Yes, I know I only posted yesterday, but I wanted to share some photos that we took on our long walk yesterday.

First, the Bruce and Sheila side-show continues. Not only are they unrepentant, they have decided to also sleep in our bed. Typical Aussies! You invite them in for a drink and they take over everything!

Of course, I can afford to be generous about it - it's not MY pillow they are shitting (oops, I mean, sitting) on!

But they look so cute that I haven't the heart to lock them in their cage.

Yesterday was one of those glorious winter days. It was very cold at -5C, but the sun was shining, the skies were deep blue and the call of the great outdoors was too much to resist.

Lars-Göran is doing a course in Photoshop at the moment on Saturday mornings, but as soon as he arrived home, he decided that we had to take advantage of the day. So I packed some food and we set off.

I was glad to get out for a while as I'd had a frustrating day with emails. When will people pay attention to what they do?

I get a high-volume mailing list in digest mode, so I get one or two daily messages that each contain 25 messages at one time, instead of 25 or more individual messages whenever they get sent. In the latest digest, there were two other digest subscribers who replied and quoted the entire digest to which they were replying. So, instead of one digest of the usual length, I got a digest that was three times the usual size and annoying to sift through.

It's enough for me to start getting individual e-mails again because slipping anti-stupidity pills into the water supply is not a solution that will be happening anytime soon. I would really like to hold them down and beat them with a cluestick.

But I digress! Well, we decided to take the road along the coast, which is a beautiful view. When the Olympic Games were held in Stockholm in 1912, the sailing events were held here in Nynäshamn and this road was built so that spectators could watch the races from vantage points along the shore. It is lovely to walk along the shore and woods and to know that these are right here in town, a few minutes walk from centrum.

Well the first sight I saw was this:



Remember folks, it is -5C here. These people are wearing bathers and having a dip in the icy water! I was on the opposite shore rugged up in 5 layers of clothes! I couldn't believe my eyes! This area is part of a posh new resort and conference centre they built here last summer. Nynäs Havsbad is very exclusive and what you see in my photo is the outdoor spa area, with hot tub, saunas and a sea dip. But as they say, "Whatever rocks your boat".

Then we swung around to walk through the woods. I love this area of town!



Later we found a great playground, complete with crocodiles! I was pretty excited. I though we could shoot a pilot show about crocodile handling just in case Steve gets the flick from Animal Planet. Lars-Göran was less enthusiastic as it was sited on a public walkway and in full view of an apartment block nearby. But he decided to go along with the spirit of the adventure.

So first, I "saved" Lambi from the jaws of the crocodile:



She seemed pretty underwhelmed by my superb bravery. And Lars-Göran thought it was unconvincing. So he set out to show me how it was really done by a pro:



So whaddayareckon? Should Steve be worried? Though looking at Lambi, I wonder... she is giving him "that look" she normally reserves for the insane. I wonder why?

Till next time (if they let me write from the loony bin)