Lamy Safari with Pelikan Blue-Black

Inked my Lamy Safari with Pelikan 4001 Blue-Black and it is so much better than the Lamy's Amazonite I was using before. I thought I was too messy, smudging everything, fountain pens were not for me. Turns out it was the lamy ink! Now I'm finding excuses during the day to write by hand, lol. 🖋️

The more time I spend with my sketchbook

The more time I spend with my sketchbook, the less I want to be online. It's all so boring, blogging, reddit, youtube, all of it. I want to be all the time in the real analog world, with paper and pen, my cameras, my piano, gardening, baking. I'm so tired of the internet, it's not fun anymore.

Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes

My Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes have arrived!! I got the round brushes in sizes 10, 6 and 2 to get started :) Looking forward to painting EVERYTHING I see!!! 🎨🖌️

Did an allergy prick test

Did an allergy prick test yesterday. Tested positive to a ton of stuff -- some known: birch pollen, dust mites; some suspected: almonds, cypress pollen; and some surprises: all other kinds of pollen, nuts, cats and DOGS!

Started driving lessons

No desire to blog this week, but just wanted to write for posterity: started driving lessons last week! Drove all over town and on the highway too! Anxious and insomniac AF over this, but also having fun.

Back from Rome

Back from Rome with my mom and mother-in-law! Their first time in Italy, rightfully enjoyed with a little sightseeing, a good amount of pasta, some aperol, a ton of pizza, and a lot of wine. Didn't write any weeknotes this week, will get back on track next Monday :)

Didn't get ANY sleep last night

Didn't get ANY sleep last night. A massive storm hit us, power went off, dogs in panic. I locked myself in my office with them, petting and calming music until early morning. Now the storm is gone, they are snoring and I'm here, disheveled, zombified, with a full day ahead. 🐶⛈️

Driving theory test

Today I took my driving theory test and I PASSED! 🚗 I got my license 20+ years ago, but because of fear, never really drove. Now I'm 41 and finally ready to get over this. I want to take my dogs to nice places, to take turns driving on road trips, to visit the plant store on a whim!

Signed up for Posteo and Addy

Today I signed up for Posteo and Addy! 🚀 Moving away after years using a single Gmail account for everything is overwhelming, but I'm excited to use my own domain + aliases (and support EU business)!

Book reading failed goals.

I haven't read a single book page in two months 😱

Is it Tuesday already?

Mom, this morning: "Is it Tuesday already?". Me, annoyed, emphatically: "Of course not, mom. Today is Wednesday". At 18h30 we found out it's Thursday and the only possible explanation is we must have been abducted by aliens! 👽

It's been almost a year since my last post

Oops.

Self portrait, 2021

Backlit by the sun.

Playa de Castelldefels

When we first moved to Spain, we rented an Airbnb for the first month in Castelldefels, a small town 30min by train from Barcelona.

Even though we didn't stay long there, we fell in love with the local people and the city's relaxed, easy going vibes. It was winter back then, so the next summer we came back to check the beach and yep, it was as amazing as we thought it would be! ☀️

We, blurred and shot on film

We, blurred and shot on film, enjoying summer somewhere sometime. Eight and a half years with him. I hope it never ends.

Sturegallerian

Stockholm, 2018. Passed by Sturegallerian, a mall. This caught my eyes.

The week that changed everything

I went to Barcelona for a photography workshop. Jaanus joined me for the weekend to celebrate his birthday. A friend casually commented, "wow, right now it's snowing in Stockholm, while we sit by the beach and drink beer". The seed of an idea, planted in our heads.

I had no idea then that we would end up moving to Barcelona, that I'd quit wedding photography, change careers. That we'd spend our summers AND our winters drinking beer and enjoying the sun by the beach.