I took a peek in my phone today and realised that lately I've been taking photos of my home, my food and myself. I don't really now what that means. Maybe that I haven't really been doing anything except eating, getting dressed and looking around my apartment.
Not really true, but lets say it was and take a look at my iPhone photos from the last month with a focus on food, home and my clothes.

It's been some work in front of the computer. I still haven't shown you all the photos from South Africa (they were SO MANY) and I've been editing lots of them lately. Tea and physalis and some great music is great company. Here's the playlist I've been listening to nonstop lately: Möta våren med språng.

One evening the sun sent it's rays through our livingroom and landed on the paintings made by my grandfather.

Bedroom detail: Hats, jewelry boxes, "Lady with grapes" (I inherited it from my grandmother when she died a long time ago. It used to hang over her bed and I loved it when I was a little girl. I thought the grape lady was so sweet and even though I know it's not worth anything money wise I still love it. And she is one pretty grape lady, can't really argue with that.)

Bedroom window in evening light. I love the light through the blinds at that time in the evening. The stuffed animals don't usually hang out in the window but I'm thinking it looks kind of sweet. Maybe a bit like a kids room but I don't care. I'm a kid. Yes, I am.

Afternoon snacks. Physalis and Halva.

Lunch: Ruccola, avocado, beet roots, goat cheese, walnuts. (salt and pepper)
The. Best. Lunch. Ever.

Breakfast the day after: Home made bread made of a gazillion different kinds of flour and seeds, apricots and lingonberry. On top of it: Ruccola, cold left over beet roots and goat cheese.
SO GOOD!

Last sunday at work I made cauliflower and broccoli soup and baked Ett Fantastiskt Bröd (A Fantastic Bread). It is what it's called. Truly fantastic. Sorry for the sideways photo. It's called art. Or somehing (cough! LAZY! cough!).

Yes! Fantastic, I tell you!
It was appreciated by everybody at work. I love baking bread for people!

It was winter and I bought a winter coat in LA. Came home to a Sweden perfect for my new coat. Brrr!

Then the sun came! I celebrated with yellow legs and a hat.

Last week all these arrived! I have been waiting a couple of weeks for this load of socks and tights from We Love Colors to reach my mailbox.
This spring is going to be my most vibrant ever, it's a promise!

With my new tights came spring.
Minty legs, vintage velvet jacket and a mini skirt that blew up Marilyn Monroe style when I walked to work.

My favourite vintage shoes!

One day I decided what to wear after I've chosen the socks. So I was all black with yellow pops of color in socks and accesories.
Actually I almost always decide tights or socks before I choose the rest of my outfit. It's the most important piece of clothing, you know!

Wearing my cheeky grin and scarf from the lovely etsy shop Shovava.

Olive green legs, sun glasses and a jacket I bought in Prague a few years ago. I love this jacket but it's really poor quality, the lining ripped the first time I wore it.

And yesterday!
I look a little bit like a leprechaun here. A very stylish leprechaun though.
I was on my way to meet up with some friends for food and wine. It was a really nice evening even though it was so windy that we had to sit inside. I want to sit outside, in the sun and watch the boats drift by! Sooooooooon!

Bonus picture (Proof that I've been doing things except eat, get dressed and look around my apartment.)

Pirates or Spring cleaning?

Last thursday I spent a few hours in the park Trädgårdsföreningen with my sister and niece who was in Gothenburg over the week.
I love Trädgårsdföreningen, I know I go on and on about it, and this was my first visit there for this year. It was sunny and lovely and it was good I brought my camera with me. I'll show you.

My standard Trädgårdsföreningen picture. First one with snow I think. Last year spring came a lot earlier. See this post from march 24. It was so warm for the season and now it's the other way around.

After some fika we went to Palmhuset (Palm house) to enjoy some nice weather. I love greenhouses!
They had made the garden even prettier with crocheted fantasy fruits and flowers hanging from the trees. Beautiful!

The statue was covered in frogs. I love this statue, it's so sweet.

In the water house the pond is covered with green.

Sunshine through leaves must be one of the best things in the world.

My niece Hilda wanted to dive into the pond. She was hanging like this for quite some time.

It was not very popular when we decided it was enough with the water room...

Reflections on the pond. Water, roof, glass, plants. Lovely shapes.

Tiny leaves huddling together.

It was a jungle!

Tiny person climbing the stairs, little hands taking support from a brick wall.

View from above.

I found a hidden message.

Hilda found another pond.

Enthusiastic.

Don't usually like to edit my photos like this but that red jacket just screamed to me to try. What do you think?
I kind of like it but I think I still like the full colours better.

On the tram, on our way back. She is one cute little person.

Look how she's posing! Haha!

Today I'm off from work. I've got lots to do with my own business so I'd better get to it now.
Hope you have a lovely first day of the week. Mondays aren't so bad when you've been working the weekend.

Hey hey!
So I'm here to show you the last blog post with photos from our trip to the States.
A few days in pictures. Here we go!

Before we went to USA I googled a lot to find good fleamarkets in the LA area. One of them was the weekly event Melrose Trading Post. So on our last sunday David and I went there.

We were early.

But the place was soon a thriving market place with lots of stuff!

Why, hello there lady!

David found some camera lenses and we tried them out on my camera. It was not a perfect fit but I kind of like the effect. They were good for David's camera though so he bought them. I might have to borrow them sometime in the future...

Putting Josh Ritter in place.

(Can you spot us?)

Sneaky view of the Hollywood sign behind dumpsters, houses and wires. We lived right behind these houses.
When we went to LA I told myself that I wasn't going to take the "typical Hollywood sign tourist photo". This photo and the one under this one is more my style. Sneaking up in the backround, sort of.

Cactus in between houses.

Wires and palm trees against the sky.

And lowering my camera to look straight ahead. Hollywood is all things crammed together.

Our street.

On our last day in LA we found Souplantation. Why oh why didn't we know about this place earlier?! I would have eaten there at least two more times. This place has a gigantic sallad buffet and lots of different soups, breads, cookies and frozen yoghurt. Buffet style. I almost died.
I WANT THIS IN SWEDEN! BRING IT HERE NOW!

(And they gave us free cookies that I ate on the plane home.)

In the evening we walked past The Scientology Celebrity Centre. LA sure loves their Scientologists. They're everywhere. And they got a large castle.

This was our destination. The theatre Upright Citizens brigade. On tuesdays they tape the podcast Doug Loves Movies that David is a big fan of. I listen to it sometimes too and we actually went there the week before too and it was so funny we had to go the last day as well. I think I laughed non stop for an hour.

But first we stood in line for about an hour. Lotta standing in line with a camera. Pointing it everywhere around her shooting pictures. Yeah.
So of course there was a photo of David's hand.

After the podcast taping we went to the sushi place next door. I believe this is some kind of sushi chain but we really really loved it. We ate there three times during the week in LA and it was so tasty and also very affordable.
And Mena Suvari was hanging out there one evening. I was only a bit star struck.

So, back to Sweden again. I'm working all weekend and tomorrow we're going to a large fleamarket with my job so that's great. Might bring my camera.
See you soon again!

Hello hello!
Hope you've had a nice easter weekend. David and I visited our families in Jönköping and now we're back in Gothenburg again.

Here comes some photos from when David and I went to Santa Monica Main street to have a look around.
Fell in love with this place. So many pretty houses and lots of fluffy green trees. The world needs more fluffy green trees. If I ever get a big garden I'm going to fill it with trees. Fluffy ones.

A garden in the middle of the city.

Thanks!

(And look! Fluffy green tree!)

Very cute library.

The world also needs more chandeliers in trees.

Love love love!

Oh! A Barcycle!

Yes, it's a bar and a cycle.
Genius.

AAAAAHHHH!! FLUFFY GREEN AMAZINGNESS!!!!!

I love the branches of this type of trees. So pretty!

Like this old Liquor sign.

This photo was such a lucky coincidence. I wanted to take a photo of the cute laundromat and when I did this man cycled into the picture with an entire art gallery on his bicycle. I love that he's talking on the phone as he's riding the bike. It's always great when a photo turns out to be something different than what I wanted in the first place. Different and better.

We spent a few hours walking around, shopping in some vintage boutiques and eating at a nice italian place. I really loved Santa Monica and hope to be able to see it again someday.

Today the weather here in gothenburg is absolutely amazing! Spring might actually arrive! It almost looked like it was going to be winter all year round.
Well, well, now I'm off to rehearse with Teater Esther.
See you all soon!
Tjingenling!