#AUTUMNVIBES #STOCKHOLMARCHIPELAGO

It´s Autumn in the Stockholm Archipelago. One of my favourite times of the year to be there/here. Everything is very calm, nature, the island since most people have closed down their houses for the winter and only come out on the occasional weekend. We had a big tree that fell in front of our house during the Alvine storm last winter and now is the time to put all the branches on the fire (only allowed this time of the year). After a couple of hours of hard work I relaxed by reading in our very comfy sofa while enjoying the perfect view of the sea.

Halloween is coming up and I invested in some orange flowers to decorate with. More about Halloween soon.

The pumpkin is waiting to be cut and meanwhile it is looking good on our big picnic table.

Cosing up for the evening. We love the sun cell driven lights, a gift from my dear friend Leena!

Blue hour and lots of candlelight.

Our lovely big room facing the sea, feels like you are outside inside. We are never bored of the view that changes all the time.

Baking is one thing I find that I have the time and calm to do when I am at our seaside retreat. Swedish BULLA, i.e. cinnamon and cardamom buns with lots of butter, yummy.

#PUFFSLEEVES, #TRUMP, #BORIS #SHAME #FACTS AND #LOYALTY

Puff sleeves are back in fashion, again.(Baby doll dress by Richard Quinn using recycled materiels for SS20).
 When I was 17 I made my own puff sleeved tops and wore them with sailor type wide black throusers and flat black square shaped shoes. 

I am not quite as sure that the politics at the time in the world were as puffed up as they are now. Just think of Trump and Boris who are puffing up there sleeves with lies, alternative facts and false promises. How did we get here... They are both using democracy to get their way, finding the loop holes in the system to try to get what they want. Screaming out alternative facts to the people, of which many do not know better than to believe. It is a DISASTER. The word SHAME and LOYALTY  has been forgotten or/and lost its values. Missing in today's self centred me´s. For me loyalty is a major value in my life. It was makes me tick and want to move on. Unfortunately I have been let down by close family and friends these last five years and wonder why they are not being more shamed by people around them who knows what they have done and are capable of. It make us, the victims, the criminals. The punished. I´d wished there was a new Greta who was more tuned into politics. A person that can communicate the big risks it involves to back Trump and Boris up. We must update our knowledge in history and remember how Europe was just 20 years ago. Today we can travel and work more or less freely and enjoy Europe as a friendly and easy place to live and make our living. The promise that these people make about making USA and UK the big nations they once were is a fantasy. We have to remember how it actually was, and, that despite all, the world is a better place today than it was then. What we have to concentrate on now is stop pollution, and work together on the climate change and stop closing borders. Alone is not strong, not an option. We have to work together, the whole world. Stay loyal to our believes and make these leaders walk down the road of shame.