After the dragsters there were a few funny cars.
Funny car at Mälardalen Open
Neil Hopcroft
A digital misfit
Dragsters at Mälardalen Open
Along with the street and stock cars there were a few purpose built dragsters.
Taking off, Mälardalen Open again
After the burnout is taking off.
Burnout, Mälardalen Open again
We went back to Eskiltuna Flygplats for another Mälardalen Open, some more burnouts
Book review: The Blanket Cats
[Hardback, read aloud to Adelle]
The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu is another charming Japanese fiction about therapeutic cats. The cats here are available for loan for three days to the residents of Tokyo and we have the stories of seven recipients of their therapy.
In contrast to We’ll prescribe you a cat, the stories here are more about the cats and their temporary owners and less about the clinic and the mystery surrounding it.
The stories themselves seem oddly incomplete, leaving the conclusion for you to fill in yourself, but in each case the cat in instrumental in a shift in perception that is set to improve the life of the recipient.
As with many Japanese cat books, there is a gentle humour here, and a reflection on some difficult situations in life. Not many of the stories speak directly to me, though, and it all seems a little distant.
Worth reading if you enjoyed We’ll prescribe you a cat.
Vaxholm Battery
On the North of Vaxholm are the ruins of an old battery, guarding Stockholm from invaders arriving by sea through the straights near Vaxholm.
North Vaxholm
We ventured to the north of the Vaxholm peninsular, where we found another secluded harbour area with views across the sea.
Fredriksborg ruin again
We took another trip to Fredriksborg ruin.
Siggesta Gård
We went to play minigolf at Siggesta Gård, and celebrated our survival with an ice cream catapillar.
Hiatus
It has been a tough few months, details of which I will omit from here. Suffice to say that the whirlwind is slowing and it is time to get back on the blogging horse.
I have nearly gotten to the end of the Sweden reposts, reliving those times has been both happy and sad, a window into brighter times in my life, I hope you have all enjoyed looking back too. There are still a few more weeks of those posts to come, if I can keep the momentum.
There are a number of book reviews coming up too, I don’t stop reading just because of tough times.