Leaving For Sweden

This Monday, I will be on my way to Sweden. I will fly from Charlotte, NC to Frankfurt Germany. From there I will fly to Gothenburg Sweden where my son will pick me up. Then there is a two hour drive to Korsberga where I'll be staying for two wonderful weeks. I am very excited and have been waiting to go since I left there a year ago.
I will get to enjoy fresh bread straight from the bakery, Swedish Pancakes, and hamburgers from the kiosk my daughter-in-law runs. They're the best. I will blog on those when I get there.
So after today, until next Wednesday, I will say Hej då!

Patches And M.C. Escher

My cat Patches with my favorite work from M.C. Escher.

Tortellini

This is Tortellini. She is an Eastern Box Turtle. She adopted my family and I. I'm not sure on how old she is, but I would guess about 3 or 4. This week we are going to build her a little house she can go in during bad weather. I am also going to buy some top soil and mulch so she can hibernate properly. There is a wonderful forum all about turtles called what else? The Turtle Forum! And it is loaded with tons of information and turtle experts to help me in this new relationship.

Tortellini also has a wading pool that I dug out for her. I haven't seen her in it yet though. Maybe she uses it when no one is looking. She might be a shy turtle. I hope she stays with us a long while. I have gotten quite used to her being around. I think I love her.