Flying all day - home

We never went to bed last night. We presumed it would be harder to sleep just a few hours and then wake up instead of dancing all night and then a quick shower. But at 04:15 we seriously doubted it was the right decision.

At dance floor and classes

I dance but have abstinence at the same time. It is strange how you can go on one 'drug' and missing that other. What I miss now is the possibility to share my happiness at real-time. I hate to confess it but its true. I am addicted in sharing my feeling good moments :)

At the terrace - daytime

 Breakfast at the terrace

The hotel is small but perfect residing just 20 meters from the sea. The staff show an amazing hospitality and care for their guest. For example we have two bikes for free all week. Not to talk about Sergei´s smile when he helped me to break the locker to my bag. We love him!

On the beach

I am on the beach still amazed over being here once again. Last year I got ill very first day. A bad cold I refused to listen to first knocked me down completely at and of week. Not to talk about the following weeks.

There was one good thing however with being ill at a salsafestival - I could record dance. So when I came home I made sure to win the video competition which i did. One week of editing and here I am.

Travelling all day - to Croatia

I thought the travel home would be the most painful. But after 10 hours and still not landed I doubt. My friend is however the best travel company I could get. So we manage.

The Papillons

Sometimes the most extraordinary unexpected meetings takes place. This time at a busstation - Korsvägen - in Göteborg. A small papillon was freezing and searched for warmth between his owners legs. The poor dog was shaking despite the mild summer eve.

I had to ask and I did: "why does he freeze? It IS summer!"
The owner said he just had a shower and we all burst into laughter.

New clothes at Bettina´s Backyard - May in June

It was about time for new "clothes" at this blog

This is my backyard at home office. The cherry tree is magic. But due to a lot of travels this year I almost missed its full blossom. When one business trip was unexpectedly cancelled I brought my camera and shot this picture. You can see a touch if brownish since some of the flowers already are dead. But it had its beauty anyhow.

I love this backyard and I love to follow the season by taking snapshots of it.

The dirt in the foreground are dead cherry blossoms

Another "imagined" syncronosity effect hitting me - grief

Text written 19 May but I decided not to publish then.

Grief is below the surface. Much closer than you think.

I had a happy morning, sunshine, nice plans for the day and the evening. I was happy for having reconnected to an old business contact I hadn´t seen for 10 years. That typical high energy business management consultant that you always have fun with. That type who trained as much as me by that time - perhaps even more - and who loved discussing gym, biking and swimming. That type you could joke about 40-age-crisis when he was telling me he had started up training for Triathlon. That type you always got stuck with in the corridor whenever we happened to meet which wasn´t very often since we had contracts at different sides of town. That type of contact that always made me feel good the short meetings we had.

I smiled sitting there at the bus watching the landscape and the harbour in morning sunshine. I decided to see if he could be found on Twitter. I did a quick search and first post was linkedIn which was already read. Then I saw the second one and I started to sob hysterical even before opening the link. I didn´t manage to read...I tried...but I couldn´t. Not at the bus.

In my secret garden

Small small maple flowers are raining down on tables and chairs

I am still catching up with life. I had three perfect days full of gardening, sunshine, salsa and gym activities. I sit right now in the arbour watching the afternoon sun over the meadows. The Chinese maple is raining faded flowers over me and my cup of coffee. The plants - these ones hung up in a tree to get away from the 'killer snails' - is happy.

Catching up with the garden and life

I sit this Sunday morning having breakfast and admiring the fading flowers from the examination party. The lilies smells like a tropical garden. The small pink roses has passed out since a day or so. But they still have their own beauty. I like fading flowers as well as fresh ones.

Travelling to work a lovely summer morning

It is Friday morning and I am heading for work having a "quality day" with myself. I am just going to do things I usually not do. Like travel expenses (not so very fun) and reading blogposts, read course documentation, start up discussions at discussion boards etc.