I´m planning to celebrate by spoiling myself rotten today! :-) Yaaay! I´ve taken a day off from work, and will spend the day shopping, going to a spa and have dinner with friends at the Spanish tapas restaurant Pacharan on the riverside.
The birthday kicked off with knocks on the door at 7.30 this morning. My dear friends Albin, Mimmi and their son Noam payed me a surprise visit, singing happy birthday. They brought Swedish chocolate pudding (aaahhhh! My all time favourite!) - one for breakfast and one for lunch, juice (made of "youngberries" - what could the hidden message possibly be?) and also a very nice painting, made by Albin.
He made this painting some time ago, and I´ve loved it since the very first time I saw it. It´s inspired by their cat "Skruttis". I´ve spent many days and nights with Skruttis, cat sitting her when her family has been away, and become very attached to her. Sadly enough, she ran away some time ago, and hasn´t been seen since. We all miss her terribly, so this painting is not only a beautiful painting, it´s also a nice memory of Skruttis.
He made this painting some time ago, and I´ve loved it since the very first time I saw it. It´s inspired by their cat "Skruttis". I´ve spent many days and nights with Skruttis, cat sitting her when her family has been away, and become very attached to her. Sadly enough, she ran away some time ago, and hasn´t been seen since. We all miss her terribly, so this painting is not only a beautiful painting, it´s also a nice memory of Skruttis. Thank you to Albin, Mimmi and Noam for this very nice birthday surprise this morning!
Thank you also to Janne and my parents, who are giving me this beautiful lithography; "Woman with dog"
This is one of my favourite art pieces (you can spot the bull terrier, right?!) by one of my favourite artists; Olga Semenova. It´s been bought for me in Stockholm and Janne will bring it with him when he´s coming to Phnom Penh in October.
This is one of my favourite art pieces (you can spot the bull terrier, right?!) by one of my favourite artists; Olga Semenova. It´s been bought for me in Stockholm and Janne will bring it with him when he´s coming to Phnom Penh in October. Ok, better get going now. Well, I´ve started the day with some really nice chocolate pudding and some youngberry juice :-) for breakfast, but I guess I´d better head to my favourite café for a treat of good coffee and french baguettes as well. After that, Albin has promised to take me to some good places where I get plants, flowers and pots for my project "Pimp my terrace". He, Mimmi and Noam will give me a couple of plants as a birthday present to start off my project.
Can´t wait to see how nice my apartment will be with these two art pieces, one Semenova and one Hagberg, on my walls. And a dazzling terrace as well!
Aaahhh, life between 30 and 40 is pretty good after all...! :-)
