summer at the mountain cabin

all photos are taken with Canon G12

PS: summer at the mountain cabin, on film | my kind of cabin life

summer at the mountain cabin, on film

Kodak Ektar 100, Canon EOS 500N

A few glimpses of our summer week at the mountain cabin. We enjoyed the time with friends and family; hiking, fishing, bathing, cooking and reading. We did however NOT enjoy the gazillion gnat/midge (?) ("knott" in Norwegian). It actually got so bad that both Sølve and I got homesick and wanted to leave. We have never ever felt this way whilst being at the mountain cabin before. Sara didn't seem to mind too much though. She just loved being outside, exploring and toddling around in the rough terrain.

PS: I have a few digital shots that I will share tomorrow | my kind of cabin life

what's for dinner, week 33

what we had for dinner, week 32

Monday: salmon, arugula pesto and squash "pasta"

Tuesday: broccoli soup and homemade croutons 

Wednesday: chicken kashmir + mango and coriander

Thursday: baked cod with bacon + chickpeas, spinach and garlic

Friday: tacos with lots of homemade guacamole 

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What we actually had for dinner last week (pictured above):

Monday: risotto with pork filet, green peas and green bell pepper + a salad of spinach, mango, coriander and sweet chili sauce
Tuesday: tuscan white bean soup with shredded chicken cauliflower soup (slightly adapted) and mustard croutons from Super Natural Every Day
Wednesday: baked cod with bacon + chickpeas, spinach and/or kale, garlic wholegrain rice salad with baby spinach, basil, goat's cheese, walnuts and cherry vinaigrette from Super Natural Every Day
Thursday: Sølve's pot roast (from the freezer) pan fried potato, sausage and tomato
Friday: salmon sashimi
Saturday: first course: wholegrain rice salad (as Wednesday), main course: grilled steak, pan fried greens and homemade béarnaise sauce, dessert: almond cake with whipped cream and cloudberries
Sunday: hamburger

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about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu
- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)
- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners - often just based on what ever is in our fridge, freezer and cupboards
- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

life via iPhone, week 32

There are more everyday stories in the life via iPhone set on my Flickr.

things I like lately

nothing says summer more than Norwegian strawberries | Kodak Ektar 100, Canon EOS 500N

- today is our 5th wedding anniversary (in May we celebrated 15 years as a couple) and we are celebrating with Champagne
- this raw zucchini salad looks yummy
- my new Filson tote
- my new trench coat from Massimo Dutti
- these photos
- an evening out with the lovely Hanne
- 3191Q issue no 12
- wholegrain rice salad with baby spinach, basil, goat's cheese, walnuts and cherry vinaigrette from Super Natural Every Day
- homemade mustard croutons, also from Super Natural Every Day
- lots of berries, plain yoghurt, mixed nuts and honey for breakfast
- chocolate pavlova with mascarpone cream and fresh berries at Prego restaurant
- baking no knead bread
- Sara is getting more and more into playing with the Duplo blocks by herself
- this, this and this photo by Jen Korff

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things I don't like lately

- getting back to everyday life after the six weeks vacation and being a full time mamma - alone, all day - has been hard
- Sara's sleeping - both daytime naps and night - has been totally off all week
- I've been doing too much comfort eating - especially sweet stuff (which I have been pretty good at staying away from during the summer) - because it has been a hard week

where I lounge

This month's challenge over at NIB (Norwegian interior blogs) is "er du en stuepike?" - in other words; show off your livingrooms. 

The homemade daybed is where it all happens after Sara has gone for sleep for the night - like now. We watch TV,  read books and magazines, play around online - doing the whole couch potato thing, especially in autumn. 

For a lot more details and photos of our livingroom before and after our big renovation, please check out this post if you are interested. 

sparkle + a few words about film

Kodak Ektachrome 100VS, Canon EOS 500N

I have been asked a few times where I get my film developed and whether or not I scan my own film. Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you guys who asked these questions, but here goes:

As you probably know, I live in Bergen, Norway. There are not a lot of options for getting film developed here. I get my film developed either at Antonio Stasi or Foto-Jørgen. It takes them 1-2 weeks to get it developed and scanned. I don't own a photo scanner and I don't think I would have the patience to scan my own film. Having to wait 1-2 weeks to get film back from the lab is already pushing my patience. I did consider getting a scanner a while ago though.

Speaking of film. In addition to the two rolls of film I got back from the lab yesterday, I have - for some unknown reason - been sitting on another three rolls that I have hardly shared anything from. I went through them all last night and prepared a bunch of posts that are ready to be published. Please stay tuned for some film galore around these parts in near future! 

By the way, please feel free to ask more film related questions. I'm absolutely no expert, but I might be able to help you. Also, I'm hoping to have more why do you shoot film posts ready for you soon. 

the holiday is gone, the everyday is on

summer sunset after rain; I like this photo a lot | Fuji Superia 200, Canon EOS 500N

Today was not the best day. It was pretty crap actually. Sara woke at 5:15 am and wouldn't go back to sleep. I kept my mood up in the early morning hours, looking forward to her good, long nap later in the morning. No such luck. She slept for half an hour. After that the whole day has just been about killing time until bedtime. Also, it has been pouring down all day. Bleh! 

On days like these, I think it is extra important to make note of the positive and good things during the day. So, this is what I liked today

- a (mostly) tidy apartment 

- leftover pasta with melted cheese for lunch

- having two rolls of film developed

- Norwegian sweet cherries

- lots of giggles with Sara - despite both of us being super tired all day

- I made a surprisingly good risotto for dinner

- a chat with our neighbor who has a son Sara's age 

- a glass of red wine 

- making dough for no knead bread (will be baked tomorrow morning) 

So, any good things in your life today?

what's for dinner, week 32

what we had for dinner, week 31

Monday: risotto with pork filet, green peas and green bell pepper + a salad of spinach, mango, coriander and sweet chili sauce 

Tuesday: tuscan white bean soup with shredded chicken 

Wednesday: baked cod with bacon + chickpeas, spinach and/or kale, garlic

Thursday: Sølve's pot roast (from the freezer)

Friday: salmon sashimi 

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What we had for dinner last week (pictured above):

Monday (in Spain): grilled seabass, tomato sace and a green salad 

Tuesday (in Spain): pizza capricciosa

Wednesday (at Gardermoen airport): Peppe's pizza 

Thursday (in Skien): grilled hotdogs 

Friday (in Skien): my mum's bacalao 

Saturday (home in Bergen): baked salmon + apple avocado salad 

Sunday (home in Bergen): roasted turkey filet with parsley, garlic and chili + mashed vegetables (carrot, potato, red onion, leek, garlic and cream)  

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about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu

- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)

- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners - often based on what ever is in our fridge, freezer and cupboards

- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

this I like lately

our house in Calpe came with a pretty awesome view  

- summer holiday! which sadly ends today 

- looking forward to getting into the swing of everyday life again - which hopefully means getting into regular blog posting again 

- good times at the mountain cabin - even though the knott (midge? gnat?) were super duper annoying 

- learning how to make no knead bread - thanks a lot Jakob! 

- vacation in Spain with some of our closest friends and their kids (we were six grown ups and five kids) 

- bikini tan lines

- lots of bathing 

- pool bathing after dark 

- seeing how much Sara LOVED bathing, both in the ocean and the pool at our house 

- seeing how much Sara LOVES hanging out with her grandparents 

- More & Co's Wild, Natural, Free collection

- 10 surprising things about parenting in Norway

- seeing how much Sara's language skills have developed during summer 

- the frappuccino at the cafe next to our local beach in Calpe, Spain 

- Spanish flora

- the view from our house in Calpe

- eating lots of fresh tuna 

- self caught (by Sølve, not me) brown trout grilled on the camp fire 

- cava, every day whilst in Spain 

- the news about the birth of our friends' healthy baby girl - can't wait to meet her! 

- meeting my friend C's brand new baby girl + seeing little O (born only three days before Sara) as a big sister 

- the news about my friend H's pregnancy

- Vigdis' dinner project 

- shooting film 

- reading a couple of very catching crime novels; Englemakersken by Camilla Läckberg + Ildvitnet by Lars Kepler 

- famous cars (via A Cup of Jo)

- being caught in a heavy rain shower whilst out running 

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things I don't like lately

- my grandmother - my namesake - passed away

- no air condition in the house we rented in Spain (my body is very little accustomed to temperatures above 20 C)

- being constantly sweaty and sticky because of the heat and SPF 

- mosquito bites 

life via iPhone, week 31

There are more everyday stories in the life via iPhone set on my Flickr. Find glimpses of our summer vacation - which ends today - in this set.

what we had for dinner, week 30

All these dinners, except from the Sunday one, were made together with our friends - after all five children were asleep - in the house we rented in Spain. 

Monday: a simple salad with beef leftovers from Sunday

Tuesday: grilled tuna steaks, a mixed salad and pan fried leftover potatoes from Sunday

Wednesday: grilled rabbit and a mixed salad 

Thursday: grilled chicken and a spicy fruit salad 

Friday: Asian style big prawns (we all had a big lunch earlier that day)

Saturday: grilled tuna * 3 (this is one of the three versions)

Sunday: at restaurant Puerto Blanco (which was in our neighborhood); gazpacho soup, mushroom risotto and salmon  

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about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu

- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)

- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners - often just based on what ever is in our fridge, freezer and cupboards

- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

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a small change for the summer | Our summer vacation is over, so I will be back to regular menu posting on Monday.

life via iPhone, week 30

There are more everyday stories in the life via iPhone set on my Flickr. Find glimpses of our summer vacation in this set.

what we had for dinner, week 29

Monday (at the mountain cabin): pan fried beef, homemade béarnaise sauce and rice mixed with various vegetables
Tuesday (at the mountain cabin): grilled entrecôte, marinated grilled mushrooms and rice with mixed vegetables
Wednesday (home in Bergen): homemade pizza
Thurday (home in Bergen): tuna steak and couscous salad
Friday (home in Bergen): chicken, roasted potato wedges and Sølve's amazing avocado sauce
Saturday: no proper dinner as we were flying from Bergen to Spain
Sunday (in Spain): grilled seabass, baked potatoes and tomato sauce

- - -

about this project

- every Monday I post the week's menu
- I also post what we actually had for dinner the passed week (because it is fun to see if we actually followed the plan)
- there might be links to recipes, but the menu will mostly just be basic ideas for the dinners - often just based on what ever is in our fridge, freezer and cupboards
- Saturday and Sunday dinners will often not be planned ahead because we have a habit of buying whatever looks good in the store when we are out grocery shopping Saturday morning

- - -

a small change for the summer

life via iPhone, week 29

There are more everyday stories in the life via iPhone set on my Flickr. Find glimpses of our summer vacation in this set.