a tropical beach for agnie...

here it is...tropical beach in helsingborg...looks pretty faux-tropical don't you think?!? they've even managed to plant some palm trees on the beach (they're not there at the moment though as they dig them up each autumn and send them on a lovely holiday to some hot greenhouse)...but spring is coming along nicely so they'll re-plant them any day now i think (well spring was coming along nicely...but then it snowed on my birthday and the temperature dropped to -7c). the helsingborg/helsingör ferries are in the background (and denmark as well if you look carefully).

hope this lives up to your expectations, agnie??? :)

happy birthday to...ME! :)

33 years of Veg-ness have passed by...and I'm going to celebrate it in true Vegemite style by having three (3) birthday parties!!!

one on my actual birthday (26th March), one this friday (we're having a barbeque despite the temperature dropping to somthing like -10c! I know what you're thinking - crazy swedes...and you're probably right), and one this saturday which is when I've invited the Ä-holm crowd around.

by the way, I found this cake pic on the web...you know, in case you thought I had suddenly become a domestic-cake-baking-godess or something. I am having cake though...a real classic in the Paulsson household: frozen cheesecake!

tea(posy) for veg

this lovely blooming tea set is what Mo got me for my birthday this year. I've had my eye on it for quie a while now. SUPER HAPPY VEG!!!

check out www.teaposy.com and/or www.whittard.co.uk

new flat!!!

this is a very crude sketch of our new flat. we're moving in 1st june!!! it's a 10-15 minute walk from the "very happening" town centre of Helsingborg and a 20 minute walk from tropical beach (yes, that is what it's called...I didn't make it up).

YAY..I can't wait!!! :)

cash x 2

went into town today with my dad for a record-buying-session which yielded two johnny cash albums - one vinyl record and one cd. I have to admit that one of the reasons why I bought johnny cash sings the ballads of the true west was because of the album cover...it was love at first sight!

walked along the beach on the way back to the flat...so lovely!!! I really missed the sea when I lived in london.

not much more to say today...I've got a sore throat and a nasty cough. been ill since thursday last week...getting a bit bored of it now!

gonna have some elderflower sorbet now...ttyl dear friends!

I heart the kakapo

this blog is dedicated to one of may all-time favorite animals - the kakapo. The background is kakapo green(ish) and I've used a close up of kakapo feathers behind my title text.

please visit these links if you want to read more about the kakapo (it's a truly fascinating bird):

the kakapo recovery programme

last chance to see

douglas adams and mark carwardine went to codfish island/new zealand in 1989 in search of the kakapo and you can find a recording of their adventure on the "last chance to see" website link above (under the radio tag). there are loads of other equally exciting stuff on that link as well...and I may as well recommend the book, "last chance to see" by adams and carwardine while I'm at it. stephen fry and mark carwardine are in the process of making a television series of "last chance to see"...I'll have to wait for it to be released on dvd, but you'll be able to catch it a lot sooner if you're in the UK.

bakin' veg

it was cup cakes galore in the Veg family household yesterday and even I didn't manage to mess these little cup cakeses up (see photo evidence left - one of the Mickey's are trying to escape his cup cake though).

if YOU would like to make as pretty cup cakeses as these...please see recipe below:

1 x Disney cup cakes mix

1 egg

1 table spoon of water

mix mix mix

spoon the mix into the cup cake cups

pop in the oven for about 10 min

TADA!!!

you too can be a master cup cake baking godess...or god!