Månadsarkiv

juli 2018

Driving Veteran Mopeds

av Anna Munkhammar juli 31, 2018

Today Johan fixed the veteran mopeds and after that we could take them for a ride!

Johan looks like a giant on his Crescent Compact from the 70s. His grandfather once modified it when Johan was a kid and too small to reach down with his feet. Cute!!

We drove to a place called Sandögårdarna. The house is from the 19th century and the couple who live there have a small farm with sheep. Johans mum and a friend of hers had cykled there in advance to buy a beautiful sheepskin and sausage.

I love driving “my” moped! it’s fun and there is a special feeling when they are old. It’s not really mine but I always drive the Honda Dax and I wish it was in my possession ?

After a few stops we continued back to the cottage.

That’s all for today, see you again tomorrow!

juli 31, 2018 0 kommentera

Sweden

Lisemajs Guesthouse Cake Buffet

av Anna Munkhammar juli 30, 2018

Lisemaj has a guesthouse in Västmark and once a year every summer she organizes a big cake buffet. She bakes everything herself and it’s amazing!

Even before Lisemaj had opened her buffet the que was long. Longer than what is visible on this image.

As you can imagine it was hard to chose which cakes to try!

Let’s go down the memory line… This is what it looked like two years ago when me and mum visited Lisemaj in July 2016: I hope we can go again in 2019 ?

Lisemajs daughter looks like the swedish crown princess Victoria!

If you want to see more of Lisemajs cake creations she has a facebook group called Lisemajs kaloribomber (Lisemajs calorie bombs).

juli 30, 2018 3 kommentarer

Sweden

Return of the sunsets

av Anna Munkhammar juli 28, 2018

It’s clear that we are going into August soon. The evenings are getting darker as the sun goes down but the nights are still lukewarm.

Yesterday we went down to the beach to get a glimpse of the blood moon. Unfortunately we could not see it because it was probably hidden on the other side of the island.

With or without blood moon, it was still a beautiful walk at the beach!

Today we took the boat on a tour around Sandön and in the evening it was “sunset time” again.

Mmm Mojito!

Sweet dreams!

juli 28, 2018 4 kommentarer

Livsstil

Vacation Postcard

av Anna Munkhammar juli 27, 2018

I was doing really well with my vacation postcard blog posts but the past two days I didn’t upload any. There is a good reason for that but it’s a secret and I have to wait before I can tell you… Exiting!!

Today started with a small and very cute cup of coffee. After that we went to Sandön again ?

We took a boat trip from the sea to Luleå river.

Finally some rest after working with the renovation for days!

juli 27, 2018 2 kommentarer

Inredning

Renovating the old door

av Anna Munkhammar juli 25, 2018

Yet another day with hard work. We had to empty the garage and bring all stuff to the cottage in the backyard. There has been two snowmobiles in there too but I forgot to photograph the mess before we started… It actually looked much worse than this!

My arms are aching! I should look like a bodybuilder after this!! (I shouldn’t take all the credit though, Johan was carrying too)

You might think I rested after all that but nope, we began renovating the door.

I’m painting the inside of the door white but we don’t know which colour the outside should be and therefore I will leave it untouched.

Johan removed the yellow glass so that I could paint between the two glasses as well. We also ordered new glass that has a similar texture but is clear instead of yellow.

Tomorrow I can paint a second layer of paint and then we only have to wait for it to dry and mount the new glass ?

Perhaps tomorrow evening we will take a break from working with the house and do something different.

juli 25, 2018 0 kommentera

Livsstil

Popcorn & Garage Plans

av Anna Munkhammar juli 23, 2018

I’ve been cleaning the whole house today and even though it felt good I kind of wish I had been at Sandön instead.

We are going to build a new garage and the old one has to go but before the demolishion we have to empty the garage. Guess if there is a lot of things in there..?

When we finally got to rest in the sofa I told Johan I needed popcorn ASAP!

But what’s up with the new garage? Well we are making it wider and a little bit higher than before. In the old garage you can barely fit one car but the new will take two cars + two snowmobiles.

Got to sleep now. Sweet dreams!

juli 23, 2018 0 kommentera

Inredning

Painting Kitchen Cabinets

av Anna Munkhammar juli 22, 2018

Yesterday the only thing I photographed was my cup of coffee…

I worked the entire day painting the inside of our kitchen cabinets and the walls in the hallway. In the evening Johanna and Patrik were throwing a party and we had a great time. I didn’t take any pictures there eather I just wanted to be in the moment and have fun with my friends ?

Today I put back some of the porcelain into the cabinets and finished painting the last ones.

I also painted the last coat of paint in the hall and Johan mounted windowsills.

I’m very proud over everything we have accomplished ?

juli 22, 2018 0 kommentera

Bilträffar

Boden Alive Rally Sprint

av Anna Munkhammar juli 21, 2018

Came home to Patrik today and I think he has missed me! Mum took care of him for almost a week while we have been away from home.

Patrik loves to cuddle and every time I record a YouTube video he wants to sit in my lap. I suppose he think it’s cosy and it help me to be more at ease in front of the camera too!

What else has happened today besides petting my little cat? Well, we went to Boden Alive Rally Sprint.

It was fun to see all the fast rally cars but in one of the breaks they drove with old enthusiast cars at low speed instead. My heart did beat a little extra for this intermission ?

At last it was time to jump into my Volvo 740 and go back home. I love it even more after our Finland vacation…

Finally time to sleep in my own bed again. Sweet dreams!

juli 21, 2018 0 kommentera

Sweden

Boat trip to Luleå

av Anna Munkhammar juli 20, 2018

This day has been pretty much the same as the previous ones (wow I’m spoiled). We went on a tour with the boat but instead of going into the archipelago we steered the boat to Luleå.

When we came back to Sandön it was time to take a bath and to chill on the pontoon. In this heat there is not much else to do.

In Sweden we are not used to high temperatures and I have never bathed as much as this year. These past day I have swimmed at least twice a day and last summer I didn’t bath at all! In fact I think it was several years since I took a dip in Sweden. The last time I remember was in 2014…

How much have you bathed this summer?

juli 20, 2018 0 kommentera

Sweden

Learning to waterski

av Anna Munkhammar juli 18, 2018

Today Johan and his brother walked down to the beach carrying waterski equipment. Both Britt and I got curious and came along to see what they were up to.