My camera is broken. AND my back-up camera also. Spending this weekend without one feels empty and strange. Saturday started with speed skating on glistening ice. Sunday ended with sauna all alone, surrounded by snow, wind and darkness. Ate far too many semlor betweenwhiles. Illustration above is from an earlier issue of Damernas Värld (Swedish magazine).

Napa Illustrations!
And Sara Illenberger again.

The war in Gaza has been going on for 20 days. News yesterday evening is giving us the horrifying facts that one-third of the people killed and injured are children. A child, seriously wounded, in a hospital bed tells about how she got shot while looking for her mother. The image of that girl refuses to leave me. Catrine Ormestad writes in Aftonbladet about the people in Gaza trying to live some kind of everyday life while the bombs are falling. (Link from Annas page.)

The Middle East conflict, year by year. A summary made by SvD.

Hurry up! 800 homeless cats are looking for new homes! Photographed at Hjulet, Mönsterås. And don´t miss the fantastic documentary Mulishani, Mulishani made by Johan Palmgren. See it on SVT Play.

Two top pics: Finds from Lisbon flea market. Was so happy when I saw these books (which are actually stage plays) with their beautiful covers and tiny black and white illustrations (middle pic)! Another nice connection was Planeta Tangerina, the small Portuguese book publisher behind these books! The three on the photo are made by Isabel Minhós Martins (text), Madalena Matoso and Bernardo Carvalho. And the last pic; just love the wrapping of whatever you buy in Lisbon shops! (This parcel contains a small cake from a bakery.)

Yara Kono

Illustrar em Portugal

Kakel, tiles, azulejos! In Lisbon you see them everywhere! On the house fronts, on the interior walls, on the floors. And you hardly ever see the same pattern twice.

Museu Nacional do Azulejos

More about mosaic tiles on the blog In love with Lisbon

More from places in Lisbon like these: the former Expo area at Oriente and the Oceanarium, one of Europe´s largest. A small and very hidden indoor swimming pool at a rooftop in central Lisbon. The amazing bar Pavilhão Chines in Bairro Alto. More on Flickr here. And some thrilling geocaching in the dark on New year´s eve!

Walking in Lisbon. Been there once before. Want to go there again. Will show you more tomorrow!

In love with Lisbon. Blog by Lily.