Chapel Market

Wedding in Mesoropi

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Beredskapens kvinner

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:19:00 +0000

Sist veke var eg observatør på Sivilforsvaret si redningsøving med beltevogner på Hemsedalsfjellet. Ein rar ting å bruke laurdagen sin på, seier du? Kanskje det, men sjå no kven som skal vere observatør neste gong...

Fakkeltog

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:59:00 +0000

Getting up for Gaza

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:32:00 +0000

How on earth does one do anything for children whose houses have been bombed? For terrified grannies? For the injured and maimed? It's hard, really, from far away. But it was hard to refuse the invitation to do one 24th of a vigil for Gaza (needless to say, getting up and facing the cold was a little bit tough too) (relatively speaking)...

Skiing in minus 12

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:51:00 +0000

Hermaning

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:16:00 +0000

Hermaning: verb (Nor.): the action of dwelling at Café Herman in Leikanger, involving intense enjoyment of high-quality food and/or beverages

Welcome back

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:08:00 +0000

And the blog is back!

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:28:00 +0000

What a pitiful excuse for a summer it is! The blog has decided to return to provide entertainment to all those who suffer from gray summer day depressions. Stay put.

Life is good

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:20:00 +0000

How could a day at work possibly get any more fascinating than afterski beer-drinking in the sunshine with a furry wolf, nice colleagues and tai chi entertainment?

Flagg & fjell

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:17:00 +0000

Rødflette & ulven

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:14:00 +0000

Nansen mistar to bein

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:11:00 +0000

Nansen goes wild sheep

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:09:00 +0000

A Fjord Dip in April

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:52:00 +0000

Proof: I do ski

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:47:00 +0000

Velkommen, Olve!

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:39:00 +0000

Krudle har laga ein heilt perfekt, liten beibi som heiter Olve.

Alt som 0-åring bestemte han seg for å vere med på Kjeringi Open på Leikanger. Det lovar godt for friluftskarrieren!

Trude frå Tripoli

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Denne dama hadde definitivt trent før dei knipsa ho til dologoen. Det kan òg hende ho hadde opparbeidd seg eit skikkeleg raserianfall etter at nokon tukla med den nedste delen av kroppen hennar. Fy skam!

Sudanese Wedding

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:32:00 +0000

What wedding? Where? If you are wondering what this is all about...

....read everything about the mysteries of Easter here

The weather is no excuse not to go to Oslo

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:12:00 +0000

Urban weekends come at a high price in peripheral Norway. Meet a national specialty: "kolonnekøyring".

It was clearly not meant to be. As time drew closer to Friday, the weather forecasts grew grimmer. "Stay at home on Friday"! "You should have a good reason to try and cross the mountain on Friday". Simone's stubborn insistence on driving there herself, come what may, was transformed into preparedness planning, to the point where the car trunk filled up with sleeping bags, blankets, woolen sweaters, digging equipment and hot drinks. Then - wisely - we decided to go for the bus, and made it accross the closed mountain pass road while a couple of hundred cars were held back. For the first time, a 7-hour bus ride seemed immensely comfortable.

Super-efficient Simone decides to work.

Idle Idi decides to interrupt.

So does Gard, on his way to a weekend of psycho drama workshops.

Our struggles to get there were rewarded with endless amounts of winter sunshine along Akerselva.

Former factory building at Sagene, now featuring sun shades

Possibly someone with a cold bum.

Simone, that is illegal!

Quick rest at the leather repair man's...

...on an inflated spotted cow's hide!

Mirror basket Sunniva

Candle me

Waterloo foot bridge

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:56:00 +0000

Slik fekk eg villsauparykk

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:49:00 +0000

Eg har hatt hobbyar i eit vidt spekter, frå unemnelege betalte aktivitetar til musikkskule. No også alderssamansett dans i trollkostyme ved isbasseng, ein del av det interessante påfunnet mange kanskje vil kalle verdsleikane i vinterbading - for første gong arrangert utanfor det deilig bisarre landet Finland.

Våre mannlege vener Bernt og Terje luftar svansen etter eit isbad med tidtaking - før halen og villsauparykken kom på

Andrea frå Slovenia tok ein pause frå tre ekte barnetroll for å heie på oss

Simone og Super-Marit (med ambassaden sitt flagg som kappe)

Kva for ein nasjonalisme?

Troll-Hilde tek ein pause før strabasane

Troll-Idun på veg til å flørte med eldre russarar i strutteskjørt

Tooting Turtle tek seg òg ein pause før opptredenen som hovudperson i Water Performance

Trollteamet girar seg opp i kulissane før avspark

Troll like før den revolusjonerande trolldansen med tittelen The Hall of the Mountain King (Dovregubbens hall) and the Tooting Turtle (dvs. skilpadda frå Tooting Bec Lido, VM-bassenget). Ved ein mystisk feil vann vi ikkje konkurransen. Det merka vi ikkje, då vi var opptekne med å ta bilete av oss sjølve.

Perkele

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:03:00 +0000

So far in my life, Fins have never fallen short in terms of craziness. Again, our brave eastern neighbours failed to disappoint by way of hairy bum display and other side branches to winter swimming.

In Finland, I am told people commonly cut holes in frozen lakes in winter in order to jump in and "cool down", as some would have it. I call it suicide, but I am fascinated by the spirit of their hobby, which was clearly stated by the no-comment poster placed outside the sauna at Tooting Bec Lido. Hairy bums go ice-dipping across a sheet of snow. And?

Below: Lovely Finnish competitors for the Water Performance at the 2008 World Winter Swimming Championships in London.

Swan Lake Senior and friends

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:29:00 +0000

These pretty ducklings are Russian, and include more than one grandfather (of the pretty girl above). Ice dips are no doubt a common way of shortening one's life in Russia too. The granddads of Swan Lake spellbound the audience with their perfectly synchronized elegance (the duckling tops came off as they transformed into ballerina swans and entered the pool wearing only big smiles and plastic)

I decided I had to befriend the lovely ducklings, and here we go!

Hello London

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:13:00 +0000

Hello sunshine! Hello Maria and Jo and all the other darlings of London. Hello Chapel Market!

Coming soon!

noreply@blogger.com (Idun) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:02:00 +0000

A typical amount of snow to be shovelled in a Norwegian garden during winter.