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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Learning the mysteries of seaside living

I love old stuff. I love old houses. A modern house with all new fixings and appliances? Not for me, no thank you. I love the history of...

An impatient gardener

An overview of learning to garden in a Nordic setting, along with a description of what grows when.

Waiting (and waiting) for summer

It's the last week of February. In other places, that means the first glimpses of spring. Not here, not in Finland. I have lived here...

On goodbyes

Remembering my mother at Christmas.

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...

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

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