Fancy a bit of a last summer feel before the craze of back to school and autumn start? Here are some easy summer cocktails recipes for you. And even better if you can do them with foraged berries and homemade cordial. That's the beauty of the transition between these two seasons I find :
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Portraits of my children once a month - Seven
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Summer recipes ideas: cakes and popsicles
Summer is here! And it's time to use all the available veg and fruits to the max before it's only apples and pears. That's one of the thing I love about this season. I thought it would be a good idea to share some recipes I tried recently. Some cakes and popsicles which I think are perfect to try especially when it's hot outside. If you like red fruits and elderflower, follow me along, you will love these:
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Little summer feel in May
Just a little interlude because May in Sweden has been somewhat surprising. To say the least. One minute it was almost summer. Shorts and sandals were in order. And the next: it snowed for three days in a row! Alternating with hailing and rain. Plus, it was also below 6 degrees with minus temperatures during the night.I mean, in May! What happened here? Anyway, spring seems to be making it's way back and I can't be happier. Meanwhile, a few pics to make me remember that it can also be warm and sunny here sometimes:It was so nice we decided to have a little picnic outside and Lily of course brought her drawing gear with her.We had a lovely apéro there until quite late (before it became a bit too chilly):The day after we went into a beautiful protected area on the island and picked up some spring white flowers (more photos to come in a later post). It was less warm but still: Can you imagine that two days after that we had snow and it was 6°C outside? Well at least in between I had a nice time out with my daughter in one of my Stockholm's favorite's cafés: Fabrique stenugsbageri in Gamla Stan:Well, even if it was short, at least I will remember with this post, the glimpses of summer in an otherwise wintery early May: