Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends and Family,


I hope you all had a great Christmas and remembered the birth of Jesus during the celebrations?!


I have attached a few phtos... more later..


November in Örebro









Moose outside our house in Luleå on Christmas Eve!!

Not Long Now..

It's been a while since I have sat down and actually written something... here goes..

Soon it will be Christmas and time has flown by again this year! It seems a life time ago that we were in Australia or even enjoying the summer weather of Örebro. Now we are both finishing off 2006 with our usual flurry of work and play.

We are returning to the backyard of Santa this year hoping to see some snow since none has materialised in Örebro. It will be nice to visit our 'home away from home' and catch up with the family and friends.

This term I have been studying Swedish after work which has also taken a lot of my free time. Thankfully I managed to pass a test at Uppsala University, which gives me an accreditation in Swedish for use at University (Svenska B).. like a HSC grade in Swedish... very rewarding.

We continue to reside in our massive estate just north of Örebro and are really happy to live close to town. We have been busy planning 2007 with our trips to England and Australia and at the moment our bank balance dictates we do nothing more in 2007!

We hope you all have a great chrissy and new year where ever you are. Over and out...

Some of my favourite photos...

I admit that they are mostly from Australia, but I rarely have my camera with me here in Sweden..

An Australian Christmas..

I like all the different people and reflections in this photo (above)

Seven Mile Beach.. with Berry Mountain .. A perfect swimming beach..

Australia ... calling us back...

"In Sydney Harbour the yachts will be racing on the crushed diamond water under a sky the texture of powdered sapphires. It would be churlish not to concede that the same abundance of natural blessings which gave us the energy to leave has every right to call us back" (Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs)

Can I say it better?! I doubt it...

Yes, the Royal couple has planned to visit Sydney and the norh Coast June-July 2007.

We look forward to seeing the "sunburnt country" again...

Autumn to Winter

Dear Readers,

Well... Autumn and come and gone so quickly this year. As we head into the dark winter, the only memories of the Autumn are some brown leaves clogging drains and a cold from two weeks ago.

I have begun my psychological preparation for winter by sitting in a dark room armed only with some snus and pictures from our last trip to Australia! Madam Broadley and I are busy busy busy as usual and we try to ensure that we see each other at least once a week and plan the coming week! Seriously, we are doing just fine, and Madam Broadley has been the busiest with her work and Uni keeping her out of trouble.

Regards

The Master of the House...

NEWFLASH in Götebrog

Another Criminal Captured by the Secret Agent B..

Continuing from our previous story from Malmö, another person has fallen victim to Sweden's skillful secret agent (also known as Agent B).

Again local citizens have informed the local Göteborg police of a man in the local area possing as a home handy-man and womeniser!He is pictured here below with is latest victim of his fast jokes, IT skills, strange faces and general MASSIVE muscles from his home renovation projects. He is considered extremely dangerous and has been on the run since being deported from Australia for similar crimes.

Agent B was flown up from Malmö to bring the situation under control.

With the skills comparable of Jason Bourne, Agent B transformed his appearance to sneak up on this menace from Göteborg. He attempted an arrest yet this dangerous fugitive managed firstly to turn the situation to his advantage and actually held Agent B hostage for a short time..!!!

Do not worry dear friends, that was not the end of the story! Agent B used the situation to his advantage and screamed like a small girl. This gave the local man the feeling that he was in control before Agent B could make his move.

Agent B then started talking about home renovations with this dangerous man. He talked about digging holes, bathroom replacement, and even the projected level of housing prices in Sweden. At this time the local man relaxed his hold on the rope, giving Agent B enough time to attack like a wild cat. The local man was caught off guard, especially by the Bruce Lee side kicks and fists of fury dished out by Agent B.

The situation is now under control readers as you can see. Sleep well tonight in the country of Sweden, your personal numbers are still safe, your Social Democrats are still in power, and taxes are still high:-)

Summer laughs..

A few snaps from the summer...