Happy 2010!

I need you to work with me on this one; remember those 3D-pictures that were popular in the 90's, the ones were you had to kind of let your eyes go out of focus and all of of a sudden inside the crazy pattern you could see a dolphin jumping out of the sea? Well, this picture is a bit like that, if you let your brain go you'll see a strange new face, think of the mark on the hubby's forehead as the mouth and the eyebrows as a very high mustache.

Got it yet? I know, it's a bit of a funny (both funny weird and funny funny) pic to end the year on, but this is My Funny Eye after all!

Anyway, I just want to say Happy New Year to you all; thanks for stopping by here and saying hello over the past 12 months! 2009 was a special year for me and I'm very much looking forward to 2010. May your new year bring you lots of joy!

Slumber

This lovely slumbering bear arrived the other day for Oomoo from the lovely Flora - merci beaucoup sweet lady! Isn't he cute? And the chocolate lollies are for the grown ups, although I think it would be a shame to eat them :) How is your Wednesday going? London is grey, wet and miserable today and I'm coming down with a cold - hmmmpfh! I dare say I shall do some slumbering too this afternoon...

Snapshots of xmas

Last year I shared how we spend xmas day our way. It was pretty much the same thing this year apart from there was no stocking at the beginning of the day and the nephew has now pretty much forsaken dinosaurs for his love of rock'n'roll. We got him a biker jacket covered in patches (Guns 'n' Roses, Metallica, Led Zep & AC/DC), the look on his face when he got given it well and truly made the day! Hope yours was good too :)

Seasons greetings

Dear friends, hope you have a wonderful few days! The holiday season snuck up on us all ninja-like this year as we've been occupied with our own precious little bundle; I guess you could say we got our xmas present a bit early this year (the best one ever!)... Have a great one!

Let it snow

The heavy snow finally arrived yesterday, luckily we'd all made it home in time as the Brits for some reason can't get their act together and grit the roads every time this happens. Traffic came to a stand-still on our road for hours, at one point we counted eight abandoned busses! Oomoo was sound asleep for most of it though, but he kept with the day's colour theme ;)

Little Mo pic of the week III

London is freezing at the moment and there's a sprinkling of snow covering the city. They say more is on the way so we might get a repeat of the 2nd of Feb! In the meantime Little Mo has been busy keeping herself warm on top of one of the radiators. Check out her claw! Happy Friday friends!

Saturday night

Oops! I've fallen behind with my blogging... I'm sure you'll let me off as I've been looking after Oomoo on my own for the past few days which has been lovely. But it does mean that any spare time I have is taken up by basic things like feeding myself or loading a few washes... These pics are from Saturday when we all went round to my sister's for dinner; isn't her view amazing?! I'm really enjoying the darkness and the cold at the moment, it helps make simple things like dinner with family something really special.

Lately

We've been getting into the routine of going out for daily walks in our neighbourhood, which I'm very pleased about. I tend to crave walks and I don't seem to get out that often when I'm on my own (I somehow forget to), but it does both me and Oomoo good to venture outside. Part of the routine is also to have lunch at our local sushi place once a week, I'm so happy to be able to eat raw fish again! These are all little snapshots from our walks. Happy Friday!

Undercover

Managed to go and see the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Royal Academy on Monday where we had to queue in the rain to get in, but it was definitely worth the wait. Annoyingly no photography was allowed but I managed to sneak a few shots anyway... It was fun to have a bit of a delay in viewing the pictures as I couldn't look at them until we were outside. Now don't you go and tell on me!

A one two three four

My great friend Sandra sent us this brilliant counting poster last week. It's going to look great in the nursery I tell you! Get yourself one in her shop.

Astrid has included me in her fab series Why do you shoot film? today. Thanks for asking me!

Also, in keeping with the numbers theme I'd like to share my favourite counting song with you; it doesn't get any funkier than this. Happy Monday!

Light play

I nearly forgot to post these pictures from our bathroom in the hospital, aren't they weird? The glass of the window had a strange pattern that played beautifully on the roller blind and the dustbin. As I keep saying: I like everyday surprises... Have a great weekend peeps!

BFF?

We were worried about how Little Mo would adjust to the arrival of our new family member as she's always run and hid when we've had friends with children round. She did keep her distance when we got back from the hospital but is now back to her usual ways and even sitting on my lap as I feed Oomoo. It's really no wonder they'd get on; they both like nothing better than eating and sleeping!

His room

It's been fun decorating Oomoo's room (yes - he's already got a nickname!). I had grand ideas of filling it with vintage furniture but I didn't get anywhere with it, we just didn't have the energy to hunt stuff down in the end. I'm sure we can replace the Ikea stuff eventually but for now this will do nicely. He's sleeping in our bedroom now anyway and will do for the next six months so this is "just" a very fancy nappy changing room at the moment :) Happy new week to you all!

17 & 17

Today marks a very special anniversary; I moved here 17 years ago today aged 17, which means I've spent half of my life in Stockholm and half in London. This city has changed so much since then, the main difference being that in '92, unless you were loaded there was nowhere you could go for decent food! And London was actually a bit... well, boring?! Out of all my friends that I've known over the years who moved here from somewhere else I'm the only one who stayed. It's a city that can be incredibly hard on you, but it's a bit like surfing; if you catch that wave just right you'll have the time of your life!

Hospital scenes

First of all I want to say thank you for all your comments on the previous post; we are touched and delighted by your well wishes! The last few days have been amazing, Omar is such a content baby and is both sleeping and feeding really well; we kind of feel like we've hit the jackpot! I can't explain what an amazing experience becoming a parent is; I really had no idea how intensely one can feel love or how soppy one can get ;)

Whoop there he is!

A week ago tomorrow little Omar finally arrived and life since then has been amazing; the little man is just perfect (but then I would say that) and we're loving every minute of our first steps into parenthood. Hope you're all well and that you have a wonderful weekend!

He's got mail

A little package arrived for the fellow the other day from the lovely Mary; a cosy little hat and a really fun book called Mini Maxi, isn't it great? Thanks Mary, I'm so touched! Now if only the the bubba himself would arrive... I promise it'll be much more fun on the outside little dude!

One more walk

Went for a lovely and chilly walk on Saturday, turns out there's a little go in me still! We walked through Primrose Hill & Regent's Park and it felt like I finally got my long missed autumnal walk in before winter kicks in properly. I can feel winter breathing down my neck though... I think I'm ready. Are you?

Outtakes XI

Time for some outtakes again me thinks and 'cause it's November and all I thought I'd seek out some pictures with light in them. I can't believe winter is almost upon us again up here in the northern hemisphere. The Christmas ads are already being churned out on telly; where did this year go? Have a great weekend friends!

Mette had her little Elinor! Yippie! 

Ehum... my turn next :)

Detaljer

As I'm sitting here at home rolling my thumbs I thought I'd go through my archives and see what's hiding in there. I meant to post these pictures ages ago but never got round to it. They're from my friends A & D's flat in Stockholm, my home from home as that's where I always stay when I go there and visit. There are so many goodies to look at in their place and I love staying there. Since I was there a year ago they've had a little bubba of their own that I haven't yet met, but I'm hoping that we'll all get to hang out in the spring. Although we'll have to find somewhere else to stay - there's no for us room now!

Watching the kettle boil

It's a new week already and potentially a week where my life will change forever. It feels strange to be at the cusp of something so monumentally big, not knowing when it will happen or what life really will be like afterwards. The waiting is starting to get to me but doing a few simple things has worked wonders, and I mean simple. Like actually getting dressed and not walking around in the hubby's PJ's all day (which I have done for weeks), making myself a simple and comforting sandwich for lunch and switching the radio off and playing some music instead. What a difference half a day makes.

Who loves the sun?

Well... I know one four-legged friend who does. I love how she's only sunning her paws in the first picture, cats do get too hot you know. It's grey over here in London so no sun today; a good reason to listen to the Velvet Underground if there ever was one. I bid you a great weekend folks!

Thanks for your comments yesterday, they made my day!

{400}

Guess what?! This right here is my 400th post. So I guess it goes without saying that I have to mark the occasion with a silly picture! I took this last Friday (on film no less) when we were having a bit of a clear-out. Amongst all the piles of magazines and newspapers the hubby found this postcard and said "Hey, look at me!". I tried so hard to hold the camera steady enough whilst laughing and I'm so glad it came out OK.

Thank you all for your comments over the past 400 posts; and hello to all you new people, I'm sorry if I haven't said hello to you here before. Now go and have yourselves an excellent Thursday!

Parallel lines

Finally got round to finishing another roll of film in my Canon FTb. As I'm not taking that many photos at the moment I'll share the pictures from it here for the next few days.

It's my sister's birthday today - Grattis!! I'm gonna treat her out to lunch... that way I get a treat too, haha (the typical logic of a sibling, don't you think?)!

Lucky little boy

Another little package arrived for the bubba on Saturday, this time from France and that lovely lady Marion! Merci! The little monsters made us laugh and the rattle's perfect - we've been very bad at buying the bubba toys which is ironic as our house is full of them. It's otherwise been a quiet weekend; the hubby has been nesting like crazy and I've been lazying on the sofa... In due time I'll be the busy one I'm sure... How was your weekend?

Who's that lurking?!

Oh... it's Domo-kun and he's brought his brothers! I think they're looking to take over our house. I'm hoping Little Mo will protect us... Have a lovely weekend folks!

The last walk

Last week I went for a little camera walk before my midwife appointment; it was lovely and warm and it felt so nice to walk around daydreaming. But my, have things changed since then; the bubba's head has engaged which means walking is a real struggle now (and something I'd like to avoid) and the sun seems to have gone elsewhere. I'm glad that I got to go on this particular walk though, how else would have I known that leaves get tired and need a rest too?

Fliss had her little Art Tui! Yay!

Saturday gifts

There I was at home and happy; the house was clean and tidy and there was nothing we had to do but relax and enjoy it. I thought the day couldn't get any better... turns out I was wrong! Later in the afternoon the doorbell rang and a man dropped off a couple of packages, both of which had crossed the pond from Canada. A while back I spotted this polaroid in Claire's flickr stream and I loved the cushions, hoping she would be selling them. But wait! What was this squidgy thing in her package?! Only one of them cushions; for the bubba! Waaaaaahhhhh! Not only that but there was also a beautiful package from Celine with more lovely goodies for the little man! Ladies, we are so grateful for your gifts - I can't quite understand the thoughtfulness and generosity that is out there in blog land. It really is something else.

Tagged

Marion tagged me; to post the 10th image in my first folder. And yet again this is an example of how rubbish I am at chucking pictures as I take them. I have promised myself that I will try harder, there are only so many rubbish pictures one can hold on to!

I took this on Christmas Eve last year at my mother-in-law's. The fish tank (although I'd call it a shoe box made out of glass - it's tiny!) has always been a bone of contention with her husband; he wants to keep them and she doesn't. They've finally upgraded to a cat, in fact they now have my sister's cat Min (my sister works all over Europe now and couldn't keep him) and I think the fish are history. I know the big one keeled over not long after I took this picture and now I'm curious if the fish tank is still there... I shall have to check.

I in turn tag Kate, hope you want to play along!

Oh October!

'Tis the time to hang out on comfy sofas wearing slippers, sipping tea & eating home baked rock cakes and of course, catching up. Autumn, you rule. Have a lovely weekend y'all!

P.S. I really really really want to go to this but I think I have to wait until bubba's born, the thought of walking around in the dark with a big belly is too scary!

Little Mo pic of the week II

This is what a guilty cat looks like. We woke up one morning and Little Mo didn't stir; usually as soon as one of us wakes up she rushes over begging for immediate breakfast but this particular morning something was amiss. She completely ignored us as we got up and me and the hubby knew from experience that there must be a very good reason for her contentedness. The answer lied in the kitchen. It looked like a fox had broken in and had a field day in our rubbish bin... except we knew that the culprit was Miss Lazy Bones upstairs. She had sniffed out some scraps of beef from the bin and had had a sumptuous midnight banquet all on her own. So this is where you find her this week; in "prison" for vandalism and looting :)

Crossing over

Had some time to kill in St John's Wood yesterday and as the weather was so nice I went looking for a bench in the sun where I could read my book. As it happened the bench I found was right next to the most famous zebra crossing in London and loads of tourists who had made the pilgrimage were there trying to re-create that very famous photo. I had so much fun looking at them trying to get it just right, some of them crossing and re-crossing the road for an hour whilst others would stand by soaking up the atmosphere. What was so charming was that everyone seemed so happy to have made it there, regardless of their age. That is for one group of four Italian young men in there early 20's; one guy was taking the picture whilst barking at the others who didn't seem to hear his instructions. They obviously didn't get it right. There was a lot of sulking from both parties but finally (after 15 minutes of not talking) two of the three guys went back across and did it again. I hope they nailed it.

Abbey Road webcam - check it out live for yourselves!

Surreal Sunday

Spent the day in town yesterday, doing a spot of shopping (for ourselves rather than for the bubba for a change!) and I couldn't help but notice little bits of strangeness. Am pretty knackered today though - spent practically five hours on my feet - which is quite painful these days. Getting about on roller skates from now on might be better :)

Fall

I wonder what the neighbours across the street think of us when we monkey around taking pictures like these... Have a great weekend people!

Weekend snippets

My goodness, where has this week gone?!! Time is both flying and going slow at the moment but at the weekend we played some vinyl, had some friends round for a take-away lunch, had fun with the nephew at the door and got a new lamp shade for bubba's room.

Before and after

Went to see (500) days of Summer the other night (my verdict: meh!) and as I only have a few weeks of pigging out left, we had a fika at Tinderbox before and after the film. I'm usually very disciplined when it comes to eating healthily but I've been stupidly lax in the past few months. So, from now on I shall try to stick to just having a treat once a week (did you have Saturday sweets as a kid?), it's either that or joining Sweet Tooth Anonymous. Have a marvellous weekend!

Flora had her little Lou Mé!! Congrats!

Little Mo pic of the week

Man, that cat is the coolest. That's all I have to say.

Claire and her Dad have started a lovely blog, go and have a look!

From inside

Phew... I. Am. Beat. We've just had a long weekend with all day ante-natal classes at the hospital where Bubba will be making his debut... I have one afternoon left of learning and then I plan to have October off. Like the hubby said last night: "Enjoy this time 'cause you'll never have it back again...". So I'm off to Ibiza for a month of partying! NOT REALLY! Anyway, I took these at the hospital in what seemed to be the sunniest weekend we've had in months... and today the sky is grey. Now please excuse me as I have a date with the sofa and the DVD-player. Happy Monday!

The red shoes

The niece and I spent some time playing together in the park the other day and lovely it was too! I don't know how it's been for you but this September has been the most gorgeous of months; I've realised that it's my favourite as it straddles summer and autumn so perfectly. Hope you have a wonderful weekend folks and may the sun shine on you wherever you are!

Picking it up

After a week of hardly taking any pictures I finally made myself do it as I'd gotten in a bit of a funk, wondering where my funny eye had gone. Usually a trip or an outing somewhere would bring it back but I guess I just have to bide my time; I know the trip of a lifetime is just weeks away...

Mike Stimpson's Lego re-workings of famous photographs are brilliant.

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