When I was a child, my mother always made us soft boiled eggs with soldiers (if you don’t know what … More
Month: December 2017
Blogmas Day 15: Summer days
For those of us ‘down under’, Christmas marks the start of summer holidays, of long days hopefully in the sun, … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 14: Presents
Last year I notice I did a ‘bah humbug’ post, while in an hotel in Auckland. This year’s equivalent is … More
Blogmas Day 13: Lucia
An updated reblog from last year…. It’s already 13th December, and Christmas is coming fast. Today in Sweden it is … More
Blogmas Day 12: The Christmas stocking (part 2)
Last year, I wrote about how one of the biggest thrills of childhood Christmases was the stocking at the end … More
Blogmas Day 11: This week’s small pleasures
With having done a blog post every day this week, picking out particular things as small pleasures that I haven’t … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 10: Christmas songs
No series of blogmas posts is complete without some reference to Christmas music. Whether it be A Festival of Nine … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 9: Food
Today we picked up our supply of Swedish food for Christmas. With a fridge now full of different herrings, and … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 8: Friday
So here we are at the end of week 1 of Blogmas and Christmas only a couple of weeks away. … More
Blogmas 2017 Day 7: Christmas Q & A
Today’s post comes with help from Jamie of Don’t Give A Jam who I ‘met’ during last year’s blogmas. … More