Happy New Year!!

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This how I remember Swedish New Year's Eve when I was growing up back home in Sweden.......
Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Year to you all!!

Christmas Eve

This last week have we had several days of heavy rain and some parts of SoCal more or less got flooded out, had mudslide etc. Today’s weather though was beautiful with a blue sky and warm sunny weather. 

View up the street

View down the street

  

The hillsides have turned green just like in the spring

Beautiful sight of the mountains in the distance, this is how close I like to be to the snow, not a feet closer ;0)  

Hope you all have a continued Merry Christmas!! 

 

God Jul, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Glædelig Jul, Fröhliche Weihnachten

Happy Santa Lucia!!

SWEA OC Swedish Christmas Fair

I have no idea what happened to this week, just a whole lot of work I guess and to top it off and nasty cold, oh well things could be worse ;0) Last weekend was I vendor at the SWEA OC Christmas Fair and on Sunday is it time for the SWEA LA Swedish Christmas Fair.

 

Me & my great helper, Jenn ♥

Some of the things I sell, Dala Horse and Moose things are good sellers

Sweet neighbor vendor

 

You could buy t-shirts with Swedish and Viking designs

 

All kind of clogs

This is my favorite table, fika bread and limpa, yum!! 

 

St Lucia and her maids appeared twice, it was so sweet  to see and listen to them sing

Swedish Christmas Fair

Please, stop by the Swedish Christmas Fair in Costa Mesa, CA this weekend  if you have a chance. Welcome!!

Happy Halloween!

 

Had a a quiet weekend. Woke up Sunday morning with a cold, not fun but it will hopefully pass soon. We had much fewer Trick or Treaters this year than we have had the last couple of years. Hope you have a great week!

♥ Helene

Fun Saturday!

Our neighbor Chuck down the street stopped by with his Model A Ford and him & Thomas took it for a spin around the block.      

 

Afterwards drove we in to Original Parts Group in Seal Beach and picked up a few parts for the El Camino.      We had a nice lunch at Schooner or Later 

Bought a yummy Limpa at the Great Dane Baking Company 

and on our way home did we drive by our old house and street……

I’m just saying, what happened  to the Fall?!?!

Norco Farmers Market

   

Last Saturday when I enjoyed my morning coffee and reading the newspaper I saw a small notice that it was the Grand Opening of a new Farmers Market in Norco that day. Norco is small town just north of where we live so of course I have to go there and check it out.

By the time I got there was it almost time for the vendors to pack up their things but I managed to buy some fresh strawberries if nothing else.

  

I will fore sure go there again but a bit earlier next time!

♥ Helene

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Feeling Blue?

I sure hope not, that you are feeling blue but if you do maybe a new Teapot can cheer you up?!

Blue Saxony Teapot

♥ Helene

and the winner is………

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Timestamp: 2010-09-06

Congratulations!! Nancy of Coeur d'Alene, you are the winner of the Bag of freshly roasted coffee, please email me your address and if your prefer whole bean or ground and your package will be on its way later in the week as soon as the coffee is roasted. Thank you to all of you that shared my day!

♥♥♥ Helene

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Happy Labor Day!! No Labor for three days, yeah!!

Enjoying the 3-day weekend!! We went to Costa Mesa and the Labor Day Cruise today, a lot of nice cars and the weather was great, even a cool breeze from time to time!

 

Very nice Willy’s Coupe

It’s fun to see all the sweet rides cruise around!

 

Very nice Chevy Wagon, mine will be as nice one day!!

 

We stopped at IKEA on our way home.

 

Thomas enjoys his Swedish meatballs!

We stocked up on some Swedish food, candy and cookies, yummy!!

 

Nice sunset on the drive home after a fun day out and about!