I followed links suggested by a friend and cried some beautiful tears.

Late hours - when nothing interfers my perception - can be magical.

My son painted the window

and the bright sun finding its way in

was as light through the leefs of a tree!

Click on this last picture to enlarge.

Now
Despite of all the snow
it feels like another season
as if the winter - at last - is behind us.

It´s been a beautiful winter.
Just like the imagined, perfect winter should be!

I have never seen that kind of snow before
as that wich fell yeasterday through the blue, sunny sky.
It looked like hail - little balls.
It felt dry and it did not feel cold when I touched it.
And the little balls were light as feathers.
Very nice snow indeed!

PAPPA- March 12th 1923 - October 26th 2009

Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
It does not demand its own way.
It is not irritable,
and it keeps no record of being wronged.
It does not rejoice about injustice
but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up,
never loses faith,
is always hopeful,
and endures through every circumstance.

Love will last forever!

click to enlarge the pictures!

I have no fireplace.
Nor a stove.
(I live in an apartment from the early seventies now.)
But I had when I grew up.
And I had in the nineties
when I lived in a white cottage
on the coast.
One can have much in life,
but not all at the same time.
I hope to have a fireplace again sometime.
Somewhere...
.
Pictures above are of faded memories from my childhood home.
When my mother wanted to make it extra cosy for us, she used to lit this lamp :-)

There is a watertower close by.

In my imagination that is

the most magnificant place

to hang art!

That is where i hope to be hanging the

portraits (photographs) I am working on.

(The pictures are photomontage - ie the photographs have yet not been hung there)

New project - Photoexhibition

Yesterday evening

I came up with the idea

of making a photoexhibition

of children

(or maybe mixed ages)

from our suburb.

So today I borrowed some children

and started the project.

Please wish me well :-)

You can click on the images to make them bigger.

Här beskriver jag projektet.

Truth

These days are interresting.

Heavy tears, uncertainity, pain, sadness...

Susan Tutles truths are worthy to read

and Christine Mason Millers little talk is also worth listening to.

Most people just say everything is fine.

Today I talked with a friend who is good to talk with -

She listens. With her you don´t always have to be "vitty and gay".

To her JOY is not the most important thing to strive for.

To her TRUTH is the most important.

No Annika! This is not at our home.

This is in the house of Engla and Rutger

where we were spending this afternoon.

Click on the pictures to enlarge!

I love ingenious, simple, cheap,
durable, inconventional solutions
I had seen the image of this writing hand
and loved it so -
I couldn´t get it of my mind.
It brought me all the joy I needed for a day!
The picture belongs to Victoria Smith in London.

The interiordesigner Michaela Scherrers homepage
is an excellent spot to explore
for anyone in need of light
in this dark time of the year.
She made this ingenious, cheap,
durable inconventional solution
of a bathroom-wall
wich is entierly in my taste!

God,
Please make me a strong, patient, fun and inspiering
tender, interrested, kind and (at most times) sweet mother!

Yours tuly,
Olga

parents I admire:
>> Joel in Portland, OR, USA
>> Alix in London, Great Brittain
>> Magdalena och Daniel in Nairobi, Kenya (but who soon will be in Stockholm)
>> Hans - my man - Noaks father,right here at home with me in Stockholm, Sweden

Nature and Architecture in harmony

Inspiering architecture: http://www.villavals.ch/

Click to enlarge pictures!

I painted this a few years ago.
(oil on canvas 40x50cm)
Now I am painting
the same theme again.

This time I work on six paintings
in the same time.
They are 20 by 20 centimeters.

The challenge is
to paint all of them as a family.
They should look harmonious together
yet each one should be a strong individual.

I already painted one family
of cups of jars.
Some of them are shown here.

And when I have finished these six ones
I will do another six.
Another family...

It is a rewarding and fun job!

It´s been a while now.
You know what I realised yesterday?
That I like this blog!
For me it is easy to be blind
to what I am doing myself.
I need some distance to be able to judge what I am doing.
If it is good or bad.
I have had some distance in time now. I am greatful to blogs!
They help me in my creating "to do better"
I guess that´s called inspiration :-)

I am talking photo and painting.

I can see - thanks to what I have seen in blogs -
that I have a LONG way to go to do the art I really desire.

I can feel for myself
I have alot more artistic capacity
than what I am using.
Much more to express!

I believe I have just started to develop as an artist.
I have started a journey!

Thank you all artists and creative people out there!!!