gratitude.

i've been talking a lot about polaroids on this blog. well. they are quite something. it's scary how fast time moves. one of my favorite things is walking past this and seeing all my important and happy moments.. saved.. and knowing those polaroids helped me capture those moments in such a pretty format. and a lot of them are also personal achievements. this is why i named this post gratitude.

"think pink!"

swedish midsummer's eve. the longest day and shortest night.

my sis had a german and a french visiting over midsummer, girls she met in california, so we took them to see the most swedish summer thing there is, and they got to make flowers for their heads. very important. then of course there's photos of a 1860's house and thin bread. cause i love those things (and thin bread is basically my life). tonight i'm going to stay up all night outside and watch the sun set and rise... which it barely does.. it just stays there. it sets at 23.07 and rises at 02.14. this is all important for the place we are in in the world because it is sooo cosy. happy summer solstice!

midnight sun and a favorite band..

if you get a chance to see Crashdïet, go see them!
the above photos are from their gig in
örnsköldsvik, northern sweden, last wednesday.

hello 2013. food, friends and music.

in the city.

i needed to finish this filmroll in my SLR camera, so this is what i did. since this place called Umeå is being rebuilt a lot these days i thought i should catch some of my favorite parts on photos before it all turns into the new Manhattan. if i have to choose favorite parts. this is my home town so i have mixed emotions about it..lol. but it still has it's early 1900's look and i love that. and realized just now that the neon letters in these photos are all red.

where we look for LP's.

sagateatern our oldest movie/theater from 1959.  i've seen some good plays here in recent years, like Richard III and Carl-Einar Häckner, i hope they keep it.

fruktboden. i sometimes bought candy here as a kid with my friends before we went to the movies. candy of the 90's. best candy ever.

filmstaden, our movie theater and the little cute tower with café station and the river behind. a favorite place.

Vasaplan where all the busses gather in town. stood here waiting for the bus in high school. not a fun spot but i've seen some of my favorite bands in Idun in the white building so, yeah.

bågenhusen, built in the 50's.

these pink curved houses (bågenhusen) are the prettiest. i was a little frightened when i was young of the sculpture (green fire, 1970) because, well it was green and weird, but now that i'm older i can appreciate it. and it looks good with the pale pink houses behind it.

scharinska it's pink. with black roof and gorgeous interior. yes to all.

main walking street.

Åre, by winter

here follows photos i took with my SLR camera on my ski trip last december. some are shot with a tele and some are not. tele is really good to have where there are mountains. my sweet sister is in the photos. we usually hang out in Åre in the summertime, but we were there this winter to ski, havent been in years, we love Åre both in the winter and in the summer! and yeah, i love this camera.