I´ll get back to you in a month or so

I´m hitting the road once again, heading for the south. Excitment awaits me - another wedding to be enjoyed, another party to excell. Feet will hurt, voices will crack, a tan will be established, kilos added, throat soaked and a grin will be etched to my face all the way through it all. 

Translation: Ännu en gång bär det av mot södern, mot ett bröllop, mot en fest i dagarna tre, mot glädje, skratt, sång och tårar, mot dans, sår, värk och trötthet. Tills dess håller denna pälsiga varelse ställningarna här. 

Naming the baby

So a child was christened and I was asked to impersonate a photographer for the special occasion - mission accomplished and the result quite acceptable. The baby was a natural photogenic little being, easy to shoot, easy to love. Happy parents were pleased with what I had produced, and so was the stranger that developed the photos, and in the end so was I. 

Translation: Ett litet underverk döptes och jag var där för att föreviga ögonblicket med kameran i högsta hugg. Mycket fin dag. 

Bring the noize, M.I.A!

HBO: About Face

Some nights ago, I happened to stumble upon the HBO documentary About Face: Supermodels Then and Now while I was zapping through the TV channels. It's an interesting documentary where some of the best-known models of the past century reminisce about their glory days whilst reflecting on the culture of beauty. Its missing depth though, a depth that would make it far more interesting. A depth that's there - the models touch the subjects you want to hear more about - but they are then lost by the hand of the director. This article, from The New York Times, says it all. 

Anyways, Jerry Hall and Carmen Dell`Orefice!! I want Carmen's hair when I grow old. That is by far the most wonderful white hair I've ever seen, so cool, so perfect, so fierce and powerful - give it to me now and I would be walking on clouds. And Jerry, that woman just gives the impression of so much energy and I love it. 

Translation: För några kvällar sen lyckades jag hamna framför dokumentären About Face: Supermodels Then and Now som gick på TV. Där fanns två saker som jag föll för. Det vita, helt magiska hår som bärs av Carmen Dell`Orefice - jag längtar till ålderns dar bara för att kunna ha sådant hår! Äsch, ge det till mig nu och jag hade varit lycklig. Och Jerry Halls fantastiska personlighet. Vilken kvinna!

The East Indiaman was in town

This construction paid us a visit, in celebration to our 600 year anniversary - Happy B-day Hometown. 

Translation: La fyller 600 år och fick besök av Ostindiefararen Götheborg - replika av en 1700-tals ostindiefarare med samma namn. Jag var där för att skåda verket.

Go Tommy, be brainless, here we are, entertain us

Hold up! Whoa, whoa wait a minute-minute

I found some food along the way

On an evening stroll with my cousin I was informed about the brilliant snack that was hanging all neat and plumb along the small road we had chosen to follow. Both on the left and right hand side bunches of white flowers were handpicked and dropped inside our bag. As far as the eye could see, beautiful Acacia flowers were decorating the valleys and hills that surrounded us. 

Once at home they were dipped in batter, fried in hot oil and enjoyed by all of us. The delicate flavor of the flowers took us by surprise and we literally threw ourselves on the plate after we had tasted the first one.

Heavenly! 

Translation: Himmelskt goda Acacia blommor blev doppade i pannkakssmet och friterade i het olja efter tips från min kära kusin. Vi sprang på dem på vår lilla kvällspromenad förra veckan och förutom en härlig och behövd tur i solnedgången fick vi ett härligt snacks med oss hem. Perfekt tilltugg till våren, perfekt tilltugg över huvudtaget. Och oj så vackert.