Sunday, 16 May 2010

Spring At Last

A spicy scent outside, shifting weather, misty forests and birdsong...Spring is here!

Crocodile boots?
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Flower watch
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Where's the fairy?
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010

Spring soon!

What a winter it's been with both Rhiannon and Lorienne getting pneumonia. Lorienne even got admitted to hospital for a week where they drained 3 litres of fluid from her left lung!
Apart from illnesses it's been the coldest winter we've had since moving here in 2002 with temperatures staying well below -20 C for weeks. The Land Rover has thrown a few problems my way too with strange noises from the front axle and failing clutch hydraulics. Not much fun working on the car in the winter darkness and icy cold.
Only now these last few days it´s been much warmer, the sun shines, Lorienne is much better, I fixed the Land Rover and the days are getting longer and longer.
Needless to say my photography has taken a step back in all this. There's been a lot to do around the house with Lorienne out of our routines and system, but things are getting back to normal again and I'm looking forward to a long hot summer with plenty of photo opportunities!
I did manage a few photos of family though:

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Rhiannon does the face but Mommy blows the bubbles

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Lorienne in hospital

Friday, 12 March 2010

Home

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone..." Those are the words from a song, I forget the name of it and the rest of the lyrics, but while Lorienne is in hospital the evenings are lonely and the days are long. The kids must think they have a weird dad at the moment. My mind is out of focus while worrying about my wife who's ill and I'm not good at entertaining my children right now.
Until she's back home again an important part of our tightly knit family is missing here in our house.
Get better, come home, we miss you, we need you.

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Sunday, 07 March 2010

Chocolate Cake

So what's nicer? The mixture or the cake itself?

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Wednesday, 27 January 2010

Wrong Photo

Taking family photographs when there are little kids involved is not always an easy task. I try to make the process as quick as possible before they get bored, but usually it takes a few tries before I'm happy.
In this photograph (one out of 9 attempts) everyone is doing the "wrong" thing, but it's my personal favourite!

Henrik's and Rhiannon's big cousin Chris and his girlfriend Mel visited us over New Year. As you can see there was seldom a quiet moment!

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Thursday, 14 January 2010

Still Cold

The old church in Kyrkås on a moonlit night at -25 C.

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Friday, 01 January 2010

Dinosaurs

Helping our little dinosaurs survive the winter cold.

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