Our World Tuesday

Monday, May 29, 2017

Our World - End-of-May

Sorry about the delay - there was a glitch with Blogger yesterday!

Please feel free to link up. And have a magical week!

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Monday, May 22, 2017

Our World: 22 May

At last it's time to enjoy sunsets down by the lake.

Have a great week!

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Monday, May 15, 2017

Our World: 15 May 2017

I jinxed it when I said it was getting warmer here in Stockholm! We had snow again last week...

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Monday, May 8, 2017

Our World: 8 May 2017

We're finally getting some warmer temperatures, blossoming flowers and colourful sunsets!

Wishing you all a great week ahead.

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Monday, May 1, 2017

Our World: It's-May-already Edition

Welcome to May! The last day in April is Walpurgis Eve in Sweden - an ancient tradition where Swedes have bonfires (to get rid of evil spirits in the olden days) and to welcome in spring. It's usually very cold in the evenings still, but the days are warming up!

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Our World: 24 April 2017

Ruby and Simmie send licks and best wishes! (That's Ruby on the right... She is getting some silver around her mouth.)

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Monday, April 17, 2017

Our World: 17 April 2017

We're celebrating Easter with the perfection of ice and minus degrees!

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Monday, April 10, 2017

Our World: 10 April 2017

As you probably know, there was a terrorist attack in my adopted town of Stockholm on Friday, when a man hijacked a truck and drove it down a pedestrian street full of people, mowing them down as he went.

My heart goes out to the victims and their families, as well as to the victims of so many other attacks - in Syria, St. Petersburg and London, to name a few recent examples.

It's so easy to lose hope -- but in times of crisis, people pull together to help each other out, and that's how I know love and light will win over hate and darkness.

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Monday, April 3, 2017

Our World: Start-of-April Edition

It's April already - the start of spring for some of us, while others are gliding into autumn.

Here's Ruby inspecting a canoe by the shores of the lake. (Note: the ice has disappeared!)

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Our World: 27 March 2017

Longer days are here at last!

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Monday, March 20, 2017

Our World: 20 March 2017

It's the spring equinox on Monday, 20 March - when night and day are the same length. Then it gets lighter and lighter in the northern hemisphere and darker in the southern hemisphere.

But for this one day - the balance of the world is harmonious and perfect!

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Monday, March 13, 2017

Our World: 13 March 2017

"The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky haze, making everything quieter as it fell, so that winter seemed to partake of religion in a way no other season did, hushed, solemn."
- Patricia Hampl

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Our World: 6 March 2017

March announced its arrival with snow!

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Monday, February 27, 2017

Our World: End-of-February Edition

It is with great regret that I have to tell you all that one of the co-founders of Our World, the lovely Arja, who lived in Australia, passed away a couple of weeks ago.

Her family posted her last words to us here.

She will be missed.

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Our World: 20 February 2017

Another week full of possibilities!

Here in Sweden, our days are getting longer and lighter.

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Monday, February 13, 2017

Our World: 13 February 2017

Even if you don't celebrate Valentine's Day, it's worth remembering that we should spread love as thick as we can and leave people happier than when they first came to us.