Archive for the ‘vintage’ Category

There is an uninhabited wild island named Blå Jungfrun (Blue Virgin) at Swedens east coast which is believed to be the island where the Swedish Easter witches is partying with the devil. Yes, Sweden got Easter witches, not Easter bunnies!
Photo by riptheskull
It’s believed that the Swedish Easter witches flew off on broomsticks like in the [...]

With the thought of that Marseille traditional soaps have been made for about 600 years, I couldn’t resist taking a photo of those really wonderful vintage soap posters I found in a French medieval village.

The traditional Marseille soap is made from vegetable oils and it grew so popular that it in 1913 the production had [...]

Linnaean place nr 10
The famous ancient Swede Carl Linneaus - who started the Taxonomy system - took a tour around to Fårö island one day in the year of 1741.
Because of the hot weather, he and his companions rested in the shadows of the big Ava oak tree - and 268 years later we followed [...]