGvTpbM3ihDAAdGlsh1Lwh_iUCS8ltVD4GIIbaFcykbrVEdLaXA/s400/IMG_8118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417626723169759026" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujm6bSYin1NvFugW5UdnaR3IK44RYRSR_3OdQvFDirNBXFrPyWrt3VWrzmpkM1zVzJWDuJgqrgaXCxLA5cbFYeHYHPaLOmW7bg7rQzsTwnpocQI7xZedWWObVuG2oStpmY9JG/s1600-h/IMG_8112.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjujm6bSYin1NvFugW5UdnaR3IK44RYRSR_3OdQvFDirNBXFrPyWrt3VWrzmpkM1zVzJWDuJgqrgaXCxLA5cbFYeHYHPaLOmW7bg7rQzsTwnpocQI7xZedWWObVuG2oStpmY9JG/s400/IMG_8112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417626721417399842" /></a><br />After more than 24hrs of snow Amot is covered by a blanket of more than half a meter of snow. My dad and needed quite some time to digg out. What a dream this is!snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-7969234517036510152009-12-20T19:46:00.002+01:002009-12-20T19:51:33.350+01:00Mountains of snow<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBln0hpX-rq65_GmClQ51qB8qiBvFMfczRTv05o3ZrwtMGdvkNfXXbb2kYksDArJQhVUxUOkqm12XFrcg2qwvk-xI2kwRQ-jU-aPX1dhrM64eh9WHA4bwt-EdSfHUCZgSF3NQ_/s1600-h/IMG_3357.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBln0hpX-rq65_GmClQ51qB8qiBvFMfczRTv05o3ZrwtMGdvkNfXXbb2kYksDArJQhVUxUOkqm12XFrcg2qwvk-xI2kwRQ-jU-aPX1dhrM64eh9WHA4bwt-EdSfHUCZgSF3NQ_/s400/IMG_3357.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417392905539271218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTftEevxt-WJvRhEjwAW3Arzm4UK8fuoeUr9lrLk3G27RNk-rtJq-4OtsOHxvkhxxki_MijNx7L8tfz-0WPKUrpK4tYpLmOygn5JiD5hKnwB3jZMvNkHzVFagMchaiE2FcTMK/s1600-h/IMG_3352.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNTftEevxt-WJvRhEjwAW3Arzm4UK8fuoeUr9lrLk3G27RNk-rtJq-4OtsOHxvkhxxki_MijNx7L8tfz-0WPKUrpK4tYpLmOygn5JiD5hKnwB3jZMvNkHzVFagMchaiE2FcTMK/s400/IMG_3352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417392906063099058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9iH9278cRMvAB2h9e78ypL9eo0eS2urto7qVHt7jzh7zs9i5ZcT2She_-tY4d-28L0hJraAHl7UQgY3jgEwQnU9Prhd_HCM9OLzjiXYnIDZLYUaAEUkp6-7nSkcZlhtoaEDI/s1600-h/IMG_3351.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9iH9278cRMvAB2h9e78ypL9eo0eS2urto7qVHt7jzh7zs9i5ZcT2She_-tY4d-28L0hJraAHl7UQgY3jgEwQnU9Prhd_HCM9OLzjiXYnIDZLYUaAEUkp6-7nSkcZlhtoaEDI/s400/IMG_3351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417392903719873346" /></a><br />Back in Amot today with my dad to check out the amounts of snow, and guess what? Mountains of snow! While driving to the house the temperatires dropped from a moderate -7 to a frigid -19 with around 30cm of snow. Today we had light to moderate snow all day and ended up with more than half a meter of snow. While Belgium came to an almost standstill with 10cm, no one even mentioned the amounts here in Sweden.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-88010693059023527642009-11-10T20:10:00.002+01:002009-11-10T20:16:02.966+01:00Dalarna<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbYX5u1vQo-XZutJl47QGAI2uu6TxX4OpivCHk7KMp1qaR8GvfnyYZW8mLhb5ToUnjz4JegePtbFwR-S6hl98bGyGJTMIqihTU1Kj9uatsQO5PHCyACcAnZOa-6xLVSJKLLcb/s1600-h/IMG_3208%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbYX5u1vQo-XZutJl47QGAI2uu6TxX4OpivCHk7KMp1qaR8GvfnyYZW8mLhb5ToUnjz4JegePtbFwR-S6hl98bGyGJTMIqihTU1Kj9uatsQO5PHCyACcAnZOa-6xLVSJKLLcb/s400/IMG_3208%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402555831785843746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FYf4HLgRq67n7yQGj8GrrH1gITEYrPX3-ZZGQhf0NWh_5dSB-vk_LyR01ZiRs7v5gnnYwqb-1TVPFZdU1zPSuiDIccFI97Cgh2c_8ZkVuVOKbB4MM3U0dBXt0SDgntKqYkrE/s1600-h/IMG_3204%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FYf4HLgRq67n7yQGj8GrrH1gITEYrPX3-ZZGQhf0NWh_5dSB-vk_LyR01ZiRs7v5gnnYwqb-1TVPFZdU1zPSuiDIccFI97Cgh2c_8ZkVuVOKbB4MM3U0dBXt0SDgntKqYkrE/s400/IMG_3204%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402555826187215426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXx4X5Taf6IHIypO6qoizXAl3lNzjizsrhm4cXEj_GOfElN11qJ16lw8OMBaO_5HksJ6eu3ePWbh88hNNHfjwU9THgh3LBgKVGN8FXoHpTYsFoU465dgsg7Tyn6RJo_rx7Ubpo/s1600-h/IMG_3201%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXx4X5Taf6IHIypO6qoizXAl3lNzjizsrhm4cXEj_GOfElN11qJ16lw8OMBaO_5HksJ6eu3ePWbh88hNNHfjwU9THgh3LBgKVGN8FXoHpTYsFoU465dgsg7Tyn6RJo_rx7Ubpo/s400/IMG_3201%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402555821781089874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRAQgktLTphkXkLOGC2HJeolbM4BfWj3IZG4AZ_T3It91Cnh7rGOse5jM7JPmMWSIDI8oiN36ygs0cgw8v2p1OM_XfsTlvfNdm3Gzv1xu_KKZQf7_bMt9WDY9NiM4pCrWe6Ln/s1600-h/IMG_3195%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRAQgktLTphkXkLOGC2HJeolbM4BfWj3IZG4AZ_T3It91Cnh7rGOse5jM7JPmMWSIDI8oiN36ygs0cgw8v2p1OM_XfsTlvfNdm3Gzv1xu_KKZQf7_bMt9WDY9NiM4pCrWe6Ln/s400/IMG_3195%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402555816089167810" /></a><br />When the days are short and dark, one needs to take action and use the light during the day to discover some more of the region surrounding Amot. Today, Sam and I went to Mora and the small towns in the near vicinity, like Nysnas and Tallberg. Very nice small towns with the typical Swedish red houses, beautiful nature and good food.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-16629191805196572702009-11-10T20:07:00.002+01:002009-11-10T20:10:17.360+01:00De eerste sneeuw<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dJCTcHExkKrmeqJptITOeZxvcUZp6L21gXF9NZoPqgVbxqtEB73JIDVA177DlzzLTMEYdleOd3ob72X_zrHKqm8vwbNWGkBbYz-XKpvdkqDWQBwzmT3KQGTByaf68TMAs6N0/s1600-h/IMG_3197%5B2%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dJCTcHExkKrmeqJptITOeZxvcUZp6L21gXF9NZoPqgVbxqtEB73JIDVA177DlzzLTMEYdleOd3ob72X_zrHKqm8vwbNWGkBbYz-XKpvdkqDWQBwzmT3KQGTByaf68TMAs6N0/s400/IMG_3197%5B2%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402554284255673522" /></a><br />Today, November 10th we`ve had the first snow of the season. Nothing special, but it was snow. After an hour or so there was a light dusting of some MMs and made the countryside around Mora even more beautiful.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-88863411177884703442009-09-13T16:59:00.002+02:002009-09-13T17:06:38.204+02:00Lingon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHXU8dKURZYFGPxBoYxELsTOwmb6ChL45CXS23hlrCB5bXtM7qjnA1GoUyDJ_cjyGSCCNpMuopgtDQbwJuO71DkNEM-idJ6pof9PjW810ZPnX5LI_A8w8MKx1XfGkedEr_EOJ/s1600-h/IMG_3083.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHXU8dKURZYFGPxBoYxELsTOwmb6ChL45CXS23hlrCB5bXtM7qjnA1GoUyDJ_cjyGSCCNpMuopgtDQbwJuO71DkNEM-idJ6pof9PjW810ZPnX5LI_A8w8MKx1XfGkedEr_EOJ/s400/IMG_3083.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380968598188679314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9pku-TTJHgSzIzz2IvKzCiTrrjDyIS2YmKN8f_6U0BcTgx3-Q_55-eYUIDgdWK28kvXNh2P2sgoH9TCleeizuEwmuokrjx_KHMMFVy54Tjl6x8VlqrjktxV5Y0k23yVStqnl/s1600-h/IMG_3082.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK9pku-TTJHgSzIzz2IvKzCiTrrjDyIS2YmKN8f_6U0BcTgx3-Q_55-eYUIDgdWK28kvXNh2P2sgoH9TCleeizuEwmuokrjx_KHMMFVy54Tjl6x8VlqrjktxV5Y0k23yVStqnl/s400/IMG_3082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380968589804179522" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC7IRQluvL7MKjsq7enX45DGCDbyoFK8JIcrI4-63ysZ2DyN6a4NXuPzqgUIWdkxH1vcMSAUold8ojiFQsu0ByH-r_MVJ9GahR0bHBPYoQpjqS8FY2lMC3fSvR18Y5RMficMK/s1600-h/IMG_3080.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmC7IRQluvL7MKjsq7enX45DGCDbyoFK8JIcrI4-63ysZ2DyN6a4NXuPzqgUIWdkxH1vcMSAUold8ojiFQsu0ByH-r_MVJ9GahR0bHBPYoQpjqS8FY2lMC3fSvR18Y5RMficMK/s400/IMG_3080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380968585383124930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrEuA2k8TK1DJKahkZWI4e-fPLyWCbYmFBVAUxFM4RrWNyWSqFuyPAlYVlZB8eWxDwGNhvUXp-qjaAGJtpxpU-vb_28cFWKgWlfXJohfbrKMEvOWMVvsd0cB2r4YTwg2kcGSA/s1600-h/IMG_3081.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrEuA2k8TK1DJKahkZWI4e-fPLyWCbYmFBVAUxFM4RrWNyWSqFuyPAlYVlZB8eWxDwGNhvUXp-qjaAGJtpxpU-vb_28cFWKgWlfXJohfbrKMEvOWMVvsd0cB2r4YTwg2kcGSA/s400/IMG_3081.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380968576205663986" /></a><br />These are probably the most famous berries from Sweden. In less than an hour we had 2 buckets fullsnowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-625080034021177312009-09-13T16:44:00.002+02:002009-09-13T16:53:22.987+02:00When summer comes to an end...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkDwbh-Ky9cHy5-_C01Y4v-NHcAdBoZiPB83JyqVJptPnfNxv_gZOP2V1SCgAS1K8T2YrXHD0nF3Urj-oCe_Yrz8o0cfPRysfMPKlRpxHTwS-CxdgpCCYw1RYahSgcsisLzsc/s1600-h/IMG_3061.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkDwbh-Ky9cHy5-_C01Y4v-NHcAdBoZiPB83JyqVJptPnfNxv_gZOP2V1SCgAS1K8T2YrXHD0nF3Urj-oCe_Yrz8o0cfPRysfMPKlRpxHTwS-CxdgpCCYw1RYahSgcsisLzsc/s400/IMG_3061.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380965069632602482" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnIkIBo953kxiXKNyUDs0i3vQGbkgGou6ry62EJ5cqhW4rJ8K7_eaqU9p3GZ80uIcaxBEEXhRPE7Oa_C9ODE5AZswn8BkpqT8Zc0ac6FwaWJZ1ORteF6N9p5x661VPTl_ZRFm/s1600-h/IMG_3056.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnIkIBo953kxiXKNyUDs0i3vQGbkgGou6ry62EJ5cqhW4rJ8K7_eaqU9p3GZ80uIcaxBEEXhRPE7Oa_C9ODE5AZswn8BkpqT8Zc0ac6FwaWJZ1ORteF6N9p5x661VPTl_ZRFm/s400/IMG_3056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380965062275200754" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRS9EEtwUs_b6eaSqXGR8cFN9q9W-L4yTHTR0N_YM3Yk8ETJMNOqkSXE43dq1n3vZFSbRktE8xjgWKhccziFWtd7otP57TEMZXNxfbmFhRvT8dBhEepV971BRiJf-V-H_KPg_3/s1600-h/IMG_3051.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRS9EEtwUs_b6eaSqXGR8cFN9q9W-L4yTHTR0N_YM3Yk8ETJMNOqkSXE43dq1n3vZFSbRktE8xjgWKhccziFWtd7otP57TEMZXNxfbmFhRvT8dBhEepV971BRiJf-V-H_KPg_3/s400/IMG_3051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380965052689760530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ABkstbf3kccAq18zxm7z5p4g3O0PTZhsclVuefQYSv-nVt41PFGeQmp95Lm7hyphenhyphenHipSDWrJ452hEyD-0-9gJVk3Gaqnb6PCzXYi46HCzgVaMWE9kzd86kEQ8K0_3imj9zedzx/s1600-h/IMG_3039.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ABkstbf3kccAq18zxm7z5p4g3O0PTZhsclVuefQYSv-nVt41PFGeQmp95Lm7hyphenhyphenHipSDWrJ452hEyD-0-9gJVk3Gaqnb6PCzXYi46HCzgVaMWE9kzd86kEQ8K0_3imj9zedzx/s400/IMG_3039.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380965043487495810" /></a><br />Here in Sweden autumn has arrived. A bit early according to the people of the town. True it is a bit strange to see that compared to 5 weeks ago, nature has changed from dark green and lots of flowers into light yellow and lots of fruits. You find mushrooms in all kind of sizes and colors. Nights are already chilly with 1 or 2 degr above zero.snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30627977.post-12034502517061996082009-06-20T07:57:00.000+02:002009-06-20T08:01:08.359+02:00True heros .... or not?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-i8fD1s7lVc4kB1MylJM3QCwAe2TA6EEhGk2t7utPOC0_BLwSZeoT4qlQP_g7Yzxw7tIBbx1Q4QinsebNqA0bCX3Zm0T4TDV-kCbLNZgAQbh3oCQqHMUM1J4W6lcSeAwU20G/s1600-h/IMG_2881.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm-i8fD1s7lVc4kB1MylJM3QCwAe2TA6EEhGk2t7utPOC0_BLwSZeoT4qlQP_g7Yzxw7tIBbx1Q4QinsebNqA0bCX3Zm0T4TDV-kCbLNZgAQbh3oCQqHMUM1J4W6lcSeAwU20G/s400/IMG_2881.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349285568744244722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDdC6TGHCKmjcdFTlkAe-OmF3pGzcjZj59SW2VuV1kPnqdrvgXqvF3sS7SoDN8JUSPp9kdWpzaTw3jhQiSxTZQ2vnWYbaxrwBPQRc2ugLjTAmAV7Zt6d3riI7_3Df-blj7cD2/s1600-h/IMG_2871.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDdC6TGHCKmjcdFTlkAe-OmF3pGzcjZj59SW2VuV1kPnqdrvgXqvF3sS7SoDN8JUSPp9kdWpzaTw3jhQiSxTZQ2vnWYbaxrwBPQRc2ugLjTAmAV7Zt6d3riI7_3Df-blj7cD2/s400/IMG_2871.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349285565818395634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9jv0-CRTeu-U2I_TRd_TvCnQT3_WvFc0FgZjF808mKXm1VoXrURs96aFBP5qxA0FQTDVJVNtJzhZJngXObe8NtPEoVmRlexFPJF8slBg4qlWVPW2vdb4xLMQlW__OsQT7XKS/s1600-h/IMG_2852.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9jv0-CRTeu-U2I_TRd_TvCnQT3_WvFc0FgZjF808mKXm1VoXrURs96aFBP5qxA0FQTDVJVNtJzhZJngXObe8NtPEoVmRlexFPJF8slBg4qlWVPW2vdb4xLMQlW__OsQT7XKS/s400/IMG_2852.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349285558544972530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTr4VObd5nDrWmTlpD2aij0WZ-XqEohDRI6H3ZNU572cBRxby7OXG9HLNRM9OYefAmfsO2wMxXlo1NTQKX135e2KRl9dSns-UvIYCpRTw22T-EAtIHBHrr6T_Lxa-kBcvwoY_/s1600-h/IMG_2867.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTr4VObd5nDrWmTlpD2aij0WZ-XqEohDRI6H3ZNU572cBRxby7OXG9HLNRM9OYefAmfsO2wMxXlo1NTQKX135e2KRl9dSns-UvIYCpRTw22T-EAtIHBHrr6T_Lxa-kBcvwoY_/s400/IMG_2867.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349285552022486914" /></a>snowflakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590538388076287457noreply@blogger.com0