searching for the spring

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” Leo Tolstoy This year it drags on and on and on and on … the “winter” or whatever we can call it. Here in Landskrona on the Southern West coast, we haven’t …

my 5 favourites for lisbon, 8 – 12th may

So it’s time for one of my 2 favorite yearly TV event – The Eurovision Song Contest … and this year will it be held in Lisbon, 8 -12th of May. The 63rd edition. For me is it an evening (very …

a happy easter everybody!!!

“If you see someone without a smile give them yours.” Dolly Parton This is why I at times just love commercials at times!!!! They can make me feel SooOOooO good! I wish this guy was on the same train at …

vegetarian conversation: pasta with fresh vegetables and add-on chicken

The dish takes about 40 min to make from scratch, so not a quick fix. But what a fantastic dish and so colorful. I got the recipe from one of morning TV programs; news mixed with fashion, culture, flowers, wine, and cooking. …

weekly photo challenge; rise-set

“From sunrise to sunset to sunrise, there is a lifetime of joy, sorrow, and happiness.” Sandeep N. Tripathi “A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.” Crystal Woods https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/rise-set/

cee’s fun fotochallenge – alone

“I walk, I look, I see, I stop, I photograph.” Leon Levinstein “I’m all alone, but I’m not lonely.” Haruki Murakami A lonely swimmer in Wrangelska Parken, Landskrona – June 2017 “Being alone has nothing to do with how many people …

ready for jonas and berlin

“Berlin combines the culture of New York, the traffic system of Tokyo, the nature of Seattle, and the historical treasures of, well, Berlin.” Hiroshi Montomura. After seeing the TV documentary with the German tenor Jonas Kaufmann on Saturday, a new MUST …

travel diary – getting the gaffney-treatment, stranraer

  I don’t think that Stranraer is on any top destination lists, but this little town makes up for it in its hearts and souls. With a population of 11.000 and beautiful located in southwest Scotland and lies on the shores …

ear- and eye-candy; jonas kaufmann

You are listing to Jonas Kaufmann singing my favorite tenor opera piece: “E lucevan le stelle” (“And the stars were shining”)  from “Tosca” by Puccini –  It is sung by Mario Cavaradossi (tenor), a painter in love with the singer …

weekly photo challenge – my favourite places

“It is good people who make good places.” Anna Sewell For 30 years did my heart belong unconditionally to Biarritz on the French Atlantic coast on the Spanish border – the high waves, the black rocks, walking distance to everything … …

cee’s fun foto challenge – rain

“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.” Andy Warhol. I had loads of rain in my life … but also loads of rainbows, but I have never managed to …

another great voice out there – mart babayan (Март Бабаян)

Know very little about this young man – more than he was participated in “The Voice Of Armenia 2013” – he didn’t win. But it looks like he a well establish artist today. His work is a unique combination of …

culture-date with a broken toe

Every month I and my friend Iris meet up for a girly day out – most of our dates have some culture event included. Yesterday was our first date for the year … because in January she was away on …

leftovers & cupboard – chorizo topped baked salmon

Time again to start working on my freezer, have far too much of everything. Honestly, I think I could eat comfortably for 6 months on it. It is all down to that the is no single package of meat, chicken …

my new clock

“Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” Proverb The other day my faithful 25 years old IKEA glass clock that has been hanging in my kitchens around the UK and Sweden fall to piece – first the minute hand …