Hedvigs journey

A couple of years ago
I made an empty book
that I named Hedvig
and sent her out on a long, long journey...

It spent some time with a girl that always liked the Inuit look.
A girl who loves knitting
and who makes the cutest little baby conforters.

"May you have warmth
in your igloo,
oil in your lamp
and pease in your heart"
- inuit proverb

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Then, sometime in the rainy autumn
she landed in the land of tulips and clogs
in the house of Parker the cat and its owner
where she got to listen to lots of jazz... Link


Then it spent some great time
in the middle-west of Germany
with her who initiated the great idea of
the travelling journals.
Hedvig got to wach her making lots of lovely things
working in, and playing with paper. Link




And so, Hedvig arrived with the winter in Sydney
down on the other side the globe.
She spent her days close to the sea
in the house of a sweet and thrifty girl
who enjoyed making toyrabbits for her friends! Link


From Australia
Hedvig, the travelling journal
continued her journey to Asia.
To a mysterious woman
who made lovely calligraphy. Link


And then off to Lucy the dog
and her owner
who LOVED HER LIFE!


This was in September of 2008
and the following month
the host (on the picture)
a designer and authiur of books
was to turn 40... Link

Happy birthday to you, Dawn a bit late!!

Then my book Hedvig flew back to Europe
and landed in the home of
an ocenographer
(whos father now is a bird)
who loves
paper, facric, stones, sand, leafs, people, kids and toys... Link


Finally, on her long, long journey around the globe
Hedvig spent spring 2009
with Dixie the cat
in a house with a lovely little garden
listening to TRUMPET-music! Link

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All the girls that have hosted my travelling jourmnal
have also had their own journals travelling around.
They have all been here visiting with me in Sweden
and I have gotten the oportunity to write in each one of them
about my life and my dreams and my country.

I am the second to have my journal
coming back home to me.
The other are still out there travelling.

Thank you so much, all of you girls
for sharing your life with me
by writing in my little book
and making it magic!!

And welcome back home Hedvig!

When I made this picture I thought it was beautiful -
Noak on top of the sky, resting on the clouds.

But my man - who always associates when he sees images
or hear about the dream you dreamt,
thinks it is a very dark and negative picture with that dark spot at the top.

What feeling does it give to you?

"My beautiful Dreamer" fell a sleep late tonight
after layin in my arms
listening to Hans giving him an evening concert on the grand piano...

It is night again... I´m of to my bed and my (night-)dreams.
For my daydream; Please press the button at the bottom of this page.
Sleep tight!

Hello World! Yesterday I nuanced Jonnys upper lip - it changed the whole impression! The painting is close to being ready now... Today I will work on his hands.
The below hand belongs to the above little princess Amanda who spent her afternoon with us.

Sleeping peacefully

He fell asleep late tonight.
But he was content.
He has had a good day of smiles.

Not all days are good.

Age three seems to be
a difficult age for little people.
So many questions.
And many fears.

Yesterday we wached
some old Disney films on YouTube.
He couldn´t get that scary, angry woman
out of his mind (Snow whites stepmother)
he toled me when he was to sleep.
And he asked me if I could pray to God
to take his fear away.

Then he complained no more!