Now I find myself here again.
Sitting in front of a blank page, feeling that strange longing in my heart for the calm of writing a blog post. It has been over a year since I last wrote here.
I’ve come to understand that my desire to write and to photograph always comes from a need to take a step back. It often arrives with a wave of nostalgia. A longing to return.
Back to where everything began.
To the simple things. My camera and my computer.
The nature just outside my window. My solitude, my freedom, all the time I once had.
To what existed then, and sometimes feels so far away, yet is still here somehow, all the time. It’s difficult to explain… but maybe you understand.
A feeling of wanting to retreat for a while. To rewind. To pause and reflect.
Not to rush forward. Just to be here.
And now spring has arrived. Outside my open bedroom window, the stream is rushing by, like a soft background melody through the night, together with the song of the blackbird.
The most beautiful time of the year has just begun.
So much has happened since my last blog post. This is my first spring without my beloved Nanook by my side. And that is all I have the strength to say about that for now.
Right now, I simply want to share a few glimpses from my days lately.
Just to get started on this blog again. Because I would really love to make it a habit, to write in here now and then.
I spend most of my time painting in my studio these days, preparing for the exhibition I will hold in my gallery in Sollefteå this summer. And in between, I go outside as often as I can. Into nature. Into my garden. Taking in all the soft, shifting greens that are slowly returning to life.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to all of you who come here to read.
For taking the time to read my words, and to look at my images. And to all of you who leave comments. Even though this blog has been very quiet, I still read everything you write.
This week, I will continue painting in my studio, and also work on editing a new YouTube video.
What will you be doing?
Wherever you are in the world, I hope you have a beautiful start to the week.
Take care of yourselves. Sending you a big hug from the forests of the north!
With love
/ Jonna
I love you Jonna. Thank you for your nice words. Big hugs from my little cottage from Romania
Really nice to read an old school blog post from you again Jonna.
This week i will mainly be getting bitten by bugs in the garden now it’s more than 10 degrees again, but that’s what i get for avoiding the list of stuff i need to get done.
🙂
❤️ hugs to you and 🐾
The life has brought some dificult chalenges to you, but you always, always stay with love and share beautiful things♡ Stay safe and happy. We all know that in the end of the day love always prevail. And thank you for the light and hope for us.
Vad spännande att se dina tavlor med grönt tema. Jag är också inne i en grön period i livet. Jag köpte gröna soffor för ett år sedan. Nu har jag målat sovrummet i en grön färg med ganska mycket gult i så det blir en känsla av skog. På en av väggarna håller en kompis på att måla en björkskog. Det blir helt fantastiskt. Nu skulle jag nästan hellre vilja använda rummet som arbetsrum än sovrum. Ha det så bra. Kramar från Island
Bless you, sweet lady. The losses you have endured – yet your light of healing and love shines brighter than ever! I pray you feel Nanook’s presence from time to time as I’m sure he visits you often. And I hope you feel the love of all your fans from around the world, adoring you and cheering you on! Thank you for your compassion, your empathy, your courage and your inspiration! Much love to you from Minnesota, on the shores of Lake Superior.❤️
I love that you are back in the written word on your blog. I loved your blog back in the days, and still love it. I also love your videos. Every times is like getting a letter from an old friend, and I look forward to take time to see what you have “written” every time. Lots of love to you Jonna from Karlsborg
And our beloved animal friends live forever in our heart. This April was the 10th year anniversary for my beloved Simba’s death and I still miss him sometimes.
My grandparents were born and raised in Sweden before they emigrated to the United States. I have cousins who live in Sweden. I love your videos, photos, and blogs about your beautiful country.
Bon retour à l’écriture Jonna. Tu me donnes le goût de me lancer car j’y pensais depuis quelques temps. Je suis un grand-papa de 70 ans et il me semble qu’il serait intéressant pour mes petits-enfants de lire mon histoire. Merci
Jonna est une femme très inspirante, à plusieurs niveaux. Je suis certaine que vos enfants et petits-enfants seront aussi inspirés et émus par votre histoire de vie. Bonne rédaction!
Une aînée de 69 ans du Québec.
Thank you so much for this post. I wish you all the best and lots of strength. Greetings from Poland.
Thank you Jonna for a wonderful blog, already looking forward to your next video. Enjoy your time in your lovely home. XX
Very nice opportunity ! It seems to write to an old friend ! In Italy here in the middle of the nature in the north ,we still have little bit of cold weather! Thanks Jonna for reading!
Hello from Colorado! It’s a pleasure to read the blog. I completely understand the yearning to slow down and step back a bit. Life runs so fast right now, slowing down to read is nice. This week I will be busy tidying and cleaning the house for our daughter’s graduation party later this month. Sending you hugs.
Same here in Wales, kingfishers on the river are nesting , swallows and sand martens are back here too. Photo adventures soon for me and my dog Isla.
Best wishes Ian
Your words always give me life 🥰🕊
A big hug from Italy. I wish there was teleportation like in Star Trek so I could see your beautiful spring with my own eyes. Good luck and all the best.
Such a wonderful blog. I’m always so impressed with how beautifully you speak and write English. Lucky us for being able to be a part of your day.
I can hear you talking reading this post. I feel you like an old friend and by now i think i will be here until you feel so. A huge hug to you and hope to visit you someday in your workshop 🩵🩵🩵
Hej Jonna,
Jag började nyliga kolla på dina videos igen efter en paus ifrån YouTube. Du har inspirerat mig till att ta fram mina färger och penslar jag förvarat under sängen i över två år.. Dina videos har väckt denna sida av mig till liv igen och jag vill verkligen tacka dig för det. Din energi och närvaro når ut genom skärmen, det är det ingen tvekan om. Som student är det inte mycket jag har i konstmaterial, men tog fram och gjorde i ordning ett hörn i min lägenhet. Bara att se allting igen gör mig varm inombords. Några dagar senare såg jag ett klipp där du pratar om din förra artstudio och uppmuntrande tittaren till att börja med det man har, om så i ett hörn av lägenheten, och det fick mina ögon att fyllas med tårar. Jag insåg att jag hållit undan något som ger mig så mycket glädje – att måla, skapa, vara kreativ i min egna lilla värld. Jag fylldes samtidigt av en tacksamhet till livet för att jag attraherar energier som din och kan inspireras. Så tack Jonna, du påminde mig om att livet är här och nu, och att börja med det man har. ”You cannot edit a blank page.”
/Suzi
Thank you for acknowledging and reading our comments. You seem busy and on the go all the time. It’s nice to hear you pause and simply be, in the moment. You shed so much light. I only dream of living where you do. I’m overwhelmed by city life. I’d like to feel that pause and reflect but rarely get to find such peace in the city. Stay safe. Much love from U.S.A
Precis vad jag behövde just nu. Dina lugna ord när mitt egna liv är så kaotiskt ♡
Dear Jonna,
Just to say thank you very much for this new blog post.
I have just bought one of your necklace 🤍 I’m so, so happy with the idea to wear a jewellery of you.
Nanook is still by your side, as a pure expression of Love. Everytime you allow Love to be seen, Nanook is right here congratulating you ❤️
Thank you Jonna to be you.
Louise, from Bretagne (France)
Så härligt att du är tillbaka här, tycker så mycket om att följa dig genom alla dina kanaler, hoppas kunna besöka din vackra butik inom snar framtid!
/Fina, Kungälv
I am grateful that this year you’re feeling better in this changing time!💙 Also it is refreshing and curios to see your paintings with new colors🌿
This week I will continue going to university classes, maybe try to be more in nature and in the moment – your Andromeda necklace that I’m wearing all the time always helps to remember this!
Jag studera lite svenska på universitetet nu, eftersom jag vill att förstå om vad svensk människor prata. Det är mycket intressant och roliga att lära!
Tack så mycket för dig texten!🌀
Lycka till!🐦
L
It’s wonderful and refreshing to read a blog post of you after such a long time. It awakens a nostalgia somehow, from a time where things were light and easy, without responsibilities and pressure.
Social media has evolved so fast that we’ve forgotten to appreciate some quieter, more thoughtful works like writing or sharing some pictures—creating without the need to overstimulate or to catch people’s attention.
All the forms of content are important in their own way, but this type of work has also its beauty, and I enjoy every single word and feeling it conveys.
I feel good to see your journey, to be able to witness the world through your eyes, because you have a unique view on everything.
Enjoy every day, keep smiling and don’t hold sadness in your heart, because everything you lived with Nanook and in all those years since you moved was the most beautiful thing a human could experience, and this is a miracle.
If you ask me, I’m sure that the future holds so much more for you, that you will say one day: “that’s so wonderful, I didn’t even asked for”.
Everything is still ahead and a new chapter started unfolding in front of you.
Keep being the person you are and keep spreading your light into the world, cause it’s a much better place with you in it !
Take care 🙂
Oh, how wonderful! A blog post! I’ve always loved them. Yes, it brings back so many nostalgic feelings for me too… I started reading your posts here more than 12 (?) years ago. I was a different person back then… so much has happened… And it’s amazing what’s happened in your life as well. You’ve achieved so much. And I completely understand that you’re now longing for more simplicity and peace. The beautiful thing is – you can choose, right? Oh, and I’m looking forward to seeing your new paintings. I love green and the brown tones! Wishing you much joy and many relaxing moments. With a big hug from Regensburg, Anna
Dear Jonna , thank you from
the botton of my heart for coming back here again. I used to read each and every of your blog posts years ago, but then I thought you had just stopped writing . I have seen today in instagram that you have written a new blog and I couldn’t resist to come back and inmerse
my self in this intimate way of comunication, like a letter from a dear friend I thought has forgotten about me . Thank you , and I hope hearing from you soon. Lots of love
Dear Jonna , thank you from
the botton of my heart for coming back here again. I used to read each and every of your blog posts years ago, but then I thought you had just stopped writing . I have seen today in instagram that you have written a new blog and I couldn’t resist to come back and inmerse
my self in this intimate way of comunication, like a letter from a dear friend I thought has forgotten about me . Thank you , and I hope hearing from you soon. Lots of love
Some time ago, I started a journal, and at first I wrote about my childhood by the lake and how different emotions are then and now. How time and experiences can change us and alter the way we perceive the world. Is the creepy forest still creepy? And the magical pond…? Just a thought…
Ahhh, I love when you fully sink into your home and just create n enjoy nature~ I am a ancient energy healer/psychic~ I want to mention the spot you call spooky in your woods~ I feel your ancestors/ spirit guides/ nature spirits calling to you, asking for more interaction~ I recommend going to that rock/ cave to explore thier messages fully~ This will bring even more connection to your land/ self/ life~
Thank you for listening~ Much love n hugs~
Hi Jonna, it’s so nice to read your blog and see your lovely pictures. The green canvas is so welcoming! I’m also feeling some similar feelings at this moment – like wanting to come back to myself. Wishing you wellness, xox
I love that you are back on writing !! I’m from Argentina but I’m currently living in the fields in Honduras with my husband, i read all your old blog, (helping myself with translator) and you inspired me to write and to start photography! Send you lot of blessings and love 🥰
Hello from Ireland, where everything is green again but the sun has yet to catch up to what the plants and birds intuitively know. Hopefully she will grace us with her beautiful self soon. ☀️ 🌳
Dear Jonna, Thank you for taking the time to write and post your photos. They are just lovely. Your work calms me down and helps me to slow down, and not be in a rush. To enjoy all the small nuances of life. I’m really loving the green color pallet, and wondered if you were going to do any prints of your new paintings??
Ken (my husband) and I talk about our trip to Sweden last Summer all the time. Meeting you, and seeing your shop has to be one of the best vacations of my life. We want to come back and do it again. We just got back from Alaska. It was similar terrain in parts of it that reminded us of Sweden. Alaska was worth seeing at least once, but my heart will always be in Sweden. You’ve opened up such a beautiful world with your posts and videos. I am so grateful to have found you all those years back – thank you Dear One for all that you’ve contributed to the world. We are so lucky! With all the chaos going on out there, you are respite for our weary hearts.
Dear Jonna,
Thank you for this blog post. I must say that meeting you last month has been such a highlight in my life. You’re beautiful inside and out. It would be huge if there was a way to attend your event in the summer, but I understand that having personal time with you is a gift that I will treasure forever. Love, love, love you!
Hi Jonna, so happy for you to be in this new cycle, as life flows in waves, I feel the swell of your light and creativity rising! It’s been so amazing, humbling and inspiring watching your journey since the little cottage where you and Nanock slept in front of the fire! Love your authenticity, your beautiful soul, love of nature and sharing ❤️🙏
I’m in New Zealand, picking autumn blueberries!
It’s been over two years now, thanks to you, that I’ve been actively learning English. Mostly from videos, of course 😅. I’m also slowly reading through the old blog from the old website.
Hello from Wisconsin and thank you for sharing.
It’s so nice to read your blog again. This is how I first found you, through your writing and photographs. It’s like receiving a letter from a dear friend. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy the beautiful days. Kramar ❤️
Hello Jonna! It’s so nice to read your blog post — it feels like getting a letter from a friend I haven’t heard from for a while.
My days are now filled with contrasts: love, grief, and lots of beautiful things, alongside a few that are harder to understand.
I’m sending you love and a quiet kind of strength, the kind that carries us through both the beautiful and the difficult parts of life.
I’m passing on so much love as well! Your videos are part of my life for so many years (maybe even 10 year already🫢🙈).. and they mean so much to me!
Have a wonderful day!
M.W.
Godmorgon Jonna
Där ute är det molnfri stillhet.
Här inne är det tankarna som rör sig.
Om min känsla
Som aldrig drar en gräns
mellan Där ute och Här inne.
För båda är hemma.
Bara olika rum, med olika rymd.
Om soffan som jag ligger i.
Soffan jag sover i på vintern.
Soffan min mamma sov i
innan hon somnade in
Så ibland vaknar jag i känslan
som väver ihop dåtid, nutid, framtid.
Känslan som väcker tankarna
som börjar gå i cirklar.
Och när jag går i cirklar
går jag då framåt eller tillbaka?
Med tanke på allt som händer i ditt liv.
Skriver du fortfarande dagbok?
Själv knepar och knåpar jag
med att på papper, försöka färglägga
en bild av känsla
Med enbart blåa ordpixlar
och en teckning.
Nanook
Det sägs
Delad glädje är dubbel glädje.
Delad sorg är halv sorg.
Men jag tror, för det känns så.
Att den djupa sorgen
är del av en inre kärna
som är odelbar.
Det är enkelt med närhet på avstånd.
Men den når kanske fram
till din kärna.
KRAAAM!!!
❤️
Hello Jonna,
what a beautiful writing! It’s aimed directly at my heart and touches my soul.
It remembers me of the early writings of Tom Brown or Michael Roads and belongs to a place, a need in me, that i forgot that i have.
It’s pure poetry.
Greetings
Always a treat to read your posts, see your videos , emerging myself in your little world of beauty , art and nature. Is like escaping just for a little while into a fantasy world. Big hugs from Romania 🇷🇴
Hi Jonna!
I’ve been waiting for this post on your blog. As I’m writing my comment, a blackbird is singing outside my window as well. Yes, it’s truly full spring now. Thank you for the inspiration and for reminding us of simple things.
All the best!
/ Marcin
Hello Jonna!
I’m glad you’re writing blogs again!
I love watching your videos and hearing what you have been up to.
My best friend from Sweden has come to visit me for my birthday for 28 days.
It’s Autumn here in New Zealand.
I like to see the leaves changing colour on the trees and walking through the fallen leaves. The way the crisp air feels on my skin.
Sending hugs and love to you and Naelie ( i hope i spelt that right)
/Mandy
Dear Jonna,
I live in Czech Republic, in a house near a wood, with my dog and cats. I have been following you for about 8 years, your videos deeply touch my soul – it is like entering my inner world watching them, and I must say I watch some of them again and again and crying almost every time I see Nanook. Many times I was thinking that I would like know more about your first years in Grundtjarn. So when you mentioned your old blog in the Wild Hearts Live stream and I found out that I can get it translated into english, I was sooooo happy 🙂 So this winter I read all your old blog and it was so wonderful to go with you through all the years and seasons – springs, summers, autumns, winters… It has been an incredible journey and I was surprised that it was a little bit different than watching the videos, which I love, but reading it was somehow deeper for me, and your shared so many interesting thoughts that I could relate to. So thank you very much for mentioning the old blog, it was so beautiful to walk a piece of that journey with you every day. I am sending you lots of love to heal your heart missing Nanook and I believe that he is somehow still present there with you. Lots of love to you and Nayeli. Lucie
Det är fint, så mycket skönhet du delar i dina bilder, filmer. Du bjuder verkligen på dig själv, med ditt skapande, din humor och ditt liv. Fortsätt så, det ger så många så mycket. Du tog steget i livet som de flesta inte kan eller vågar, starkt! Trevlig sommar!
Dear Jonna, what a wonderful surprise to wake to a blog post. It was like having my friend visit for tea! I have lemon cookies if you’d like one! I’m 66, retired and very active from hiking, kayaking and litter clean-up wherever I hike. I would be humbled if you would check out my YouTube channel trail_ryder_grrrl to see the people who love our Mother Earth and get tires and shopping carts out of our waterways when we kayak! My little dog Lena is 14 and every day is truly a blessing! Thank you for making me — one of your millions of friends feel like your best one as you speak from your beautiful heart. Paula Derflinger in o-HI-o USA
Yay, let’s make blogging great again! It was such a big thing 15-20 years ago, such a beautiful way to connect and also slow down and look at your images rather than our very fast paced videos, our beautiful 17.5 year old Jack Russell passed away last November, we know the void well x x x take care
Nicole x
sending you all tones of love from Brazil!! 🇧🇷❤️
It`s nice to see you picked up blogging. I love your pictures they are so pure and refreshing. I have a very difficult period since my mom died last year. My world just crumbled. I have good days but more bad days. The only consolation I have is my art. Drawing beautiful cats and dogs, that keeps me going and wanting to make even more art. It`s a healing journey, slow and painful but healing. I hope my drawing of Nanook can give you a tiny consolation. Send you strength and love! Eny
Hi Jonna! My heart jumped when I saw that you uploaded a new blogpost. Somehow I feel exactly what you described: seeing your blogpost feels very nostalgic, very calm and slow in a way. It’s such a different form to instagram posts that one just scrolls. It feels like a yet another part of you is falling back on where it belongs – and it doesn’t mean that you need to write regularly here, but this undescribable feeling of you feeling better with yourself just keeps shining through your recent videos, the way you talk and now this blogpost…
I have been following you since 2018 and now last June I got to meet you in person on your shop opening (My dogs were the ones barking all the time hahhaha) and the connection with what you create online is now even more special and personal. It feels like watching a friend 🙂
I really want to wish you a spring and summer full of sun, smiles, love and small miracles. I hope your garden will be blooming soon and that you will find a lot of calmness and healing in the shining waters of the lakes around you and the softest, greenest moss that covers the forests’ grounds. I can only imagine the pain and love that you feel when you remember Nanook and I can only hope that the love between you and him keeps being present in your life.
I wish I could say all that in person and give you a big hug <3
Warm wishes to your family and your team 🙂
Julia from Poland