You Capture: America (or In My Case Sweden)

This week Beth at I Should Be Folding Laundry asked us to picture America (or our own country). I would have loved to have spent this summer in America like I have the previous two summers, but becoming an aunt for the very first time kinda trumped that this summer. So instead of celebrating America (which we did with hoagies and hamburgers) I am celebrating Sweden.

Wild strawberries for me conjure up summers with my grandparents when we would pick these sweet smelling, sweet tasting berries at the side of the road. You string them up on a piece of grass like this…

Being able to stop at the side of the road and pick berries (or mushrooms…more on that in the future) without having to worry about pollution or whose land it is, that is Sweden to me.

Oh and I did become an aunt yesterday morning to a little girl. More on her later too :D

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You Capture: Green

This week Beth gave us a choice of what to capture. The choices were: Hands, Green and Chairs. I really wanted to do hands. I had a pair of very specific hands in mind. Tiny little hands. Brand spanking new hands. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you count) those hands are still spending their time poking my sister in her kidneys, bladder and other assorted organs. Cheeky little bugger wanted some more time inside, and since he or she isn’t actually due until next week I can’t really fault him/her. So instead you get a picture of the green walls in their bedroom.

There is however PLENTY of green to go around around here.

These berries will become pie one day very soon. Mmmm…pie

And these will become savoury jelly to go with meat.

And apple sauce.

And then we have flowers (or flowers to be)

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