Gåxsjö

We visited a little village called Gåxsjö on Saturday. It celebrated it's 600th anniversary!

Henrik's friend and Henrik (centre) checking out the lake.


Gåxsjö church shortly before a rainstorm.


Parkour Henrik!

Midsummer

Midsummer fortunately doesn't mean we've reached the middle of summer yet, summer only arrives up here in July and lasts until the end of August.
We attended the midsummer festival in the village which got off to a rainy start and forced us to seek cover in the old church.
The rain didn't last for long though and we could go outside and enjoy the show again.

Waiting for the hail and heavy rainfall to end from inside the church


Lorienne and Rhiannon taking a look at an old memorial stone


The rain quickly ended and the festivities carried on

Summer(?) Outing

Occasionally the temperatures have reached a balmy 18-20C, warm enough for an outing to Indalsälven in Lit at least.

Elusive Subject

Finally I managed to take a photograph of my son Henrik! Lately, whenever he sees the camera, he seems to evaporate into thin air and it's only his teasing laughter that lets you know he is still around somewhere.
I could take this photo of him because his mother promised to let him spray her with water afterwards as a reward.



Rhiannon on the other hand can't wait to have her photo taken, or rather, can't wait to see the photo of herself.

Spring At Last

A spicy scent outside, shifting weather, misty forests and birdsong...Spring is here!

Crocodile boots?


Flower watch


Where's the fairy?

Spring soon!

What a winter it's been with both Rhiannon and Lorienne getting pneumonia. Lorienne even got admitted to hospital for a week where they drained 3 litres of fluid from her left lung!
Apart from illnesses it's been the coldest winter we've had since moving here in 2002 with temperatures staying well below -20 C for weeks. The Land Rover has thrown a few problems my way too with strange noises from the front axle and failing clutch hydraulics. Not much fun working on the car in the winter darkness and icy cold.
Only now these last few days it´s been much warmer, the sun shines, Lorienne is much better, I fixed the Land Rover and the days are getting longer and longer.
Needless to say my photography has taken a step back in all this. There's been a lot to do around the house with Lorienne out of our routines and system, but things are getting back to normal again and I'm looking forward to a long hot summer with plenty of photo opportunities!
I did manage a few photos of family though:






Rhiannon does the face but Mommy blows the bubbles




Lorienne in hospital

Home

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone..." Those are the words from a song, I forget the name of it and the rest of the lyrics, but while Lorienne is in hospital the evenings are lonely and the days are long. The kids must think they have a weird dad at the moment. My mind is out of focus while worrying about my wife who's ill and I'm not good at entertaining my children right now.
Until she's back home again an important part of our tightly knit family is missing here in our house.
Get better, come home, we miss you, we need you.