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Because of the pandemic we have not met our grandchildren indoors for a few weeks. But some days ago the two oldest ones, Leander 6 and Milian almost 3, came to make a snowman in our garden. You can see more of the snowman and a lot of other things in today's video (in English)
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@brittarnhild
When I was a child we used to say that Norwegians were born with skis on their feet. Well, I can't tell if I was born with them, but as soon as I could walk, my parents took me out in the countryside, hiking in summer, cross country skiing in winter, so skiing has been part of my life for let's say 60 years. Not so much the last years though, and last winter I was out skiing one of the last days in December, but then no more during the year 2021.
But now we have 2022, and today I have been skiing. Yes!
The weather has been amazing for many days no, and when the ski tracks are like this.......well, even I wanted to be out there, with skis on my feet.
Terje is skiing almost every day for the moment, even when the two of us go for a hike in the woods, he makes sure to go skiing before or after. But for me this was this year's first. It was great and I feel so proud of myself.
Skis or no skis, we continue to hike together.
Yesterday, Sunday, we hiked up to an old farm in the woods some 5-6 kms from our house. The farm is open to public and have a café with the best pastries you can imagine.......no, the next best. When our son Torgeir, who lives in Sweden, came home for Christmas, he baked two batches of cinnamon pastries, and no other pastries in the world taste better than his :-)
Terje and I sat outdoors, outside the farm, with coffee and the next best pastries, and as always I had my knitting.
Rain is expected in a couple of days.
A lot of rain. They call it an atmospheric river.
But so far we continue to enjoy the blue sky, the low sin, the snow
and each other.
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@brittarnhild
A night with friends, finally. The pandemic is refusing us so many things, but last night we finally could invite a few friends over for dinner. Not for the first time during the last two years, but this, our life is so different now from what it used to be, what it could have been.
There are three great pleasures connected to a dinner party with friends.
The preparations.
The party itself.
The cleaning up afterwards.
Or, wait a minute, there are four actually.
Eating leftovers :-)
Yesterday and today I have experienced them all.
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@brittarnhild
Twelfth Night, the night before Epiphany, and The Magi are on their way.
I have collected nativities for more than 20 years now, since I bought a very special one, a coconut and some clay figures, in Haiti back in 1998. I have lost count of how many I have, but I have now started a nativity blog, where my goal is to post about one creche every day for as long as I have one to post about.......if you see what I mean :-)
The three kings, The Magi, you see in the picture, is from one of my newest nativities. It is from Nepal, I bought it from a Norwegian organisation working in the country and it came in the mail the day before Christmas.
Some years ago I got a rubber ducks nativist from a friend.
Aren't the rubber duck magi just smashing :-)
The Magi has reached baby Jesus with their precious gifts.
We will lit a special three armed candle tonight, on the night before Epiphany:
Many years we have celebrated Epiphany in Tenerife (Spain) where tonight is one of the most important days of Christmas, with huge parades and loads of sweet gifts for the children.
How do you celebrate Twelfth Night and Epiphany?
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Here is the link to my nativity blog.
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@brittarnhild
It is Terje´s birthday today.
He turns 66 and one of the gifts he gives himself is a long cross country skiing tour after breakfast.
Later today, before having the family here for dinner, we will go for a hike together, I much prefer hiking boots to skis,
so for the moment I am sitting upstairs in my studio, looking out the window.......
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@brittarnhild
The sunset made the garden into a fairytale.
Still deep winter here, and it will be so for many months yet.
but ever winter can glow with colours.
The beauty inspired me to start growing dreams.
For many years I have had a dream to spend spring in Italy when I retire. I did retire two years ago, just when Covid 19 reached the world, which means that so far this Italian dream of mine has been impossible.
It will not happen this year either, so today I started growing another dream. One I know will come true.......
.......to fill our garden with flowers, herbs and vegetables.
I went to our local garden center today and bought the first packed of seeds. Basil.
Today, or may be tomorrow, I plan to sow them.
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@brittarnhild
Vida, our little granddaughter, gave us the most charming Christmas gift.
A jigsaw puzzle from a photo of the three of us, taken during a hike last summer.
After dinner on New Year's Eve, Terje and I made the puzzle, having so much fun searching for the different pieces, remembering the hike we had, cradling our love for this little most amazing girl.
One day we will frame the picture.
But first we will undo it and make it over again.......many times.
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@brittarnhild
A new day in a new year, completely fresh, waiting to be coloured, to be written on.
January 1st is my favourite day of all. The day to start from scratch.......kind of.
I always make a long list of new year´s resolutions, knowing perfectly well that most of them will last very long. Some of them only for a few days, others for weeks and if I am lucky one or more for months. It doesn't matter. I continue to make my lists, and I love doing so.
On top of my list this year is to do at least 100 different hikes with Terje. As a matter of fact, this was my Christmas gift for him, 100 different hikes, every one of them at least 5 kilometers, all of them unique, he and I doing them together.......
.......which meant that after a late first day of the year breakfast this morning, we dressed in our winter hiking outfits, walked out the front door, though our garden and into the woods. The winter was amazing, clear sky which was dark when we started, then turned the most lovely virgin blue, sunrise along the way, snow in the trees.
I will tell you more about my other resolutions later, and by the way, the hiking one I plan to make to the end, 100 unique hikes during the year of 2022 :-)
Do you make New Year's resolutions?
Do you mind to share?
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