These are the lovely flowers that I picked at Ulriksdal. Fresh flowers is just one of those small things in life that fills me with happiness. As the days are becoming shorter I feel the need to bring in color and light as much as possible.

The Dahlias have faded but the other ones still look great. Feels like a great bonus to still have flowers standing after 10 days. Unfortunately I don´t remember the name of the yellow ones.

I picked up a book I had ordered last week. I ordered it so long ago that I actually at first did not remember that I had placed an order for anything. It was sent with DHL which works great in the states but is kind of a hassel here as you have to either be home or go and pick your package up.

There was a photography fair last year in November where you also could participate by sending in two pictures for some kind of photo contest. I did not win or get any nominations but they then made a book of the best pictures that were sent in. I happened to find out that two of my pictures were published in the book. I ordered the book already in June but since it was a limited edition the printing was not done until the end of August.

I ordered it because it is a really cool photo book. There are some stunning pictures of Stockholm and it's surroundings. It is also a great source of inspiration. I see many kinds of pictures I would like to attempt to take and many places that inspire me as great photo locations across the city.

Here is one of my pictures. The one at the bottom left hand corner.

Then my second picture was the one above at the top with the view over Hammarbysjostad canal.

It is getting really cold and chilly now. Day time all high temperature is now below 10 C. I love those crisp fall days when the air is clear and it is sunny outside. This past weekend we had the most beautiful fall weather. Now I have to wear both gloves as well as something to keep my ears warm under the biking helmet. Today it is raining and it seems like the rain will dominate much of the remaining part of the week. 

German class went well but we are now getting into the tricker parts where the verbs have to be conjugated in the right way with the correct ending. I still think it is fun to learn a new language.