The Hot Sulphur Spring in Sohna

and it’s famous Shiv Kund, and an ancient Shiva Temple.

The last couple of days when I haven’t had any internet I started going through my pictures. I found some “old” ones that I haven’t shown you before….

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the hot water from the earth is collected in a tank, kund, it’s around 55 feet deep, and it’s covered with a tomb….you can see one of the tubs(right) where people wash both themselves and their clothes.

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I could feel the heat from the hot water through this opening…steam was coming out…it’s a natural hot spring with sulphur mixed water and it’s said that the water is curing skin diseases…so people from all over the state come to this place to get cured.

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special entrances for ladies who wish to spend time in the hot water…and No, I didn’t try it out. see the small plant breaking through the concrete ?

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bells are part of a temple

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 people live right in the  middle of the kund and the temple.

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best part of the visit was the walk through the village.

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narrow alleys….so narrow that I do wonder how the cars got in there ?

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wonderful havelis and fun solutions….

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in this one I didn’t see any car though…not even a bike actually.

The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone (Goethe)

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Picking vegetables and flowers in the middle of winter

that’s what we do here in India..fall – winter means better temperatures so things can grow

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 I did pick some dahlias but the young lady picked some brinjal (eggplant ) and dhania (coriander) for me..

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this is the family I have visited so many times before to get my flowers ( and I always get vegetables also)..I usually have some things with me to give and yesterday I had some clothes from back home ( the older boy really needed some clothes so I brought some of my sons grown out ones)

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I forgot the chocolate for this little one…promised to bring some next time !

From one side of the world to another

I left this….

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and got this instead….a 30 degree difference and some smog …..

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and yet the schools here in India closed today because it’s to cold.( well, grades up to 5 had to stay home, the older ones had to come to school) If that would be the case home in Sweden then we would only have school half of the year maximum.

I did it ! I baked Swedish saffron cream buns

first time I did semlor, fastlagsbullar, Swedish cream buns  with saffron

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none of us where disappointed …. only problem is that you eat to many !!

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best recipe ever

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this years first fika outdoors ? brrrr too cold

After “the” storm

you never know what to expect the day after a storm, but today turned into quite a nice day

Mother Earth even treated us to some sunshine and less wind

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on this side of the pier there  was snow and ice

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and on the other side there was none…

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more sand than usual though…

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  guess the storm buried it ….

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the road was gone …red algae had been thrown up and was totally covering it and the beautiful willow…hmm, this will start to smell in a day or so…

Mother Earth was a lot happier and so was I.

Semla, fastlagsbulle or Swedish cream buns…..

what do you do when it’s storming outside…

if you’re from Sweden ….FIKA time= something sweet and coffee

“How do you say Fika?
(You pronounce it feee-ka). Fika is much less rigid than the more well-known British tea, which only takes place in the afternoon. In Sweden, you can fika whenever you want, although it too usually happens in the afternoon. Swedes use fika as both a verb and a noun. “(copied from Google)

a fastlagsbulle, semla is a cardamom-scented bun filled with almond-paste and whipped cream ( and some snow…icing sugar on top ) yummy yummy….if we get snowed in I’ll make a batch of these heavenly yummy buns.

Snow and storm !!!!

hold on to your hat today !

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I didn’t want to go outside…walked upstairs and looked out the window instead…quite beautiful when you can choose to stay inside in the warmth…Mother Earth seemed angry today…

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not easy to see out today…

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I sure hope it calms down soon…wonder what I can do to calm her,

Mother Earth that is.

wow, what a windy Wednesday

I know it’s only Tuesday but it sounded better with Wednesday..haha

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mother nature, a force to be reckoned with….

often beautiful but can be oh, so dangerous.

Sometimes you don’t see the forest for the trees.

 literally speaking….

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loooong walks in Smålands djupa skogar…..

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the branches kind of look like blood veins, don’t you think?

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hey, that’s me !

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love snow…as long as I can get dressed with multiple layers for the cold…