Wintery Sandhamn - Part 3b On the way in Skeppsholm

Keep calm and Relax

Cooking, baking and wrapping has became a routine activity on last days here in my lair on land. I need to show example to the crew how to relax even on the kitchen floor in the middle of action.

No, I have not gained weight since Summer. I am as svelte as in August. I have just developed a coat suitable to sub-arctic conditions.

WIntery Sandhamn - Part 3 On the way in Skeppsholm

To get into nautical feel the crew recommends to pick a hotel where you can channel your internal naval officer in 17th century naval barrack building, http://www.hotelskeppsholmen.com/. Lovely surroundings and great place for feeding crew, superb breakfast.

Wintery Sandhamn - Part 2 Trouville trek

Wintery Sandhamn - Part 1

For some reason the first mate got an idea on our summer sailing to revisit Sandhamn before Xmas. Here are the resulting pics.

Guardian

The lion worked on Stockholm, I worked on my lair on land. For the whole long weekend. 

As the crew was in Stockholm I had to manage the lair on land myself. No worries, there was excellent temp crew helping me! Thanks for the weekend, looking forward working with you again :-)

December 1st

It's December now. The first mate is getting excited about the upcoming Xmas and the weekends are getting busier here in my lair on land. I can say goodbye to my regular nap routine as I need to take care of my responsibility as a chief of the house and look after the activities. Last Xmas the vegetation that was brought in was mostly  edible but this year the material does not look as promising. 

First, this green thing called myrtle has a herblike fragrant smell into it - I like herbs like rosemary and sage but this one is not to my taste. Well, these mini trees are something to lounge under but I have to emphasize I like to enjoy Xmas plants with my all senses ;-) 

The other one looks like tree but it is not a real one. I can tell you it does not fill my stability requirements and it failed on the first try... I also tried to chew it but the leaves are not pleasant to eat.

I hope my crew can do it better as we get closer to Xmas. Real materials that I can enjoy holistically, please!