Sunday afternoon scooting

Today has been beautiful. The perfect, chilly late autumn day. We bundled up and played outside; Sara in her new winter overall and I wore my new parka. Sara loves the little pink scooter she got for her second birthday last week. She has already got a pretty good hang of it.

that warm summer light

Fuji Superia 200, Canon EOS 500N

We went to a party last night. It has been a long, long time since I was at a party on a Friday night. After the busy work week, I prefer to spend my Friday night on the sofa in front of the TV. But last night was a blast. Such fun catching up with old friends! Today is not that much fun though. Those after midnight drinks are never a good idea... 

things I like lately

from the archives | Kodak Ektar 100, Canon EOS 500N

- this post over at earthly luster

- Mariell's list of 50 things that make her happy

- seeing my photo along with all the beautiful film photos over at I still shoot film

- ordering my 2014 subscription to 3191 Quarterly - 3191 Miles Apart is one of my favorite places on the Internet; ever since I got to know Maria and Stephanie through Flickr years ago, they have been huge sources of inspiration to me

- signing a contract for a new job

- drinking bubbly to celebrate said signing 

- having a house guest all week

- catching up with an old friend over dinner 

- date night with Sølve; we ate burgers, drank cocktails and played shuffleboard - so much fun! 

- first snow on mount Ulriken

- productive work days

- Seasons by Donna Hay

- Champagnepiker by Gunvor

- painting my finger nails for a Friday night party - Essie's A list is tonight's color 

sneak peek: darker mornings

Kodak Portra 400, Minolta SRT 101

I picked up this film from the lab today, the Kodak Portra 400 that I shot the darker mornings project with. I have not yet decided what to do with the photos; I'm thinking of maybe turning them into a Blurb book, or maybe I will just post them all here on the blog. In the meantime I leave you with my favorite frame from very beginning of the roll. A happy accident that only film can create. 

summer beach memories and the beginning of winter

Kodak Ektar 100

It is pitch dark and pouring down outside. It was 1 degree Celsius when I drove to work this morning. The mountain tops in the distance are suddenly snow covered. I made a mental note to get the winter tires on as soon as possible. Most of the pretty autumn foliage is gone; we are entering stick season. There will months of naked trees and landscapes in shades of brown and grey. I'm working on a Christmas story at work. 

November is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. And here I am sharing photographic summer memories from a beach called Bore. 

ranunculus galore

winter 2013 | Kodak Ektachrome 100VS

Apparently I really loved this bouquet of ranunculus. The things with film is, it is easy to forget how many photos you have already taken of that particular thing that you find really, really pretty. PS: I love flowers!

what's for dinner, week 45

what we had for dinner, week 44

Monday: date night with Sølve; dinner out 

Tuesday: Tuscan white bean soup

Wednesday: lasagne (from the freezer) and salad

Thursday: pumpkin soup (from the freezer) and baguette

Friday: baked salmon and apple avocado salad

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

Monday: (my birthday) pan fried salmon, blanched asparagus and homemade hollandaise sauce (it was absolutely perfect, the it split - aaargh!)

Tuesday: a salad made of leftover chicken from Sunday, brown/wild rice, cantaloupe melon, pineapple, spring onion, green bell pepper, fresh coriander and sweet chili sauce

Wednesday: (Sara's birthday) (a small serving of) a salad made of beef, potatoes, tomatoes, red onion and kale pesto + mushroom soup at Litteraturhuset

Thursday: baked salmon and apple avocado salad Sølve's lasagne and mixed lettuce

Friday: my mum's salmon pasta

Saturday: my mum's lamb shanks and mashed potatoes

Sunday: my mother-in-law's meat and vegetable soup with broth made from smalahove

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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 44

one roll in one go, part III

Monday October 12, on a whim, I loaded my little Olympus mju-II point and shoot camera with a roll of Fuji Superia 200 film and shot everything in one go around the house. I'll post all the 36 photos that came out of the roll in the same order I shot them. Just for fun. PS: I have done this before; check the "one roll in one go" label to see all the posts.

part I and II

one roll in one go, part II

Monday October 12, on a whim, I loaded my little Olympus mju-II point and shoot camera with a roll of Fuji Superia 200 film and shot everything in one go around the house. I'll post all the 37 photos that came out of the roll in the same order I shot them. Just for fun. PS: I have done this before; check the "one roll in one go" label to see all the posts.

part I

things I like lately

Friday morning still life

- catching up on my D2 reading in bed Sunday morning

- storage-smart renovation in New York City

- celebrating Sara's second birthday (and Sølve's birtday on Saturday + my birthday on Monday)

- eating marzipan cake leftovers pretty much all week 

- finally getting our wine cooler fridge (after two years on our wish list) 

- French fashion blogger extraordinaire Garance Doré has a shop for her fantastic illustrations; I'm thinking of getting this

- mornings like these

- Harvest (via D2)

- an evening date at Litteraturhuset with my dear friend Hanne - the mushroom soup was delicious! 

- Erling weekend bag (made from leather from Borge tannery which I wrote a story about a while ago) + Ulf anorak from Bergen based Ætt (via D2)

- the four pages report on Bergen in the new issue of Monocle; they write a lot about one of my favorite places and former neighbourhood, Nordnes + there is an interview with Marie, one of the owners of Salongen gallery, where Trine and I had our Artist Diner exhibition (I'll tell you more about Artist Diner soon) 

- speaking of Monocle; this looks interesting

- a morning cortado at my favorite coffee shop, Kaffemisjonen, when my 8 am appointment was chancelled 

- my new Emma cups from Bloomingville (as seen on page 33 here) - lots of pretty stuff from Bloomingville, by the way

- Nigel Slater's The Kitchen Diaries II

- a weekend ahead in our hometown Sandnes - Sølve, my dad, my sister Mari and her boyfriend Hallvard are running a half marathon on Saturday; my mum, Sara and I will take it easy on the sideline