Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods

A blank agenda

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How wonderful to wake up to a day with a blank agenda. Life has been so busy lately, I have kind of counted days till this blank day. After breakfast I sat down to watch the birds, to listen to classical music and to knit. The new knitting blog has sent a flood of knitting inspiration my way, and I was eager to work on a very special project (more about this later, as it is still a secret).

Our livingroom, where I do the birdwatching, is facing south, with huge windows, and with the sun shining brighly and playful through them, I had to realize that the day was not an indoor knitting day. No, no, no. Out into the woods it had to be.

Our neighbor has made a special owl house and put it up on a hidden place deep into the forest. I am drawn there to check, but of course there are no owls to be seen in daylight.

Happiness is living close to the woods.

 

The birth of a knitting blog

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Out of the blue it came, the idea to start a knitting blog.
Well, not quite. I have had the idea for years, kind of ripening back in my brain somewhere.

Now Maskerade is born.

First I started to write it in Norwegian, but then I erased the Norwegian words and started all over in English.
Now I am addressing you - to come over to Maskerade, to tell me what you want to see there, to give me ideas and advices, and most of all, as the blog unfolds, to share.

 

The importance of a break

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I had been up early, after a night of little sleep. A taxi took me to the airport, a plane flew me down to Oslo, a train took me into the city, my feet led me to the meetingroom. One minute before the work meeting started I sat down on my chair, poured myself a cup of tea and was ready.

The program was tight, the air in the meeting room limited. Still, this was work, this was important, this was interesting. I tried to hide my yawning. I tried to keep my brain clear and my eyes open. I tried not to think of my headache and my protesting sinuses.

"The air in here is terrible" I heard the leader say, "I think we all need a break and some air. Let´s go two outdoors for 45 minutes and discuss this theme......."

 

I decided that I + me = two, and walked out to breath.
This girl was waiting for me, eager to share her music.

 

A new chapter every morning

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Up with the sun.
Out into the woods behind our house. Terje cross country skiing. Me hiking.

Life is a storybook. True all through.

Every morning comes with a new chapter.
It is for you to turn the pages.

 

An apple a day.......

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We have a God who forgives

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There was no Ash Wednesday service in my local church, so I went to another one, the one where I was ordained back in 1988, the one where I worked as a deacon at that time, the one where Ingrid was baptised in 1989, the one where our grandson was baptised on my birthday last year.

I will bring one thing with me into lent from the service:

We have a God who forgives