Moonia, by holga

{I} got all 12 photos back from my holga roll! that doesnt happen often! so gold star for my holga. half the roll was really good, and the rest were the typical holga goes mad! as can be seen on the mountain photos. but holga is holga, and it does whatever it wants. out of this roll, this first pic below is my favorite. film: kodak portra 160VC

jämtland, by holga

stina by rock carvings

when i was a kid, my grandmother and i went on trips on this boat around the lake, looking for the famous sea monster. i looked and looked but i never saw it.

film: kodak portra 160VC

on the classic western trail of Mt. Åreskutan, Jämtland, seen through a holga

film: kodak portra 160VC

Mt. Åreskutan, Jämtland

{I} do this every year, take the cable car up and then i walk down. i brought my robust Holga 120fn with me. the 4,5 km down to the village takes approx. 2-2,5 hours to walk, but it took stina and i 2 hours to walk 1,5 km.... embarrasing, but the view was so stunning, we were looking at all directions at the same time. and it was cold, so we were sitting on rocks like two miserable little hobbits in our own middle earth sipping on the few drops of warm coffee we had with us. but. we still loved it! we love the mountains. stina is in the pictures. we love landscapes.

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.