Monthly Archives: September 2025

Putting up posters

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Gary

Trosa looked beautiful this morning as we walked alongside the river, searching for notice boards. We were looking for the many boards that are scattered around the place in order to staple posters to them. The posters were for the … Continue reading →

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Who is Delores DeVille?

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Gary

What a day it was. From the heady heights of the receipt of our new bins to memories of Jiggles. From cat feeding to squeezing oranges with a juicer bra. The day almost had everything. But high up on the … Continue reading →

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Visiting Julita

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Gary

In 1892, Lieutenant Artur Bäckström leased Julita Manor from his father, Johan. This sounds a strange arrangement however, the manor actually belonged to the tobacco company that his father owned so, really, Arthur leased it from the company. When his … Continue reading →

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Three mysteries

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Gary

The noise of my mowing managed to drown out the gun shots today. At least it sounded like gun shots. Almost continuous they were, banging away the other side of the hill. I assume they were crow/geese/deer/tourist scarers of some … Continue reading →

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Green bicycle blues

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Gary

For my part, most of today consisted of cutting grass. For Mirinda, it was all about taking The Bob all the way to a lovely beach on the island of Askö, with Nicoline for company and the Jolly Roger for teaching. … Continue reading →

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Leaving Trosa

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Gary

I have mentioned the Button People before. A young couple living in a house near Nicoline, they have been growing vegetables in their front garden, selling to neighbours and friends. They have tried to make a financial go of it. … Continue reading →

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Curfew & a food bill

Posted on September 24, 2025 by Gary

James Turrell is an American artist who deals in light and our perception of colour. He started experimenting with light in 1966 and, eventually, built the first Skyspace in the 1970’s. The Skyspace structures that are now spread around the … Continue reading →

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Devoured with pleasure

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Gary

We all went boating today. This time, unlike the last two times, I managed to make a quiche for the picnic. It was devoured with pleasure by all concerned. It was not the outcome forecast, though it was much preferred. … Continue reading →

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Sorry, I thought you were Swedish

Posted on September 22, 2025 by Gary

What an amazing day! I went into Nyköping to meet with Paula, a Finnish foot specialist and she changed my life. Obviously, she couldn’t do anything about fixing the non-functioning nerves in my legs but she managed the next best … Continue reading →

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Multiple languages

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Gary

While KSP and Jonas are in Canada, we are among a small group of people going over to their house to feed the cats and chickens. Today there were two eggs to collect and one of the cats met us … Continue reading →

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