This is a dish I had at a restaurant that I visited regularly a couple of years ago when studying in another city. Their only veggie choice but oh so good. This is my version (and I actually think mine is even better)of pasta with cheese sauce and roasted veggies.

Table decoration new years eve. Pink and white hyacinths and anemones. Not on the picture, large vase with lilies. Beautiful but the scent too heavy. Happy 2011!

We had a great Christmas. Snow, food, gifts, jigsaw puzzles, candles and rest. I made five different pickled herring and we tried wild boar instead of farmed pig for the Christmas ham. Success!

December early morning. The world looks black and white. It's so cold and so much more snow than it usually is this time of year. Garden work feels far away and that is all good. We are building a bird table. The cats on the windowsill, yapping.

on my november (december) window sill. Herbs (rosemary) from the garden, an orchid from my mother-in-law and geranium cuttings. The one in the white pot, my favourite - Doktor Westerlunds blomma, pelargonium graveolens. Like a winter lavender.

As always, up too late sorting my photos. Found this. I am not sure if I have posted it before or not.  To me this photo shows the essence of this lovable rose. Small apricot buds very slowly turning white.

November garden. Melancholic and when looking close - very beautiful.

From last weekend. Sunny days with the horse. Now we have snow. I guess that means calks.

Up early this morning driving my daughter to her first jumping competition. Took a walk in the park next to the riding school while she prepared.

Also on our way to riding school. An old fishing boat. We stopped to see if we could climb on and there was a ladder that the kids wanted to try but it looked a little bit too rusty for me to dare. We settled in throwing various objects into the still grey sea.

Along the road to riding school. In the middle of a cropland. Is it not great that people find the time and the pleasure in spreading joy like this?

From the florist today. Wonderful Friday!

Summer highlights. Gillenia Trifoliata, another favourite perennial. A round shaped shrub with a sky of long lasting small flowers. Beautiful red stems and glowing autumn foliage.

Clematis 'Summer Snow'. This is a photo from back in August but it's still in heavy bloom. High up in the branches of an apple tree. Regardless of night frost. What a phenomenal plant.

Swiss chard. An amazing plant. So little effort so much joy.

June. I've been struggeling with this lavender border. I wanted the bushes to follow the pavement. I can't count how mant times I  have moved these poor plants. But obvioulsly they manage.

Trying to summarize the garden highlights of 2010. This is June and the bloom of Nevada. One of my favourite roses. It's a remontant but the first blooming is overwhelming. The 7 feet high bush looks like a pile of folded napkins. If you want the bush to bloom through the season you have to cut the overblown. My favourite garden chore.

Walking in the garden right now means slipping on rotten apples hiding in the not cut since July grass. Beautiful blooming going on out there though.