Happy Valentine's Day!

Lots of love to all my friends out there. Hope you have a wonderful day.

From Microsoft Office images

The Samis

Today, on February the 6th I will be thinking of the Samis when they celebrate their National Day. Like many indigenous people, the Samis have suffered greatly throughout history.

The Samis mainly live in the northernmost part of Europe. No one knows exactly how many Samis there are,  and the figures vary from 80,000 to 135,000.

Samiland

Happy Sami National Day!

Sami photographed by Hans Olof Utsi

Amazon party

I have been really busy lately working on my online business, but I thought that I would share some pictures from the Amazon post-Holiday party. The reason why Amazon has the party after Christmas is because Christmas is their busy busy season.

Last Saturday, Christer and I drove to CenturyLink Field in downtown Seattle, where the party took place. This years theme was circus and there were a lot of different activities to entertain the thousands of party goers.

Welcome to the party.

Let's go to the circus.

No circus without cotton candy. However, although cotton candy is nice to look at, I opted out, and, no, I did not bring any back to Z and I. Mean mommy.

A couple of bands were playing. I really liked Young the Giant's alternative rock.

Until next year Amazon.

Healthy scones

Yesterday it was a gloomy and rainy Sunday. A perfect day to make some scones. The scones I make are healthy and and the kids love them, so I thought that I would share the recipe with you.

Scones:

650-700 gr of flour

0.5 tsp sea salt

2 tsp baking powder

200 ml plain yogurt or Greek yogurt (I use Goat yogurt)

100 ml water

1. Oven to 480F/250C.

2. Mix flour, salt, baking powder in a bowl.

3. Add yogurt and water and make into a dough.

4. Make them into any shape that you want. I like triangles:) About 8 ones with gluten free flour, 12 with ordinary flour.

5. 10-12 min. in the oven.

You can add oregano, thyme, rosemary, raisins, or honey if you want to experiment with different flavors.

Enjoy!

Yesterday, we had our scones with goat's cheese and red pepper and cucumbers, ham and cheese, and raspberry or apricot jam.

Peter Callesen: A master of paper cuts

It is not only the Japanese who can make beautiful things out of paper.

In Denmark, Peter Callesen has created some fantastic pieces of art out of paper. These paper cuts are ingeniously made and brings the paper alive in more than one way.

Enjoy!

Half Way Through, 2006

Running fire II, 2010

White hand, 2007

And here are some of his framed paper cuts.

Dead angels, 2007

Saving himself, 2007

The painter III, 2008

The birds of the air, 2009

The roots of heaven, 2009

For those of you who have not seen the documentary Between the folds, I can highly recommend it. It takes you beyond most origami creations that you have previously seen.

Delayed Christmas presents

This week I got a package from Sweden with Christmas presents from my sister. I was happily surprised to discover that my sister had bought me Anna Kraitz's candle stick "Fire." I love this candle stick, and I have cutouts from magazines of this piece of art.

Thank you so much sister for this beautiful Christmas present.

I love you, Justin!

No, I am not talking about Mr. Bieber or Mr. Timberlake. I am talking about peanut butter.

Did you think I did not have any vices as regards to food. Well, I do.

Justin's nut butter is delicious, especially the ones with chocolate. If you have not tried it, do. PCC and Safeway sell their products.

Their peanut butter cups are pretty awesome too. And their products are gluten free and vegan.

And for the Swedes who remember nötcreme, they have an equvivalent:)