Happy New year 2010

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year 2010. Hopefully it will be a better year for all of us around the world. I am still a little lost on the Internet after the loss of MPAM and I haven´t found something new to do instead. Still looking :-)
With me and my family it´s ok and life goes on as usual. I guess that is something to be grateful about, and I am, but I can´t help that I am missing all my internet friends. We did have a very nice *community* online.
Take care all of you out there.
Wish you all the best
Grandma Maggie

Sudden winter in August!

Yesterday afternoon we were hit by a terrible thunderstorm. However, instead of heavy showers it dropped huge hagel. In just a few minutes the area where I live turned into a winterland! The temperature dropped very fast to almost freezing as well so all the hagel turned into a thick carpet of ice. That turned my terrace into a pool since the water had nowhere to go.The water started to rise and threatend to flood my livingroom through the balconydoor. My daughter and my hubby were deperately trying to get rid of the water and they won the battle just with millimeters. The hagel were huge and they were all over so it seemed.
I have never seen anything like this before.
Here in Sweden, August is one of the summer months, so this is more then weird!
Today, it is sunny but the summerheat is gone, it feels more like fall on the outside. Everything growing is in bits and pices after the heavy hagel and there are still spots with hagel that is slowly melting in the sun.
All my flowers are smashed to the ground, but we did manage to save the inside and that is after all what counts. The flowers will be back next summer, hopefully.


Have a nice day and do look out for extreme weather!
Grandma Maggie

Finally, I found my way back.....

I am so sorry for the long time of silence. There is a reason and I am about to tell you. A year ago I suffered from a really massive heartfailure and I was in hospital for weeks. I almost died.
Anyway, the time after at home, recovering, took a long time and the interest for Internet is not what it used to be. I have failed in updating my various pages and for that I am so sorry. I am slowly looking into that now :-)
A huge loss was the day Mpam went down, without any warning what so ever. After being a member since 2002 I found myself completely lost. I have no clue to what I can do now to make up for the loss of all Mpam related activities. I guess it will take awhile to figure that out.
I am however keeping most of my pages for now.
The picture is showing how it looks here over Sweden most of the time this summer.
Rain and thunder! Not only over Sweden, most of Europe is suffering from extreme weather.
Who knows by the way, waiting for the new flue to hit us, how many of us still here to read after that has passed. They say it might be dangerous enough just to get the vaccine. It´s not being tested enough! In the news there are warnings every day and they ( the media) do what they can to keep the panic up. It does sell newspapers and that is what counts!
Just look at how media is reporting about Michael Jackson. That is really too bad. Why can´t they just leave him in to rest in piece?
Hopefully I will be back to write.....
Take care and stay safe!
Grandma Maggie

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to all of you! Finally, I have got some updates on my pages. You will find articles on Maggie´s World,
Maggie´s Bird Nest
and on my Swedish Blog - Grandma Maggie på Svenska
I am so sorry for taking so long with my updates, I will do better in the future.
Everything is in slow motion and it does take time for me to write.
Hopefully I will get better as soon as it is Spring.
Right now it is still a little too cold here in Sweden.
However there are signs on the outside, like early spring flowers.
Have a nice Easter!
Grandma Maggie

Finally some new postings....

I am so sorry for not posting here. I completley forgot! Anyway there are a few updates waiting for you at Maggie´s Bird nest and at Maggie´s world
and finally also at My Swedish blog - Grandma Maggie på svenska Enjoy your reading!
Grandma Maggie

Finally some new postings....

Finally there are a few new articles waiting for you.
First at *Maggie´s Bird Nest* together with nice pictures of our birds.
Second is *Welcome to Maggie´s World*
about the Swedish summer.
And as always for my Swedish readers there are updates at *Grandma Maggie på svenska*
Enjoy your reading!
Grandma Maggie
ps.picture is showing some of my flowers at the terrace outside.

New articles posted again!

Summer in Sweden!! To read about that, go to *Welcome to Maggie´s World*
To read about our dear family birds, go to *Maggie´s Bird nest* and if you know Swedish do visit my Swedish blog at *Grandma Maggie på svenska*
Enjoy your reading!
Grandma Maggie
ps.do not forget to check out my big articles pages.
You will find the links in the menu here to the right.