We brought our first Work Away to the train to her next destination. Mixed feelings: sad that she’s leaving but happy that this Brazilian girl goes on to her next adventure. Before coming here she wanted to hike and make pictures (since she is photographer), and of course helping us. Just what we needed, we wanted her to make pictures of Näsets Marcusgård and ourselves. We also had a secret mission: we wanted her to experience Sweden like Ronia the […]
Who dares to go off road: camp and make new paths in the beautiful wilderness near Furudal? Hanna and Atse from Holland wanted to hike in Sweden anyway and took up the challenge. Hanna has already some sweet memories of the Swedish forest, but Atse hiked more in the southern mountains like the Pyrenees. Last Saturday we picked them up from the train in Rättvik. They had an interesting trip, because they had landed on Stockholms Skavska airport instead of […]
Always best to recommend a hike to a nice place when you made it yourself and you liked it. Well, there are many trails on my wish list, but the one to Ärteråsen (about 8 km) I was most curious about because it starts right behind our farm. It’s an old path the villagers took with their cattle to go to their summer farms up the hill, Ärteråsen. Our Work Away volunteer Nadia, from Brazil, is a photographer, so it […]
Today I made a day-trip with my mother which might be the perfect day for you too while you are here: worth sharing. A day of culture, nice food and shopping. First we went to Carl och Karin Larssons house in Sunborn, near Falun. From Näsets Marcusgård it is about an one hour drive through a nice scenic landscape. You probably know Carl Larsson (Stockholm, May 28, 1853 – Falun, January 22, 1919) from his watercolors with scenes of his […]
Swedish Midsommar: Guests in both houses, flowers, sun, good food and a long table with family and friends and kids laughing and playing in and around the pool. That’s how we imagined this wonderful feast should be. Yes we know, the weather is mostly terrible on the actual midsommarday, and family is not always around. But this year our perfect picture as we had it in my mind became reality. Midsommar is one of this country’s biggest feasts. It celebrates […]
A nice surprise in the mailbox today: an article about Eva Ullerud in ’Skriva’, my favorite Swedish magazine about writing. Eva was one of our guests last year. Back then I was very proud to have a writer in the house, since I still have plans to resume writing and write a bestseller. But moreover for I would love to organize a writing workshop here at Näsets Marcusgård, together with an author. Such a writing week or weekend can be […]
The end-of-school celebration, a big thing in Sweden. Our boys just had theirs here in Ore Kyrka (church). Let the summer begin! The ingredients are: teachers in Ore-costumes (from the area), nicely dressed pupils, Astrid Lindgrens “Little Ida’s Summer Song”, and every class sings a song. At the end the pupils of the ninth class (final) get their diploma. After saying goodbye to the teachers it’s time to go home and eat strawberrycake (well, that’s what we did). It’s a […]
Spring! After months of stagnation nature suddenly explodes. The light increases too, so everything grows like crazy. Willem already enjoyed his first lawn mowing activity. We have set up the greenhouse too and made our kitchen garden bigger. Indoors, I have sown vegetables a while ago: it was finally time to move them to the greenhouse. Last year I tried some tomatoes, cucumber and zucchini. This year I’ll add chili pepper and bell pepper in the greenhouse. Outside I have sown […]
”Did the guests return from their stroll to the lake?” Asks Willem when we have dinner. It’s almost dark now, and no lights in the Fähus. O god (herregud in Swedish). Yes, I begin to worry a little. It was me who recommended to walk on the lake today. That’s what I did that yesterday morning and it felt great. But i forgot to tell them not to walk near brown parts in the middle. Imagine they fell through ice! […]
While baking waffles today we were surprised by an unexpected visit from an old inhabitant of our farm (and his friend). We showed him around and our tour brought back many memories. How interesting to hear what has changed in our house. On the ground floor used to be more walls, which created small rooms. Now they have been removed and everything looks more spacious. In the old days these rooms were small to keep it warm during the freezing […]