went to Amsterdam this past weekend...cuz friends got married!!!!

me and sofi.

hurray!!!

freedom and happiness.

my favorite photo from the trip is this one of my sister.
thumbs up!

believing in positive thinking is the same thing as believing in magic.

"the greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return..!"

there will be no more horses on this blog
especially the lady above.
i give thanks to everyone who have written sweet
comments on my horse-posts. thanks!

HANSON HANSON HANSON!

After 7 years of waiting to see them again(!), on tuesday we queued for 10 hours on their Shout It Out world tour. THAT'S how we got taylor just a few meters right in front of us at the concert. camp sweden.

They played lots of songs from each albums and i kind of died when they did the songs from middle of nowhere, which is my favorite... mmmbop, where's the love and a minute without you, it was such a surreal feeling, hearing those songs, feeling 11 years old again but seeing them older singing. i'm so grateful! stardust was all around! it was amazing. the fans we hung out with that day were awesome too. can't wait for more concerts now! 

we love hanson.

crispy sunny sunday morning by the coast

it should be winter by now.
but it is still autumn.
so out i go into the forest with hot cocoa.
for that combination is balsam for the soul and
one of my favorite things to do in life.
sofi and i were out on an archaeological field trip
and these are some nature pics i took.

sofi found a dug up pit
cute white quartzite.

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.

it's quiet in the forest.

{A}n hour drive from the norwegian border, my sister and i went on a small trip this weekend to three little lakes. our favorite lakes. i kept my eyes open for bear but didn't see any. i love getting out in these woods. i love how food tastes much better outdoors than indoors. i didn't listen to music once. i love how tired i was in the evenings, wanting to go to sleep at 8 pm and couldn't help it. how crazy is that. the forest is healthy, it's good for you (no, a city park does not count, you have to fear a bear for it to count).

we do this every year, we love it. here is last years with my brothers. next year i hope to extend and visit more lakes to get to know the area better. my family on both sides are from here. winter is over now. this is the last party i have before summer. it's the best party of the year. i'm not telling where it is. that's my secret.

the only holiday when there is no work, is easter. so everyone here always go away on easter. i should come up with a name that suits my adventures this time of year but so far i haven't got one. easter is very late in april this year, so i'm going this week instead. after all.. the weather decides when it's time. easter is not in tune.

a little film with me and my dear friend.

it was a cold day with boring weather so we didn't care about the details i would normally do. we love living in this world. and being silly.

*this is my first post in 2011! what a better way to do it than spread some stardust around!

a little sunshine helps..

the snow storm outside wants me to curl up in bed and hide for a few months. not to sleep though, i've been having awful dreams lately.. the bad dreams that are very real and could be real are the absolute worst. hate them. When the weather has been good these last couple of weeks i've been taking little walks just before the sun comes up in the morning, around 8-9. i kind of dig the pink. and i dig these two couple of feet. that's what forever looks like.

today was my 25th birthday and we had a kalas.

mom was helga from germany and
dad was groucho marx.
i love this polaroid!

with our masks i bought for 35 kr each.
stina as charlie.. hilarious.

bro's.

the only thing i wished for was cake.