Foraging and Relaxing Summer Days as Parents

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[@DanielErik]

Thank you for picking up the trash! I absolutely hate everything people leave after themselves as well! 😩

[@KalleFlodin]

There was so much I couldn't even bring it all 🙈 I'll load up on trash bags next time I'm going there!

[@vangiebanania1459]

im so sad about those idoit people throwing those garbage..im from the philippines sad to say we have a massive flood now because of that😢😢😢

[@stephaniejohnson7424]

​​@@KalleFlodin Wow! Thank you from Mother EARTH and each and everyone of us that shares this Earth for picking up litter in this beautiful place. I do not understand that mentality either of anyone who litters anywhere. I do know that some people (unfortunately) can be and are absolute PIGS in PUBLIC spaces. I see it over and over, all the time. Total disregard for public spaces along with no distinction between right and wrong. Beautiful video, Thank you for sharing your lovely time and family with us. ✌️❤️🙂 🇨🇦

[@minnamae25]

When I walk where I live, I always end up picking up beer cans. I cry because people are just so stupid. Why????

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

@@minnamae25 Just like the people who spray weird crap on rocks. They want people "to know I was here". We don't like you.

[@elizabethbrown7026]

This made me smile and feel at peace. I work in a tough career working with children and families who are in crisis. I work with low priority, but even those situations are tough. Especially histories. It is beautiful when I witness growth and independence. Your child has good parents of good character. Big city life is tough on families. Keep up the beautiful work for your baby ❤

[@bergannon6585]

Sending you love Elizabeth, for the work you do is precious. ❤

[@gislo]

When I find plastic in the forest I like to think someone accidently dropped it. That way I dont get angry and just pick it up and not think about it again.

[@corneliawindstroem]

Same

[@Shiryone]

People thoughtlessly throwing their trash is just one symptom of what is going on in their hearts and heads. Love the husky pick and eating berries. So cool. :-)

[@yvonnebirch6026]

Beautiful Kalle. The mood, the camera; as if you had a film maker following you ❤

[@user-cx6jy1up4d]

Love that We all can enjoy looking att the beautiful nature, you are shareing,.and your loveley family .

[@susanrodman]

So peaceful. Your surroundings are majestic. I can’t imagine having that close to home. I get so angry when people litter. I don’t understand. People just don’t care. What a lucky boy you have. You two are wonderful parents.💕🌻

[@elc193]

Nice vlog. Your boy is so big now. What a wonderful family. I hope Christine posts soon too. I miss her calming voice, her serene videos. Best from Toronto, Canada❤

[@KalleFlodin]

He's growing like crazy, 3 months old now 🙈 Christine is working on her next video right now, she's SO excited to get back to KZbin and sharing her amazing stories ❤

[@tinawylie2247]

Thank Kalle, I needed this. Your videos always bring so much calm and balance to my mind. The pride on your face when talking about your Son is wonderful. Best wishes to you, Christine and the baby.

[@roxannsoderquist25]

I am a picker, 3+ hours today, July 28 picking Saskatoon in Alberta, Canada 😊

[@annettekovar1308]

I feel you Kalle! I see so much garbage around and most people say "how could people do that?" But someone is doing it! Where are these people? Explain yourselves!

[@pattidunkin870]

What an exquisite video! Thank you for allowing me to experience this beautiful place!

[@KalleFlodin]

I'm happy you liked it 🥰

[@missglenellen]

Thank you for just another beautiful episode. Just last summer I learnt that dried (and/or fermented) tea of fireweed (Chamaenerion/Epilobium angustifolium) tastes almost exactly as black/green tea, it’s called ‚Ivan chai‘ as it was very popular in Russia (I had no chance to find it so far not growing along busy country roads). - I am with you regarding the plastic and other rubbish just being dumped carelessly in the middle of beautiful nature, makes me cry, same here in the few spots of what’s left of nature here in Ireland (the „beautiful“ green fields are ecological disasters, as all diversity is constantly eaten by sheep, millions of them, no regrown of trees, herbs, flowers, no fireweed). - And me too, I am more of an eater while picking anything!

[@vickiebasu1080]

What a peaceful vlog. So good to see all of you together. When picking berries I try a few, not many, and only because sun-warmed fruit is the best.

[@kellip5747]

How amazing it is that you can grow a child in such environment. ☺

[@Hanna-fu1gb]

Oh such a Beautiful video! Your son is getting so big so fast! Enjoy every day to the fullest, they grow so fast!!❤❤

[@JeanStAubin-nl9uo]

Very beautiful video. Thank you Kalle.

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you for taking the time to watch it ❤️🥰

[@user-wi3ic1zl1r]

Earlier this year I made elderflower cordial for the first time and it had an obscene amount of sugar in it - 2.5 kilograms. It was delicious, and very much worth the effort. Hope you enjoyed your lemonade!

[@dougjensen8838]

You and Christine seem like really good people. I love your videos and seeing you all interacting. Very sweet, calming and inspiring. May the good Lord bless you and keep you and your family in his care. Kathy Jensen

[@jacquethirlkel3001]

Thank you for this very nice calm loving family video. God bless!

[@reneewagner9808]

Beautiful video, thanks for sharing. I'm an eater while I pick berries 😊 We have blackberries all around our woods. We make pies and jam with ours ❤❤

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you Renee ❤ ooh I love black berries as well, but they're not quite ready here yet!

[@nane5159]

Thank you! What a beautiful, atmospheric, magical video! You really are a film maker, Kalle! Yes, there are things you just can't understand. They go beyond my ‘horizon’. I can't understand the act of purposefully throwing something into nature, just raising my arm and throwing it PURPOSELY into nature ... I simply cannot comprehend it! Likewise when people are deliberately malicious for the sake of being malicious. I can't understand it. ... and so many other things I can't understand either. People are sometimes so different that you think they're from different planets. They only look the same on the outside, but inside they are the opposite of each other. And yes, I can understand Christine. I'm German and I'm learning Swedish. I love this language, I really do, but I also have this problem with the rrrrrrrrrr 😉 All the best to you all ❤, Diane P.S.: I am a picker. When I start eating, I can't pick properly anymore. The concentration and dedication is then gone ;-)

[@dianabaudere6682]

One of my most precious chlldhood memories is picking blueberres in the forest with my Grandma every summer. I was a picker just like you because I was so focused on eating them later at home with milk🙂 That's great that you are able to give such life to your son - full of nature, togetherness and love❤

[@madeleinefinn9256]

Soooo good to see the hole family together ❤

[@user-pv4ld1je5x]

Nice to see you so happy. You have a great life out there. Take care of the little one. My friends from Sweden or is Finland. One of them places. ❤❤

[@marywalker2896]

Your life is like magic..your pond is so pretty and your lake is gorgeous..littering is disgusting lazy …what’s so hard about using a garbage can..geezzz..you live in one of the most majestic magical places on earth!!!you and your family are so blessed..take care stay safe and god bless..and always keep peace and love in your hearts..and yes this year is going to go fast, a blink of the eye..so cherish each moment and hold it in your heart to last that lifetime..

[@HappyChicken223]

I am just o happy for you two!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@KalleFlodin]

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[@carleyn5587]

Today i was picking up some plastic out of nature as well. Nice to see that there are more people doing that. ❤ I am eating and picking berry's at the same time :) Eating straight from the plant/earth is the best taste ever. Then there is something extra that makes it complete. Then the soul of the plant is most connected to it. And that nourishes us too. Nice video! Greetings to all of you. 🍀

[@liasmomenterie0906]

Thank you so much for your content🥰 It's the best reminder that life doesn't need to be stressful or packed with events all the time. It really is about being present and enjoying the little things🤍🥰 and I just love the scandinavian nature, so sad that some hikers dont feel enough connection to mother earth, to treat her with the love qnd respect that she deserves. Thanks for bringing awareness to his topic. Much love from Germany.🤗 Lia

[@EliDeNeige]

I certainly going to try this limonade. In Québec we also have fireweed so thanks for sharing.

[@Henri377]

Thank you beautiful family for this transportation into deep relaxation. I am so so happy for your son to have a father like you, and a mother like Christine and a home like yours. This is rare 🌿⚘🌿

[@barbarafogarty4802]

So glad I found your channel. Life is good reinforcing. Needed. Thank you. ❤

[@melindataljaard2753]

What a nice video! The dog eating the blueberries was so interesting. Never saw that ever. 😅 Wow what beautiful nature you have around your house. Your little boy growing so fast. One of there days he is going to run around. Thanks for the update. Greetings Melinda from South-Africa 👋🏻

[@chelseamorn]

I am like Nala, an eater! My mom would take my brothers and I picking back in the 60s and 70s, and we would eat as many strawberries as we picked!! We also had a dog that lived to eat mulberries from our backyard tree. I grew up in Miami and sadly, most of the farmland is gone. ❤

[@adeledesolla1404]

Beautiful, thank you. XX

[@audreydeneuvis6620]

Short but sweet and quiet video ! You know how to highlight the beauty of Nature. I hope you solved the problem with the wasps nests.

[@carolynspaulding6322]

I love really love content of your videos so majestic could walk right into them . Purity calmness and home

[@kathrynmoll86]

Beautiful! I have blackberries and, like Christine, when I’m picking, I am eating! Thanks for sharing your beautiful family, & Tuss and Nala with us.

[@NordicLifeForUs]

Fun observation with the blueberries. I am a picker aswell🌸

[@bamereg]

Definitely an eater. There are blackberries that I pick and eat (and bring home what I haven't eaten). And on my balcony I have a blueberry bush that I pick the berries from right before breakfast because I want the berries to go on my breakfast and not eat them all before I reach the table.

[@silvermonk13]

@8:20 It's a simple saying for people like that "Trash leaves trash."

[@louisegolder3276]

We call your fireweed Rose bay willow herb in the UK. I didnt know you could make a drink from it. Thanks for showing us 🙂

[@czarnaowca8920]

Wow Your Son is growing so fast! And Christine looks beautiful but a bit tired i think...all the best for You all !

[@danastavney5687]

Amazing lemonade!! We have that pink flower here as well, Washington state, United states. I've never seen that made before. What a nice concept, to let your mind be free so that you can be more creative. Christine and junior looks so calm and peaceful. What a beautiful summer it is.

[@andreaschudzinski-buchholz4221]

Wonderful video 🤗 Thank you for sharing 😍 ❤️ ❤

[@Martipenny]

You’re right!! I hate that people throw their trash around!! The world isn’t their trash can!! Also, I refuse to ride with someone who throws their trash on the passenger side floor of a car but I admire that they don’t throw their trash out the car window while driving.

[@hejdingamleraev]

You need to add more flowers. Then the lemonade will be almost as pink as the actual flowers 🌷

[@monikacarless_wordwitch]

I like to pick and eat at the same time! Also, you can make a tea from the fireweed leaves, you crush them then ferment them, takes like black tea but no caffeine!

[@SD-cz8og]

It's so fun because you get to experience childhood and youth all over again but through your son's eyes, enjoy it! 😊

[@annieneumann2540]

I am definitely a picker. I don't even sample food as I am preparing it in the kitchen. Wait until everything is cooked and then sit down to the real meal.

[@BettyKoehler-zg5sv]

Hello Kalle , Christine, and sweet little one! This beautiful video was so soothing and calming! You have a real talent of producing quality work, Kalle. I, too, get very upset when I see trash in the woods…or anywhere, for that matter. In my previous retired forest work, I would see far too much of it. There are people who camp that actually leave chairs, couches, camping gear etc.….use it, and just walk away. 🤬Leave no trace motto is….CARRY IT IN, CARRY IT OUT! Have respect for the Motherland….PLEASE! Love from Pennsylvania, USA 💕🌷🐻

[@deneicylyn]

Beautiful family! I’m a picker. Enjoyed reading “Blueberries for Sal” by McCloskey before I took my 6 kids picking.

[@christinemurphy7204]

I feel the same way. I don’t think some people care at all and they live that way even at home. Slobs. But… people like you are awesome. Love your videos and the care you take of life and the earth.

[@AQQ529]

Lovely. Children are a gift. So nice to see your joy. What's amazing is learning they are indeed individuals. Some how we have preconceived ideas about how they will be. Takes time to realize genetics play such a role...they are so unique and different than their parents. Carpe diem

[@maryannaarnold3817]

Thank You, I enjoyed watching you collecting wild blueberries!!! Enjoy your Family and the summer! Love and Hugs!!!

[@aurorainana3691]

This is such an incredible beautiful filmed, cutted, atmospheric and peaceful video, dear kalle!! Outstanding filmmaker you are. All the best for you and your family ❤

[@QuesttoFIRE]

Totally empathize with Christine trying to learn Swedish. 😂 I’m a Native American English speaker and I struggle so hard with it. Especially ö, and the impossible windy sounding words like sjö. 🤣 My husband is Swedish though, so I have to try! I will be immigrating to Sweden in a few years, so I really want to learn! I get my revenge though- if you wanna make a Swede sweat, ask them to say “Let’s have a seat in this chair for a quick chit chat.” 🤣🤣

[@mariatsan6907]

Τι όμορφη φύση να χαίρεσαι την ωραία οικογένεια σου καλε

[@mariatsan6907]

Σ ευχαριστώ πολυ

[@sjmortonca]

What a beautiful video! Thank you for sharing your days with us ❤

[@judyschepp8748]

Hello Kalle, Christine, and little one, About the garbage, many are just plain lazy and uncaring about what this will do to the earth😢 Thank you for this lovely video!!! Loved seeing you three together. Looks like baby is thriving🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊😊

[@mjmomo541]

Your "shower theory" resonates with me 100 percent! 😌

[@magiccitymama1620]

What a peaceful life. We hope in the next two years to move out of the 'burbs to the country. My son is 20 and I miss holding a sweet baby/toddler and reading stacks of picture books to him. 😢

[@kellycollins2229]

You share a blessed life together!

[@Blutwolf667]

I'm half-half I would say. Half time picking, half time eating. ^^

[@JPKalliomusic]

I have enjoyed your videos for years now. I’m originally from Finland, which I left behind 28 years ago. The Swedish nature is so similar that your videos often wake up a lot of memories and emotions from my childhood. This one was particularly beautifully filmed. You gave me food for thought. I get the same feeling of clearing my mind when I am working in my garden. I think nature and elements like the water in the shower make us focus on something else than the monkey brain. And when that happens, the unconscious mind gets a chance to have its say 😏

[@kristinalukianchuk5694]

I am a picker. My brother eats. Here's the story: I gathered 20 liters of cherries and asked my brother about his efforts. His bucket was empty, but his face was smeared😅

[@magdachrzastek2340]

I don’t get that mindset as welll!!!Glad, I’m not the only one😊

[@dylanwinter3484]

So relaxing to watch after a day of hiking in the mountains in Idre, Dalarna. This is now our fourth holiday in Sweden and that is partly due to your videos 😉. Thank you so much Kalle

[@malvinalarsson5521]

Thank you Kalle! I am in love with your videos. So happy for you and Christine, especially having seen all your struggles from last year. I myself grew up in Stockholm, and right now I am studying abroad in a very big city. I just recently realized, how hard this is on me, that I am so happy just being in nature and close to my parents (they live a bit outside of Stockholm). I truly don't need anything else! It's so sad that today so much attention is drawn to making a lot of money and a career, when the most important things, the things that would make us the most happy, go unnoticed. I am only 22, so I hope I will find a way not to fall into that trap, but it is hard when most of the people my age are so different. Either way I wish you and your family all the best, and a very cozy and relaxing end of the summer! Also, you telling about how you wish to see your son run around in the forest next year made me cry. You are such great parents, and I believe your son will be very happy!

[@BalaiKamanggahan]

This life ans scenery everyday…..❤

[@pj5551]

Clearly an eater! 😉😆🍒 Great video, Kalle! 👍🌲🌟

[@melodyjordan6052]

Thank you for sharing your lovely family with us. God Bless

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank YOU for watching our videos 😊❤

[@Sarahwhitting3]

Amazing life you have made for yourselves ❤️

[@drthomason7043]

Been a while since I was on your channel and what a beautiful surprise. Congratulations to both of you. Loved the foraging too,nice way to pick blueberries. Can understand why my friends gave up NZ for Olong. They've stopped plums for blueberries.

[@pierrefuga9862]

😊Good appetite!

[@ConnyGermangirl]

Hi Kalle hi Christine. What a beautiful video. ❤ Your baby has grown so much, what a cutie he is. Kalle, you made me crave lemonade 🍋 now. 😂😂 It looks so Delicious . Your video calmed my nerves, so thank you for that. I'm undergoing a bone marrow biopsy August 6th, and I've been going through up and downs emotionally, so thank you for always sharing the beauty of nature with us in your breathtaking country. Sending hugs to the 3 of you from Texas.❤❤❤❤❤

[@Kikifriedmann]

I enjoy the Videos even more when Christina is showing up! Nothing against you Kalle but you both together are the best! 😅🙏💗

[@lisasolleveld7995]

Love your video, as always! I am a picker🫐🍓🍒

[@HarmonyGraceElohim]

Beautiful ❤

[@amstergal]

Your filming is lovely. The lemonade looks delicious!

[@Alexia13]

Kalle, it would help if you had a funnel for pouring things into bottles, jars etc... 😋

[@alisoncarey9546]

100% agree with you. I can never understand why people just dont seem to care about this beautiful planet we have. ❤ thank god for people like you

[@juneturner7964]

I am so with you when it comes to people that don’t clean up after themselves. I live in Colorado and we have people that camp in the mountains and have no clue how to “leave better than you found it “ It is such an irritant. I really understand the love of the mornings. When I first moved to Colorado, I went fishing and caught some rainbow trout and within maybe 45 minutes it was in the pan cooking. It was the best flavor ever. Didn’t know how special it was so I saw it in the store and bought it and took one bite and threw it all the way because it was so so gross. Nothing like fresh right out of the water.

[@wendychetherington9809]

Oh Kalle, I am completely with you about the rubbish. I don't understand it either. I live in North Wales on the coast and we have a beautiful beach about a twenty minute drive away and the rubbish that is left behind is disgraceful. Again, I know to spend time there I know I will see the rubbish and even my four year old grandson is talking about the rubbish and so (once I am better) we are going to take a bin bag to collect the rubbish. We were watching something on youtube and an advert came on about plastic and how if affects the ocean and my grandson was with me and he was really upset. He actually picks up other peoples rubbish!

[@stevefranks1711]

What a lovely, calm video to watch on a nice sunny Sunday here on Whidbey Island, USA. Thanks Kalle! (Sorry to learn there are litterbugs in Sweden too. Yes, what are tbey thinking?)

[@KalleFlodin]

Thank you for watching it Steve 🥰 Right? I don't get it 🤔

[@DonnaDorsey-ws8ff]

Thanks, Kalle, for sharing your relaxing summer day with us. Loved seeing everyone make an appearance in this video, especially the little guy :-) I also do not get the mindset of people who litter. Are they lazy or just so self-absorbed that they have no regard for the earth and the other animals and people living on it? As someone who never, ever litters, I really can't understand it either. Also, thanks for the lemonade recipe. Looks delicious! I think the English translation for what Christine was trying to say is that it was "an obscene amount of sugar". Does look like a lot, but you need that sweetness to balance out the sourness of the lemons, and then you are diluting it with more water, so it really looks like more sugar than it is. Wishing you and the family a great week. --Donna

[@jamesmaclean7324]

I became a little sad while watching you pick berries with your dog.Brought back memories of out picking with my beloved dogs who now have passed over.They loved to eat them while my wife and I picked.Oh course we ate as we picked my wife more than I.Enjoy every moment with your family and your animals.

[@KalleFlodin]

Aw, I'm so sorry to hear that James ❤

[@zoricagajic9107]

You can make the same juice with mint and nettle.

[@margievaneijkern4172]

Are you going to make jam with the berries? The lemonade looks so yummy.love your videos. The peace and quiet is lovely.🇨🇦

[@Rob-sailingchasingrainbows]

Awww you look both so well. Sorry I'm on video catch up but what an amazing fishing spot ... I def want to go there x

[@KalleFlodin]

No worries, you watch them when ever you feel like 😉❤

[@Ankesadventures]

Beautiful! ❤

[@johannalempinen]

Thank you for this video, it was so nicely calm.🧡 You all were so calm.🙏✨️ By the way the fireweed already dropped flowers here where we live😳 Next year I'll make that limonade!

[@mihaelawichelns8695]

God bless you and your beautiful and loving family 🥰

[@user-cx6jy1up4d]

So happy. for you two finally have a beautiful child .

[@rosemarygilman8718]

Thank you Kalle. That was really, really lovely.

[@carolbonnett7409]

Hi Kalle & Christine from Australia 🇦🇺 😊it's great to see you're really enjoying parenthood & enjoying the little pleasures in life. 😍🤩 Yes Kalle, it will be magic when you get to take your son out with you on your adventures. 😊 The lemonade looks interesting & I have to say that I am a picker not an eater. 😁 I am 100% with you , how you don't get absent minded people that litter & have no regard for nature, & Or other people who want to enjoy their natural surroundings. Good on you for calling them out. :/ some people just don't use their heads. 😢

[@PedroHenrique-zff]

always looking forward for your uploads, kalle! congratulations for your wonderful family! :)

[@ceciliap7197]

Hi Kale, I don't get it either 🌞. How is it possible not to respect nature?! It give us All 💖🍀. Changing subject, your baby is soooo cute 💖. Congrats on the new kitchen 🏡💖🙏🏼, enjoy 🌞🍀🏡.

[@JoJo-vz5uy]

Love your message regarding the trash. This world is full of idiots. Way too many.