California dreamin on such a winters day

summer sun vs bicycle to work in the early morning in snow and -25 C. winter is really hard right now for me. i' don't like freezing outdoors and indoors. i just really want spring and summer right now! only 3 months away. when winter takes up most of the months of my year, it's not just summer.. it's a place for the soul! i'm waiting and i am so ready! only snow, time and a huge bunch of schoolwork is in the way. summer will be so lovely. winter is hard. atleast it is right now.

"no one wears black in LA"

color coordinated.

so christmas is very over, and i filled the empty space of the christmas tree with something better...! while i'm at it, i post some other stuff and i realize.. how color coordinated is this? o.O my things of color just happen to be pink and blue.

blue vintage german army dress for 5 dollars.

the blue vintage train case/carry on/beautybox my mom bought in california in the 70's. the brand is Trojan. i lost the key to it as a kid and still searching for it. i keep my makeup in it of course but i'd like to have another vintage one, maybe a Samsonite, with less sentimental value that i can use more lol.

my cabinet has cameras, hats and perhaps a couple of little secrets in it. artwork by my mom.

a little note

we love LA and we miss it.
*diana photo from this day.

finally!

click on the picture below to see my archaeological adventures in sweden from the past 5 years. it has taken me some time to get that blog organized. i started it because it's so easy to document on a blog and i have so many maps with pictures so it's mostly a place for me to have it all together and remembered -and also share it! an online journal. so far it is mostly in swedish, but i will add translations. go here.

"what's in my bag?"

this is silly so i thought i would do one myself. lol.

things in my bag: holga 135 camera, phone, red little book for photos, mp3, blue wallet, small jar for little things, pen, pain killers, lotion, black mirror, gloves, calendar, compass, cd-player, cd's, keychain(when it's not hanging by my back pocket), dark red lipstick, makeup bag.

things i wish were in my bag: a small piano, my horse, narnia.

ok?!

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!

2010...

here follows some things from this year that is on the blog..

in the winter..

-one of the two horses died.
-i spent lots of time in the snow, ice skating and riding.
-had the best easter so far. i still daydream about it lol. (here's also part 1 and part 2)

in the summer..

-i spent days at the beach and some nights camping in the fells.
-i swam in the sea again.
-i discovered lots of new food here and here.
-i went to the americas for the first time, mostly san fransisco, to find my sister and hung out with friends who were in the neighborhood here, and here.. because.. the usa is such a small place.
-i took a road trip through california here and here and here. I love it.
-i saw the rocky horror picture show in theater. aah dream come true.
-had so much fun carrying around that bag with a silly number of big plastic cameras in it.


in the fall..

-i turned 25 so i had a fun masquerade with my family.
-i "went back" to university and found myself out in the woods for a few weeks digging up bronze age. which was unexpected and awesome.
-i carved my first pumpkin, it turned out silly. and i was Maleficent for halloween.
-i saw reindeer.

in the winter..

-because it came early i had christmas all through december.
-went to the gamlia christmas market and made gingerbreads for the first time in 14 years.
-my hair is longer than it has ever been.
-i have a whole year seen through polaroids.


but most importantly... be around stardust!

24th tomorrow!

god jul! the most cosy day of all the holiday days is tomorrow..
Julafton!have a good one! mine will circle around hot cocoa.

me, mom and sister went christmas shopping today downtown, something we do every year together on the 23rd, it was cold outside (-10 F) and still i burned my lip on hot cocoa. but it was worth it.

*i love this photo. it's of my mom and tomten in östersund. she and her grandmother were out christmas shopping. i've made lots of copies of this photo in case it gets lost and i always take it out for this time of the year.

christmas tree!

some gingerbreads,
instax mini's,
vintage decorations
and candy canes.

well, obviously!
happy holidays and
heartagram kisses!

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.

pepparkakor.

i made gingerbreads yesterday with no imagination at all. some years i have had no christmas spirit what so ever.. it is always so different from year to year. this year it came to me really early and i started christmas at the end of november. i've already put the tree up. glad i did all of that cuz this month is turning out to be superbusy with university/work. also i like the idea of christmas the whole month. (better pics of my dear tree will come soon!). it is snowing, and i'm attending a small christmas party this evening. it is december. *drinking cold punsch and listening to talented friends jamming on music instruments. loved it.

one of the many things i love about december..

we went to the christmas market at the museum today.
we've never been there so we thought we needed to go.
i loved last years little christmas market i was at in stockholm.
december is such a cosy month.. with all the cloudberry jams, red apples and
"aurora" and "midwinter" warm drinks. i'm very happy that the christmas holiday isn't all about shopping and plastic things. and instead about.. food! a shopping mall with thousands of lights make me very stressed and unhappy.

*i'm still trying to figure out how this instax mini camera works.
it was not that dark outside..

winter photos from the market.

mid winter cinema!

little christmas films i used to watch as a kid. and still do. i loved watching all the little short films and programmes on swedish tv around december, they were all so good and magical. getting up early in the morning to catch them all, i didnt want to miss any. i can't remember the names of them.. but the chronicles of narnia was one of them for example. i wish tv was still this good.





i totally want to bake these many gingerbreads.


(this one is so much better than the new narnia movies. just saying).

plastic toy camera with 120 film.

Holga FN 120. this one i haven't tried yet. i bought it in sunny LA.
it will be my winter film. this camera it's the only toy one i have with a flash,
so indoors during this long dark winter it is. excited to use it this christmas.
sun is basically only up from 9 to 14 and plastic toy cameras love sunlight.
i really have to be fast if i want to catch those holga photos i want this winter.

i will post my favorite toy camera soon!

what is new on my wishlist for christmas?
well, film!
i came up with pretty lame things
for my wishlist, but that's another post.