The Weekly Holiday: week 52

Another week 52 has arrived for Moa and I!  Another year of sending each other a photo each week.  This final week of The Weekly Holiday contains my view of the lake from the windows of my aunt and uncle's cabin in northern Minnesota.  Moa's photo is of the twinkle lights glowing through the windows of a little decorative house.  (As I typed that I realized once again our photos have something in common.  Those are the lovely surprises that make me smile every week.)

We are brainstorming what to do next, but in the meantime, I want to thank Moa for another great year of emails and photos and friendship.  From my camera, to hers all the way in Sweden, after meeting on Flickr over 6 years ago (I think, math involving years trips me up every time) we've seen each other's lives and kept each other shooting.  I can't wait to see where we go from here!

Goodbye 2013!  And cheers to The Weekly Holiday!   

The Weekly Holiday: week 51

This week is a fave of mine, to be sure.  =)

(I'm trying to make a bouquet of baby's breath trendy.  It's appearance is all light and airy like a snow fall.  The smell however, something to get used to...)

The Weekly Holiday: week 50

Pssst.... Christmas is coming!

The Weekly Holiday: week 48

It's time to start getting a little festive.  
These pine needles at my mom's are beautifully silver, even without snow.
Moa's little pig candle holder is helping light up her home.

Let the mad dash to decorate begin!

The Weekly Holiday: week 47

Winter whites are all right by me.  (And Moa!)  I've been using a mismatched set of punch cups to hold little treasures and Moa's curtain shows the shadow of her sun-catcher.  See you next week!  And an early Happy Thanksgiving to my U.S. friends!  *Gobble gobble!*

The Weekly Holiday: week 46

Top: My photo
Bottom: Moa's photo
Together: Pink and gold goodness

The Weekly Holiday: week 45

It's becoming a bad habit, posting our pics for the week on some day later than the Monday that we originally set out to do it on.

I offer up my chandelier and Moa's pretty onions on a vintage dish as an apology.  Late posts will probably happen again this year, and I'm not really sure how many people are checking in here anyhow, but we are still taking our photos each week, and I very much so look forward to seeing Moa's each Sunday night/Monday morning.  I hope you do too.

The Weekly Holiday: week 44

Moa's knitting books and my little mums cheered us up last week as the days get darker.  There may have even been talk of snow being good because it reflects more sun.  But it's not quite time for that yet, thankfully. (?)  Hopefully!  The year is flying by, but fall seems to be giving it's all to hang on.  These pics together at a glance could even confuse someone into thinking it was spring.  Life is lovely, how the circle of it just keeps turning round.

The Weekly Holiday: week 43

Looky looky, raindrops!  Raindrops on my cabbage and raindrops on Moa's window.  So often it seems like we live much closer to each other than Minnesota and Sweden say we do on a map.  It amazes me that we can be influenced by such similar things some weeks.

Happy week 43!  Next week's photo will be saying goodbye to October.  How did November get here so fast?!  Is everyone saying that?  I can't help it, it's so true.


 

The Weekly Holiday: week 42

Hmmmmm... seems we were feeling quite "of the same mind" when we chose and framed our subjects.  =)  

My dahlia and Moa's new plant.

The Weekly Holiday: week 41

Happy Monday!  Happy Fall Monday!  Happy happy pretty Fall Monday!
Am I a little excited about the cozy goodness that is our week 41?  Maaaaaybe...
My sunflowers and Moa's pretty buttons and great depth of field just make me happy.

The Weekly Holiday: week 40

My "pins" or legs, standing at Enger Tower in Duluth, Minnesota.  Moa's pins on her desk.

Totally had to stretch there to find the similarity between our week's photos!  Similarities are not mandatory.  It's "The Weekly Holiday" after all.  If something was "mandatory" it would just be the fact that we take the time to enjoy our surroundings.  Regardless of what they may be.

Happy week 40!

  

The Weekly Holiday: week 39

Little sneaky behind the couch, and Moa's knitting and current book...
See you next Monday!

Update:  I've updated my blog width and photo size, but have only change the photo resolution from the next post going forward.  Going back through the rest of my old posts to change the photos?  Ain't nobody got time for that!  ; )

The Weekly Holiday: week 38

Buzzy bees and organic eggs make me happy, hopefully YOU too.  I missed the bees this summer, but they are here now and so welcomed.  Moa got a bunch of eggs, and I'd sure welcome those as well.

Frittata in the garden, anyone?

The Weekly Holiday: week 37

Changing seasons means I planted some new fall flowers, while Moa did a massive clean out of her closet.  I've been meaning to take on that chore too, but my end result will not be as fresh and lovely as Moa's.  Can't you just smell clean laundry looking at her pic?

The Weekly Holiday: week 36

I've got the tomatoes, Moa has the bread.  Anyone care to share some bacon and lettuce?  Some BLT's are in order!  =)

The Weekly Holiday: week 35

My table of plants and finds, and Moa's magazine seem as if they are two different views from the same room.  Let's have some tea and flip through the pages.  =)

The Weekly Holiday: week 34

Plants, always near and dear to our weeks, make another appearance in The Weekly Holiday.  Yay!
I pulled these "weeds" from the cracks by our steps, and Moa put some pretty succulents in her equally pretty coffee cups, which came from her grandparents' one-time cabin.  (I remember them from years ago, when I met Moa on Flickr.  They are so photogenic!) 
This week, especially while we suffer a last of summer heatwave, I enjoy any green I can see.

The Weekly Holiday: week 33

I love when it's COLOR that links our photos to each other.  
My dahlias and Moa's onion from last week make a perfect pair.

The Weekly Holiday: week 24

The evening light had caught my attention more than once last week, and Moa made some cinnamon apple goodness in some pretty cute bowls.

Cinnamon makes me think of fall.  The new sweaters I'm seeing online make me think of fall.  Not feeling like watering my garden anymore makes me think of fall.  I better make some more sweet corn this week and do something requiring a lake or pool.  I need to stay in summer mode because it will be gone much too soon.  (It would be nice to wear a poncho and some boots though...)