Sometimes it takes me a bit of time to truly be on vacation… why is that? Maybe I hold too much of where I just left to open myself to the new place… It’s the best when you feel settled… sleeping is normal again and you feel so relaxed. While away you start to remember … Read more
To me Midsommar is about tradition, it’s about being together, and it’s totally about strawberries! It’s the longest day of the year and it’s a celebration of summer! The Swedish Midsommar is usually a bit rainy… but this year… SUNSHINE!!! It was such a beautiful hot blue sky day and everyone had smiles on faces! … Read more
Oh my goodness I just absolutely LOVE this restaurant! Hörte! It doesn’t even feel like a restaurant… it feels like family, like home. The warmth you feel when you walk into this cozy seaside gem is like a hug. Everyone smiles, and looks so happy making what they love. There are jars of pickled vegetable … Read more
I am definitely a water girl… and ocean lover… I have to live by the sea always… It makes me so happy to be by water. This day we spent the day in the sunshine on the shore doing everything beachy! I love how in Sweden instead of coronas on the shore you have a … Read more
one of my favorite things to do in Ystad, Sweden is get lost in the heart of the town… The character and charm of Ystad is in my heart and every time I am in this sweet town I feel happy. The homes wind every which way and the roses line the sidewalks like little … Read more
This to me is my happy place… This place, this chunk of Heaven, slice of beauty… Ales Stenar!!! It’s so powerful to go here for me. When I was pregnant for our two little girls I went here in my mind throughout labor… This was my happy place… There is something about this coast that … Read more
This garden… this is where we will be staying for our time in Sweden… I get to live in a fairytale garden for 4 weeks… There are peonies exploding every morning… bigger than my hands! Pinks Reds Whites! The roses are so fragrant I can hardly describe it… You know the soap section of TJMaxx … Read more
gosh it’s always hard leaving Sweden… we have been so many times it feels kind of like my feet are planted strong in both places so far apart… I always used to feel uneasy with planting my roots… I knew it was something important to do… needed to be done… but I never could decide … Read more
To me Kivik is a dreamy little seaside village that while walking through you start to imagine yourself living there… which little home will be ours… will I have the puffy peonies or hydrangeas lining my sweet white fence… maybe I can be an artist and paint in my garden while my cat sleeps next … Read more
I think one of my favorite things about Sweden is how connected with nature I feel while visiting… Sweden is so outdoorsy and full of so much beauty… in a foresty kind of way. ha! While here I just love to be outside… hiking, swimming, looking at the clouds, and just breathing deeply such fresh … Read more