Sejerø

My late Grandmother, my Father's mother was born and raised on the small island of Sejerø*. She left the island as a young woman, met my Grandfather, married and went on to have six children of which my Father is the youngest! They lived most of their lives together in Korsor but retained their affiliation with Sejerø by buying a 'summerhouse' on the island. When they passed away the summerhouse was left to my auntie Kitty but is made available for the whole family to use whenever they wish. I spent most childhood summer holidays on this wonderful small island, so when I returned this summer it was like being taken back in time. Certain things have changed but the island still has the same smell and feel to it as I remember from over 30 years ago, fresh air and beautiful nature. The summer house is located right on the harbour, it's like living on the sea, the light is amazing and changes throughout the day.  The house used to be an old wooden fisherman's hut, thankfully it's now modernised though I remember when I was a child the shower was a bucket of water outside! Some of the furnitures in the house still remains the same as from when my father was a child... Full of memories of so many generations. 

My memories are of long hot summer days spent by the harbour catching crabs, building rafts, swimming in the sea, long walks along the beach collecting stones, laying at the top of the hill behind the summer house looking down at the harbour watching the small fishing boats and the busy life of the marina. Sleeping in bunk beds, playing cards, reading comic books and spending time with my family. History repeats itself so wonderfully....

The view from the house

The duck pond in village, just as I remember

One of Denmark's oldest churches 

Possible one of the most beautiful views from a grave yard

The resting place of my great grand parents 

My family 

Findings from the beach

Time to be creative

And time to rest 

Sunset 

The light house 

The view from  the top of the hill

My fathers auntie Lily, 93 and young at heart

Being patient 

Evening light

Catch of the day 

My grandfather named the house Cuba after sailing voyages from around the globe

*Sejerø is a Danish island in the Kattegat close to Zealand.
The island covers an area of 12,36 km² and has 400 inhabitants. The largest village on Sejerø is Sejerby, with half of the island's population.

Kitty Cats

I can't knit, but my Mother can, and she keep surprising me with her talent. 
This is what she got out of a bit of left over yarn... Meow! 

That magical light

Sunset - Korsør, Denmark

Auntie for the first time...

My little brother Anders and his lovely girlfriend Tanya had this little wonder July 6. 
His name is Noam Sander and as you can see he is absolutely adorable. 
I meet him for the first time last week and Im totally smitten.

In January my darling sister is also having a baby - lovely times!

Gone Fishing....

Earlier this week we went fishing in my uncle Kristian's boat. We had a great day bobbing along on the blue water under Storebœlts broen catching fish, in total we came home with 17 plaice!

Mormor had lunch ready when we came back and she cleaned the fish so we could have them for dinner the following day.

One day I might get a little boat like this and go fishing whenever I want..........

Dairy Free (Lacto Free) Banana Muffins

Since we found out that Felix is lactose intolerant we have had to change quite a bit of his diet and his choice of food! But I found out that a lot of our favourite baking recipes easily can be changed to his needs and without taking away the great flavours! A family favourite are the Banana Muffins.

I simply just change the butter to a good quality organic sunflower oil and voila the muffins comes out just as wonderful as always :-) 

Here is the latest version, dark chocolate and blueberries baked for our day trip to Egeskov Slot in Denmark!

Ophelia's Birthday part 2

Here are the last pictures from Ophelia's birthday - We woke her up early so Alistair could join us before work with a birthday song and lot's of presents. The following Sunday Anne Sofie, Auntie Mathilde and Esteban came around for a BBQ and Birthday cake. 

She got some great presents and can now call herself a proper Skater Girl :-)

Picmonkey.com

I have struggled to find the right collage program for my instagram pictures online, Thanks to Ulla I saw a very nice collage on her blog Lullaby & La La, She told me to use www.picmonkey.com - I must say it's very easy and makes all your instagram shots look great on your blog :-) 

The text's on my instagram pictures are from a free app on my iphone called: phonto

The pictures above is a little insight to what we have been up to lately! 
Personally I have been completely drawn into the universe of 
Mr Grey (Fifty shades) I'm sure you have either read or heard of the books already?? If not I would highly recommend to read the saucy trilogy....  


We have also had the company of holiday child no.2 (My second cousin Anton from Denmark) for nearly 2 weeks! 
The kids are enjoying the summer holidays and I have been taking a few days of here and there to spend some time with them! 

On Friday the holiday really kicks in, we are of to Denmark for 2 weeks :-)

Until then, Laters baby....