Text and images Britt-Arnhild Wigum Lindland
Being a blog writer means that there are surprises waiting for you around the most unexpected road bends. I have come upon several and I know there are a lot more waiting.
The comments I get are a daily pleasure. So are the emails, the letters (like the one I got in the mail yesterday from Switzerland, thank you Susan), the postcards, the books sent me from around the world.........but best of all of course are the meetings when I meet a person face to face.
For a long time I've got comments from "Granny" on my blog. After some time I found out that "Granny" lives not far from Trondheim, actually on the way out to our cabin. Many times we have talked about meeting, and we've even tried to set up a date or two, at her farm, or in Trondheim. But never have we succeded. That is, never untill yesterday.
"Granny" invited us to stop at her farm with our guests from California,I spoke with her in the phone the other night to let her know when she could expect us, and just as I was saying goodby she said " Will it be ok with fish soup?"
Ok with fish soup!!!!! Of course it is :-) And as "Granny" is a reader of The House in the Woods she knew of course that fish soup would be the very best thing she could suggest.
A wonderful fragrance met us as soon as we arrived at the farm. The anticipation rose as we took a walk around the place.
Can you imagine having a herb garden with a view overlooking a Norwegian fjord like this. I had to pinch my arm; is this real?
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A few hours and thousands of words later - full stomacks, fresh sunrays around our eyes caused by smiles and laughter, all of us in love with the baby granddaughter, the very first start of a friendship.
Thank you Jorunn and family for giving us such a memorable afternoon.
