Well, I'm not exactly sure this was quite what Paul Anka had in mind when he wrote Puppy Love, but then again, it IS father's day here in Sweden.





I'm wondering if I should really leave these two home alone together quite so much. *grin*

It's also occurred to me that Paul Anka's name is a bit funny in Swedish - anka being the Swedish word for duck. Not as funny as Brad Pitt's name... but I better not go there....

Today, as well as it being Father's Day, it is also a special day for this blog....

Drum roll..... hold the crowds back.....

Yes, it's hard to believe that twelve months ago today, I started this blog. Thankyou so much to Kate for helping and encouraging me to start this up. I'd also like to say a really big thankyou to all of you who have come here to read, clicked on links, enjoyed the photographs and written to me over the last year. Believe it or not, it really means a lot to me.

I have received a few letters asking me why I don't blog about work or family and other more personal aspects of my life. I'm here to tell you that that's not ever going to happen. Why? A lot of people writing weblogs seem to be doing so because they believe they have something important or special to say. I don't believe that I'm particularly special and I also don't really want to share the details of my personal life with the whole world.

There is also the ticklish issue of litigation. I've seen several cases where people have been sacked for example for blogging about work. A couple of high profile cases that immediately spring to mind is the recent sacking of an airline attendant, known to the blogging world as Queen of the Sky and also dooce, sacked after writing about someone in her office. Not this little black duck.

On a more personal level, I've seen friendships shattered and families torn apart after reading something written about them in an online blog. In most cases, it was someone just sounding off a frustration, but once it's out on the internet, it's public property. Some of these things written "in the heat of the moment" would be best left in a private place, not published in a public place where who knows will read it. My private life is just that - Private. It's just not worth hurting people just to provide entertainment for the unseen masses. I read a few blogs and journals - some amuse me, others are really interesting, others infuriate me, but hey, everyone is different and the internet would be a boring place if we all wrote the same way. It's the variety of outlook that keeps me coming back for more.

The main purpose of this blog was simply to provide a view of life here in Sweden from an Aussie perspective - more specifically this Aussie's perspective. I view it like small snapshots of my surroundings and life, rather than a complete no-holds-barred picture of ME.

So sit back and enjoy what is here.

Now I'm off for a gin and tonic and start preparing dinner for my man.