Moving Day

After months of anticipation and a car packed to the breaking point, we arrived at our new home to find that ... Not everything was as we...

Moving day

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The flash that was summer

It started with the ants, and it ended with the swallows. The first time I remember looking at the garden and thinking, "Now it must be...

Coming home again & acquisitions

I haven't been at Bastubacka for a long time, some four weeks. That is the longest absence since we acquired the place last summer. It's...

I have always wanted to have a neighbor just like you

I used to love watching Mister Roger's Neighborhood on TV as a kid. Sesame Street and The Electric Company were the hipper versions of...

The Accidental Christmas

If there is one thing we have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, it's that we are not in charge. Well, we have learned a lot of things....

Buzzing with local wildlife

It's been a whole new intro to flora and fauna. I grew up in the countryside, but that was in a completely different environment, a...

For tulips' sake

Planting a spring garden in autumn

A new season at Bastubacka

When we were here two weeks ago, it was still summer. Now autumn is in full swing. The summer here was so long and relaxing, so full of...

I'm the banker's wife. I don't speak very good Swedish.

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