Group hug

Monday morning

Hullo... I didn't mean to go all quiet over here, but last week's events made me feel shocked and depressed and blogging was the last thing I felt like doing. I can't help thinking how ironic that my last post was all about where I felt at home, and then something crazy like that happens and suddenly Britain feels very alien. Hopefully things will change for the better. Thanks to all of you who left comments on the previous post; it seems I'm not on my own with how I feel!

Swedish pick 'n' mix

The last pictures from Stockholm... I can't feel very excited about these posts from the city I grew up in. This trip more than ever made it clear that London is now my hometown (which is not so strange considering I've lived here all my adult life). It's a strange transition from feeling Swedish to feeling English. I naively thought your past is a huge part of who you are, but I realise now that the present actually is more so. Does that make sense? I'd love to hear how fellow ex-pats feel about where they grew up and where they live now; where is home for you?

And on a completely different note; Ok Go have released a new video and it's just as awesome as the others. I can only watch the bog standard youTube version, but if you're on Google Chrome have a look at it here.

A bit of orange

Keeping it cool (yesterday)

It's hot in the city right now and I don't feel like blogging, but I'll try and finish posting the Stockholm pix this week. I'm off to have some ice-cream now. Laters!

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Home away from home

Hej! How are you? We came back from a week away in Stockholm a few days ago; it was great to see my family again and for Oomoo to reacquaint himself with everyone. I took such random pictures whilst we were there and I'm not really sure how I'll group them... Anyway, I thought I'd start with these. They're little details from my godfather's flat which is crammed full of weird and wonderful things. See that orange porcelain cat? When I was a kid there was a neighbour in the apartment block opposite who had a cat, and I'd pretend the orange cat was a real cat by holding it in my arms and stroking it. Somehow I don't think I fooled anyone.

Cousins at play

One afternoon at the zoo

Like father like son

Fairground Attraction

The steam fair came to our 'hood last weekend, and boy was it good looking. Me and Kerry took the kids down as soon as it opened, but there wasn't much we could do but wander round with our toddlers in tow. Like the camera nerd I am, I went down the day after to take some more pictures. The arcade was my favourite part, but stupidly I didn't have a go on any of the machines or go on a ride. Sometimes that damn camera stops you from part-taking!

If you're in London over the next month there's one exhibition you can't miss: Vivian Maier at the German Gymnasium. We're going down next week and I can't wait to see it.

That's science!

We took Oomoo down to the Science Museum a few weeks ago; one of many excursions we've been on lately. As a kid I loved days out and now I get to do it all over again - score! Have a great weekend kids!