Yesterday I ”cleaned away” the Christmas in the cottage, away with santas, stars and decorations, (down in the tree coffin). I also prepared for our new guests from Denmark, who arrive just when we return from our vacation. I thought it would be nice to prepare a little. As my company I had a little Svante. But he just wantet to play in the staris đ
When I was finished, I took some new pictures. I have put them together in pairs, to get a better overview.
Only six months away.
In the middle of the winter, I will remember the summer 2015. I did a small collage. Enjoy!
Now we write 2016!
Yesterday we lit up in the house, both outside and inside. We would celebrate the New Year with our dear neighbors from MossahĂ€gnad. Therefore, we booked in ourselves in the calendar đ
Of courese, we wanted to start the celebrations in the outhouse. This house that we build, because the house that we bought seven years ago, was so small. We needet more space – a office for Ronny and storage for me, and a large room for partys – a partyroom! We build a ”Uthus”! It took four years and in May last year it was complete. A pity that it should be empty when we do not use it……
”We try to rent it out” ……. what a good idea! Absolutley incredibly fun, it has been. And incredibly fun it will be to continue in 2016.
We wish all our ”old” and ”new” guests a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Today I put a little Christmas tree in the cottage. Of course, our guests who will stay with us over Christmas have a tree. The cottage is ready to receive our new guests tomorrow. It had been fun and cozy with snow and freezing temperatures, but it will not happen. Tonight we have the darkest night, then it will be lighter and lighter, day after day.
From us, to you…..a Merry Christmas!
Today it is Lucia day in Sweden. I celebrated Lucia in the ”uthuset” with nice song from the television and my vacuum cleander was my company. Tomorrow we got new guests from Germany, and then the cottage should be clean and fresh.
Half of December has almost passed and we have not seen even a single snowflake. ItÂŽs to bad! Some frosty nights we got, thatÂŽs all đŠ
But we make Christmas decoratings, light candles, listen to Christmas music and nibbling gingerbread. In the ”uthuset” has some ”tomtar” (santas) moved in. I took some new pictures when the house was ready for our new guests.
The wood supply is full, the fireplace is loaded, just to light! (ItŽs cozy on Slamrekullen even without snow.) Today i made a Christmas wreath to the door.
Now, Slamrekullen is ready for our new guests – a family from Germany.
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We are a bit ”Christmas crazy” at Slamrekullen and want to have a ”cozy Christmas” for many weeks, therefore we start now! At the large oak table is now the long candlestick, which I bought at the Christmas market in Lubeck last year. With four dark red light globes and moss from the forest.
On the wall is our fir, made of old boards. It is located there the hole year. Many says that it looks like a sign for navigation at sea. But we do not need navigation signs in the forest, it is a fir! Now when I have lighted it up, everyone sees that it is a Christmas three! If you want some ”cozy Christmas”, you lights both the candles and the Christmas tree.
From the terrace.
Hösten pÄ Slamrekullen Àr verkligen GUL!
Den stora linden Àr lika gul som GekÄs! (NÀstan gulare faktiskt).
I helgen har Ronny jobbat med att bygga vidare pÄ den stora högen med ek.
Autumn on Slamrekullen is really yellow! The large linden tree is as yellow as GekÄs! (Almost yellower actually).
This weekend has Ronny been working with the huge pile of oak.
PÄ Slamrekullen har vi shoppinggÀster varje vecka! Och GekÄs Àr fullt med folk alla dagar i veckan! SjÀlv var jag dÀr i förra veckan. Vagnen blev full som vanligt. En liten söt och sömnig nattuggla fick följa med hem. Den passar bra pÄ sovloftet.
We have shopping guests at Slamrekullen every weekend. And GekÄs is full of shoppers every day. I was there last week. The trolley was full, as usual. A cute little sleepy night owl had to come with me home to the loft.
Till helgen Ă€r det ”allahelgona” och Halloween.
Vi firar inte Halloween, men vi kan vĂ€l fĂ„ skrĂ€mmas lite Ă€ndĂ„ – BU!
Ha en trevlig helg!
This weekend it is Halloween.
Have a nice weekend!
GEKĂ
S i Ullared!
VÀrldsberömt?
Ja, nÀstan. (I Sverige i varje fall).
Vi bor nĂ€ra, besöker ”det stora gula varuhuset” ungefĂ€r en gĂ„ng i mĂ„naden. Det har blivit lite oftare under vĂ„r och sommar nĂ€r vi skulle ha sĂ€ngklĂ€der, handdukar och en hel massa annat till vĂ„rt ”Uthus”. DĂ€r finns ju nĂ€stan allt – allt som man fĂ„r plats med i en bil……det Ă€r det som gĂ€ller har jag hört. De sĂ€ljer inget som inte fĂ„r plats i en bil……bra va?
Tillsammans med mĂ„nga andra, besökte min syster varuhuset i helgen, i vĂ€rsta ”höstrusningen”. Det blev försĂ€ljningsrekord, och annons i Hallands Nyheter! Ăver 35 MILJONER KRONOR!!!! PĂ EN DAG!!!! HELT GALET!!!!
HĂ€r kommer lite fascinerande siffror om detta varuhus:
Den genomsnittliga besökaren pĂ„ GekĂ„s Ă€r enligt deras undersökningar en kvinna i 50-Ă„rs Ă„ldern, boende i Götaland som Ă„ker till GekĂ„s över dagen och kör ca 20 mil enkel vĂ€g. Hon Ă„ker med familj eller vĂ€nner och Ă€r en frekvent besökare, vilket innebĂ€r att hon Ă„terkommer 2 – 5 gĂ„nger om Ă„ret. Hon tillbringar ca 5 timmar i varuhuset och spenderar ca 3500:- Enligt kundundersökningar Ă€r 63% kvinnor och 36% mĂ€n.
Visst Àr det kul med siffror och statistik?
NÀ, nu ska jag Àta frukost, sedan blir det GEKà S!
HĂST ĂR……..
TĂ€nda lyktor.
Sprakande brasor.
Lugna stunder med fika eller god mat och vin….
PÄ Slamrekullen gillar vi höstmys. VÄr brasa tÀnds bÄde morgon och kvÀll. Utomhus fÀller trÀden sina löv och blommorna vissnar ner.
Jag sÀnder en tacksam tanke till mina Krasseblommor som varit sÄ underbara hela sommaren. Vi har plockat dem till smÄ buketter och satt pÄ bordet i Uthuset. Vi har Àtit dem till efterrÀtt! Men mest av allt har jag tittat pÄ dem varje gÄng jag gÄtt förbi. Nu har jag samlat massor av frön för att kunna sÄ dem igen nÀsta Är. (Fast jag undrar egentligen om jag behöver det, de verkar sÄ sig sjÀlva ocksÄ.)
Autumn is: lanterns, bonfires, cozy moments with good food and wine. On Slamrekullen, we like ”cozy autumn”. The trees shed their leaves and flowers fade. I send a grateful thought to my lovely ”krasse” (nasturtium?) flowers, were have been amazing the whole summer. We have picked them into small florets and eating them! Now I have collected lots of seeds, so I may sow them again next spring. (But I wonder if needed, they seem to do it themselves!) đ
Fikabordet dukade jag i gĂ„r kvĂ€ll till en liten familj frĂ„n Sverige! (De Ă€r inte sĂ„ mĂ„nga, men de dyker upp dĂ„ och dĂ„). Skojjar bara đ Men nĂ€r vi först tĂ€nkte hyra ut, sĂ„ var det till svenskar som skulle handla pĂ„ GekĂ„s – trodde vi. Det blev istĂ€llet mest till Tyskar och HollĂ€ndare som aldrig hade hört talas tom GekĂ„s!!! SĂ„ kan det bli!
Denna helgen blev sĂ€ngen pĂ„ loftet en ”mamma-pappa-barn-sĂ€ng” pĂ„ 260 cm! Hoppas de ska ”sussa” gott…..
This weekend I set the table to for our guests from SWEDEN! (They are not so many, but pops up sometime). Just joking, because when we started to rent out our ”Uthus” we thought it would be to Swedes-shoppingguest going to GekĂ„s. Instead, it became to Germans and Dutch who never heard of GekĂ„s!
This weekend the loft bed became a mother-father-toddler-bed of 260 centimeters! I hope they will sleep well.
