från ett fönster i Shanghai

En dag i Shanghai satt jag och tog en kopp kaffe och en god bakelse, som dom faktiskt har i Kina, väldigt goda bakverk.... verkligen.....tittade ut genom fönstret och såg detta. En liten flicka och en ung pojke som inte får leka som andra barn, utan måste stå i iskylan och tjäna in pengar till sin fattiga familj. Fantastiskt duktiga barn, som borde få ett bättre liv än detta. Mitt dåliga samvete gick inte att komma ifrån.

Dubai desert safari 20-12-10

with my family on ''a real ride'' in the Dubai desert ...... bit scary, but fun
En fantastisk tur i öknen, Dubai. Chauffören stannade till på vägen dit för att tömma av lite luft ur däcken. Sedan var det bara att i full fart entra sanddynerna. En hisnande men väldigt rolig upplevelse, med många skratt och ooohhh NEEEJ!

Teceremoni Shanghai Kina

Gick av en slump in i en te-affär i Shanghai. Tedrickandet är en viktig del av den kinesiska kulturen.
I Kina liksom i Japan har man för tedrickandet speciella ceremonier. Jag fick en egen liten uppvisning av denna unge man. Inget för stressade människor.

Went by coincidence into a tea shop in Shanghai. Tea drinking is an important part of Chinese culture.
China as Japan have for tea drinking a particular ceremony. I got a small show of this young man. Nothing for busy people......

kallt ute-''hot'' inne

Kalla dagar, minus 7C är för kallt för min smak.
Efter att ha promenerat halvlångt smakade det gott med lite mat....men vad....jo...
‎...man tager vad man haver, slänger ner lite grön curry, sambal oelek, kokar upp lite Basmati ris och man känner att man lever......mat för två dagar, räckte en....hot&gott

O' Herre Gud!

Var och lyssnade på en kille som berättade och visade bilder från sin tid som pressfotograf i dom Palestinska områdena....Gaza, Jerusalem o.s.v.

....han berättade bl.a. att munkar och präster i Födelsekyrkan i Betlehem ofta ryker ihop i rejäla slagsmål. Dom slåss med påkar och andra tillhyggen, så väggarna har tagit stor skada. Nu ska Födelsekyrkan renoveras för första gången på 1700 år, men inte ens det kan dom komma överens om, vilken färg ska väggarna ha o.s.v.

Han berättade att dom var ytterst noga med att aldrig komma in på varandras område i kyrkan, då blev det slagsmål ...

Och det är ju inte det enda som utspelar sig på denna heliga plats.

Religion...en styggelse!

Dubai

För några dagar sedan kom jag tillbaka hem efter att ha varit i Dubai i nästan 3 veckor.
Vädret kunde bara inte vara bättre. Vindstilla och en klarblå himmel varje dag. Jag har varit tveksam till Dubai, ingen kultur, sterilt och opersonligt trodde jag det var. Men jag har helt ändrat mening, jag älskar Dubai. För det underbara vinterklimatet, för att det är så rent och snyggt överallt, för dom vänliga och diskreta människorna, naturen och dom vackra byggnaderna, lugnet och säkerheten, ingen kriminalitet att tala om, man lämnar dörrarna olåsta på både hus och bilar, om man så vill.

Jag tog några tusen bilder, här är några.

Vill börja med att önska Gott Nytt År. Efter nästan fyra månaders paus från bloggandet, tänkte jag börja så smått igen (på swenska)
Det har hänt en hel del, bl.a. har jag varit på Gran Canaria och spelat in en reklamfilm för Solresor
Vi var ett skönt gäng på 26 pers, skådespelare och filmmakare. En hel vecka fick vi njuta av sol och trevligt sällskap. Min ''dotter'' Marie och jag var först ut med vår filmning, som skedde två dagar efter vår ankomst till GC. Resultatet kan ses på TV3, Kanal 5, TV6 TV8, Kanal 9 och TV10.
och här...
Håll till godo ,)

Rio de Janeiro in my heart

Never forget!

Shanghai speed train

Sydney in my heart

Now my birthday is over, and it has been a wonderful day, with bright sunshine, and lots of congratulations from near and far. And best of all was when my little grandchild sang Happy Birthday for me.

Prince Daniel

Royalist or not, this he did very well! To stand up in front of a whole world, and keep such a brilliant speech, with no experience, not bad at all!  I took him to my heart. And it is true love, there is no doubt. Let us do away with irony and  defamation! There are other things wasting energy at, than a harmless and beautiful Royal family.

Today I painted the ''wooden wall'' for my balcony. The weather is still not good, so to sit there is not an issue, even though it is mid-June.

cinnamon rolls

Today I baked cinnamon rolls, typically Swedish.... my family is coming to Sweden in a few weeks, from all over the world. To pamper children and grandchild.

logotype

Now I made a logo for our new Photo Club. Anyone who is interested in photography are welcome. We start on September 7. Welcome.

balcony

Now I've fixed my balcony, which I didn't like before. I'm not accustomed to apartment ....... but now I have no transparency, and the heavy bulky furniture I brought with me from Spain, is exchanged for a smaller sofa and two armchairs. Now I like it, sooo much. Wonderful summer sweden, please stay a long time!

Good luck Jill!

A lovely singing 14 years old girl, won the ''Talent'' in Sweden yesterday. Many teases her and says she looks like an old lady ...... she is fat ..... etc.. She sings beautifully, has a wonderful smile, is clever and nice, what more is needed. I hate bullies.

lens

Since a few weeks I'm a member of a photo club. Is now upgrading my camera, with a new lens. Nikon Original 70-300 ....... Sigma 18-250......Tamron ...... I don't know, I give up. Help!

Yesterday, the day when we were told, that we are not gonna participate in ESC. For the first time. There were songs that surely was much worse. I know a number. Now I don't know ..... there is usually a bit of an anti-climax for me after the Eurovision Song Contest, what about now, when Sweden is not involved, will I watch, or not.....

no words needed

back in Sydney

Teenage adventure sailor Jessica Watson is on dry land after her epic solo around the world voyage. The 16-year-old Queenslander stepped ashore at the Sydney Opera House a couple of minutes before 3pm (AEST) Saturday. The youngster has now completed her solo, unassisted circumnavigation of the globe - an epic 23,000 nautical mile (about 38,000km) journey.

Sound of Noise

I have been in several movies as an extra, this is one of them. Have many good photos from the shooting, but keep them for myself, till the premiere. Fun it was, long days and half nights for all of us. But a great opportunity to meet a lot of nice people, and to be able to follow the work of movie making.

It's over one and a half years since the first scenes was recorded, and now it's premiere in Sweden in August. But first to Cannes ...

I always get so emotional by this.....

This surrealistic foto taken by my daughter in the area around Sydney, Australia, where she's been resident for some years now. Beautiful!

Tulsa - Oklahoma.

The 67-year-old driver was about to reverse into a parking lot when his foot got stuck between the pedals. The car got up so high speed that it drove right into and through the wall - on the seventh floor. The car was hanging out

Now it sits there, completely perplexed, what should I do now, ehhh, I start building on top of the plastic bag .... or, no, it's not good ....or.....hmm

Is this a battle between David and Goliath? Who's who, and who will win. I feel evil, but would I give up my balcony, so the birds can have it this summer ...... no, I hope they'll find something even better!

Never give up.

Although I removed the nest few days ago, they'll be there again. The pair definitely want to stay on my balcony, this season... I put foil paper that would scare them, but they took it away. So now I'm out removing it again, if I myself will be able to use the balcony this summer. And it was not magpies, it was pigeons .....

Bird nest

Now I'm going out on the balcony to take away a nest ..... get so bad conscience ..... it's a ''maternity ward'' for the birds,
in this case probably magpies, in view of the architecture

I love this one

sooo fun, and cute

Chaos!

Volcano eruption at Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland creates chaos. In the interest of safety are now several countries closing their airspace. All flights to and from the countries is stopped.
During the day, the air traffic suspended in the following countries:

UK
Belgium
Ireland
Netherlands
Norway

Sweden's airspace is closed completely
Denmark closes its airspace at 17th
And at 13:15, it became clear that Sweden closes its entire sky from 18 o'clock in the evening. No flights will be able to lift from, or fly to, Sweden.

Pictures of happy swans.
But now the ice is gone, and the flowers takes over, a wonderful time, that you have to enjoy.
Summer is short.

Scary!!

some brilliant photos by my daughter

2005-Augusta

I don't like what he have done.....but he is a damn good player.

Cara, I'm with you!

ahhh, I'm in love ....
American Idol yesterday (Sweden) ..... Casey James ..... I wish I was 30 years younger, and on a desert island with this guy, and his guitar ........

  This weekend I have been creative,  and painted two paintings. ''9 / 11'' and ''Shanghai''

candy

The Swedes are the world champions to eat candy. We eat an average of seventeen kilograms candy per person a year, while the average EU citizen eat seven kilograms a year.
I ate to much this Easter, so now its enough!

Shabby Chic

Before & After pics.

Today I painted a table. Tomorrow I will look for new furniture. Time perhaps with a few chairs before Easter.

Let's Dance

Congratulations Mattias. Damn, you are good!