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Spring into Summer 11 Jun 2013 | 11:39 am
Oh the snow seems like such a distant memory, with 20 degree plus days and long evenings. Heavenly. I think that it’s only dark from midnight till three, amazing. Just wish I had the energy to work fo...
Fairy garden, doorway into tree 18 May 2013 | 12:47 pm
Had fun with the kids a few days ago making this fairy doorway into an old stump on a tree in our front garden. We even cut some steps into the tree to make it easy for the fairies to finish off the i...
When a boy becomes a ‘man’… 1 May 2013 | 10:57 pm
First fishing trip to Hvalstrand It was bound to happen one day, William has beaten me at fishing. Especially well done as it was very windy and we only stayed a short time. Double well done as Willia...
New place to play in the woods “Lille Gupu” 4 Mar 2013 | 12:40 am
Found a little hideaway today in the woods close to home. We drive a short way and then hike (well, saunter really) up the ski trail for 10 or 15 minutes to find a little semicircle of low, open front...
Wordle wizard for tag or word clouds 3 Mar 2013 | 03:01 pm
Oh I love this! I wanted to make one of those ‘tag clouds’ as an image for a chapter in my book and wondered how to do it. But not for long, as I soon found wordle.net and was in heaven! First let me ...
Hemsedal in the wintertime 24 Feb 2013 | 01:48 am
We normally visit Hemsedal (about 3 and half hours North of Oslo in Norway) in the summertime, where we walk the peaks followed by cozy evenings in the cabin. But this week we got the opportunity to...
Finding the courage to take the next step 30 Dec 2012 | 11:17 pm
I received a letter from the UK patent office (UKIPO) yesterday which included a nice certificate saying that I’d been granted a patent covering an idea for a small tool I had. Champagne? I don’t mind...
Overcoming fear… 18 Jul 2012 | 05:09 am
It’s not easy to admit that you’re frightened or to keep going when you are. But once you do manage to let it go and overcome it, boy can you have some fun. The fear that my kids had of … Continue rea...
Why bother blogging? 14 May 2012 | 08:49 am
Someone asked the other day why I bother blogging. And I got to thinking, why do I bother to learn all this stuff just so that I can write a few posts a year on various stuff? Well, whenever I get … C...
It must be spring! 11 Mar 2012 | 10:40 pm
The 10 degrees yesterday(and today) is chasing the snow away big time and this morning we had some welcome visitors to the nest box I put up last year. And then closely followed by…. Oh boy am I looki...
