seasonal living & photography
It’s always a special feeling to say good bye to a year and welcome a new one. When you look back, you realize how fast a year passes by, but also how much you’ve done and been through. For us, New Year’s Eve 2024 will be extra special. Not only are we saying good bye to the year 2024, we are also saying good bye to our apartment which we have lived in for 4 years. This has been the first home for…
Easter is a holiday that I like more and more. We don’t have any special traditions, we do what we like and what we do one year might be completely different from the year before. I like that the plans can be somewhat undecided and rather spontaneous. The Easter egg hunt for the kids, and lots of delicious food are two things we don’t change though. I love to watch how the kids wake up and run…
The gardening season is finally upon us again. It’s a hobby that I love more and more every year. It’s something about watching the tiny seeds grow into a big plant that you later on can harvest vegetables or flowers from. Like always, I find the planning part the most exciting. Making drawings, dreaming, writing down ideas and reading notes from last year. It is so exciting! Every year you learn…
I love to bake bread. It takes a lot of time and effort to become a true professional, but the beautiful thing about bread is that even if you’re a beginner and your bread rolls are uneven and ugly, it still tastes amazing. I don’t mind if it takes time to bake bread, and most recipes require a couple of hours. However, sometimes I want bread ready faster than that. This recipe is my new favorite,…
I really can’t get enough of nature during this time of year. The lush greens and the flowers always leave me completely stunned. It’s so beautiful and I want to capture everything, bottle it and save it forever. If only you could do that. Or maybe we wouldn’t appreciate it as much if we did? Countryside roads. One of the best views I know. The lilacs are gone now, but I have for sure smelled…
It’s officially spring, which means it’s time to start sowing and preparing for this year’s gardening season. This year I decided to start a little later than usual, I’ve been too early previous years and because of that the tiny plants have had to wait way too long before being planted outdoors. In other words, the plants have gotten tiny (but tall) and we’ve gotten less produce than expected.…
By the end of last year, we decided that we needed to change how we spent our time. We had spent so many hours in different playgrounds and everyone started to really dislike it, even the kiddos. We were all tired of it and to be honest, none of us looked forward to going outside anymore. It was time for a change! Since both me and K love hiking we decided to introduce it to the kids. Turned out…
Cinnamon buns are my forever favorite thing to bake (and eat!) and I try to always have a bag of them in the freezer. They are perfect to bring on any outdoor adventure, or just enjoy with a cup of coffee at home when you want something delicious. However, it’s nice to try new things from time to time, and so the idea of pistachio buns was born. My husband loves pistachios and I think he had three…
Before we had kids we went on a few hiking trips and loved it. We went on a 5 day long hike in the Norwegian wilderness, on shorter hiking trips in Sweden and one in Lofoten, Norway. One of the best things about moving away from Stockholm is that we have better access to different hiking routes. However, we didn’t go on any trips for the first two years because we thought we couldn’t bring a kid.…
Slow living is a lot about living more intentional. To value the simple things in life and to steer away from the work more-earn more-buy more merry-go-round. Christmas is, for many, a holiday where more is more and it’s a competition of who got the best/most expensive/the most Christmas gifts, who had the biggest Christmas tree, the most trendy decorations, most outdoor decorations, most food.…