GEKÅS IN Ullared! I must write a blogg about Gekås. Some of our guest visiting us just because we are close to Gekås – others have never heard of Gekås – ”It´s the Happy ones” according to Ronny 😉 World famous? Yes almost! We live close by,(10 km) visiting ”the big yellow department store” about once a month. It has become a little more frequent during spring and summer when we would have bedding, towels and a whole lot of other things for our ”Uthus”. There is almost everything there – everything that you can fit in a car …… that’s what I have heard. They do not sell anything that does not fit in a car …….

Every summer it became a sales record, last time it happend – peope shop for over 45 MILLION SWE KRONES !!!! ON A DAY!!!! CRAZY!!!! Every authumn (before Christmas) it´s a shopping Mecca! You can´t go there in the weekends, it´s SO crowded with people. It´s nice to have it close, so you can just go home agian if you like 🙂

Here are some fascinating figures about this department store:     1700 people work during high season.     The shop area is 35,000 square meters.     There are 69 outlets.     12 000 customers can shop at the same time.     12000 shopping carts.     8000 customer baskets.     4500 parking spaces.     For one year, 150 million goods pass through the cash registers.     The visitor record was beaten on July 21, 2019, when 31500 customers traded.     The longest line outside the department store was measured on October 30, 2010. The sex was 1.4 km long.     In 2014, 4.8 million people visited the department store, which makes it Sweden’s largest excursion / visitor destination!     For a week, the department store is emptied of goods 3 times!     Each customer picks up goods for 15: – in minutes!     700,000 pairs of jeans are sold per year.     13 million pairs of socks / year.     320 000 bags Ahlgrens cars (candy) / year.     100,000 packages of freezer bags / day.     25,000 yellow plastic bags / day.     100 million bullforms / year.     1 700 000 bottles of shampoo / year.

Yesterday it was football! (Sweden – Germany) On with the yellow ”winner” sweater! Inportant match – win or go…home..it was Germany who had to say ”goodbye” and go home. It was so exciting and I screamed loudly when Sweden made goals….. so it was probably heard in to our German guest in the cottage 😉 Summer in Sweden, it´s also football. Many restaurants and pubs in the city have large screen tv.s and its a real action in there. (Last year we saw football (also Sweden – Germany) with our dear guests from Munich…..then Sweden lost. But that was special….not often you have the opposing team in the same sofa! Now I will hang up my yellow sweater to the next match against the Netherlands on Wendesday. Wish you all a lovely Sunday.

Lovely summer – lovely midsummer.

This summer we got lovely weather, not to hot, not to cold – unusual! Everyone wants to sit ourside at long tables and eat, but it usually always rain, if not, we are chased away by knobs and mosquitoes! NOT this year! Because the weather was ok (only a quick shower in the afternoon), and we have a perfect solution to the problem mosquitoes and knots – THERMACELL. (When we turn it on, it creates a knob and mosquito-free zone of 20 m2). So now we can enjoy our lovely summer evenings outside! I think the invention almost qualifies for the Nobel Prize……for peace…..in the forest. We got one for our guests in the cottage, and one for us.

Everything is so green and lovely in the forest. This year it rains now and then – just as it should. On midsummer we harvest our own strawberries.

Slamrekullen is our favorite place in the hole world – it is our paradise! In our paradise is a new green house where I grow tomatoes and much more – there you will find me this summer.

Wish you all a lovely summer!

Today, we celebrate the day of SWEDEN, and lifts all flags and celebrate in yellow and blue – and the nature do the same 😉

The sun shines on us and it is almost thirty degrees celcius – hot summer!

Last week we got 12 small goldfish in the pond. Every evening we feed them with bread, then they come and eat. We had two carps last summer, but unfortunately they died. The summer last year was incredibly hot, it didn´t rain and the quality of the water was bad.

We are planing for a small fountain that can oxygenate the water. We must take care of our little ones. It´s so fun to sit on the bench and watch the goldfish swim around – better than tv 🙂

The nature is full of animal children. I saw this little cute child´s butt in a forest ditch this week!

Off course, our garden is for our guests as well. It´s wonderful to sit on the bench in the sunset with a nice glass of wine and watch fish and swallows flying around.

News for this month!

Now you can find us on ”airbnb”

Why? Because our ”HomeAway” is not so famous. It´s so many more people talking and looking on ”airbnb”, but we still got ”Homeaway”, we just want to try both for a while.

Now, I will go and invite Ronny for a drink – my favorite – ”Greyhound” (Just ice, vodka and grape juice.)

…….and we continue to celebrate Sweden´s day!

It´s little Ben, almost 2 years old who arriving this afternoon. We have prepared his little bed where the puppy is waitning.

A gate at the top of the stairs is necessary.

A highchair at the table, and best – a big box with Dupplo Lego!

Last week, we drove down the boat to the lake – we are ready for lovely summer evenings in the boat.

Wish you a lovely day!

Today it´s rain, but soon the sun is back 🙂

Our calendar for 2019 and 2020

We have already get received several bookings for 2020! The summer weeks are popular, so don´t wait too long to book us 😉

(We have also open the calendar for 2021)

This year, the summer began during the Easter weekend!

Since then thera has been sun, sun and sun again. Spring needs rain to start sprouting. It has been so dry in the forest. In several places in Sweden we have alreasy had forest fires. ”Should it begin already” I have thought. (Last year we were without rain for two months and the forest fires ravaged). Not fun! BUT! Yesterday, at noon it started to rain ant it has been raining since then. I often write blogs and take pichtures on sunny days, but not today. Today it will be a rainy blog!

Strawberry bloom - love the rain!

Infront of the house this year, thousands of little violets bloom, they also like the rain.

It is also time to get the boat in to the lake. Ronny washes it, then it will be painted by me – white is the color. Then, during the week, we drive it down to our nearest little lake – Trollasjön. Lovely summer evenings await.

Fishing trip in Trollasjön last year.

Now, I´m going out to make the house ready for new guests coming tomorrow from Germany. The glasses must be shiny and clean, so I always machine wash them between each guest. A fun thin in the cabinet is all these spices that become more and more. In the beginning I put salt, pepper and sugar in the cabinet. The spices multiply beforehand. Now there is a large collection.

Wish you all a lovely rainy day 😉

In summer temperatures.

For almost a week we have had summer temperatures of over 20 degrees Celsius. (But the nights are cold, almost frost!) In nature it´s very dry, so we should not light any Easter bonfire (it is also prohibited in large parts of Sweden, because it is so dry.) We don´t hope for a summer like last year – without rain! But we like this sunny Easter holiday!

Eggs, eggs, eggs…….on Easter.

We like eggs, the best eggs is my own ”Bounty eggs”. Our guests – who stay with us over Easter, always got a small bag with my Bounty eggs. If you like to try my eggs…..

Mix: 50 grams of melted butter, 1/2 cup of cream, 1 egg white, 2 tablespoons of light syrup, 5 dl of coconut flakes, 2,5 dl of icing sugar and 1 tbsp of vanilla sugar. Let the mass svell for a few hours, or until the next day. Shape eggs, balls or something else. Dip them in melted choclate. I like sprinkles too 😉

Wishing all of you a Happy Easter!

April starts with sun! (But the wind is quite cold). I have made the first planting of yellow daffodils (I have to ”google that”). Easter begins next week, with feathers, eggs and candy 🙂

Today I was at ”GEKÅS” our BIG store, just 10 kilometers away. We also needed new flags. We always start the new seson with new flags. They bleach and break in the wind.

This weekend we took out the out door furniture for our guests. It´s so nice to sit outside in the morning sun. We hope for many lovely days. On Thursday we welcome some nice ladys from Denmark – shopping I think it will be 😉

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Tonight we want to have a ”dinner out” so……….

We went out to ”the Uthus” – perfect food, perfect wine – simpley perfect 😉

Only 20 steps to our little cozy place. I have prepared and chilled the Prosecco 🙂

Cozy Friday in our Outhouse……..  I Like!

Everyone wanted to be in the Outhouse this evening – Svante och ”Svennis” also!

Wish you a lovely weekend!

Lotta & Ronny

Ps. From my walk today. The forest Elk has been here just beside the ”outhouse”!

30 Januari – Still snowing……and Ronny  do ”the winter woorkout” 😉

(It´s now we need the ”snow-sticks” beside the road!)

My white winter country – I like!

I like the snow. Nature becomes so bright and nice.
The nights we have moonlight, it never gets really dark.
For a few days we have a lot of snow. My little black cats, Svante and Sven-Ingvar, can’t hide so well in the white snow. They are clearly visible.
Usually, when they come in to the house, they are full of dirt. Now when we have snow and come in, they are clean and nice.

It’s not just in the outhouse we have guests – oh no…..

In our stump – ”Tomtebo” – the plots live.

Now they have come home, because it shines in the windows……

Greetings from a white and cold Slamrekullen.