Birthday

There was Swedish birthday cake and champagne in bed first thing in the morning

Nice fresh cheerful tulips

This awesome card, in the tradition of cards made on the computer with simple paint program by Per (it’s a laptop! and says Grattis Jessica)

A smashing Marimekko pattern on a bag

An afternoon in the country getting a nice fix of poking at the fire and sitting in rocking chairs

And a nice visit with my sis Eva, here playing a pretend game about a fairy and someone trying to capture her and bring her to the museum to make lots of money charging people to see her

A relaxing browse through this library book about hideaways- oh how it made me long for a hideaway!- and there were good quotes and one I liked about a little girl and her garden hideaway where she asked her grandmother to plant thorny plants around the outside so she would feel safe and protected there


Both asleep in the car once home meant I read a magazine leisurely while waiting for them to wake up

And then at night there was a snowstorm, and we all went out to play in it, which was refreshing and happy.