Britt-Arnhild's House in the Woods

Workers, then and now

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Acropolis, where men (and women) have been walking and talking for thousands of years.
All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas. Acts 17

Doing nothing but talking and listening?

Well, talking and listening is not to make a place like Acropolis.

Work had to be done then,

work has to be done now.

By women. By men.

Can you imagine doing this heavy work for millenniums?
Holding up a whole roof.

 

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Paul said more than the quote above when he visited Athens and helde his Areopagos speech. A lot more. We sat down on the Areopagos Hill and read the whole Act 17.

 

 

 

Autumn break in Athens

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We are in Athens, Greece, for our autumn break. Arrived late this afternoon, just as darkness fell. Had dinner up on the roof terrace of our hotel and after we had eaten moussaka, Terje sent this snap to family and friends:

"Typical style! Moussaka done, today´s memories written down and plans for tomorrow are made"

 

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More from our Athen week in my Norwegian journal blog.

 

 

Autumn night in my kitchen

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I love my kitchen all year round. But most of all I love it in autumn. When darkness havs fallen, the windows are dark and the light inside is a warm, glowing yellow.

A cookbook on the workbench with a million recipes for autumn comfort food. A rack with a few of my herbs. Pots with plants brought in from the cold outside, bowls of ripening late tomatoes.

Freshly harvested chilis made into four chains. One for each of my kids.

A pot of plums in sprit, which will turn into liqueur just in time for Christmas.

The fragrance, the look and the taste of warm pastries.

 

Welcome to my kitchen.

 

A long time blogging friend visiting Trondheim

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Judith (to the left) is a long time blog reader (10+ years) from Canada. For the moment she is in Norway with her sister, traveling on the Coastal Line from Bergen all the way up to Kirkenes and back again. Yesterday the ship had a four hours stop in Trondheim, and I was able to meet the two travellers in the coffee shop next to the cathedral :-)

 

Two days pilgrim

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For two days I´ve been up in the mountains, doing a pilgrimage with my colleagues. Two days with rain and sun, with talking and silence. Surrounded by nature.

Walking together. Talking together.
A good way to learn to know each other in a new way.

One day with rain,

the next in the sun.

That´s life, isn´t it?

 

The change of a palette

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Today is October 1st, and the weather seems to have changed. From a bright, sunny September with vivid colours yesterday, to a more delicate, though windy palette today. After church Terje and I decided to drive down to a new part of the city, near the waterfront, to have a lunch in a restaurant which opened last year, and where we have never been, neither that part of the city, nor the restaurant.

Walking along the fjord after lunch, I could hardly believe my eyes. The colours were so different from what Im used to over the last few weeks.

May be not the traditional autumn colours, but definitely a change in the air. To a colder world.

 

The Creator amazes me. Again and again.

 

 

Weekend Queen

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My best friend is a lover of flowers and a gardener since long before her birth, though her foremothers.
Every weekend she finds a queen in her garden.

 

She has inspired me for years, and continue to do so again and again.

 

 

This dahlia is the weekend queen in The Blue Garden this weekend.

 

The potato farmers

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From my kitchen window I can see out to the green house and the potato field. Late September means it is full time to harvest the potatoes.

My father has a path in our field where he grows three different types.

Two of the men in my life. My husband. My father. Working side by side.

The everyday pleasures,.
Life can´t be much better.

 

And one day soon I will make potato soup.

 

Butterflies in autumn

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Just now there is no better place than The House in the Woods and The Blue Garden.

These lovely days of autumn.

When the world smiles.

And all you have to do is to smile along.

 

 

In between meetings

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Every meeting has at least one break. If you eat your lunch fast, there is always time for a walk, and with the autumn colours all around the lunch walk is not to be missed.

If there is a like, a creek or fjord nearby, there are also birds.
May be even some I have never seen before.

Unfortunately the lunch break is passing to fast, and when the path comes to a dead end, it is time to go back to your meeting.