Growing birches in a pot

I live in a famous part of Stockholm called Vällingby. This part of Stockholm was inaugurated the same year I was born as a conceptual city design. The ABC community. ABC is the Swedish acronym for Work, Residence and Centre. Architects and politicians from all over the world came here to watch and learn this new concept. Not much of the original concept is left  to see today since many industries have left the scene and shopping have decreased significantly due to the greater markets that has popped up as satellites in the suburbs of Stockholm. Shopping nearby is limited to daily needs. The center committee is doing a vast job making this part of Stockholm alive again. Planting birches in pots, however, is not their  idea, I think.

Trappan is an original building from the first years and is now renovated and will become a cultural centre of Vällingby AND Stockholm.

Parental visit

My parents were invited to a wedding in Stockholm and they asked to stay with us. Of course, since I am the only of their children living there. As always we have things to talk about. Relatives, what is going on in the extended family, the bride and bridegroom. The bride is my cousin by the way.

And here's from arrival at church

 My mother and my sister

My mother and the brides mother

Caffenol

Some of my fellow members in the photo club are very inclined to use instant coffee when they develop film. Not to drink while developing, but actually soak the film in a mixture containing instant coffee. The negatives does not turn dark brown but seems actually alright when finished. I have my doubt that coffee is the real working component in the mixture but something else. Until proven I think coffee is just a blind and fun part of the recipe.

Recipy study

Multiple conversations

I'll stick with my ususal developer for a while longer.