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Shipping Forecast
On my way home from school I usually whip round to say hello to Kiki Especially on tuesdays When grandfather has gone to marketToday Kiki is waiting by the window And watches out for me Hurry up,...
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Teeny tiny cinnamon buns
Dear reader,thank you for your sweet lines on Facebook and via Email after yesterday´s post.It sometimes is easier (and more time-saving) for me to answer your questions here. Some of you wondered from...
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How to Preserve Spring Moments: Candied Violets
Spring has come late to our neck of the woods, I usually pick violets at the beginning of April.This year, my little purple friends showed up three weeks later than they use to.It will be the last time...
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Kiki in the Meadow: Shop Update
Two Kiki in the Meadow Dolls are looking for a new home in my webshop.Each Kiki is 32cm tall and comes with a pretty dress, undies, leggingsand shoes in a matching tote bag together with a sewing kit...
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Visiting Kajsa
Last friday I visited Kajsa.Actually her name was Karin. But everyone called her Kajsa. She lived in a yellow villa in Ballingslöv. Next to another yellow house called Haga Huset. Kajsa was born that...
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Wood Anemones
A new place, an old garden. The meadow behind the house looks like a white sea of wood anemones. Buschwindröschen in my mother tongue, vitsippor in Swedish, Anemone nemorosa in Latin. They grow...
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Favourite Spot
A new home, a new favourite spot.An weathered bench next to the stairs with all the flower pots.Seven o'clock in the morning, I sit here with soft sunlight on my face and bird twitter in my ears, with...
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Pen and Paper
Dear readers,we are still without internet at our new place. Living in the sticks makes me consider using pen and paper for messages. Carrier pigeons would be an option, too, or dropping letters in...
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Spring Retreat
Dear readers,time is flying, summer is just around the corner. I have seriously neglected this blog while going into a sort of retreat. Welcomed by a new place, new surroundings, new ideas and...
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Berlin Recap
I am back, finally. My suitcase has still to be unpacked, I have to sort thoughts, life and laundry first...It was lovely to spend some days in Berlin, my hometown (oh, how I missed my city, the...
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The Pink Cat
A pink cat? On your doorstep? the school mistress says. Late for class, the third time this week!What is to become of you? But - I insist - she was pink indeed. And hungry!Nonsense, says the school...
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Garden Table
Didn't you need some help todayWith the garden table?I ask, (a bit breathless still from running down to Smultron Cottage)Already done!Says Kiki, with a grin Self do, self have!Some tea, perhaps?
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Deer Finds
Every evening, we can see the deer walking across the small field behind the house. In the nights we can hear the hoarse barking of the roebuck in the woods. The other day, when I took a break from...
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Cherry Dresses
Dear reader, In German we have a quite nice figure of speech: Mit ihm/ ihr ist nicht gut Kirschen essen.Loosely translated it means that it is not fun to eat cherries with him/ her. In English you...
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Sewing Room Makeover - DIY Cabinet Handles
Dear reader,I have been looking for a new chest of drawers for all my fabrics for quite some time now. Winter wasn't really flea market season, and I didn't really want to buy something new. When we...
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Recipes from our Garden: Rose Syrup
We have lots of roses in our garden, and I love to pick a few every day for small bouquets, for salad and tea. Getting spoiled with so much scent (and colour), I try to gather as much of those summery...
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So spoilt...
Today I feel so spoilt.Because I can sit outside and work on dolls.Because tea taste so much better from Kajsa's vintage tea cup.Because the peonies have started to bloom two days ago.Because it is...
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Outdoor Basin
Oops, I say, when I spot Kiki Stark-naked amidst goutweed and dandelionsHunched over a basin that looks a bitLike Grandfather's old sugar bowlAm I too early for dinner? I askNot a bit, says Kiki with a...
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Summer Project - Fabric Buntings
Are you one of those people who save fabric scraps because you think it is a waste of resources to throw away bits and pieces of expensive (and nice) fabrics? I am one of those, definitely, I save a...
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