everyday life

today

today, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

Crap!! My world is white again!!!! Yesterday morning I was out walking in my sneakers enjoying the spring. Yesterday evening, the snow started to fall again.. This is the look outside my doorway this morning. Snow, snow, snow!

Enough is enough!! OK?!?

snowy days

snowy japanese cherry tree, originally uploaded by catsfalk.

I had hopes for spring, but the winter did a comeback. It has been snowing for 24 hours now. The city is white and beautiful! But enough is enough! I want some spring now! Please!

winter wonderland

This is what Stockholm looks like these days.. A lovely Winder Wonderland! During the past days it has snowed a lot. Some parts just outside the city got as much as 60 cm/ 24 inches snow in 24 h, my neighborhood "just" got about 30 cm/ 12 inches in 24 hours.

late monday afternoon

But now its getting warmer now and the snow has started to melt away. I was out on a walk on my lunchbreak and I came home with these pictures:

cars with snow

 

boats with snow

missy

knitted items in use

Stina is very happy about her new mini tote. During our lunch break we had a photo session on the court yard outside our office. In the heavy snowfall.

the mini skull tote

And Stina was also wearing the pink Calorimetry I knitted for her earlier this year.

pink calorimetry

snowy day

Yesterday evening I was out with the girls. You know, couple of pints, food and lots of laughter. A great time! Anyway, when we stepped out from the pub, it was snowing. And when I got up from my underground station my world was totally white, and it's still are. And it's snowing.

  the view from my bed room window, around 8.15

My plans today is to go Hampus birthday party - he turned 2 this week and later this party will turn in to a house warming party, since he and his parents just moved in in a new flat.

But till the parties begin,I will sit in my sofa and knit. I have been doing a couple of rows in the Mini Skull Tote for Stina, this morning.

the mini skull tote

And I have recruited another person to the cult of knitting..My co-worker Stina, who is paying for this skull tote, bought yarn on Thursday and started to knit her first scarf..  She may even be a guest writer on this blog next week, to show off her scarf... I hope so anyway.. ;-)

snow

The winter season has begun here. The first snowfall in my neighborhood came Sunday aftersoon, it melted as soon it hit the ground but for a while the snowflaked where big.

 When I left work today it started to snow again. And still there are a thin, thin layer of snow on the ground.

  Kungsträdgården, Stockholms city.

I hoping we get some more of this white stuff! It's getting colder everyday now and the weather men talks about even colder this weekend.

Now it's time for some football! And Happy Birthday Claire!

the winter is here

Sitting in my sofa after a quite calm work week, drinking tea and watching the 9 o'clock news. It's Friday - and I'm just relaxing. I have been taking a bath, eaten tomtoe soup. Outside it's really windy.. It's really nice to sit here cuddled up in a warm and cozy apartment.

So far this year, we have a whiteworld. Really nice. The forecast this weekend is more snow.

Here is a snap shot from yesterday, I was out on a work related errant around 9.30 am.

The Winter has arrived to my home town! Finally!

The sky is dark and it came lots of snow yesterday. It has not been much of the white stuff this season. But the winter is long! Hoping for the best!!

a white world

Woke up 7.15 am today and looked out my window and started to smlie. My neck of the world is white again. Yes, the first snow has arrived. I took some picture, so you can see:

The first snow for the season. View frpm my balcony.

View from my bedroom window.

But, it's very warm outside, I noticed, when I took the picture on my balcony. It's dripping hard from the roofs.

So, have you seen any snow this season? I know, some of you, seldom see snow in your parts of the world, but the rest of you?

Today it's Yarn and Sew Festival in Sollentuna, and I'm on my way.. Are you going, my Swedish readers?

Have a nice Saturday!

view of stockholm

Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

This is a view I have when I walk from work to the underground station. The view of Skeppsholmen. Skeppsholmen is a small island in the heart of Stockholm, where you can find a couple of great museums. Moderna Museet - Museum of Modern Art, Arkitektmuseum - The Swedish Museum of Architecture, Östasiatiska museet - The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.    So If you are in town you need to visit at least one of these museums.

I took this picture when I walked home today, and it's actually daylight now if you leave work before 5 pm. The days becomes longer every day!

Today was the coldest day this winter -so far. I had -18 C/0 F when I left for work this morning, but mrs Y told me she had-23 C/- 9 F in Åkersberga, just north of Stockholm, this morning! And I like it!

/ C

february 7, 2007, 8.20 am

february 7, 2007, 8.20 am
Originally uploaded by catsfalk.

It was really, really cold this morning. -16 C/3 F. But it was a lovely morning, with almost a clear blue sky and a beautiful sunrise. And new fresh snow had fallen during the night. And look, daylight when I arrive at work. :-) The sunrise today was 7.47 am and the sunset was 4.20 pm. Blue sky and white snow - Project Spectrum colours!

When I arrived at work 8.20 am, I took this picture. I'm standning above "my" archive's record hall, under the yard. The building to the right is my work. An old military stable building, from the 19th century. This building underwent a major refurbishment between 2003 and 2005. Before we moved out to this stable, in January 2005, we lived across the yard, in the building to the left. This block is also the home of The Museum of National Antiquities.

/ C