Torsdagen den 27 maj
Thursday May 27th

Glas är dock inte den enda strängen på Evas lyra. Hon är även trädgårdkonstnär kan man nog kalla det. Tomten har branta bergskanter och Eva har sprängt in sina odlingar, blandat med glaskonst, än här och än där i den naturliga vegetationen. Förra året hade hon mellan 150 och 200 blommande rosenbuskar av olika sorter, men ett antal av dem klarade inte den senaste vintern. Här finns även en mängd blommor, främst perenner, och flera vattensamlingar med rinnande vatten. Allt detta ger en spännande och omväxlande trädgård att strosa runt i,
Och dessutom väckte alla ting med god design hennes intresse och vetgirighet. När vi sörplat i oss allt kaffet och vandrat i trädgården följde hon med oss till bilarna med sin kamera i högsta hugg. Här fick hon återuppleva ett gammalt barndomsminne, nämligen baksätet i en gammal Jaguar. Med skinnklädsel och med utfällbara brickor på framsätesstolarnas baksida. Eva berättade lyriskt om en resa i en sådan Jaguar när hon var fem eller sex år gammal.

Så man kanske kan säga att detta för oss mycket givande besök, även gav vår värd något litet i utbyte.

Bosse Arnholm

16 UBCC-cars, a whole bunch of cars from the Sportscar club and all those long limousines from the whole of western Sweden gathered at Götaplatsen this evening. It was Thursday and exam för student in town.
During the afternoon a lot of lorries had carried the students around town, and all of them had been at Götaplatsen. And they left memories in the form of crashed glass all over the place. So it was rather dangerous to drive a car here this evening. But we were lucky! No blow outs of tyres as far as I know.
Our cars choosed quite a few different routes to get to the first meeting place in Kållered, but ewe all arrived at just the same time. From there to Hilmersgården in Kungsbacka we managed to keep the group tight and only a few other cars got in between us.
The artist Eva Elmqvist lives and works at Hilmersgården. At arrival she introduced herself and after that delicious coffe and sandwiches were served, ackompanied, as usual, by profound talks about cars and technical things.
Now Eva told us more about her glasswork. She specializes in small glasworks made to fit in tiled walls in bathrooms, kitchens and other places were you have tiled wall. She asked us to loook into the toilets! And it was really amasing to see what her glasswork could do to a riled wall!
Artwork in glass is not her only way of expressing herself. She is also an excellent gardener. Her garden is very special with between 150 and 200 species of roses, some water-ponds and you might say fully integrated with the non-cultivated nature. Most interesting experience.
Apart from thet, all well design things fascinates her, so when we had finished the coffee and seen her garden, she brought her camera and joined us by the cars. She was fascinated and looked aspecially at the old Jaguars. When she was very young she got into the backseat of such a Jaguar, and still she could feel the smell of that leather and remember those foldable trays on the back of the front seats!

So maybe, our visiting her was as pleasurable for her as for us?

Bosse Arnholm