jämtland in the summer.

probably my favorite place in sweden..
the republic of jämtland is in the west, by the norwegian border.

i love the scandinavian fells and the old woods.

i went hiking on the fell, helped my dad build a log cabin and visited ancient monuments such as grave mounds, an important iron age hill fort, earliest stone churches (11th century), elk trappings and stone age rock carvings. (see my archaeology archives ).

polaroids here from last summer.

more pearls..

Razorblade romance coasters.
this cd cover is the worlds most gorgeous cd cover ever,
and a favorite motif of mine.
so silly with different sizes but hey.
it rocks (!) and it looks good on my table.

pearls.

only the cutest polaroidcameras i wish i owned.

coasters.

controllers that got too ironed.

oh the burden of being a nerd.
i promise i'm not 5 years old.
but.. it was raining outside, ok?

hästar

happy horses are such a joy.

i went above the arctic circle to see the helsinki vampires.

here are a few photos from the minolta roll of the 69 eyes
i'm keeping to my tradition of shooting 135 film at concerts..

film: kodacolor 200

midsummer instax's.

Midsummer was rain and thunder, i made waffles in my mom's yellow vintage waffle iron -and ate outside even though it could rain. stina and i stayed up late baking and watched movies in the midnight sun about skiing in the alps (what else to do in the summer?!). stina did most of the baking though (see instax above). we bought lots and lots of sweet watermelons for only 2 kr/kg. i carried a 5 kg watermelon home in my arms. i have to thank lady M above for my arm muscles! I'm embracing this summer.

summer is for music.. Let's have a stardust festival on the blog.. first out to kick it off.. MOTO BOY

beach 2011.

a little sandy beach, 15 minutes from town, is quite the luxury. but gah.. the heat.. +30 C is too much for me when i'm not used to it. in the shade under the beach parasoll i could live today though. summer sun is a little hard for a pale girl like me. it's really annoying being this white this time of year. here are two instax's we took.

stockholm.

I spent 4 hours in stockholm yesterday. the weather is full metal summer now, but the cold windy little alleys in the old town with cafés in every streetcorner was a nice escape. the rest of stockholm is stressful, the old town is my favorite part, it's in the middle of the city. i always end up there. it is just as cosy in the winter.

concert pics..

while i was scanning a few festival photos, in my pile of photos i came across these beautiful two of a thåström concert i was at back in 2002. great concert. it was cold, dark and raw! it was a big deal to me to see thåström in concert in my hometown. he is a swedish rocklegend.
i was very good at documenting with 135 film in my teens. the camera was my first, a simple Premier 35 mini M-355. i will post another camera guide soon with my non-toy cameras.

the Banner prince.

LA pic.

have i already mentioned that i love LA?

since i was a kid i've been told about my mom's trips to the land of "kalifornien" where skies are blue and the roads are long. i knew i had to go sometime, and i love it.

shoes n roses.

i'd like a rosebush garden..
with old big rose bushes i can hide behind.
and perhaps a few sunflowers too.

may month.

no harm in letting a little color into my closet..

vintage and second hand.