Håkan Juholt is in trouble again

The right wing party Moderaterna in Sweden made a reformation two elections ago. The leader Fredrik Reinfeldt took his Allianceparties to a great success. He called his party the "new" moderaterna, the new working party. I think many of us were tired of seeing those stereotypes most often male ones so this was right in time. 

What did the Social democratic party do? They found Håkan Juholt?! He was elected after Mona Sahlin when she didn´t got enough support by her members. After two catastrophic elections they needed to do something and chose Juholt. An old familiar stereotype in the Social democratic party. Maybe you recognize the style from your country. They are to be found everywhere! Like one politician said yesterday: "He has given daily news a face." He seems to fall into trouble all the time. If it isn´t his fiancee doing fraud. It is about him trying to gain too much money for his apartment or want money for a rent car and his own at the same time... I can see nothing more than greed. 

If you ask me how they could win next election? They need to start a real reformation. A young well skilled, female is to be found and her name is Veronica Palm.  Let her save the Social democratic party and give Reinfeldt a real battle in the election. Suddenly Reinfeldt wouldn´t seem so new any longer.

Best of luck to Socialdemokraterna, 

I think you need it!

Anna

Weather news in October

This weekend strated with a windy friday. The rain was pouring from the sky. I hardly couldn´t drive the car since it was both raining and falling small hails. It didn´t really show at this film but you will get an idea of how it was.

Then everything just went better and better. The sun showed up and it was pretty nice even if it was a bit cold in the wind. We had some old friends from Norway sleeping over. We went for a walk to show them our neighberhood and the nice enviroment. Of course we showed them the lake.  This Saturday we decided to visit my sister in the forests close to the western coast. We were going picking Mushrooms. 

 

Here is a pic of me and my sister, the mushroom hunters. 

Over and out from Sweden!

Anna

Nobel prize, mushrooms, swedish lunch

Hello 


Yesterday we had the cinnamon bun´s day! If you haven´t tried it, you have to. Here is a pic from last time when I was baking. 

2011 Nobel Prize Announcements
Tomorrow at one o clock they will announce the winner of the Nobel prize in litteratur. This is one of five prices of the memory of Alfred Nobel 2011. One favorite if one should believe Ladbrokes is Bob Dylan. That was a surprise if you ask me. 

This is Ladbroks list with the odds today

Bob Dylan	5,00
Adonis	6,00
Haruki Murakami	8,00
Tomas Tranströmer	10,00
Assia Djebar	10,00
Ko Un	14,00
Peter Nedas	16,00
Les Murray	16,00
Philip Roth	16,00
Thomas Pynchon	20,00

Today I had my lunch in my studio. Mushrooms my sister picked the other day with my newly baked bread and potato soup. If you like the recipes of the bread just put a comment. It is so easy to make and it is really delicious.

We have such wonderful days when the fall is arriving. We know it is soon going to be dark and we try and spend as much time as we can outdoor. 

All the best 

Anna

Ps. It is not often I put a lower price on an item but I decided we all needed some cheering up after the light period. I tried the necklace myself this Saturday and It feels great wearing even at the opera in Gothenburg. 

More creativity at the office

I was googling to find some inspiration on creative rooms. 

This first one is not my cup of tea but some guy must have thought this one was very creative...

Here are som pics from Google creative areas. They are hard to beat as an employer. What if you feel a bit tired in the morning? Just take this way to the "fika" (coffee break), like we say in Sweden. I worked at a company that partly was bought by the Autodesk company. After visiting us and our fika moments in the morning they saw positiv synergies and started doing this in the US.

Imagine working laying like this?! I don´t know if you would like to be the owner of that company. Yes I guess you would when you know it is Google!

This is a photo above is the opposite of creativity! A Swedish guy Johannes Hansen writes about creativity and the importance of the enviroment for most people! Press here to read his blog: Johannes writes (sorry in swedish) about this issue!

All the best

Anna




SVD har lagt ihop ett bildspel från Googles kontor om du vill kika!

Could we ask greece for some money

I think we need some extra cash to the Swedish government at this time. We need to put some money to the cancer sick people so that they don´t need to go to the agencies to apply for jobs they can´t get and we also need to put a little more money with our elderly, build new roads etc. Wonder if we could ask the Greek people to give us this money? We might have a nicely planned economy going on here in Sweden. There are lots of possabilities with our way of running a country but it is not perfect. A Chinese friend recently told me that in China they refer to Sweden as the best run communist country in the world?! I was a bit surprised and told the guy that we at this moment are governed by a right wing party. He also looked very surprised at that fact. 


Anyway my suggestion above is all about the demonstations in Greece. I don´t really understand why it would be ok to retire at 50, pay very little VAT and then when they have run out of money ask us to pay for the vacation?


All the best from me
Anna

Above a collage I made 10 years ago. I let it speak for itself!

We are alll made of cosmic matter

I love being inspired by odd creating like these gifanimations and manipulations by photos. I like the idear of us being a part of something big. 

This project began from the theory that humans are made of cosmic matter as a result of a stars death. I created imagery that showcased this cosmic birth through the use of dust and reflective confetti to create galaxies. The models organic bodily expressions as they are frozen in time between the particles suggest their celestial creation. In addition, space and time is heightened by the use of three-dimensional animated gifs. Their movement serves as a visual metaphor to the spatial link we share with stars as well as their separateness through time. Read more at this address: http://ignacio-torres.com/projects/stellar/

All the best

Anna

Personal style from....

Wouldn´t it be nice to walk on water like jesus did? If you´re into army you can wear those shoes inspired by a tank. 

Photo: http://www.fashioncraz.com/odd-shoes/

Photo: http://www.12thblog.com/funny-and-odd-fashion/

Should we be happy for this gentelmen finally finding his own style?

All the best from me

Anna