I like that blouse! Too bad it´s not mine. Found it somewhere while browsing, unfortunately I don´t remember where. And the chickens are growing, the cows have been on the run again, this time the whole bunch of them. Met some of them on the road, on my way home to see the devastated kitchen garden (not photographed). Time to start sowing. Again...

Vintage polka dotted hole shoes

And Malin Koort, illustrator.

Wirum glass (Wirum Ice cream) has made frozen gel packs with my milk can prints as a motif. Here´s the graphic profile I made for Wirum glass last year: 1, 2 and 3. The frozen packs can be bought in the farm shop at Wirum.

More icy news: My book Kalla fakta om is (Cold facts about ice, published by Opal), is chosen by The White Ravens 2011 – to their selection of international children´s and youth literature. (Om boken och om White Ravens här.)

An ordinary morning at work. Browsing the internet for sketch images, get stuck with something completely else. More funny costumes here. Baby costumes, here. Enjoy!

The most wonderful garden I have ever seen! On tv yesterday evening (Kunskapskanalen, Världens Trädgårdar, 50 min in i programmet.) The Rock Garden of Chandigarh, India, Nek Chand Foundation. Wish I could go there one day.

Repris, Världens trädgårdar (avsnitt 3 av 10), 11/6 och K 12/6!

At the moment we are on the train, on our way home from a visit to Stockholm and Sandviken, me and the children. In Sandviken I had the honour to receive a cultural prize from my old home town. Thank you very much Sandviken! (First pic: Cultural bouquet. Pic 2, 3 and 4: A visit to Marabouparken, Sundbyberg. Pic 5: Playa de la Kungsgården.)

This is Ingamaj. Her mother is working in a factory. First two illustrations from a book project.

Packaging for Systembolaget, by Eva Hjelte.

Nice label, KRAKEN by Stranger and Stranger.

Some more images from this weekend. (The flea market in Berga once AGAIN.) Three good findings: Oil painting with white ducks, bracelet and an lower jaw-ashtray! (The last two pictures are from outside the flea market close to Berga railway station.)

Sanderson 50s Fabrics, the pattern Hayward.

Spent Mother's day in Berga. Café Tre Århundraden (or Affe's Café as it is called), together with my mother-in-law, eating Kent Special while preparing for the flea markets.

Men hallå Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth! Om hotet mot biblioteksersättningen.

Formgivare, passa på! Polarforskningssekretariatet utlyser konstnärsstipendium!

The color of the season. Feel like dressing up, going out.

Dress Lamp Tree, Tim Walker

Her Christmas Tree Dress Was The Highlight Of The Party, by Janet Hill

A quick trip to town. Ran in to Jenny's Vintage and came back home with these two. And a salad. And a haircut.

Sock designers

My Vintage Vogue

A cow in the garden. At least once a year we have this kind of visit. This time the cow was very curious about the chickens and the rooster. We had to lock them in while waiting for the farmer to assist.

This book, Kubbes museum (by Ashild Kanstad Johnsen, Rabén & Sjögren) looks nice!

Och Emma Adbåge tipsar om mjukis-stubbe:)

Season premiere, Mörtfors Pensionat. The painting is made by Erik Heybroek, the pastries by the new holders of the guesthouse.