Comments on: Stockholm Through a Lens

By: megan

megan — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:34:28 +0000

jeff- the pictures look great! i can’t wait to see what the two of you capture on your trip. have i ever mentioned my photography services while traveling with friends abroad is only a plane ticket, you know just in case you were wondering

the building one is my favorite.

By: Mom Inga

Mom Inga — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:28:33 +0000

Nice pictures, Jeff! I like the multi-colored old apartment buildings and, of course, the multi-colored Easter feathers. When you asked me to explain why, I realized I didn’t know, - that it is just something that is always done during Lent. So I looked for an explanation in my copy of “Swedish Holidays and Traditions” where it says: “During Lent, the bleak greyness of Swedish market stalls in late winter suddenly burts forth in all the colours of the rainbow when Lenten or Easter twigs are put out for sale. These are birch twigs adorned with bundles of dyed feathers and put in vases to force the growth of the first small yellowish-green leaves — a magic rite, as it were, for hastening the onset of spring. These Easter twigs are also a custom borrowed from further south, emulating the mulicoloured “palms” with which Palm Sunday has long been celebrated in Central Europe. But the custom also has its native antecedents — the “Easter birch” with which the head of the household would chastise the other members on the morning of Good Friday, to remind them of the scourging of Christ. And those twigs had no feathers to soften the blows!” So how about a picture of a “semla” another Lenten favorite in Sweden — I would assume you’ve eaten a few of those by now.

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By: Theresa

Theresa — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:49:38 +0000

Thanks for the comment. We’ll definitely be adding photos where appropriate, especially once we get traveling and are writing more about destinations, but I think we plan to stick with photos we generate ourselves. I do agree that photos make posts more interesting, so we’ll make an effort to add more. Once we’re on the road, I think our problem will be having too many to sort from. We tend to take a lot of photos!

By: Heatheronhertravels

Heatheronhertravels — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:17:30 +0000

Hey there

I read a few of your archive posts and glad to see that you’re branching into colour - I do like to see a few photos to brighten up the day!

My top tip, if you don’t have anything suitable yourself, is to search for appropriate photos on flickr.com using the advanced search to look for those with a creative commons licence.

By: soultravelers3

soultravelers3 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:54:50 +0000

I love Stockholm ( we will return this summer) so fun to see these pics! We are 19 months into our own multi-year, open ended trip around the world as a family and I’m glad I just found you. Good stuff! My niece is a recent Rice grad ( chemical engineering) so interesting seeing that connection too. Happy travels!

By: angela

angela — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:06:49 +0000

The bottles are my fave, too!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:42:17 +0000

The feathers are pretty, but I want to know more about that.
Good no pictures of snakes!

By: anne

anne — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:22:17 +0000

I enjoyed all the pictures!!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:57:05 +0000

Cool pictures Jeff I like hte one of the bottles too

Speaking of holidays around the world, do you guys know where you’ll be spending Christmas?