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Glimmers
People sometimes expect a happy life and are disappointed when they don’t get one. But for me, all the small happy moments accumulated – strung together like pearls on a necklace – make up a happy...
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Out and about
The cold is brutal at the moment I took a photo from my seat on the bus and I saw that the camera was full of snow A boat was stuck in the canal ice outside our apartment. While it was waiting for the...
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Yesterday I was a beast of burden
Yesterday I had a long, long day out in the field. I did something I have not done for a long time; I travelled with a full pack, so to speak. I have downsized so much since 2019 due to back problems,...
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Surf on, Wavy Davy
I wrote about my friend and former colleague a number of years back. Here is the article. On Monday evening the sad news reached me that David had passed away earlier in the day. I was in shock. He...
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Ferries on the Baltic Sea
I am a South African living on the shores of a huge inland sea in Sweden. After 25 years I still find snow and ice absolutely and utterly fascinating and enchanting. I love watching the inland sea...
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My day yesterday
It was 0°C/32°C when I left for work yesterday, but gloriously sunny and the light is finally back after a terribly long, cold winter. I took a long walk during my lunch hour. I never appreciated...
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If you made New Year’s resolutions, how are they going?
I haven’t made resolutions for quite some time. They were always the same – eat more healthily, work on my sleep hygiene, take vitamins every day, get more exercise, declutter. I always went into the...
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First ride of the year
In started snowing in Stockholm in early October 2023. This was last week, when it felt like spring would never come… Yesterday it was finally warm enough to take a ride to our favourite countryside...
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To all my readers
Thank you so much for reading my blog, for giving me great tips and different opinions on different topics. I really appreciate you, and you have kept me blogging for going on 13 years now. Without...
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Weekend Wanderings
I loved this painting, though I couldn’t get a good photo without a reflection. The colours were amazing, even on the grey day. An Easter Egg made of marshmallows. I did not find this very appealing, I...
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This really fascinated me
I don’t come from a country that is as interested in heritage as the USA is, for example. Plus my parents died before I was interested in these things. So I have honestly never thought back beyond my...
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Out and about
I saw some of my bags for sale in a second-hand store. I have been clearing out again this year. I went past the shop with the seventies clothes again and took photos of some of the synthetic things...
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Phrases that make my hackles rise
Cats are assholes, but they are cute assholes. This kitty picture is the most beautiful one I have seen. Credits in photo don’t say anything. You know how (she/he is). don’t rock the boat I’m not like...
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Fancy dinner at Stockholm’s City Hall
Source Stockholm’s City Hall is a beautiful building, and is where the Nobel Banquet takes place every year. I was also married there, on a spectacular summer day. Recently, we went to a very elegant...
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You are beautiful
A local gallery sells these dogs sculptures in various sizes. I think they are gorgeous. I look at them and wonder why we humans are generally critical of the way we look. We are all beautiful. We...
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A day
I have been eyeing up the new tuxedo cat Lego build. It is rather pricey though – $140 as against $40 for the succulent set. My bonus mom’s verandah with donkeys sheltering from the rain. My small...
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Information about This Bug’s Life going forward
Just a small update for all my regular readers. I will be taking a break from blogging from today until mid-August. I have blogged twice daily for almost thirteen years, and have written close to 9000...
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Update
I am popping in to thank you for all your comments on my previous post. I am so grateful for all the messages of support and understanding. I have had a good rest, feel inspired, and will be back on...
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Packing for a motorbike trip
We went to the south of Sweden for a week on the bike. The dry bag shown in these photos was the only luggage we took for both of us for a week. The boxes on the side held raingear, extra gloves and...
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Motorbike rally around lake Mälaren, photographs by Daniel Brace
In August every year, as summer comes to an end, we undertake a motorbike rally around Lake Mälaren (the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden). It’s always great fun. There are up to 20 000...
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