Woke up to bright sun shine and birds chirping which is a big contrast to the last few days which have been windy and cold and rain most of the time. Typical Swedish summer. It is also typical that it is hubby's last day before leaving to go to England and Scotland for work and then back to Australia. He has not seen the sun very much.
The first year we owned this place it was like that too. It never stopped raining but we still had to do things so most of the time we were dressed in rain gear and looked like aliens. When hubby complained about the water-logged garden I said "Well, it isn't surprising since it is called Kärra after all"! He asked what that meant, since it had not been a word he had heard before, and I told him it means swamp!!
Other than that we have also celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary, who would have thought! Let's hope we will have 34 more years, well at least a few more good years. We went to a nice restaurant in Lysekil called Havsbadet and had lovely seafood.
Oh, I almost forgot, there was midsummer before this event and we had a chance to show the visiting in-laws from Australia what Swedes eat on this occasion (herring, new potatoes and strawberries for dessert of course), all in pouring rain of course, but at least under cover.
The reason I am up early is also because we have asked the farmer and his son to come and cut down three big trees in the back in anticipation of having an extension put on later and we are a bit afraid to do it ourself. The extension will be for next year but there is a lot to prepare.
I will leave you now with a big hug and write more soon.
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