red aprons & lunchboxes

some trees just know how to do it.

2011-01-01T23:14:00.000+01:00

with burning hearts, into the new year.

here we go.

happy two thousand and eleven!

malmö

2010-12-10T22:42:00.000+01:00

I went to malmö to visit my dear, darling friend malin. we rode the bikes around town under the rain, making stops at the second-hand shops and to fika at nice places, such as the café at ribersborgs kallbadhus (pictured above) where we had tea and the first lussekatt of the season.

this autumn...

2010-11-07T23:15:00.000+01:00

i went to stockholm for four days to visit my friend karin. the only plan in mind was to take it easy, fika a lot, and visit museums, of course, and second-hand shops.

we had lunch at this lovely placed called blå porten. we sat outdoors and it was very cold but we got blankets to wrap ourselves around and enjoy our meal.

right next door, we visited liljevalchs konsthall where there was a really nice exhibition, elegant einar, with paintings by einar jolin.

we walked and walked and walked.

with coffee to go most of the times. and when tired of walking, karin hopped on one foot.

stockholm is SO beautiful in the autumn, it is golden.

lastly, 3 new things: i got a new coat, the new belle & sebastian album and also visited fotografiska, the new photo museum!

what have you been up to this fall season?

2010-10-04T22:28:00.000+02:00

hi! it's been a long time. hope things are well on your side. autumn is here and so is the new belle & sebastian album, have a first listen here.

also, i am going to stockholm for the weekend, have you got any tips of nice places to go to?

· from ℒℒ ·

don't go in the crazy car

2010-08-29T18:04:00.000+02:00

please don't go in the crazy car.

2010-07-21T00:27:00.004+02:00

To experience this art work, please enter the white box and close the door. An unending world of lights and colours will meet you, reflected in the room’s walls, ceiling and floor.

Gleaming Lights of the Souls by Yayoi Kusama at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.

It was, oh, so nice.

there ain't summer like the swedish summer

2010-07-04T18:13:00.000+02:00

the smell of jasmine; cherries, strawberries and nectarines; having beer outside; parties by the sea; late night walks under a lit sky. last night i met the sweet jens lekman at a party and talked to him for a little while!

oh, this little blog turned 3 years old some days ago; also, i have finished my masters programme in museum studies. hurray! now its time for me to come up with new plans -sometimes it feels a bit scary, sometimes it feels ok.

what have you been up to?

ps. if ever you happen to know about a job opening at a nice museum, do let me know!

2010-06-30T17:57:00.001+02:00

this morning I read, somewhere, that it's patrick wolf's birthday
today. so what better moment to share some pics of such gorgeous,
talented creature, whom I insanely adore!

· all images via fuckyeahpwolf ·

nordiska akvarellmuseet

2010-06-22T13:42:00.000+02:00

sunday car trip to the nordic watercolour museum in skärhamn.

it exists!

åh, dreamy, dreamy place.

didn't take many photos, i got a bit shy.

before going in,

a small picnic of sandwiches and a little coffee, we had.

could i get a job there?

please?

2010-06-21T20:06:00.000+02:00

i got to know astrid svangren's work yesterday.

· from ·

2010-06-12T14:03:00.001+02:00

so looking forward to it.

· from ·

go outside

2010-05-09T17:11:00.001+02:00

dear thesis, i think i want to live my life and you are just in my way.

2010-04-23T20:44:00.003+02:00

fuck yeah the universe is my latest most favorite thing. i mean, gigantic baby stars discovered in cloud space dust (2nd pic)... what can one say?

· all pics from fytu ·

2010-04-17T16:45:00.003+02:00

went out to get some fresh air for a little while at a party last night. not far from us I saw this two guys talking. one of them was so familiar and since I am really good at remembering people, all of a sudden it came to me: it was josé gonzález.

he was about to leave, so we ran after him and simply shouted: hey! we like you! he turned around and shouted back: I like you too!

oh! that kind of encounters fascinate me so. I liked how nice he was and also shy, in a way. and now I am more in love with him than ever.

listen to junip and do share if something similar has happened to you recently :)

· photo by fredrik egerstrand ·

2010-04-10T21:29:00.001+02:00

nice, nice couple of pairs of shoes. don't you think so?

· 1 · 2 ·

2010-04-06T20:55:00.000+02:00

I have a box full of letters and postcards that belonged to my grandmother. It is my biggest treasure. The postcard above is from 1971 and was sent her way with the hope that it would arrive in time for her birthday.

Thirty-nine years after those line were written, I do the same, I think of her and let her know that I am sending her a thousand kisses on the 6th. And that we are doing fine and we are happy.

{ in the picture, my grandma is the adorable little girl on the right side }

2010-04-01T01:43:00.041+02:00

scotland, a year ago. so much has happened since then.

2010-03-30T23:28:00.009+02:00

small present for a friend of mine who also had a birthday recently.

also, this little space has been pimped-up. hope you'll like it :)

2010-03-28T20:29:00.005+02:00

åh! I really like these shoes.

· from · via ·

2010-03-27T15:37:00.004+01:00

celebrating dear vala's birthday.

2010-03-22T14:06:00.005+01:00

Como un suspiro del corazón hirviente de la tierra.

Palabras de Facundo, mi amigo,
sobre el video de la erupción volcánica en Islandia.

2010-03-21T23:11:00.003+01:00

iceland today.

2010-03-19T12:37:00.002+01:00

i made scones. muesli scones. really nice.

wishing you, wherever it is that you are, the loveliest of weekends of march.

2010-03-17T12:19:00.004+01:00

i am writing my master's thesis on the commons project on flickr, and I was sooooo exited and happy to see my dear kylemore abbey in a set of photochroms of ireland uploaded by the library of congress in honor of st. patrick’s day. and of course i had to share with you :)

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reykjavík museum of photography

2010-03-16T20:38:00.004+01:00

this place is the reason i went to iceland. i was working there last fall.

i was so glad when i saw this lovely images of the museum, they are from a past exhibition that i didn't get a chance to see (but wish i had), it was called innocent water with nice photos by keiko kurita.

i miss iceland and ljósmyndasafn. a lot.

· from ·

hop a plane

2010-03-12T18:58:00.009+01:00

like gina & jon. and when you land, i'll quickly put on my shoes and meet you at central station. i might cry when i see you, because its been too long.

we'll be together for four days. according to the weather report, it's going to be cold, but with some little sun :)

they are here now, i gotta go. have a fun weekend.

2010-03-08T12:13:00.004+01:00

hermione's time-turner necklace, such a beautiful thing.

· via julia. from inmost_light ·

2010-02-19T16:09:00.002+01:00

i'll build you a fire.

2010-02-14T21:10:00.007+01:00

i've started another tumblr. yes, i know, its like a disease... this time is about all nice things related to museums, that i've been bookmarking for quite some time:

I'd pay to visit you on rainy Sundays.

its also named after a song by belle & sebastian, because i like them so much.

i hope you'll stop by and say hi.

· from ·

2010-02-07T21:23:00.007+01:00

nice to be back. nice to live by the ocean again. one day i'd like to have a boat.

nice that everything's covered in quiet snow.

i found a pretty book, quite old. with golden advise for the young.

last night i went to see a great band, and regret not bringing my camera along. in this little clip, you'll get a glimpse of how lovely the stage looked.

sweden, i like you a lot.

bless bless

2010-01-09T22:51:00.004+01:00

its time to leave iceland. a piece of my heart stays here... i'll have to come and get it back, eventually ;)

vik í mýrdal

2010-01-03T18:56:00.012+01:00

last summer in sweden with my dear icelandic friends, katrín and vala, aka, the pálmadóttir sisters. once again, after six months, we find ourselves spending time together, winter, this time, in their beautiful homeland.

i was invited to spend christmas with them in vik, at the very south of iceland, where their family has a house, the house where pálmi, their father, grew up in. on the first day it snowed and we went to the swimming pool and the hot pot, we went for walks, had hot cocoa and pepparkakor and also knitted a lot -i made some deep purple chunky leg warmers.

reawaken the possibility of possibility.

2010-01-02T22:48:00.002+01:00

reawaken it with play.

· from ·

I fell off my bike fell down in the snow

2009-12-29T18:53:00.008+01:00

I drank it all up I drank it like wine drank it like water.

I´ve been listening to múm a lot. kind of obsessively. what have you been listening to? I'd really like to know.

tíu dropar, one of the nicest places for fika in reykjavík.
·
Þingvellir
·
vesturgata
·
Þingvallavatn

2009-12-27T20:15:00.003+01:00

abandoned farm in the nowhere
·
þingvellir

car trip in late november.

i hope you had a nice christmas, also my best wishes for the upcoming year, may 2010 have only sweet surprises in store for you.

in the new year, let's all shine. see you there, my dear, darling friends.

2009-12-20T17:31:00.004+01:00

shoe hospital
·
favorite candy in reykjavík

i celebrated my 29th birthday last wednesday. i cut my hair, browsed around nice little shops with my dear friend malin. at night, my other dear friend, vala, came home and had some wine and eat ginger cookies made by herself, so nice. i got nice phone calls from far away and sweet emails and messages and even surprises by post. couldn´t ask for anything else :)

2009-11-29T17:36:00.003+01:00

einar jónsson museum and hallgrímskirkja
·
nico muhly at kaffibarinn

and it is snowing in reykjavík. is it snowing where you are?

2009-11-25T19:25:00.003+01:00

tjörnin
·
glittery volcano

i´ve got film photos of reykjavík to share :)

a general tendency towards greater simplicity

2009-11-09T19:10:00.002+01:00

something i read about in a book.

and there's been music

2009-11-04T18:16:00.021+01:00

yes, luckily, lots of it. first at the réttir festival. for this one, me and my friend malin decided to volunteer. we worked one evening selling tickets and in exchange we got a bracelet for the entire festival, for free! here we are at sódóma, a concert venue, on the night we had to work. it was fun, although we almost freeze, we kept the coats on even though we were inside.

we got to see:

ólafur arnalds

pascal pignon

rökkurró

retro stefson and fm belfast

these last two were specially fun.

then it was time for the long awaited iceland airwaves. among many, many, we saw:

alaska in winter

and one of the highlights were kings of convenience playing at frikirkjan, a very nice church by the pond:

erlend, the preacher. and a balloon.

michachu and the shapes at this place called karamba, with elo and óttar.

hjaltalín

the tiny

once again we went to see the lovely ólafur arnalds, and also retro stefson and fm belfast playing together, but no pictures this time -just dance, dance, dance.

and of course, there’s always time for a fika in between. here we are at tíu dropar, one of the nicest fika places, with the best chai.

Llegó el día en que...

2009-10-26T18:48:00.004+01:00

on october 24th, 2009 i finally got to see with my very own eyes the aurora borealis.

i called my mom from my mobile phone because i know she´d be happy.

i will never forget this moment.

hello, hello

2009-10-02T19:20:00.006+02:00

i hope this little post finds you well and happy. i have not forgotten you, my lovelies, it's just internet-less condition at my new icelandic home.

here is a quick recap of what i´ve been up to. first of all i randomly found the picture above, its my street and my current house back in 1942 (the one between cafe tjörnin and fiskhöllin).

this is the view you get as soon as you open the door. not bad at all, uh?

we have so many pets: 9 pigeons (yes, 9...), a very old cat, and two sister dogs -they are super sweet and look after the house very well.

i work at a museum (of course :) ) and its only 3 minutes away from home: i work in the blue building, i live in the blue house.

life here is all about working working, swimming swimming, fika fika (swedish loveliness came along!), and music music, and about that i will let you know next time, which will be very soon, i promise. but now, it´s time to go.

meanwhile, how are you? i´d really like to know. i miss you a lot! and thank you for all your lovely comments and nice emails, they really make my day (i will reply to each one of you soon, i swear!).

bless, bless

2009-08-21T07:18:00.007+02:00

just how brilliant and elegant is this set, evolution, by rune guneriussen?

· via all the mountains ·

at the top of the world there's an island

2009-08-18T00:18:00.001+02:00

the little collection of old maps that you can find at the right, are maps of the countries i've had the joy and luck to call home at some point in my life. very soon -in 6 days, to be exact, i will be adding a new one. and i am trembling of excitement about it:

iceland is where i'm going.

· you have to be a mermaid by elo vazquez ·

2009-08-15T21:03:00.007+02:00

beautiful photography by roberta ridolfi

2009-08-05T13:16:00.006+02:00

sarah assbring is incredibly gorgeous and brilliant.

she has described love is not pop, el perro del mar's latest album, as the dream of a pure love in a dirty world.

i absolutely love it. it has been the soundtrack of my summer. what have you been listening to?

· from epdm ·

2009-07-22T04:42:00.003+02:00

vanilla ice-cream with hjortron sylt: current favorite dessert.

2009-07-20T22:39:00.003+02:00

my heart swells with news like this.

2009-07-19T21:24:00.007+02:00

hello, how is the summer treating you? i am very well. i arrived home, in mexico city, two and a half weeks ago. its so nice to be here. all i've been doing is visiting and meeting up with family and friends. and eating lots of mango, mamey, papaya, guayaba, pineapple.

the happiest thing has been to met my new nephew, the first son of my friends pi & artur, only one week old and so, so, sweet and so small. i held him :)

this is my current mess, i am sticking and making collages of all the things i like on a notebook. finally, after years and years, i'm organizing little things i've kept or collected in the past, specially magazine and newspaper cuttings and things from trips, such as as irish bus tickets, boat tickets from hungary, museum flyers, etc.

i have been watching many films -i didn't go to the cinema in over a year. i know, unbelievable!- so i have some serious movie catching up to do. yesterday i saw happy-go-lucky and i enjoyed it a lot. it made want to learn to dance flamenco and jump in trampolines.

so many things are different. in a good way.

2009-07-01T00:56:00.006+02:00

today is my last day in gothenburg.

i will wake up early, open the window and drink a glass of cool water, then i will make the coffee, and, while its ready, i'll prepare breakfast: fruit, muesli and yogurt. i will bring it to my room and sit on my bed, put on some music, and i will do my favorite blog reading while having breakfast. i like the morning routine a lot.

oh, i mustn't forget to stop by the city library to bring back the books and cds i borrowed. i also have to do the final cleaning in my room. at night we'll have a little dinner with my roommates. in between morning and night i have no set plan. perhaps i could go for a walk to the botanical garden. yes, i'd really like that.

funny, if i close my eyes and concentrate really hard, i can bring back the feelings i was feeling a year ago, when i was dreaming of my future life in sweden. i clearly remember when i wrote this. at moments it seems so far away, some other times, as if it was just last week.

a little storage keeps some of my belongings until i come back again next year.

things are changing, things are moving. and now, it's time to go.

delsjön

2009-06-25T11:07:00.003+02:00

saturday we rode the bikes all the way to delsjön. it is so beautiful there. we walked for four hours and made a little picnic (home-made bread with jam & cheese and some saft to drink) next to the lake.

all along, the gray clouds threatened, but luckily, it didn't rain.

can you believe that sweet lil' toilet?

2009-06-25T00:14:00.006+02:00

today was too pretty to stay inside. instead of packing, i headed to the park with my book and got a suntan.

here are some pictures of last weekend with the pálmadóttir sisters:

on friday, there were midsummer celebrations at slottskogen, so my icelandic friends, katrín and vala, and i, went to check them out. we walked all the way from home and made a stop in the middle to eat some finnish candy.

a typical photo of the maypole, haha. and we just sat and to watch the people around. then we went to visit the animals at the park:

the lovely deers.

this is the new baby moose, so sweet!

the hairy goats and the gotland horses.

we made some flower crowns, and eat strawberries and ice-cream, yum yum!

svenska fjärilar, svenska småfåglar

2009-06-23T21:19:00.006+02:00

i am leaving gothenburg soon.

with a bittersweet feeling in my heart, tomorrow morning i start packing; i want to travel light, really light, so basically, i am getting rid of stuff. not that i have a lot, though, but still, it won't be easy... i get attached. that's why i'm working on my "letting go".

apart from that, i have been enjoying the summer -even the past few rainy days, eating lots of strawberries, reading fun books, listening to swedish music, going on walks and riding bikes, having fika with friends, etc. i will show you soon.

half on the summer in sweden, half of the summer in mexico. let's wait and see what the autumn has in store ;)

2009-06-21T16:16:00.004+02:00

ååhhh, those shoes!

i really, really like them.

mmm... where to find them?

· from the sartorialist ·

2009-06-15T00:44:00.003+02:00

gothenburg, gothenburg, i like you so very much.

2009-06-13T13:07:00.007+02:00

Brother dear -

I spied this
delightful
thing at our
favorite haunt
(old Pippen’s!) and I couldn’t
resist getting it for you!
As I read along, I had the
persistent feeling that you
(and not Eugene Field!) had
written it!

Happy reading, dear one!

Devotedly,
Weesie

Jan. 12, 1912.

The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac by Eugene Field.

the book inscriptions project

· via a clock without hands ·

2009-06-08T19:21:00.005+02:00

here are two songs very dear to my heart, lovely covered by icelandic band rökkurró. yes, music is much needed to recover from a weekend of goodbyes.

two more things:

· videos like these really make me wish i had video camera.
· iceland, iceland, iceland, i think of you and i feel butterflies in my stomach.

did you have a nice weekend?
i hope so :)

2009-05-31T23:08:00.005+02:00

we had a little bbq party last week at a very nice place called härryda.

the house was right next to a beautiful lake where we sat for a while and talk, mostly about the plans for next autumn.

there were flying white seeds or spores -don't know what exactly they are- all over the place, it looked a bit like snow! (perhaps you see it in the pic below?)

the end of the school year is near (or here, i should say) and from next week on most of the people in my class will start taking their respective planes, boats, trains and buses back home for the summer.

goodbyes, already?
u_u
i know, the year went crazy fast.

2009-05-30T10:44:00.004+02:00

this sweet hummingbird reminded me to show you the reverse of a 20 crowns banknote that i like so much. it is nils and mårten goose flying over the flatlands of skåne, in southern sweden, a passage from the wonderful adventures of nils by selma lagerlöf.

here's more about the 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 kronor banknotes.

2009-05-28T23:21:00.004+02:00

these are some old photos of unknown scottish people that i found at a second-hand shop in glasgow. i still can't decide which one is my favorite. love, love, love them all. ah! the last one has a message written at the back that says: with best wishes from aunt mary.

2009-05-27T11:09:00.003+02:00

utterly fascinating collages.

· by agnes montomery ·

2009-05-26T22:11:00.002+02:00

lately, all i want to do is be outside and sit in parks underneath nice trees.

the exhibition

2009-05-24T12:19:00.007+02:00

the past weeks have been all about preparing our exhibition. this is how it looked like in the end. the idea was to create a light, comfortable and playful space for visitors to enjoy and to dialogue with the objects exhibited.

2009-05-22T22:07:00.002+02:00

last tuesday was the opening of our exhibition. at the beginning we were very nervous that no one would come, we even made a bet of how many people would show up. i said 138. but i was far from being the winner as more than 200 visitors came! not bad at all, huh?

the winner was malin f., and she had the honor of opening the first bottle of champagne. here we are, the 30 of us, all looking good in black, toasting after a wonderful evening.

i was happy that sandra, johan and hanna came to say hi :)

pics of the exhibition and the opening coming soon :)

two

2009-05-17T00:24:00.002+02:00

we had a party at our flat last week, the last one. before everyone arrived, the four of us -lena, vala, maëva and i- had a lovely dinner together.

i have been living in sweden for 9 months now (!!!)

ps. this itty-bitty blog turned two years old the past 5th of may, woohoo! to all of you, for reading, leaving lovely notes, writing sweet emails, etc., thank you. really, really, from the bottom of my heart. i like very much sharing things with you :)

under construction

2009-05-13T22:35:00.006+02:00

as a part of my master's programme, we are putting up an exhibition:

masked / maskerad
19-29 may, 2009
museum of world culture
södra vägen 54, göteborg, sweden

do come see it!

(oh god, less than a week to the opening!)

2009-05-01T10:36:00.002+02:00

· via crack-n-berries ·

2009-04-30T00:34:00.001+02:00

god knows (you gotta give)

2009-04-26T20:16:00.006+02:00

sufjan wrote a song for sofia, his imaginary confidant.

· image by andrew durham
for the new york times ·

2009-04-25T16:52:00.004+02:00

the most recent addition to my boring postcard collection. i got at a second hand shop in scotland. i love it. and the message at the back is just so nice. it's a bit of a shame it was never sent.

2009-04-19T00:15:00.005+02:00

i can gather all the news i need on the weather report. from now on, this is where i will be consulting it. although, since gothenburg's prediction is not available yet, i have looked up my best friends weather report for tomorrow; they live in the cities above.

and here is another brilliant daily weather report.

· via of paper and things ·

my spring dream

2009-04-16T22:04:00.002+02:00

<3

i look at these and i die. i die...

· from burberry via the berlin diaries ·

2009-04-16T20:43:00.005+02:00

naturhistoriska museet, göteborg.

en bro mellan sverige och danmark

2009-04-15T21:11:00.009+02:00

this is the bridge that connects sweden and denmark.

the other day we rented a car to cross over and spend the day in copenhagen.

we walked around the city. it was amazing. at some point, we bought some nice sweet treats and coffee and, since the sun was radiant, sat by the canal.

a ladybug came to say hello (they are for good luck n_n)

we walked some more and then my friends joined some groom and brides' reunion (i am shy and decided to stay a step behind).

when the sun started to hide, we knew it was time to go back home.

i had always wanted to come to denmark.

i like tall men

2009-04-15T01:13:00.004+02:00

oh, the tallest man on earth <3

glad påsk

2009-04-12T21:57:00.010+02:00

köpenhamn

göteborg

nice sunny days of nothing to do but wander around with coffee to go along my dear, dear friend karla, who came aaaall the way from mexico, for a surprise one-week visit.

92

2009-04-06T22:58:00.004+02:00

thinking of my grandma makes me so happy. always, always. today she would have turned ninety two years old.

ain't she beautiful?

2009-04-03T20:56:00.007+02:00

press play :)
(i think you will like it)

hmmm... what do you think?
(ain't it great?)

i think i mentioned something about it before, but if you go here you'll find a very nice introduction.

2009-03-29T23:56:00.004+02:00

the coat of arms

2009-03-28T14:39:00.003+01:00

of the city of glasgow is a very pretty one. it has a very nice and interesting story too.

2009-03-28T12:15:00.008+01:00

with map, camera and the notebook of tips in my pocket, it was all about wandering around. whenever it was needed, we paused for tea and scones and also made some stops in pubs for a pint.

(dear al, tchai ovna was life changing, i absolutely loved it -so cosy, wonderful music-, and i had the most delicious tchai i have ever tasted. i miss it already n_n)

2009-03-27T22:41:00.003+01:00

2009-03-27T19:15:00.007+01:00

i am back from glasgow and oh boy, was it fantastic.

shall i show and tell you little by little about it? okej, first, i really liked all those nice old signs, typography and lettering. they are everywhere.

2009-03-22T09:07:00.003+01:00

thank you so much for your glasgow tips, i have them all written down on my notebook and i am so ready to go. be good :)

ps. listen to this

2009-03-19T02:27:00.003+01:00

on sunday i am heading off on a school trip to glasgow!

for four days, me and my classmates we'll be attending lectures and visiting glaswegian museums, i am so looking forward to it. oh my, i won't believe it until i step off the plane, i have always wanted to go there.

have you, my lovely friends, ever been? any suggestions for things to do and see that you'd like to share with me? i would love to hear.

· image by rising ·

mermelada de naranja

2009-03-18T16:45:00.007+01:00

my sister, she knows me well.

this morning she sent me many photos of her new home, far away from our beloved mexico too, in sevilla, spain. i have promised to visit her (i don't know how or when, but i swear i will), and i told her that when i go, we could eat oranges from those trees, but she said we can't because they are very bitter and they are only good for making marmalade -which is fine by me because i am a big fan of orange marmalade, yum.

· photo by my sis ·

feathers

2009-03-15T15:27:00.004+01:00

the sun is shining. the air is cool and it feels good. i am just back from röhsska museet where there was a free concert of midori hirano. i liked it a lot, lot, lot.

and now i go back to study.

have a lovely sunday afternoon and i will see you soon n_n

2009-03-11T00:23:00.007+01:00

i have moved to a new home. even though i really love it here, i will miss my former flat so, so, so, so much.

here is a random selection of my little collection of views from the window of my previous room. it was up on an 11th floor and almost every day of the six months i lived there, i sat to watch the sky for a little while.

2009-03-03T23:13:00.002+01:00

this brightened my day.

· via en papier ·

hello march

2009-03-02T01:22:00.004+01:00

i read somewhere (ok, wikipedia :P), that in finnish, the month is called maaliskuu, which originates from maallinen kuu, meaning earthy month, because during maaliskuu, earth finally became visible under the snow.

new month, new look for this blog.

· snowy cyclist by hugovk ·

2009-03-02T00:18:00.005+01:00

i like those little horses so, so much. and all those pretty interiors and photographs by anna kern too.

· via design is mine ·

2009-02-28T13:30:00.004+01:00

carta marina, the 16th century map of scandinavia created by olaus magnus

the caption reads : a marine map and description of the northern lands and of their marvels, most carefully drawn up at venice in the year 1539 through the generous assistance of the most honourable lord hieronymo quirino.

i just found this beautiful map. you must see it in a big size, here {it's worth it}

2009-02-28T00:45:00.003+01:00

today is my mom's birthday. when i called her, we both cried. i miss her very much. she asked me how the weather was, the day before it was gray and rainy, but today, it was blue, blue, blue and the sun shone; i told her the swedish sky was happy and celebrating her. she asked me to take a picture so she could see how her birthday looked liked over here.

as we were speaking, i grabbed my camera, opened the window and recorded the sky just for her n_n

sleepless night #3

2009-02-27T00:33:00.007+01:00

· breathless ·

2009-02-22T22:18:00.006+01:00

norrlands riviera is a little gem (my fave) from the fantastic album seaside rock by peter bjorn and john. along with it, i find erik's fishing trip and next stop bjursele to be so moving as well; each of them is a spoken-word monologue about some sort of seaside in a swedish dialect corresponding to peter, björn and john's respective hometowns.

sleepless night #2

2009-02-21T00:56:00.007+01:00

ou "tous les garçons s'appellent patrick"

en hommage à jean cocteau

on the second night of no sleep i watched these two short films directed by godard. they are simply wonderful. i want to be in them, and speak french; i want to live in charlotte and veronique's apartament, i want to wear stripes and polka dots and berets and hats. and i want to kiss jean-paul belmondo.

if you'd like, you can watch them here: charlotte et veronique and charlotte et son jules :)

ps. just how nice is that typography?

2009-02-20T15:05:00.004+01:00

good vibe notes: print them out, think of a buddie & jot all your love onto the sheet - then slip it into their mailbox or diary or birthday card.

i simply love this kind of heart openers.

· from lisa currie ·

2009-02-20T14:05:00.002+01:00

dark was the night, oh so good. thus, not easy to select my top three tracks.

runners up: sleepless by the decemberists; happiness by riceboy sleeps; lua by conor oberst with gillian welch; and so on.

which are your faves?

· customizable widget via jess ·

2009-02-19T20:22:00.004+01:00

dear boboniaa,

those are most awesome wide leg trousers i have ever seen. actually, i adore your entire wardrobe diary -there is not one single thing i wouldn't like to own. not one, please don't ever change.

sincerely,
jo

· from boboniaa ·

sleepless night #1

2009-02-16T22:57:00.005+01:00

le narrateur: arthur said they'd wait for night to do the job, out of respect for second-rate thrillers. how do we kill all that time? asked odile. franz had read about an american who'd done the louvre in nine minutes 45 seconds. they'd do better.

[running through the louvre]

le narrateur: arthur, franz and odile beat jimmy johnson by two seconds.

i haven't sleep for the past 7 nights. instead of fighting sleeplessness, i have surrendered to it. each night i've watched either a godard or a truffaut film. i will keep doing this until the dust of sleep comes back to me.

· bande à part ·