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Welcome to this bilingual (Swedish-English) group blog by family members living on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, "the pond". Our interests range from the scientific to the eclectic, including gourmet food, horses, art and literature, computers, species in nature, history and iron, and photography. Three generations are posting here.

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Amazing Fungi

25 Stunning Photos Within The Mystical World Of Mushrooms

Posted by PP at 11:23 AM 1 comments  

Labels: mushrooms, nature, photography

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Very nice Swedish model railroad

Posted by PP at 10:43 AM 0 comments  

Labels: models, railroad, Sweden, train

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Transatlantiska tankar

Tänk vad många tankar man kan tänka på varsin sida av den stora pölen Atlanten. Det här är en gruppblogg av tre generationer i en samtida svensk-amerikansk familj. Konst, musik, natur, film, mat, trädgård, och en massa annat är våra huvudintressen. Välkomna!
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Great train videos online (for DH and others)

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