Pink flowers help me pretend that spring is near, even though there is nothing outside that looks remotely like it today.

Oh yes, it’s another suitcase! The list I keep at the back of my mind of things to look for at flea markets and thrift shops is many miles long, and one thing I have been keeping an eye out for for a long time is one of these round hatbox-type of suitcases. The other day I felt a sudden urge to visit Fretex (Salvation Army shop), not planning to look for anything in particular, and the first thing I saw as I entered the store was this oh so lovely case. I swear it was calling my name!

(The books are “How to feel at home in Norway” (would be funny to bring on a trip around the country!), a lovely 1966 copy of Tove Jansson’s “Moominpappa at Sea” (“Pappaen og havet”), and the signed copy of Jeanette Winterson’s “Lighthousekeeping” (one of my all-time favourite books, read it!) that I got for my birthday. ♥ )

Lovely plaid interior. ♥

Now, to plan a train journey to somewhere… :D