"...a spoonful of sugar helps...."

Have been humming on this song all day long.... :)

Pics of today

Julstök

 

Today have been such a beautiful day. I have been on Yule fayres in town and then been home baking typical cookies and buns. Friends came and went to help do a little bit; both to make 'em and to eat 'em. Still it was lots left....

 ...and here is a Swedish winter song which I used to sing
or play on flute every yule time - it's so beautiful...

...and here is a favourite English carol,
something to practice (notes) on my harp. :)

A positive attitude, if I may...

I have kind of got these songs on my mind.... The three first of them are Swedish artists, first one out is Miskovsky and her song from the album Falling Water released in 2003.

The second one is Ternheims song from her album Separation  Road released in 2006.





















The last Swedish song is this one, from Lisa Ekdahls album
Give me that slow Knowing Smile released in 2009.


Lisa Ekdahl  - Session acoustique
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 ...and this just because....

Spanish movies...

...is a way to further develop language skills.The following trailers seems to be good ones...

The Power of the song

The Power of Their Song Trailer #1 from John Summa/John Travers on Vimeo.




Mar Adentro


This movie I watched a long time ago, but I still remember the beauty of it.

Winter 2010/2011 first shots

It started last Tuesday. The wind blow so cold that I said to one of my friends, that "Mr. Winter had breathed upon us and kissed us". :) An hour or two later it all began. Thin and tiny, one by one, the snow flakes fell....

 

Within some hours they had covered the ground. The snow was pretty good so I could make a snow ball and throw the first one on my friend.... She is from the north of Sweden (and I am from the south) so I think she was a bit annoyed that I did it before her...and it started a little snow ball war...that was fun. :)

It was amazing how much it snowed the first time of this winter season. The day after, the world (or more, Uppsala :) ) was covered in more than 10 centimetres layer of snow. And it stayed around.

Even if it started to melt, I could still enjoy a beautiful lunch in the sunshine by the pond. The water was frozen. But it was nothing compared to what faced me this morning when I looked out of my window.

It has become cold and winter is here to stick around for a while.

Interesting...

You can read about it here on BBC news.

I would be curious to know how they have been able to keep these photos a secret for a whole year... Perhaps this movie will increase peoples knowledge....I so wish that they could live peacefully without interferance of the modern world, such as illegal log cutting and mine searching... But I also know that the demands from the west grows in the pace of the increasing population... This dilemma is partly why I began to study the things I did... I would like to understand the world better... How we became as we are and how we think today...and perhaps think how we could shape it to the better for the future...not just for human beings but also for everything living and growing here... 

Here is another clip about the previously unknown people living in the Amazonas.

My world...

Cool song....I like it.

Lets do some country...

music.... Is this not a lyric that lifts your spirit?!
The little girls reminds me so much of my sweet nieces...

Uppsala Castle

It starts to get darker and darker now. But municipalities and companies do their best to light up the city.... Here is a very creative, beautiful, funny and cool way to use the dark of the night.... It will be there between end of October 2010 to end of November 2010.

Daughter of the sea...

"One time a sea-girl, always a cegal...." ;)

C's quote