This is our Christmas tree 2018:
Thursday, 27 December 2018
Wednesday, 26 December 2018
Finnish Christmas pastry
These traditional Finnish pastries have been my favourites since my early childhood ... :-)
A joulutorttu (Finnish lit. "Christmas tart", Swedish jultårta; sometimes known as tähtitorttu "star tart") is a Finnish Christmaspastry. It is traditionally made from puff pastry in the shape of a star or pinwheel and filled with prune jam and often dusted with icing sugar. The pastries can be in other shapes and apple used in place of the prune jam. (Wikipedia)
A joulutorttu (Finnish lit. "Christmas tart", Swedish jultårta; sometimes known as tähtitorttu "star tart") is a Finnish Christmaspastry. It is traditionally made from puff pastry in the shape of a star or pinwheel and filled with prune jam and often dusted with icing sugar. The pastries can be in other shapes and apple used in place of the prune jam. (Wikipedia)
Monday, 24 December 2018
Sunday, 23 December 2018
The medieval Brunnby church
The medieval Brunnby church is one of my favourites here in northwestern Skåne:
Saturday, 22 December 2018
A white Christmas?
This morning we had the first snow. Maybe we will have a white Christmas here in Hittarp?
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Fishing boats in Helsingborg´s Northern harbor
Fishing boats in Helsingborg´s Northern harbor just before sunset today:
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
The Helsinki telephone exchange in the 1920s
The Helsinki telephone exchange on a busy day in the middle of the 1920s.
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| The photo was published in the book "Bilder från Finland", 1928. Colouring by me. |
Hyacinths for Christmas
They are perhaps a little bit early, but hopefully they will stay nice until Christmas ... :-)
Monday, 10 December 2018
The sunset today
Today we enjoyed another nice sunset, as you can see from this picture,
which also includes our Christmas tree:
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Small and big
The still active classical Danish coaster Saturn (1966) and the Swiss
bulk carrier Bregaglia met this morning in Öresund.
Friday, 7 December 2018
Portrait of Jean Sibelius
Portrait of Finnsh composer Jean Sibelius, published in the book "Sketches of Finland", 1939. Colouring by me.
Monday, 3 December 2018
Christmas lighting at the Sofiero palace
Right now the Sofiero palace is beautifully lit for the Christmas season:
Sunday, 2 December 2018
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Thursday, 22 November 2018
Helsingborg´s combined lighthouse and pilot station
The Helsingborg Lighthouse stands on a pilot station at the entrance to the city’s Northern harbor. This red brick, octagonal tower with its blue lantern and balustrade was built in 1889 based on a design by architect John Höijer.
Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden and his wife in 1906
Crown Prince Gustaf and his wife, Victoria of Baden.
The photograph - here with my colour work - was published in the
Swedish magazine Hvar 8 Dag in September 1906.
"Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Reigning from the death of his father Oscar II in 1907 until his own death 43 years later, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden and the third-longest reigning after Magnus IV and Carl XVI Gustaf. ---
On 20 September 1881 he married Princess Victoria of Baden in Karlsruhe, Germany. She was the granddaughter of Sophie, Grand Duchess of Baden, the daughter of deposed Gustav IV Adolf of Vasa Dynasty. Victoria's marriage to Gustaf V united the reigning Bernadotte dynasty with the former royal house of Holstein-Gottorp, and thus was popular throughout Sweden." (Wikipedia)
Monday, 19 November 2018
Thursday, 15 November 2018
French navy ship Somme in Öresund
Yesterday the French Navy ship Somme passed by:
"The Somme (A631) is a Durance class command and replenishment ship (French: Bâtiment de commandement et de ravitaillement, BCR) of the French Navy. In addition to its primary duty as a fleet tanker, the Somme is configured as a flagship." (Wiki)
Saturday, 10 November 2018
This is a great time for reading
The dark season here in Northern Europe is a great time for reading ... :-)
