More Midsummer Madness

Just when you thought it was all over - here are some more snaps of random frivolity. I thought I would include a nice photo courtesy of Henrik, of the lovely schnapps lunch, so you can see that the sun did in fact shine. It is such a pity as the weekend has been lovely - lots of sun and no rain. We have been walking in the woods around the lake and bravely tramping across bogs potentially filled with hostile and disease laden insects (there is lime disease here). Hugh has a list of must-see birds and will not rest until he has seen them all - it makes him a bit fidgety.

Yesterday we had another fabulous dinner party at Ella and Grzegorz's house - I include a photo of them in their midsummer finery - they had very pretty wildflower wreaths as well. They have a lovely house in the forest surrounded by meadows filled with wildflowers like Johan and Johanna. They insisted we had to drink Polish vodka for our health - I think it was the best so far but you can only buy it in Poland. Pity. Grzegorz is as crazy a bird-watcher as Hugh and hooray - we finally saw the Black Woodpecker and the Scarlet Rose Finch so now we must stomp around the forests of Grimso only for the Hazel Grouse. Although it seems the more you see the more you have to see. Luckily Johan (another birdo) found a Great Gray Owl for us on Friday so that has been ticked off.

We are still getting used to driving home at midnight and seeing the sun setting - it was lovely last night as we saw it setting over a lake. So romantic. I am writing this in the Arlanda airport as we are en route to Scotland for a couple of weeks in the UK. I am really looking forward to seeing England again and catching up with old friends and spending time in some ye olde English pubs. However I am glad to be returning to Sweden after that for some more meadows and wildflowers and fun with our Swedish friends. We only have 5 weeks left of our trip - I can't believe how fast it has gone.