No Worries. Photo of the Week #60

The last couple of days I have been drinking a lot of tea in the great company of a good friend living in Potsdam outside Berlin. That’s where Frederick the Great’s castle Sanssouci is located and the gardens are wonderful for a walk not least because of the quirky houses and statues you keep stumbling upon [...]

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Heather. Photo of the Week #50

Visiting the family’s house in Sweden is one of my favourite things. Last weekend I saw the heather blossoming in the hills and cooked some nice chutneys and apple jellies. Nice place, nice place.

/anna

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English Country Houses. Part 2. Haddon Hall

Next up: Haddon Hall. Located a short drive from Chatsworth my friend and I went there on the same day after having had that memorable afternoon tea.
Haddon Hall was a favourite of mine even before I visited it since it happens to portray Thornfield Manor in the best adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the [...]

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English Country Houses. Part 1. Chatsworth.

I promised you reviews of country houses in Britain and I will give you reviews of country houses in Britain. But first let me tell you two things: 1. Never go to Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the worst tourist trap I have ever seen (and I broke the UV-filter on my camera). 2. Go to the [...]

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Shiny. Photo of the Week #44

When at a party, even a garden party, one can rely on my sister dressing up for the occasion. And wow, look at these spangled pants and the effect they made in the sunshine.

/anna

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Items I Like. Japanese Cat with Wagging Tail.

I bought this happy little cat in Kyoto in December. Pure impulse while purchasing gifts for family and friends. There it was. Smiling and wagging its tail – or whatever cats do…

It now lives in the Chinese room at our Swedish house and I like to think of it over there with no one in [...]

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February in a nutshell. Photo of the Week #24

While the birds begin to sing and the snowdrops make their way through the cold ground Denmark has had its first serious snowfall 2009 these past days. And it’s very cold – down to minus 13 last night. 
 
So this is what I do in order to keep warm and cosy while clinging to the spring [...]

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My Life with Apple. Happy Birthday, Mac!

Today it is 25 years since the first Apple Macintosh was introduced by Steve Jobs. It was the first personal computer to use images instead of just green text on a black screen as interface. Today it seems natural to have a desktop. Back then it was revolutionary.
I have been a happy Mac user since [...]

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Items I Like. Green Japanese Jar

You could of course buy wonderful handcrafted ceramics and lacquerware in Japan – and at exorbitant prices. But you could also find small pearls in the many everyday, old fashioned shops in areas such as Asakusa. I found this wonderful little green jar at a shop by the fish market.

Being at it I bought two [...]

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Photo of the Week #5

How about combining two of the best things I know – chocolate and the Fiat 500?
Rome has it all!

/anna

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