Evening trip to the nature reserve

A beautiful afternoon/ evening hike through the Nacka nature reserve. Tara enjoys the view of the lake Söderbysjön where there is supposed to be plenty of European perch.

Fighting style photo before the fishing session.

Mommy enjoyed trying out W's fishing rod.

He knows how it's done. Very manly fishing pose...

Surveying the waters with a firm grip on the handle.

Can we all get into one photo frame?

Dinner's ready! Oh, and there's Beef Jerky for everyone!

Outdoor dining.

Time to go home. It is 8.15 PM.

Walking across the bridge that separates lake Dammtorpssjön and lake Söderbysjön.

Violin concert in May

W playing a string quintet ("Snowflakes, The Mist, The Wind and The Moon" by Lesa Longay) with his violin teacher and his class on May 24.



Practice at home of the above piece.



Solo performance of "O, Come Little Children" by W at the violin concert in May.

Beautifully Swedish

Rekorderlig Cider (Tara's favorite brand) has put out a number of tv ads in the US, playing heavily on their Swedish roots. Thanks to Debra's twitter account, we realized that this has become something of a fad in the States. And so we had to watch the spots on Youtube. And they are quite funny! There is quite a lot of truth behind their portrayal of Swedishness and what it means to "be a Swede". Enjoy!

Swedish school - the right way of "being Swedish":

"Knullrufs" - Pronounciation class:

Sauna class:

Playing Kubb with style:

Have you seen the muffin man?

L proudly presents the muffins she baked together with Daddy.

We had particularly fun with making the colored frosting and arranging all the different decorations!

First pike

Evening fishing at Sickla lake, ten minutes walk from our apartment.

On the ferry over to Hammarby sjöstad - lots of fish in the water here.

 A 5-6 lbs Northern pike caught in the local waters.

Casting gear ready.

Our new coffee table

The family just got a new coffee table for the living room, molded in light concrete with a black steel frame that seemingly with no effort suspend it from the charcoal rug.

A new sport to tackle...

W's tackle box with different baits - jigs, wobbler "plugs", spoons and spinners.

Some of W's fishing gear; a closed casting reel and different baits, swivels etc.

W's top-mounted closed casting reel by Shakespeare, and a 5 foot long Abu Garcia casting rod.