ugle

Ugleklokka spaserer til enhver tid på dørkarmen vår. Kjøpt i sin tid hos Decoylab.

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The owl clock is taking a break on the top of the entrance to our living room. I bought it a few years ago from Decoylab. 

hjemmekos

Another Power Outage Camping

Day two another power outage. This time is going to be different. It appears that my husband has been slow to inform me on just how much we can plug into our generator. Today I will go for the internet and the sewing machine. Its Vegas baby.

Our neighbor says it's been 30 years since it's snowed this much. The town mostly closed down yesterday.

With a food plan and my new knowledge about the generator, I may have to say " I am Camping In Style "

 

fisk, gris og hufsa

Melvin, 2 år, har tegnet fisk og gris. Og Hufsa! (det skumle vesenet fra Mummitrollet)

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Melvin, 2, has made some drawings: Fish and pig. And the Groke! (the scary creature from Moomin)

sirkushesten

Tror den løper avgårde mot våren. (fra Melvins barnehage)

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Running towards spring. (from Melvin's kindergarden)

Åh!

Jeg blir så glad av dette bildet! Via Mint, mustard & melange, den nye bildebloggen til I love Peggy. Fra SF Asian Art Museum. Bildet er tatt av sem.

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This picture makes me so happy!  Via Mint, mustard & melange, the new picture blog by I love Peggy. From the SF Asian Art Museum, taken by sem.

Power Outage Is NOT Camping In Style

Twice this winter we have had several days without power. Over Thanks Giving we went the entire week with the power being restored the day after all of our big plans.

 Trying to Camp In Style with "generator toast"

Three days into it I'm thinking "Ruth your one girl who loves camping" making the best of it. While watching my friends without power come unglued I remained inspired to Camp In Style. But on that fourth day ................................. I more than came unglued. I won't bore you with all the details of managing a house in the snow you can't drive to, with no power, no phone, one small propane fireplace that keeps a tiny area of the house at 53 tops, with a 5 yr old, a husband out of town and a small generator located around back and down a slope to use for one item at a time.  

Our generator

I lost my cool, cried, freaked out and then was totally disappointed in myself for being a bad girl scout.

 

  PG&E vehicle to get to remote downed poles

Then I reasoned it like this. 

• Camping is planned, meals and intentions
• Camping you prepare for the weather and whatever discomforts you may endure
• Camping is with other people usually
• Camping is in the Summer when the sun goes down later in the day
• Camping is Camping and loosing your power is (&$@!$%^**&%^%$

 PG&E power poles day 5

sove / sleep

lek

Kaldt ute. Legolek på soverommet i stedet.

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Too old outside. Playing with lego in the bedroom instead.

snø

Det er jo fint ute nå, men jeg gleder meg til våren.

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It's beautiful allright, but I long for spring.

jepp

Nå er nesten alle barneskjerfene lagt ut på Etsy. Hurra! Se flere poster om skjerfene her, her, her, her, her, her og her. (!)

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I almost finished publishing all the childrens scarfs on my Etsy. Yay! See more posts about the scarfs here, here, here, here, here, here and here. (!)

endelig... snart.

Snart er de nye skjerfene ferdige. Snart.

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The new scarfs are almost done. Almost.

sommerhus

Sånn ser det (av og til) ut i hjembygda mi om sommeren. Bilde nummer to er fra en øy utenfor Sleneset, der vi har sommerhus. Flere bilder her.

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This it how it (sometimes) looks in my home"town" in summer. Picture 2 is from the small island Sleneset, where we have our summer house. More pictures here.

martha&margit

"Martha og Margit er to gamle damer har sett seg lei på den maskuline estetikken som ruler i byrommet. De har derfor bestemt seg for å pynte litt."



Dette er et av favorittprosjektene mine fra tiden på Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen. Sammen med min gode venn Jeanett snek jeg meg rundt i Bergen sentrum nattestid og satte ut porselensfigurer på passende steder. Etter et par dager var de borte.



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"Martha and Margit are two little old ladies that are fed up with the masculine estethics that rule the cities. So they have decided to make some embellishments."





This is one of my favourite projects from my time at Khib. Together with my good friend Jeanett, I snook around in the streets of Bergen during night, and placed out porcelaine objects. They were gone in a few days.

ulltrær

Jeg vevde dette ullstoffet da jeg var ung og ivrig tekstilstudent på Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen. Alle vennene mine bidro med hver sin tegning av et grantre. Bakgrunnen var et prosjekt med nye souvenirer for Rana: "Grana veks ikke lenger enn tel Rana". Skulle ønske jeg hadde mer enn en prøvelapp.

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I made this wool fabric as a student at Bergen National Academy of the Arts. Each of my friends made a drawing that I used for the pattern. I wish I made more of it. 

Happy Valentines Day Campers

Happy Valentines Day to all my friends that LOVE Camping!




 

Shop/rustic gallery Free items

Free/borrow items for campers in this basket.:-
Tent pegs.
Use of cutlery.
Other items change daily.


Some of the previous years campers' perks:-
Campfire baking potatoes
Courtesy http://www.event-catering-healthy-choices.blogspot.com/







Bottled water from @catererscotland (twitter)

Victoria plums from our garden

verdens fineste

Dette smykket fikk jeg av kjærsten i julegave. Heldige meg!

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I got this from my boyfriend for christmas. I'm so lucky!

en liten luftetur

Jeg liker å være nabo med Østmarka. Målet for turen var kanelboller på Rustadsaga. (som vanlig)

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I enjoy having Østmarka as my neighbour. The goal was cinnamon buns at Rustadsaga. (as usual)

Hammocks Classic caravan Pods

http://www.drewapenaar.nl/
Darling pods.

The nearest we've got is this little classic caravan.

Then it's just your own tents mmm.

Bring your own hammock.

nye talenter

Foto: Kjersti Johanne Barli, Frida Backer-Owe, Sara Engstrøm Nistad og Kaja von Kwetzinsky-Stetzenkow. Veileder: Yann Aker.

Stockholmsmessen åpner i dag, og der kan man se nærmere på for eksempel dette, laget av studenter på KhiO:

1) Knaggene "Peggy" av Sara Wright Polmar.

2) Matbeholderne "Gro" av Victoria G. Martinsen.

3) Bordene "Jenny" av Maria Bjørlykke.



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Stockholm Furniture Fair opens today. Here are some of my favourites made by students at KhiO. 

1) Pegs "Peggy" by Sara Wright Polmar

2) Food containers "Gro" by Victoria G. Martinsen.

3) Tables "Jenny" by Maria Bjørlykke.

kjøttbussen

Når jeg er på ferie hos mine foreldre i Mo i Rana hender det at vi på regnfulle dager kjører til Sverige en tur. På veien dit passerer vi alltid denne bussen som står på Riksgränsen mellom Norge og Sverige. Kjøttbussen lokker til seg dem som ikke orker å kjøre helt til Hemavan for å kjøpe kjøtt, røyk og colabokser.

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If we have a rainy day when I visit my parents in Mo i Rana during summer, we sometimes drive across the border to Sweden, heading for Hemavan and Tärnaby. A few meters across the Swedish side of the border, we always pass by this bus, called "Matbussen", or "Kjøttbussen" (Food bus / meat bus). This is actually a small shop that sells frozen meat, cigarettes and coca cola cans, slightly cheaper than in Norway.

Og etter at Kjøttbussen i alle år har regjert alene på grensen, dukket plutselig denne konkurrenten opp på samme parkeringsplass.

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And suddenly on day, the meat bus got some competition.