Hej hej!
Sometimes good photos end up in a folder on my hard drive without seing the light of blog (he he, see what I did there?) and that just makes me sad. Those moments in time were worth so much to me that I had to take a photo of them but then I just forgot about them afterwards. Kind of silly maybe but as a person who writes a diary every single day it makes perfect sense to me to feel the same way about my photos. They need to be blogged. In february I made my first What was left behind post for exactly this purpose, to reach back in time and fetch those moments worth remembering.
Today it's time for the memory worthy snippets of life between March and November 2013.

It was Easter and David and I visited our families in Jönköping. David was being interviewed by the local newspaper about his film Ladyboy being featured at the filmfestival Cinequest in California and while he was meeting the reporter I walked around the cemetery right next to the newspaper office and took some photos.

It was cold but sunny and I remember my hands were freezing but I didn't care because it was such a beautiful day and I just wanted to take photos!

The leaves on the trees stayed away for a few more weeks.

My parents had a beautiful orchid in their window and I took so many photos of it in the crisp light.

Close up orchid pattern.

In Gothenburg the fleamarket season started. Some sellers were more morbid than others...

On the other side of the fence.

Sometimes David had to stand being photographed while choosing cookies in the grocery store.

Frida, the director of Teater Esther, on one of our production meetings with all her important things within reach.

This is me on my first day as married I think. We were staying at Österlen for a week for a mini honeymoon.

And this is from the same day as when we were taking photos of our wedding pocket watches.

One evening sitting in front of our computers writing, drinking wine left over from the wedding and on the table sits a vase of flowers that was part of the table decorations on our wedding.

We went in to Simrishamn one day and visited the fleamarket. This is David when he tries to look fierce. I was taking photos of something else and then he photobombed my view and walked towards me with this very determined face and I had trouble taking this without laughing hysterically. That made him try even harder.

It was "Sillens dag" (day of the herring) in Simrishamn. We didn't know there was such a day before this but as Simrishamn is a fishing town it was herring bonanza that day. Every restaurant served their best herring meal and in the docks they had put up stands with vendors selling fried herring with mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam. It is very tasty and very swedish!

Ooooh soft serve with sprinkles!

Oh, and the people in the background looks a bit like aliens!

At another fleamarket. David found a drawer filled with old dentist tools and he of course thought Scary Movie Props and started to look at Every Single One of them.

Look how happy he is!

I found another interesting drawer. The label says "Rope's ends. Too small to use but good to have". They also have a drawer filled with mismatched jigsaw puzzle pieces. Love this place!

Hej hej!

I found this beautiful pocket watch display thingy and really wanted it but it was a little dented and way too pricey. But you can see my eyes glowing with want.

David among stuff.

David meets a new friend.

Oh, and look at that butt! (Sorry David, don't mean to objectify you. Much.)

In October it was theatre month and I had to bake cookies for the intermission of the play we performed. I was in sweet company of Moomins and rosé wine.

Flour on my nose and wine in my hand and music cranked up loud on the stereo.

The result in cookies.
They tasted like heaven.

A breakfast in november.
Toast with tahini (It needs to be of the organic brand Monki because there is just non like it. Tastes like peanut butter!) and banana. And coffee with milk in a pitcher.

Hot tea in my work room window. This is the cup that I told you about the other day, the one that is broken now. So sad.

And that was all for now.

Until next time:
Tjingeling!
/Lotta

Hej hej!
I would like to introduce you to some people.
They are strangers from long ago and I plan to give them life again.

I love to scroll through boxes of old photos at fleamarkets in search for a stranger, a person that I probably never will get to know for sure who it was, somebody that reaches out from the picture and grabs me and my heart. A perfect stranger.
I have quite the collection of them now; people from long ago that I make up stories about, try to get to know just by looking at their faces, their small, teasing smiles, their squinting eyes, their old fashioned clothing and their body languages.

I have been thinking for a long time now that I want to do something with all these people. I want to show them parts of my life, I want to take them places and I want their lives to continue on for a little while longer.
Today I finally realised what I need to do. I'm starting an art project. A photo series with the intention of creating something large.
I'm giving Strangers from long ago a new life and my hope is that not only I, but you as well, will get to know them to the limit that they're not strangers anymore but family and friends.
I think I have to try before they end up forgotten in a box on a fleamarket again.

I plan to introduce you to them along the way and some people will just make a quick appearance but I'm guessing at least a couple of these strangers will be there for the entire ride.

Like this grumpy child.

Why so surly, little friend?
I think it's a boy but I'm not quite sure. I need to give him a new name because nobody should be nameless. Not even strangers.

And hello there (more than slightly) scary girls all dressed in white.

And put the thin sisters next to the chubby grumpy boy and music starts to play. I mean look at them! I just cant believe how amazing this is. How would that meeting go if that could happen in reality? Wonderful.

Squinting lady saying "Huh!? You did WHAT? Is that a nipple ring you've got there? AND a tattoo?!? YOUNG LADY!"
She's goregous, isn't she! I'm equal parts scared of her piercing gaze and delighted with the mirth glowing in her eyes.

Dapper. Oh so dapper.

I really like how both these girls faces are half in light/half in darkness. Like it should mean something, I just don't know what yet.

Such a pretty lady. She looks calm and collected, doesn't she? Someone to be trusted. I bet she was great at keeping secrets.

I feel very excited about this project and I hope to show you the next installment (which is going to be a bit different) in the not too distant future.

Until then: Don't be a stranger!

Hello!
Time for a shop update after the holidays. I made quite a few pieces before christmas that have been lying here waiting to be photographed. Earlier in the week I started the work of taking photos of them all and listing them in the shop one after the other.
It always feels so good to fill up the shop with new jewelry pieces after a busy time. Here's a few photos of the new stuff that you can find in my etsy shop right now.

I have been working the entire weekend at my other job, still feeling a little bit under the weather. I hope to shake off the last bits of the cold in the coming days with lots of tea and sit dancing in my desk chair. On that note: One of my favouite tea cups started to squeek and crackle today! It's a very large cup and was filled with several deciliters of tea and I noticed that it was a huge crack around the handle. So scary to think if that steaming hot tea would have sploshed all over me if the handle had broke!
I definitely need a new teacup. Yes, I like to see the good in everything.

Tjingeling!
/Lotta

Hej hej!
Being busy made me forget to take photos because never before has my iPhone album been so empty (Empty might be an exaggeration. There's still 1060 photos in there...)
But! There have been some moments worth documenting so let's take a look, shall we?

As my birthday gift my mother and I went on a fleamarket spree and I got this beautiful teapot. I have at least nine teapots already but since I broke one a week earlier I thought it was OK for me to get a new one...

Oh, and this is dinner for me. Popcorn and tea. There's nothing better.

One day I rearranged my side of our work room. It solved a lot of problems so I'm very happy with the result.

David and I went to Österlen and it was cold as heck in the house!

I made a fruit plate that looked and tasted amazing.

We ate roasted tomato soup and garlic bread while it was storming outside.

One day I woke up to this gorgeous light. It had been rainy and stormy the entire week so this was such a nice change!

It was quite cold that one day. This winter has been SO weird. It's like spring outside and two days ago I saw a Magnolia tree ready to burst out in flowers. I started yelling at the buds "STAY STILL IT'S STILL WINTER YOU FOOLS!"

We found a spooky tree and an INCREDIBLE view.

We also found an over cuddly kitten.

The day we went back to Gothenburg it was foggy.

Midnight picnic on the floor with tea and shortbread working on a flowery GIF.

The week before Christmas I attended the Christmas fair in the mall Nordstan. Here you can see me hiding from customers. No, not really. I was putting things like bags and ribbons and boxes under the table since that was my storage room of sorts.

All the jewelry displayed and ready!

On december 22 it was my last day at the christmas fair and it was David's and my 7 year anniversary. We went for a meal at a nice restaurant and on our way home we kissed in the elevator.

The rest of the night it was packing and fixing mayhem in our work room. The day after we drove to our families and left it all like this to deal with after the holidays. It was reeeally nice to leave it there but not so great to come home to. It's all gone now though.

Alfred and Astor the cat getting to know eachother.

I was working the entire night on New years eve so David and I celebrated a day early. It actually felt like New Years for real. We toasted on our balcony at midnight and watched Fireworks on my phone.

I started the year with being sick in some kind of cold. After staying inside recovering for a few days it was nice to get outside for a walk. We went to the cemetery where it was rainy and sombre and spooky. Just the way I like it.

See you soon again!

Tjingeling!
/Lotta