A while ago I ordered this amazing hooded cowl from Ozetta on Etsy.
It was made for me in this gorgeous snapdragon colour and I love it so much!
As a person who doesn't own any appropriate outdoor clothing this is perfect. I'll just add it to any of my vintage jackets and I'm ready to go out in the Swedish cold!
Right now it might be a bit too warm but I'm like a child in this way; when I get something new and pretty I want to wear it right away and all the time (If I could I would even sleep in it, but that might be to overdo it slightly...).

Today I'm feeling a bit under the weather. I really don't have time for any sort of illnesses right now so I hope it's just a temporary health glitch.
Now I'm off to the kitchen to make a nice cup of tea.
Tjingeling!

On one of our first days in South Africa we went to Moholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre. It's a truly amazing place where injured, wild animals gets taken care of and let out in nature again if they are fit for it. Some of the animals won't ever make it in the wild again and they spend the rest of their lives at Moholoholo as ambassadors for their race. School children, tourists and other interested people get to learn all about how human beings have made animal life harder by putting up things like barb wire or sharp fences that the animals get stuck in.
We had a fantastic guide, Oscar, that showed us around, telling us every animals unique story. The eagle with only one wing, the baby rhino stuck in mud...
Oscar was such a great person with an amazing sense of humour making me laugh really hard for two hours! Here's some of the photos from our day there. Enjoy!

Say hello to Mr Pig.
This warthog is free to leave Moholoholo but he doesn't want to. They have left him further and further away but he always comes back again. So now he lives in the parking lot greeting all the people and getting some love in return.

The vultures where really cool! We got to walk into their cage and hang out with them for a while.

Oscar pointing.

The bride to be got to feed one of them.

And the brother of the bride as well.

Large wingspan...

We looked at the lions through the fence.
This male went to sit right next to us and purred loudly. I don't think I've ever heard such a great sound before. Calming, almost hypnotic, and really low pitch. It's hard to understand how a sound as beautiful as that can come from such a dangerous animal.

The leopard didn't purr but was beautiful to look at.

Here's the whole gang. The mountain view in the background following us wherever we went during this trip.

Eye contact with a hyena...

This is the baby rhino saved after several days stuck in the mud. Oscar told us that a tourist passing by saved the rhino from being eaten because human beings have a hard time realising that that's how nature works. Animals are eaten by other animals that need them to survive. That's nature. But because of our "bunny hugging human emotions" we can't take that. That tourist actually took the food from some other baby animal, but that's not a thought that crosses our mind in a situation like that. We just want to save the cute little animal. Interesting, isn't it.

It really is a cute animal though. I even got to pat him on his back!

This beautiful view captured me for a while. Until...

...the bride to be jumped into the picture!

Eye contact with a honey badger.

Oscar telling us all about the honey badgers.

This is a really ferocious animal. They are super clever and really mean just for fun. Still... kind of cute...

And just before the exit I found a flower that had me under it's spell for quite some time.

I really loved this whole experience. Exciting, meaningful and fun -all in one. If you ever happen to be close to Moholoholo, you should definately go visit!

I've added a few things in my shop today. Feels like it's been ages since I did that, I have been so busy with other stuff. But autumn is here now and I am excited to get back to business again.
Lately I've been working on a lot more colourful jewelry pieces than usual and I plan to make this autumn and winter more vibrant than ever! Why tone down when nature becomes less colourful?
Why can't we pop out a bit instead of blending into the background?

And also: FINALLY I've added the Larger than life necklace that I showed you a few weeks ago. An amazing statement piece, isn't it?

One thing I really love about travelling is bringing home souvenirs from the countries or cities I visit. And not the expensive touristy stuff, but the things you can find if you look around you. On the ground, hanging in the trees.
My current obsession is different kinds of seed pods. I just think they are really beautiful.
Imagine the happy look on my face when I realised that South Africa is literally covered with seed pods!
HURRAH!
I searched high and low for the really large ones after seeing one as decoration in a shop only to find out that the bride to be, Sydafrika, has a tree full of them in her garden!
I even got the rest of the guests to have their eyes open for me during the week.
Kind of reminds me of when I was a little girl and went to summer camp and got a diploma for being the Best treasure seeker of the camp (Lägrets Sakletare). Let me tell you, there where no other contestants in that category. They made it up to make me happy because I was all miserable and wanted to go home to my parents. I saw through the white lie but didn't care because I knew I was the best Sakletare around and I certainly owned that title!
And this time I got to be the best Sakletare of South Africa!