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SATURDAY 6/25/2022

Av EvaLena Hallgren - 25 juni 2022 14:42

The day after Midsummer celebrations are lazy do nothing but relax on the sunny days. It's 85 F and that's too hot for many Swedes so it's sitting in the shade and twiddle your thumbs day 


 

On Thursday Mom and I went for a bike ride to pick wild flowers by the road, 

 


When we got back Mom made wreaths for herself and me. I didn't want to wear mine and only had it on for a photo opportunity 

   


In the evening we went to a very local Maypole rising 

   

It was small enough so Mom thought I could be loose to say hello and I did make my rounds from table to table and ate a lot of goodies...............good thing I'm cute everybody wanted to share

 



Well, maybe Helge wasn't so much into sharing but I helped myself anyway

 


On the way home I noticed the neighbor's cat was outside, so I quickly ran in to her house and ate her food. People around here don't bother to close their doors many keep them open for all their pets? 

I don't mind, I think it's a great idea, and I will suggest we'll do that in Florida too



Friday we went to a more significant celebration but this place didn't BBQ so I don't understand why I was kept on a lead here?  Mom was afraid I would get lost with so many people and I agreed to sit with Elvy while Mom was running around taking pictures.

 

The festivities started with a band marching in playing fiddles and carrying flags


 

Many people were wearing traditional costumes and if you know your stuff you can tell what village they came from just but looking at their clothes.

   


MOm loved the little kids and their clothes


   


Little girls are my favorite, but these girls had nothing good to eat, they just wanted to pet me


 

after some speeches, it was time to dance around the maypole, I didn't since no one invited me to but it looked like a lot of fun.

   

After all this, we went home and ate a traditional Midsummer meal herring, potatoes, with sour cream and scallion. I did eat a sill chunk that Mom teased me with thinking there's no way I would eat that.

I've been with Mom for almost 3 years now, and she doesn't know I eat everything that's offered on a fork...

For dessert, Elvy had made a strawberry cake which also is a tradition.

It was delicious

 


For 2 days in a row, the temperature has been in the eighties, and Swedes are calling it a heatwave and are having a very difficult time with it..............Me and Mom are loving it


 

For some reason, uploading videos are broken so hopefully, I can add them later

which I just did


Goodnight kisses Henry


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