rosendal produce section

mini produce section at the butik

cute carrots and eggplant

look at those perfect lettuces! all grown there!

fit for royalty

cute onions.  and check out the mongo zucchini!

walk this morning

47 bus is suddenly the 69 bus.  i guess the summer bus schedule is over!  so i got on at my usual spot (bus driver: "47 is OVER; now 69. get on.") and i got off at a beautiful spot in djurgården.  then i walked til i found signs toward things i know, like rosendal.  so i have repeat pictures of rosendal, because it's so pretty. and the weather is especially amazing today---sunny, beautiful, cool, perfect...like yesterday, actually.

djurgården is like a dream come true!

shady paths, cute dogs, cool breeze

and everything looks greeeeen like this:

rosendals tradgard, part II:

i was just deliriously taking pictures of anything pretty

(everything!)

these are part of the organic flowers you can pick and take home

if you lived here

look, the path gets right to the water's edge!

last vestiges

SO GOOD I PITY YOU:

(oh well, u probably have ikea nearby..)

SO GOOD I PITY MYSELF:

(almost gone!)

BARTER? ANYONE?

headlines from the best place on earth

"Court bans sale of energy drink Cocaine"

"Stockholm suffers nearly sunless November"

"Swedish 'milkman' loses breastfeeding battle"

i was on thelocal.se ("SWEDEN'S NEWS IN ENGLISH") this morning browsing for jobs (had to start somewhere).  i have no real work-ish skills though and no real work experience. what to do, what to do... i have no idea what to do.  and i obviously get sidetracked...

oh, what does this mean? from blog, THE SWEDISH THING: 

"Americans are like peaches, Scandinavians are like coconuts"

conditions are perfect!

yesterday went to rosendal, part of the huge beautiful expanse of djurgården with emi and fam, had the most delicious cookies --made-on-premises from their own grown-there ingredients!--lemon and almond cookies that are so pure lemon-tasting and outta this world.. there's a playground for the kiddies, beautiful flowers everywhere, greenhouse, even a wedding in progress later in the day--magical, magical, beautiful.
the day before i went with emi to pick up her kids and visit her on lidingö, i think that's how you spell...i had an amazing fresh delicious home-cooked meal (my first night! am i lucky or what) prepared by the Incredible Anders, and met emi's photographer friend from childhood in from london with her two adorable (yay, bilingual) kids.
today i must rush now to skansen, the swedish wonderland (fantastic outdoor museum, complete with real "SCANDINAVIAN ANIMALS." i am meeting emi and clan, and i hear the swedish are very punctual!
quick observations from previous 2 days (wait, is that all?) in stockholm:
--the swedes seem to all speak excellent english, very comfortable switching quickly to accomodate silly americans (moi)
--all cafes and even the hotel lobby here seem to have a selection of water, one pitcher with fresh cucumber, one with orange slices..it's like a spa everywhere
--tap water is delicious
more later, im going to be late..there is SO MUCH MORE