Wow, Friday already!

Wow, Friday already... Can't believe how fast this first week of the school holidays has gone. Hope you all have had a great week wherever you are in the world!

My aim for the weekend and the week ahead is to tidy up the house,

especially those spaces that don't get much attention normally 

- like the pantry for example.

I had planned to do a total pantry overhaul  

during the last Christmas holidays, 

but I couldn't find the inspiration... 

Hopefully I can find inspiration during this school holiday.

It's sometimes hard,

especially when I sit down on my wooden kitchen sofa

with a book or a interior decorating magazine.

...and I'm totally surrounded by my Swedish Dala horses and textiles...

My Swedish style is so calming

- no wonder I don't get much work done lol

Have a great weekend you all!

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Hubby's 49th

Yesterday was hubby's 49th birthday.

We kept it low key as he didn't want any fuss... ☺

Next year will be a BIG one!

We had a table filled with presents...

 

Happy Birthday

To Pappa,

Have a joyful birthday

Lots of love

Lily and Jonah ♥

...festive balloons...

...and of course we had cake!

♥ Family Selfie ♥

My crazies in action ♥

My three ♥♥♥

...and presents from my mum in Sweden 

- lots of shirts and Swedish strong and spicy mustard, 'Slotts stark senap',

hubby's favourite since we were over there for Christmas 2003.

We always have it in our fridge as he can't live without it.

Gotta love Swedish quality!

Thank you for visiting

My Swedish Corner Down Under.

♥♥♥

Hope your week has been good so far.

Week 1 of our school holiday is almost over.

It's been so nice to potter around the house,

not have to go anywhere,

not see anyone,

just land and relax after 

10 weeks of school.

Until next time,

Take care!

♥

Pernilla

Snow White

A simple, yet beautiful vignette in the bathroom.

Beauty is everywhere!

First day of the school holidays 

and I conquered the laundry mountain

aka Mt. Everest.

Have a lovely Monday, everyone ♥

Pernilla

Last Day of Term 2

Last day of school before the school holidays 

- and not a cloud in the sky!

We had a little cloud in our mental sky though,

as it was Lily's favourite teacher's last day.

We will miss Mrs Bennett dearly 

when she goes off on new exciting adventures, 

but will treasure our time with her in our hearts 

 - and look forward to the days when she does relief work in class!

Lily and Mrs Bennett

Lily's message to her teacher ♥

Lily and Mrs Bennett again!!

♥♥♥

Happy last day of Term 2, Semester 1.

We have now done half of the school year.

Two weeks of school holidays awaits 

before it's time for Term 3...

Happy Holidays!

Thank you for stopping by!

♥

Pernilla

Senior Sports Day and Olden Day School Day

Hi all,

We are now officially on school holidays, 

but first I have to step back in time for this year's 

Senior Sports Day

and post about this glorious day.

Ok, so the day before was a grey and gloomy Tuesday,

really cosy actually, if you ask me,

but just in time the weather changed 

and we got to enjoy  

a fantastic Winter's day in sunny Queensland.

It is like they say...

Queensland weather:

Beautiful one day - Perfect the next!

Last Wednesday, my almost 11 year old prince had his

Sports Day!

The school has three three teams.

This is 'Banksia' 

"We are the team from the green triangle.

Every team we meet, we strangle..."

100 metre race for boys born 2006.

Boys from both grade 5 and 6 were competing.

4th place ☺

Well done - I'm such a proud mummy!

A selfie in the sun!

While Sports Day was going on for Year 3-6,

Year 2 had an Olden Day School Day

The whole class... No smiles allowed  during school photos lol

During the lunch break, it was all fun and games.

Little sister supervised when 

big brother and friend were playing handball.

It was a lovely day at the end of Term 2.

Thank you for stopping by!

♥♥♥

Pernilla

Friday... Fri Yay!

Hi all, After a few days of grey weather and a couple of days of rain, it now feels awesome that we finally reached Friday! TGIF!

School pick up in the rain isn't my favourite activity, especially when the bus stop doesn't have a shelter and we are all crammed in under an umbrella waiting for the bus, which also decided to be a bit late to pick us up... Never mind, that's in the past! Today is a new day and hopefully no rain this afternoon... ☺

My Swedish best friend who lives out in woop woop, 

texted me the other day, asking me how I was holding up in the rain... 

So, I sent her this photo 

- yours truly in a raincoat and under a huge umbrella. 

I've been busy drying clothes - and shoes - for days now, 

so I haven't had any inspiration to blog. 

Today I thought I'd check the Feathered Nest Friday Blog party I joined last Friday, 

and I got the biggest surprised ever 

- I had been featured!!  

Woohoo, this definitely made my day! It sure is a happy Friday ☺

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Thank you for stopping by☺

♥Pernilla♥

Blue and white heaven

It isn't June, unless I post about my blue and white tranferware. 

Funny that, 

I was trying to find inspiration to write another blog post 

when Facebook reminded me that I pretty much the same day last year 

posted about my transferware collection lol

Must be a sign, right?

So here it is... 

My absolute favourite collection in the house 

- and I have lots of different collections!

It's a mix of antique, vintage and new pieces,

Every single piece is precious to me, no matter how old it is!

Just love all of it ♥

The thing is,

We don't use these dishes at all - they are only for display.

I kind of like it like that... 

Another thing I adore is lace mixed in with the porcelain.

So pretty! 

A cup of tea, anyone?

It's a bit chilly here in south-east Queensland. 

We are about a week in to our Winter. No snow here, though... 

I'm enjoying beautiful sunny days, but cooler nights and mornings. 

I love wearing my knitted sweaters I brought out from Sweden 15+ years ago. 

(I'm actually celebrating 16 years in Australia in December this year)

Have a fabulous weekend, everyone.

Thank you so much for stopping by

Swedish Corner Down Under

♥ Pernilla ♥

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Different shades of grey

Hello all, mid-Monday here in the land down-under! Hope you had a nice weekend/enjoying your weekend right now. It's been a while since I showed you any of the kids's rooms. You know how it is, not always those spaces are presentable for the world to see... ☺

Our son Jonah is growing up. He'll be 11 years old in mid-September and he's a real tween. OMG, life with him is like a roller coaster, then add an almost 8 year old little sister into the mix - Jeez, grey hairs are showing up faster than you can imagine! Love them to bits, though.

We decided to make Jonah's room a little more grown-up a while back. The kids swapped beds. Lily originally had the double bed, but wanted a single - and Jonah wanted a double bed because he loves to snuggle of of us before going to sleep. So does Lily in her single bed... slightly less space there lol

Click here to see Jonah's early boy's room. It hasn't looked like this for ages, but I had trouble finding a newer photo. The red, blue and white colour scheme is now gone and has been replaced different shades of grey and black. The white double bed was painted grey. We also wallpapered a feature wall. I really love the rustic industrial feel the brick wallpaper creates. Added some fun decor on the wall as well.

I'm so happy Jonah likes his bedroom too. It probably makes him feel a bit more grown up - and he sleeps really well in the new flannelette sheets I purchased for him for winter. Normally he'd sleep on light grey sheets, but the colour is fading to some kind of grey/beige colour, so I might buy him some charcoal coloured sheets for Summer. 

What do you like most about the room? 

All the best from this side of the planet... ♥

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