Happy weekend my AMAZING HIVERS
And happy Midsummer as it is
here in Sweden π₯πΈπͺ
YESTERDAY ...
We celebrated Midsummer here and
even if this year is different cause
of covid, there has still been
some great fun this year π
Mabye you can tell how tired I
was this day π lol
MIDSUMMER
Celebration at work
The wreath!
Usually on midsummer we wear head
wreath with real flowers, but at work
we make them with the kids and
they look different almost
every year.
And this is what this years wreath
looked like, pretty neat ey?
MIDSUMMER POLE!
This is what it looked like before
we and the kids putted some
beautiful flowers on it.
#ILOVEITALOT β€οΈ
Buckets with lots of summer flowers
that made the pole dressed
in many colors.
And then we dressed the midsummer
pole with these flowers and I love
the view alot, and it brings back
SO MANY memories from
my Childhood.
Dancing around the midsummer pole
with my cousins and family, and the atmosphare which is my favorite
about this celebration.
And all the beautiful flowers makes
me smile inside out π love it.
Had to take some close ups π
This is a favorite picture with the
Cornflower in it.
And last flower is from our
rasberry plant that is all
starting to take off.
π Yummy
AND THAT...
Brings us to our Lunch this day
LUNCH
Midsummer BuffΓ©
Onion herring, mustard herring, eggs,
new potatoes, sour cream, chives,
beetroot salad, meatballs, prince
sausage, breadcrumbs, cheese,
radishes, tomatoes and
finally cucumbers.
Looks pretty Yummy right?
I asure you it is π Mmm
And ofcourse you need to set a
beautiful table to make it
complete ey?
Sorry for the bad quality in this
second picture π
And ofcourse no midsummer without delicious STRAWBERRIES π
That was a great day and I especially
Love to see the kids all excited
and happy, so worth it π₯°
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And ofcourse I needed to be funny,
Couldnβt help myself π lol
AND NOW...
A little midsummer history
for ya'll π
The Swedish midsummer tradition
In the peasant society, the midsummer celebration was associated with love
and eroticism. The magical night
belonged mainly to the youth and
the dance would continue until
dawn. But the old custom has
often changed form.
Midsummer is Sweden's big summer
party. The heat has come and the
nights are long and bright.
The Midsummer pole is dressed
and raised, we tie wreaths and
eat strawberries.
It is a tradition-laden holiday, as we
want to preserve ancient customs.
The Midsummer pole probably came
to Sweden from Germany sometime
during the Middle Ages and is
covered in images from the
17th century.
It is sometimes called the Maypole,
because it is raised in Germany and
on the rest of the continent in
connection with the May
Day celebrations.
In Sweden, the tradition was moved to midsummer, simply because the climate
is cooler here and the leaves for
decoration have not had time
to bloom in May.
In general, you can see that the
traditions around midsummer and
spring's other parties go into each
other and are pushed back and
forth between the holidays -
an example of the flexibility
of traditions.
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Then they decorated both indoors
and outdoors with flowers and leaves
from birch or other trees.
The floors could be sprinkled with
leaves that were both beautiful
to look at and smelled good.
Outside the door were leaf litter;
such were long since also put
out in the field.
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The food served at midsummer
would be extra festive.
The choice of food varied depending
on where in the country you lived
and the availability of different
foods. The Nordic Museum's
records often mention fish,
but also meat and pork.
White porridge and filbunkeke
also belonged to the party food
according to this information.
TODAY...
We eat herring, new potatoes and strawberries with cream and drink beer
and spirits, a standard menu that has emerged during the 20th century.
(Growing up midsummer was always
a favorite holiday and even if not
everyone celebrate the same
way, we had our own funny
special traditions)
AND NOW ...
My Favorite tradition π
Flowers under the pillow
Love predictions were probably
mostly playful pursuits, but
there was still an ounce of
seriousness in them.
One form of midsummer magic
still exists today: picking some
flowers to put under the
pillow to dream of the
one to marry.
According to tradition, the flowers
were to be picked in silence -
if it was broken, the magic
was also broken.
Just silence is a common feature
of the peasant society's magical
thinking, a sign that it is a
rite being performed.
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Another divination method was to eat something very salty - for example
salted herring / so-called dream
porridge, cooked on flour,
water and salt.
Then you would go to bed
without drinking.
The future husband (or wife) would
then appear in the dream and offer
the sleeper something to quench
the thirst with.
The drink could also say something
about whether the life together
would be rich or poor.
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There are lots of things I love about celebrating Midsummer, but
family is my nr 1 favorite.
And then being outside and to be Surrounded by nature and flowers
just fills me with new energy
and thankfulness π₯°
So from me and Bobby πΈπͺπ₯π
HAPPY MIDSUMMER π·πΌπ·
STAY AWSOME AND
Donβt forget to SMILE π
MUCH LOVE TO YA'LL β€οΈ
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