The Mad Red Motherf**ker World Tour.
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The weather forecast promised a let up in the rain, and something resembling clear skies, and it delivered. On a Saturday too. So despite the -15c effective temperature, Hot Ingrid and I took the boys down to town for a walk around the småbåthavna (literally “small boat harbour”.
We’re still at that time of the year when the sun doesn’t rise, but what a difference the lack of cloud cover makes. We left the house around noon when the sun was at it’s “highest”:
And came home three hours later:
In between we had a lovely walk. It was great to be outside in the cold air and by the water.
The harbour is encircled by a breakwater that we can walk along. It is lined by a cracking bit of municipal art. Some guy come upon the idea of mounting big bits of locally mined granite on the sea wall. They have been drilled in such a way that the sea wind would whistle through the resulting holes. Of course it doesn’t work. They look pretty good against the winter sky though
The kids loved it and even in town there’s a lot of local beauty to appreciate.
As we walked along the breakwater we were followed in by the coastal express (Hurtigruta). This service has run for over a hundred years, carrying goods and passengers. It does that still but doubles as a tourist cruise as well.
From there we went to the local library for some arts and crafts, and sticky buns.
It’s a fantastic building, the architects made amazing use of light, both inside and outside.
Town was looking lovely in the 3pm dusk when we left…
Then home for a beer…
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Nice update mate. You live in a truly beautiful place
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Nice update mate. You live in a truly beautiful place
I do, but please note the bit about 17 days straight of pissing down rain, howling winds and blizzards.
If you ever feel the need then feel free to bring the fam up for a holiday and a look around in person.
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And the second time I admire your libary @neph93 .
„…luminosity of the Nordic summer night...“
Even the Guardian has an article of this beaty.It really is a great building and we’re lucky to have it. Importantly, it also offers a lot of wonderful activities, making it a favourite for those with kids.
But loads of other great stuff goes on too. I’m proud to say I gave a lecture there once, about four years ago, on the Joy Division album «Unknown Pleasures»
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Lovely update @neph93 !!!
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Beautiful day @neph93 -looks like you're trying Hot Ingrids patience in the last photo
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Sunday funday! New storm front coming in tonight, so we made the most of the lighter weather and went up the cabin.
This morning I made “solboller” (rough translation, “sun-buns”. A kids favourite and traditional mid-winter fare while waiting for the sun to return. It’s simple stuff, first make a straightforward sweet dough:
Freshly risen dough is almost as satisfying as well worn denim:
Then make a space for some vanilla creams and fill them:
Bake:
And while that is happening make some royal icing. I took them up to the cabin with the little guys to see the in-laws.
The cabin is a little higher up so the snow doesn’t get washed away quite as easily. It is still bizarre that the lake isn’t totally frozen over in January. Local heads say they can’t remember the last time that happened. Still beautiful though…
My nieces were there too so my father-in-law held court and entertained them:
Still cold enough for this:
We walked down to the nearby stables while eating icicles. Obviously…
I’ve no idea if we’re allowed to do this stuff but Ingrid’s Dad just assumes we are [emoji28]
Then back home to ice the buns:
The kids seemed happy with the result…
We chilled out for the rest of the day..
Ate some dinner and drove back down to town in time to watch the mighty redmen batter some crap team from a crappy town up the canal, all the while singing “Who the f**k are Man Utd”? [emoji3166]
Pretty good day on the whole [emoji3526]
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Fantastic photos, @neph93 - the view from the cabin looks very different from when we were there late July!
Amazing buns BTW
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@Madame:
Fantastic photos, @neph93 - the view from the cabin looks very different from when we were there late July!
Amazing buns BTW
The buns were pretty great I have to say…
Yes the difference is quite dramatic. Still a lovely place to be and it gets very cosy inside. Wonderful to be able to come into the warmth after being out in the snow and look out over the lake. I was having lots of fond flashbacks to our time up there in the summer.
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Sitting here in front of my laptop, hungry with just a cup of coffee… and then those buns ???
Whenever you're in the area @Chap then give me a couple of hours notice and I will oblige you. We have some good coffee making facilities around here too (and some great raw material for making sashimi).
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Sitting here in front of my laptop, hungry with just a cup of coffee… and then those buns ???
Whenever you're in the area @Chap then give me a couple of hours notice and I will oblige you. We have some good coffee making facilities around here too (and some great raw material for making sashimi).
That sounds like a bunsandcoffeeinvitation to Norway?
