25 june, 2022 Wandering

    Not a great night for sleeping but then slept good this morning.  Sort of cooler last night & today.  Our high was in the 80s with a nice breeze.  But far too many flies outside.  They can drive you nuts!  And then they come in the house with me.

    There are rain clouds here & there but no rain here.  JR just texted that it was raining there.  Nico & I were outside.  Dry.  Needs to stay dry so wheat harvest can get finished.

    This morning my 3 cows were near my backyard in the pasture.  Nice to see them.  Then later this afternoon they returned to just near my porch, in the pasture.  They have been there quite a while but I notice they are restless.  Flies or weather?  Nico was restless also around supper.

    The 2 of us sat out for a while.  He sort of kept busy running around.  I took some photos & played with them.  Now we are back in on the sofa.  Nico is going to have a breakdown.  He keeps feeling bugs on him.  Not a fly so probably a gnat.  He cannot see it but he can give it an evil eye!!!  Poor baby!  Makes him jump.  Now he has left.  Left the flies here with me!!

    I finally --- FINALLY --- passed my Spanish lesson.  I was getting tired of the same old stuff.  You have to be in the top 10 people to pass.  There are people who can do 4-5 lessons a day.  I do not do that.  I get too nervous.  Now I am learning travel words.  So far not too hard.  So far.  My last set had all these short words that meant like 2-3 words.  I finally had to write down a list of just those.  I will never remember them.  I do ok when I am reading Spanish but for me to use them is doubtful.

    I tried to nap this afternoon but I never fell asleep.  I was thinking of past things & people.  Not bad memories but good & fun ones.  I miss those times & people.  I always wonder what I did to push people away from being friends with me.  I can probably name at least 10 things about me that would do it but was it all or just 1-2 things.  Does not matter I guess.

    I was the president of a Swedish group for 11 years.  And retired 2 years ago.  I am not happy with how it is now.  But yesterday was the absolute end for me.  We are a Swedish group with no politics. Well the new president is awful.  Yesterday he sent an email to the entire club praising the Supreme Court for their decision.  I do not care which side he approved of that email was in bad taste.  And considering he is beyond conservative made it worse.  I will never ever return.  I may block his emails yet.  I made sure his wife can no longer see my FB.  If I had done something like that praising something that I approve of but not him, he would have had a fit!  Its only ok if they do it, not all people.

    My photos today are from my time in Sweden.  I think I took most of them.  I will explain a few.

                    

This sign is on Marstrand Sweden in front of a cafe.  I ate there daily.  The painting was done by a friend of mine.

Church in Järvsö Sweden.  My cousins go there.  It is the largest rock church in a small town in Sweden.  I got to go behind the altar to see many ancient things.  Like the awesome robes the Catholic priests wore.  Several hundred years ago.  I got to touch one with one finger,  And there were bridal crowns in a case.  This church is on a river.  I attended church there on a sunday.  Ministers in Sweden are still called priests but they are now Lutheran & live normal lives.

Church in Sunnemo Sweden.  My church in Lindsborg was formed by people & the minister from there around the 1860s.

Marstrand Sweden.  An island with no cars or trucks.  Streets & sidewalks are all cobblestones.  I stayed on the island.  Photo taken from the island.

A very nice restaurant on Marstrand I ate there often.  They made awesome pizza!

Kitchen window in cousin Bengt's home.  It overlooked a meadow in a forest.  Just further beyond here was a river.  I love staying there.  Heaven on earth!