everyday life

photos

In my work as an archivist I handle photo's everyday. I'm photo archivist. My main work is to make our big photo collection avalible on the internet, in a big database for you to browse.

It makes me happy, when I by chance, on Saturday evening saw the beginning of a fantastic BBC-series, about the french banker Albert Kahn and his amazing photo archive. The Wonderful World Of Albert Kahn. I was stunned to see these amazing photographs taken between 1908-1930, with scenes from over 50 countries, in colour! For those of you interested in photo's and can see Swedish televion and has the Kunskapskanalen, you can see the first episode again Friday 25, at 7 pm and the second episode at Saturday 26, at 10 pm (really bad hours both days, but you can always record it and see it later).

Skyline - N.Y.C.: Woolworth Bldg., Singer Bldg., Bankers Trust Bldg. (LOC)

(photo from the Library of Congress)

And have you Americans (and the rest of you) notice, that you can see The Library Of Congress photo's on Flickr? Over 3.000 photo's both in colour and black/white! So fun to look at!

knitting friends

ace tried to knit, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

Since I took up knitting, about 3-4 years ago, I have enjoyed every single minutes of it. I write about here, talk to my friends and my co-worker about it. When I have a new project on my needles, my co-workers ask about the project, the yarn. Even my male boss asks about it.

I knit during coffee breaks and sometimes at lunches and meetings. I inspired my co-workers Inga-Britt and Synnöve to pick up the needles after 20 years. My friend Doc picked up her fallen needles during her first pregnancy. I'm pushing my friend and co-worker, Stina, to try knitting and she is about to give in, later next week we are going to buy yarn so she can knit a shawl.

When ACE and her hubby stayed at my place during Easter, she borrowed my biggest needle and some bulky yarn to re-learn how to knit. And now she has knitted several scarves to herself and to the hubby. She has made her first pair of socks, she buys knitting books and has now found a sweater to knit!! So now I'm just waiting for her knit blog! I would love to see her projects, wouldn't you? ;-)

So here, Sweetheart, I give you some usefull links about knitting and blogging!

* StickaMera - a Swedish site about knitting. You can find knitting blogs in Swedish and English, links to store online and in the real world.

* Knitty - a online knitting magazine.

* Magknits - another online knitting magazine

* Garnkorgen - online store

* Blogger - make your own blog

* WordPress - make your own blog

* Flickr - you need a place to store you photos

Can't wait to see your new blog, Sweetheart!!

englishmen in stockholm

We had a fantastic sunny, but cold day yesterday! The past days has been very grey and gloomy so it was really nice to see the sun. I was out for a walk in my neighbourhood and people were de-frosting the cars everywhere. I met up with my neighbour, Miss K, and we took a hot chocolate on a nearby café! And we actually sat outdoors cuddled up in blankets. And today? We´re back with the grey and gloomy weather, but it´s actually snowing at the moment. But I fear, the snow will turn to rain later on. But the snowfall is nice!

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So, my day with the Londoners was great! The whole story beginns in 2006, when I signed up for another round of Secret Pal. My spoilee was living in London and her name was Claire. And when the SP round had finished we continued to keep in touch and it was pretty clear we had not just knitting as a common interest. So to celebrate her birthday and her and bloke's (belated) 10th anniversary, they bought ticket to Stockholm.

 

Claire bought some yarn at Marias.

So I took a day off from work and met up outside the hotel on Wednesday, at noon. They had done some touristy thing the day before, so this day we walked around the city for some yarn hunting. We started at Nysta, after that we walked across the city to the south side to visit Maria´s garn. And here Claire bought some goodies. We had a lunch break, continued our yarn walk through Old Town and checked out Sticka and Anntorps Väv. After that we needed something to drink so we took a long chocolate/tea break at the Kungstornets Café.

Since we all is huge football fans, I had bought tickets to the last Euro 2008 qualification game at Råsunda between Sweden and Latvia. And Sweden still needed 1 point  to qualify. And after 34 seconds the Swedish player Marcus Allbäck scored and everybody was over the moon with happiness. But after 30 minutes a Latvian player scored, 1-1. The game was not that good, but in the end, after Kim Källström had made the final goal, 2-1 - the Swedes were happy and we are now qualified to play in Euro 2008. The Londoners got text messagers from home about the England game, and it was not happy reports. At the end England lost and will not take part of the Euro 2008. But I think Sweden gain two new supporters this night! Right?!?

I end this report with a lovely photo from Claire's camera.

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