reasons winter is good...

this is a pep talk.

can't wait for beautiful winter days with the sun shining bright.
those are the only ones i'm looking forward to..
i don't want winter.

i need to get some more 120 film..
i still have to try the holga.
for the icy pink skies and the furry white ponies.

above polaroids from last winter.

leaves..

still looking good. i was eating a muffin in this park this saturday.
not the best muffin ever, but right there at that very moment
it was the best one ever. everything was alright with the
world in that moment. for a few seconds.
but only almost everything. or far from it. äh!

some black and whites of LA..

oh happy dance! LA, by diana

i got my film back today. this is my first 120 film ever. and my first adventure with the Diana f+ camera. i thought i did so many screw ups with it so i'm sooo happy the photos that i wanted turned out. and i forgot to tape up the camera so i feared i would get lots of heavy light leaks ruining them, but no no no! i love them. these are from hollywood and santa monica pier and beach. in august.

sister blondie.

more pics from santa monica here and hollywood here & here.

film: fuji reala 100

lunch.

winter is the most beautiful season.
but oh, autumn is a darling..
i love all the earth colors.
and picking food from the ground!
gathering for the winter.
i didnt pick any blueberries or chanterelles this summer because i was busy,
but the apples make a great jam. for swedish pancakes.

saturday walk.

it was crispy cold. photos by stina.

happy friday!

today is the only free day i have this september. so i did all those important things.. scanned photos. created a photo project. i took the sunshine girls with me downtown as company while running little errands. we went to the armyshop and found cute german sailor shirts, we got one each. i bought some notebooks and left a film at the developers. i think the film failed inside the camera,but i hope it turns out. we talked about and planned our halloween party.
i will be jadis, maleficent or Dr frank-N-furter. haven't decided yet.

i dig archaeology. pictures from this september.

somewhere in northern sweden. bag it and tag it. my third dig so far.

get to read the landscape and play with very expensive equipment that does really cool things. but.. the little findings just can't be beat. oh the joy.

three more days.
it's like boot camp.
but without the military stuff!

sara and siv took the photos of me.
i took the rest.

home at weekends.

i am out in the field this september. i wasn't prepared for that really. but autumn makes everything more pretty, right before the leaves fall off.. that's the best time.. i'm happy i get to be outdoors and see it all every day. however it is still late summer in umeå. so i get the best of both. thanks!

these are tough weeks. it's been a couple of though days.. and i get home on weekends. i have a lot of things to do at home, but those will have to wait.. 300 years or so..!

*pictures from an ice age canyon. i loved it there.

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.

california polaroids.

San Francisco:

Los Angeles:

San Diego:

food clash.

• the only true american food i've been eating i guess is at the diners. i liked the vegetarian hamburgers there. i just love diners... other times i've tried to find italian or greek restaurants (love european food).
  
  

• the candy here is so far not much. but i've only been to safeway. there is still hope. i really wish swedish candy was available here. the "swedish fish" are ok when there isn't any better around. most candy look plastic, has a suspicious strong color or tastes like.. dishwash soap. i wanted to try twinkies but they looked a little too suspicious. i did try snowballs, but.. they weren't any good... the bags are BIG SIZE. like stock up HUGE. everything comes in big pack here.
• the american food culture seems to like fries and meat more than -candy-. but drinks are sweeter than the candy, americans seem to like sugar in all kinds of things more than actual candy. sweden has the most wonderful candy i tell you.. and instead no sugar in the food. overall, i missed my swedish food. i don't shop at IKEA in sweden, but abroad i would only got to IKEA lol.

• sprite and coca cola bottles are a little wider, and both has a sweeter taste compared to the swedish. uh.

• cheese is already slized here, and it doesn't taste much cheese. and why is it orange? trying to put cheese sticks on my toast was funny in the morning. but they were good compared to peanut butter... hm.
  
  

• i'm hearing that cupcakes here are way too sweet. i hope not.

• i've had cheesecake, and it was ok, but ugh, i couldn't even finish it.

• coffee is cheaper here. around 2 dollars cheaper. i love starbucks. acutally good we don't have starbucks in sweden. i'm not supposed to drink coffee. but oh i love mochas. i could have 3 in one day. dangerous!

but there was 3 things i loved..
mtn dew
milkshakes
and starbucks cafe mocha.

mtn dew is slowly being introduced to sweden, i saw some on a shelf a few weeks ago.. now i'm waiting for the other two..!