Photo Challenge: Days 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22!

"In His Eyes"

"Mama-Duck at Slottsberg Mosse"

"Young at Heart"

"His & Hers Fruit"

"Taking in the View"

Photo Challenge: Days 14 & 15

Fiskebäcks Småbåtshamn
(The nearest beach to where I'm house-sitting. This is GOOD information to have :))

A Surprise of Sunshine
(One of the flowers Charles had sent to me which totally brightens my heart :))

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.”
--Henry Drummond

Photo Challenge: Day 13

“When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now… When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.” 
– C.S. Lewis

Gifts from my Loves

 Today a bouquet of flowers from my handsome man arrived for me for the very first time, just as I sat down in the sunshine of the balcony to do my bible study.

And it made me very very happy-- My heavenly love and my earthly one, both going out of their way to remind me that they love me; God in giving me His Word, and Charles in having a bouquet delivered to me :) I LOVE being given flowers!

I'm still learning to rest in those loves, but my heart is overflowing with thankfulness....

Photo Challenge: Days 11 & 12

Day 11:

Waiting at the Bus Stop

Day 12:

A Swedish Child's Room

Photo Challenge: Days 7, 8, 9 & 10 (I'm behind!)

Day 7:

Hot Habanero & Passion Love

So this is not exactly the kind of photo I'm after taking, but I did it for Charles :) My man loves his food, and my man loves me! And he gets a kick out of equating the two. I once got a text saying he was eating a bag of crisps which were advertized as tasting zesty-- "just like his love for me". So when I noticed this jar of nearly-finished salsa in the fridge of the flat where I'm house-sitting, I couldn't resist snapping a photo and sending it to Charles. "My love for you is like hot habanero and passion salsa, baby" :) hehehe. Oh yes.

Day 8:

A Cloudy Pink Birthday Surprise

This gorgeous little ring arrived in the post for me the other day! My cousin Emily had found it in a little street market in London one of her last days studying in the UK and thought it a perfect birthday surprise for me. I love looking down to see it's pretty delicateness on my finger :) And I loved getting this photo to come out so crystal clear in such a closecloseclose and detailed shot!

Day 9:

5 A Day

I love fresh fruit, especially kiwi and green grapes, and I love having a little kitchen of my own to keep a little fruit bowl in. The bright Swedish evening light through the open door leading out onto the balcony just lit up the crystal of this dish and it begged to have its photo taken! And good timing too, because the grapes were begging to be eaten and the display isn't quite so pretty now :)

Day 10:

The Harbour
Gothenburg, Sweden

(I am a day behind on my personal photo challenge! I will have to add it on at the end :))

Photo Challenge Days 5 & 6: The First Bloom & Tourists

 Day 5: "The First Bloom"
This orchid blossom was SO encouraging to look up and see yesterday because I've been left in charge of this flat and they have so many plants! I can't claim to be much of a green thumb myself, and Orchids are notoriously fussy plants...
This makes me happy :)
I must be doing something right!

Day 6: Tourists in Gustav Adolfs Torget -- Gothenburg, Sweden
Oh fellow tourists, I know your plight very well :)

Photo Challenge Day 4: My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper

I took my friend's kiddos to the awesome park at Slottskogen today. They are such little delights :) Luca is 5 and already such a fabulously thoughtful and protective big brother to his little sister Leona (or Yona, as he calls her :)), who just turned 3. I snapped this while they were wheeling around the playground, little sis hitching a ride with big bro :) Precious!

Photo Challenge Day 3: The Tunnel of Love

The Tunnel of Love

I found myself walking behind this darling elderly couple today in a pedestrian bridge down by the harbour. They walked arm in arm all the way. I wondered how many years they had spent arm in arm, and I thanked the Lord for Love and how it literally holds us...

Photo Challenge Day 2: Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait

"Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light.
For it is in giving that we receive."
--St. Francis