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A pride of lionesses

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 14, 2026April 2, 2026

One of them is wearing a bicycle chain necklace. I guess there are worse ways…

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  • Fashion

A Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

I am on the lookout for new motorcycle boots. I used to wear Frye 12R…

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Has spring sprung?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 24, 2026March 23, 2026

We were out for our first ride of the season this past weekend. It was…

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  • Art, Books, Poetry, Movies, Television and Music

A Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 23, 2026March 15, 2026

Swedish ‘snus’ – small pouches of moist oral tobacco you place under your top lip.…

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  • Notebooks

A Day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 17, 2026March 12, 2026

A sign outside a meatball restaurant A sign of spring – the sweeping up of…

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  • Sweden

Has spring perhaps sprung?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 15, 2026March 10, 2026

March is, as in most places, a bit unstable weatherwise in Sweden. But days like…

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  • Culture

Semlor

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on March 12, 2026March 6, 2026

Growing up in a Catholic family in South Africa, we used to eat pancakes on…

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  • Sweden

Still icy!

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 21, 2026February 18, 2026

These bigger boats break the ice into smaller pieces. Most of them are over 100m/328ft…

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  • Sweden

Icy lake

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 19, 2026February 16, 2026

  I took this photograph of Lake Mälaren in late summer, to the right (out…

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  • Art, Books, Poetry, Movies, Television and Music

Snapshots from my week

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on February 3, 2026January 26, 2026

My brother-in-law Justin took this beautiful photo in Port Alfred/Kowie in South Africa. I really…

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