that blue winter light

March 2013 | Kodak Ektachrome 100VS, Canon EOS 500N

My sister posted a photo on Instagram today of running shoes on snow, with the caption "nå kommer den kalde fine tida" ("the nice and cold time is coming", a reference to a song by a Norwegian band called Jokke & Valentinerne) - which reminded me of these winter slide film photos I haven't shared yet. That blue winter light really is something special, don't you think? By the way, those white round things are carrot muffins with cream cheese frosting. A big favorite for me!

10-9-8

at the office today

10 good things about today

- a productive day at the office

- seeing a rainbow from my office window

- a delicious fish soup for dinner, which Sara also liked

- making plum muffins (I used my apple muffins recipe)

- dealing with the apple harvest from the garden (peeled, diced and now in the freezer)

- wearing my hair up + my Georg Jensen Moonlight Grapes pendant (a gift from Sølve)

- drinking white wine and watching tv (whilst writing this) with my favorite man in the whole world

- listening to a rather interesting radio report about landscaping whilst driving home from the office

- big hugs from Sara

- fresh bed linen

9 places I have made out

- at the mountain cabin

- in Sølve's old room

- in my old room

- at the beach in Australia

- in the ocean in Croatia

- at the good old Hollywood nightclub in Sandnes

- in Nygårdsparken on our way home from a summer party

- anywhere in our apartment

- at airport gates and train stations

8 words that describe me

- happy

- organized

- kind

- polite

- generous

- responsible

- sporty

- creative

7 songs I love (right now)

- Vivaldi "Four Seasons", especially Winter

- Lissie "Record Collector"

- Devendra Banhart "Goin' Back" (thanks for the tip, Maria!)

- The Lumineers "Ho Hey"

- Robin Thicke "Blurred Lines"

- Veronica Maggio "Jag kommer"

- Stevie Wonder "Don't you worry 'bout a thing"

6 dreams

- to become a mother of two

- to visit New York again

- to be fit enough to run a marathon

- to hike across Hardangervidda with my whole family

- to publish a book with my words and photographs

- to one day be truly happy with my body and appearance

5 bad memories

- that time when I broke someone else's doll when I was five years old

- that time when I fell off a chair and made a deep scratch in the floor of my best friend's parents' home

- that time when I was so worn out whilst skiing that I never thought I would manage to reach the cabin by nightfall

- that time when I got appendicitis at the mountain cabin and got as sick as I have never been before

- that time when I was super duper hungover in Moscow 

4 smells

- a clean home

- plum muffins

- bonfire  

- rosemary 

3 things I have never done:

- gotten a tatoo (although I did consider it when I was 20)

- managed to hang a picture in level

- been on water skis 

2 secrets

- I used to sell flower and vegetable seeds through mail order; my firm was named "de små frø" and my ads were handwritten

- I always wanted my future boyfriend to be taller than me (I'm 181 cm), but the boys I was in love with was often smaller than me - even my husband Sølve is smaller than me 

1 summer memory

- Sara covering herself in sand at the beach in Spain and then having a blast in the little waves 

List inspired by two of my favorite blogger ladies Hjartesmil and ting som gjør en glad. More similar posts here.

everyday life

I have started using my digital slr - Canon 40D with 50 mm lens - more again. I have used the iPhone camera so much lately, I had almost forgotten how good photos actually can get when I use a "real" camera. These shots were all taken around the house and out the windows the last couple of weeks. Yes, I do love a good sky.

PS: A new photo print suggestions post should be up soon.

spring contrasts

May 2013 | Fuji Provia 100F, Canon EOS 500N

It is raining cats and dogs today. There was so much water in the road some places, it felt like being in a car wash whilst driving on the highway. Luckily it got better this evening when I was out running with my friend M. I did get soaked to the skin though. A hot shower followed by a spicy pumpkin soup hit just the right spot. This collection of spring contrasts brightens up this wet, wet day, don't you think?

what's for dinner, week 41

what we had for dinner, week 40

Monday: chicken madras from Raske Retter

Tuesday: spiced pumpkin soup with bacon, from Nigel Slater's "the kitchen diaries" + baguette with butter 

Wednesday: vegetable soup with cod and shrimp, from Glad i mat

Thursday: roasted vegetables (pumpkin, potato, carrot, onion and garlic), arugula and tahini dressing from Michele Cranston's "Fresh" + random meat leftovers from the freezer 

Friday: salmon sashimi 

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

Monday: Grandiosa frozen pizza

Tuesday: roasted vegetables (what ever is in the fridge: carrot, potato, red onion, garlic, broccoli, asparagus), random meat leftovers from the freezer, all mixed with feta cheese

Wednesday: kålstuing (creamed cabbage), sausages and boiled potatoes

Thursday: salmon pasta

Friday (at my parents' place): bacalao  

Saturday (at our friends' place): a scrumptious seven course dinner

Sunday: Grandiosa frozen pizza 

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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 40

things I like lately

that light that make me pause

- Anja Dahle Øverbye's illustrations
- ert&ris' illustrations
- rediscovering Wonderwall after drinks in the bar at Story hotel in Stockholm
- a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice
- driving towards the morning and afternoon rush on my way to and from work
- morning mist on a lake seen on the way to the office
- beautiful autumn light
- bright red nail polish - done by a professional
- finding the perfect shade of red lipstick; Dior Rouge 999
- getting autumn and winter clothes out of storage
- trees with leaves turned red
- this post by Maria/Zoo Payne
- the ginger cocktail at Vassa Eggen
- French fries with garlic and chili at Taverna Brillo
- redecovering convoy
- wearing a dress at the office
- writing - both for work and studies
- a weekend ahead in Sandnes visiting family and friends
- making creamed cabbage (kålstuing) for the first time - it was surprisingly yummy
- hiking up mount Ulriken at sunset
- the fact that my friend Jakob brought a flashlight on the said hike - it was much needed when we had to hike down in the dark due to no gondola service after 7 pm
- a new Moleskine calendar - I have used the iPhone calendar for a while; it just doesn't do it for me

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things I don't like lately

- I lost my long time favorite black scarf in Stockholm last weekend
- wearing a dress at the office because my pants have become too tight

randoms, on film

Fuji Provia 100F, Canon EOS 500N

Random glimpses of everyday life in back in May.

the arctic north

Fuji Provia 100F, Canon EOS 500N

Such a beautiful place on earth! Photos from Grøtfjorden taken during a visit to my sister and her boyfriend back in May.

what's for dinner, week 40

what we had for dinner, week 39 

Monday: Grandiosa frozen pizza

Tuesday: roasted vegetables (what ever is in the fridge: carrot, potato, red onion, garlic, broccoli, asparagus), random meat leftovers from the freezer, all mixed with feta cheese 

Wednesday: kålstuing (creamed cabbage), sausages and boiled potatoes

Thursday: salmon pasta 

We are off for the weekend, so no more dinner planning this week. 

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

Monday: red lentil soup

Tuesday: Sunday leftovers

Wednesday: French bistro salad 

Thursday: fårikål

Friday: fårikål leftovers for my mother-in-law - Sølve and I are off to Stockholm; we had a scrumptious taster menu Vassa Eggen Steak House

Saturday: another scrumptious meal, at Bistro Jarl

Sunday: leftovers; fårikål, Sølve's pot roast (from the freezer) and broccoli kale soup (from the freezer) 

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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