Monthly Archives: October 2024

Mixing cultures

Last week, on the spur of the moment, I invited KSP and Jonas over for tea. That’s tea as in dinner rather than a cup of char and a biccy. I quickly decided on my main meal, making sure that … Continue reading

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Weathered by pregnancies

So, today at SFI, we had another new teacher. This time it was a young Syrian woman who speaks Syrian, Arabic, English and Swedish. And, while I thought she was very good, I do wonder why we keep having different … Continue reading

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Busy day at Chez Gaz

It was 8am and Mirinda had already been to KSP’s early morning workout. While she was away, I’d written my blog, backed it up, showered, made a cake, washed up, put on a load of washing and researched a couple … Continue reading

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Online was offline

The beautiful blue days came to an abrupt end today. As Harald and Roger hammered away at the roof of the shed, the rain started falling. We were having lunch, watching Roger hit nails then wipe the handle of his … Continue reading

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Max gets a wash

Mirinda received a lovely series of short videos today. They were from Neighbour Dave and were of his walk through Farnham Park. They featured the trees, the cows in the paddock, Rodney and Corkie and the still quite green grass. … Continue reading

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Blood and money

The strangest thing happened today. We had just left the house, heading over to Christina the Dog Minder, and turning the corner when, suddenly, spread across the road, was a huge pack of dogs and humans. They opened like the … Continue reading

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Melting point of sapphire

I attended the second concert of the season at Skärborgarnas Hus this afternoon. And, for a change, it wasn’t just me (I’m ignoring the rest of the audience who I really don’t know). This time I was joined by KSP and … Continue reading

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Toasty toes

I have started wearing gloves when I go shopping. The last few times without them, the fingers on my right hand have almost frozen around the head of my cane while those on the left frozen around the handle of … Continue reading

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17? 17!

I walked into class this morning to find we had a new teacher. Her name is Sara and she is from Södertälje. I know this because the first thing she did was introduce herself with a bit of a presentation. … Continue reading

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Delightfully Slow Wednesday

It is days like today, when very little happens, that I begin to wonder why on earth I decided to blog every day. Maybe just to report on the weather (it was beautiful today), on current building works (see below) … Continue reading

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