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Hesselmarks at home in Skåne (Scania) in the very south of Sweden | |
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Europe - Africa
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South Seas
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Northern Europe
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Skåne - our home county
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Corner of our beloved library where we prepare for the next adventure. In here is no TV, no video, to DVD, no radio, no telephone, no computer. Just a lot of old, very old and new books. On the top shelves in the middle is part of Helena's Bible collection in different languages. The black burnt mark In the ceiling beam is probably 300 years old.
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| Sometimes there is snow in winter | We spend summer at home |
Sitting room
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Sometimes it is very warm.Grandchildren in shadowed pool |
| Our house dates back to the 17th century. It is 25 m long and 5 m wide. In 1950 it housed 6 families. |
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| At Björkliden North of the Polar Circle, Lapporten, The Gate to Lapland, in the back. | "Dinosaurs are everywhere" in our home county of Scania. Emily and Ida seem to enjoy their company. |
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Life is a party. Here we celebrate the joint birthday of Helena and eldest grandchild Emily. When Emily was 6, Helena was 60. And as the clever little girl said---zero is nothing-- claiming they were the same age, Helena protested - Not, really, you are a child! Upon which Emily brightly responded: Oh, but Mamma always says you are very childish.! We hope to remain childish enough always, to enjoy and endure life --also when life is not a party. |
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Our granddaughters Emily and Ida, who are keeping us young at heart. In Swedish dress and showing certificate from slalom school. Butterfly skiing!! With them we go looking for Trolls in the woods, feed the ducks in the ponds and put flowers at graves of loved ones, recently or long gone. They listen to our stories from our travels and we might say with Katharine Hepburn in "The African Queen": "We will never lack of stories to tell our grandchildren". |
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Looking for and finding Troll in the fabulous airy woods of southern Sweden is an adventure for anyone. Let alone for Emily, 8 years old and Ida soon 6, summer 2002 Fact is, our daughter claims, WE are the ones having most fun. We being grandparents Helena and Bo.
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