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Make your valentines day greener

Thursday, 9 February 2017


It's that time of the year again. Either you want to stay in stuffing yourself with chocolate and just wait for Easter, or you'll cover everything around you with love hearts and roses. 
I'm not a massive fan of valentines but I do like the idea of showing the people around you that they're special. 

Det är den tiden pÃ¥ Ã¥ret igen. Antingen vill du stanna hemma och frossa i choklad och vänta pÃ¥ pÃ¥sken, eller sÃ¥ fyller du allt med hjärtan och rosor. 
Jag är inte ett jättestort fan av alla hjärtans dag. Men jag gillar idén av att visa människor runt om mig att de är speciella. 


If you're looking for some ideas to make valentines a bit greener this year, here are some tips. 

Om du letar efter idéer för att göra alla hjärtans dag lite grönare detta Ã¥ret, här har du nÃ¥gra tips. 

Valentines cards
Buy a card made of recycled paper or even better, get one that is fair trade as well. How much nicer to spread the love than showing that you care about other people and the environment too. 

Köp ett kort som är gjort pÃ¥ Ã¥tervunnet papper eller ännu bättre, köp ett som är fairtrade. Hur mycket trevligare är det inte att sprida kärlek, när man kan visa hur mycket man även bryr sig om andra människor och miljö. 



Perfume
Perfume is a popular gift for valentine's, why don't swap it with some gorgeous organic and natural beauty products or a natural perfume. Be kind to your body and the environment. 

Parfym är en populär present pÃ¥ alla hjärtans dag. Varför inte byta ut den till nÃ¥gra fantastiska ekologiska och naturliga skönhetsprodukter eller en naturlig parfym. Var snäll mot din kropp och miljön. 

Flowers
Buy organic and fair trade flowers. The huge demand of red roses at valentines puts a huge stress on the flower growers and the environment. They're often flown in from Kenya this time a year. Maybe give someone a plant or flowers or flowers that are in season, instead of those red roses. 

Köp ekologiska och fairtrade blommor. Den stora efterfrÃ¥gan pÃ¥ röda rosor pÃ¥ alla hjärtans dag är en stor pÃ¥frestning pÃ¥ odlarna och miljön. De har ofta flugits in frÃ¥n Kenya denna tiden pÃ¥ Ã¥ret. Kanske ge nÃ¥gon en krukväxt eller blommor som är i säsongen istället för de röda rosorna. 

Chocolates 
Another valentines favourite. Why don't try some yummy fair trade chocolates this year. One of my favourites are Booja Booja truffles.  

En annan alla hjärtans dag favorit. Varför inte prova nÃ¥gon smaskig fairtrade choklad i Ã¥r. En av mina favoriter är Booja Booja tryfflar. 



Food and drinks
Cook a meal with just organic ingredients. Buy organic wine or just brew a nice organic cup of tea. Love from Pukka would be perfect on a day like valentines. 

Laga en mÃ¥ltid med bara ekologiska ingredienser. Köp ekologiskt vin eller bara brygg en kopp ekologiskt te. Love frÃ¥n Pukka är perfekt pÃ¥ en dag som alla hjärtans dag. 

What are you doing this valentines? 
Vad ska du göra pÃ¥ alla hjärtans dag? 

My Paris - part 2

Sunday, 2 August 2015


Monet's Garden - Giverny

Le Jardin du Monet

As part of our trip to Paris me and my mum went to Giverny for the afternoon to see Monet's garden. This was the main reason for me taking my mum. I always wanted to go since I was about 7 years old and learned that this place actually exists. I watched "Linnea in Monet's Garden" based on the children's book with same name. It's about a girl who loves art and goes to Paris to visit the garden.

I went last year for the first time. It was special to go another time and be able to bring my mum.

Oscar Claude Monet was an artist. He was part of the French Impressionism in the 19th century.

His most famous work is of his lily pond in Giverny, where he moved 1883 and lived until the end of his life 1926. Monet's ambition of documenting the French countryside. Led him to adopt a method of painting the same scene many times. To capture the changing of light and the passing of the seasons.



"Je dois avoir de fleur toujours et toujours"  - Claude Monet

"I must have flowers always and always" - Claude Monet

Below is pictures all from Monet's garden. Enjoy!!













Have you ever been to Monet's garden? What did you think? Or did this post make you want to go? Please leave a comment below and let me know. 














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