Imagine Eileen

"And when the first breezes of autumn touched my skin, my soul awakened once again and broke free." As the end of September approaches, the autumn has really settled in. Everywhere we go, everywhere we look, we are greeted by lush and warm colours. There is a warm and golden hue over the woods when the sun shines. And this hue changes to blue and moody when it storms. Every other morning the valley is covered in this spooky fog. The days are also getting shorter. Right now the sun sets at 19:17! Honestly I feel so alive in this time of the year. I'm so fond of autumn and the cosy feeling the last 6 months of the year. It makes me feel all the more witchy! 🧙‍♀️✨ The temperatures drop below zero now in the nights which leaves everything in a layer of frost. It's unimaginable how fast the temperature has dropped here. Really different than in the Netherlands! Today we were having breakfast with delicious homebaked bread from Offerdal's Hembageri when we noticed that...

You can feel the shift in the air. It rains more frequently, the wind is howling and the valley is covered in mists. A few days ago we had a whole day of mist(!). Autumn is really here! The mist went away for a few hours, but while we were eating supper, the mist formed again over the lake. I thought: This is the perfect time to take some pictures! I actually wanted to do a photoshoot, but I was taking pictures of nature instead. It was still pleasantly warm outside, but at the same time mystical. As you can see on the photo, the sky turned this rosy/blue color and it stayed a long time like this. I love it when the skies look like this. It's a whole different lighting when twilight arrives. The rocks by the lake also turned into a different color. As the evening progressed, the mist became more thick. And soon It'd looked like I was in a autumn horror movie. A short blog! But I wanted to share these pictures with you. It's just one more week until Tanno starts working. I...

Hello everyone! It's now around 9 PM and I got myself a nice fruity treat with apple, plum and grapes. As I am writing this now, I'm nearly finished with my treat. Such a shame, I like fruit so much that I tend to eat so fast. On the last day of my parents' visit, Tanno and me had a little surprise in our mailbox. After four weeks of waiting, we already received our person number! We didn't see this coming at all, because we thought it was going to take around 2 to 6 months. We've heard stories from our neighbours and other acquaintances that it took really long for them, so we assumed that we had to wait for a long time. We are very lucky that we received our person number so fast. Now we can start arranging the rest like our identification, bank account, insurances and most importantly, Tanno can start working soon! We've been here for around 1 and a half month now, so how's Swedish life treating us? I think we are getting quite used to our life here. At f...