christmas holiday was so nice this year.

i think i took polaroids..

i cant remember..

i left them in sweden..

anyway..

it was all so so great!

happy holidays!

The town of stavanger doesnt have snow... but i can see snow on far away mountain tops...so all is good! and there are gingerbreads and swedish glögg in norway, so all is good, too! i have only decorated my apartment with clementines, because im going to sweden over the holidays, so no point. Ive bought norwegian wool called "viking" to make wrist warmers for when i work.

oh christmas tree is looking fab this year.

holiday polaroids.....

moroccan shoes ftw! christmas elves!

ginger breads..and winter solstice.

Horses, mooses and bears, and lots of hearts..
and a couple of angels, too.
 Winter solstice is behind us now
so here's to longer brighter days! at last! i've been waiting for the turn!

about that holiday music...

The only holiday music i can stand is Hanson's CD "snowed in".. thats all i've listened to every Jul since the 90's and this special below is just No december holiday season is complete without Hanson..

a holiday date with granny.

I've decided that December is one long holiday. It's just better that way. On our date, we made toffee. Mostly because we've never done it before, they are so cute with paper on them, and remind me of Pippi. Granny was such a trooper cutting all that paper while i wrapped them. I still have to make ginger breads.... and lots of other things. Surviving winter darkness and have a good time all the time.

a ski vacation in the fells. day 3/3

me

stina

me

this photo of brother peter is the very last photo on the film roll. the last day was the best day because there had been snowing a lot the night before, and it was a bit warmer.

a ski vacation in the fells. day 2/3

a ski vacation in the fells. day 1/3

What is winter without a ski trip? between xmas and new years eve, i went on a ski vacation, it was a bit cold, ca -16 C. We were out the few hours the sun was up, around lunch time, it only stayed above the horizon. maybe i should have used iso 400 film, but this 200 one shows how far away the sun was. My sister, brother and i failed miserably at creating an 1980's vacation feeling, as we were dressed in black, and not a bright color in sight. We did not ski the bigger mountain, just the small one but the slopes were challenging enough for me so it was good. I found one slope that i particularly liked more than the others. and oh.. the views!

me.

happy holidays..

god jul!
thanks for visiting my blog!

this week i am going on a ski trip. in the summer i hike in the fells. and during winter, i ski. the fells are very healthy for humans. snow and nice weather is one of my favorite things. internet will have to wait until the new year.

spring.

While i'm in Italy over the weekend, there are spring festivities in my town. this is a framed photo copy i found in a secondhand shop in town and i love it. welcoming spring by singing songs, while being sooo well dressed! so great! blog readers can look at this over the weekend until i come back from italy next week. awesome, i know.

a new years eve metal dinner. countdown for 2012 began at 6 pm.

my friends had a metal dinner party 6 hours before midnight and there was much joy.. lots of dimmu borgir to the hostess joy and me losing twice in the board game "rock science", yeah i couldnt hum Metallica's "enter sandman" or Motörhead.. but who can.. still, it was a fun game, i'll play it again.

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

gingerbreads for december

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

bw film from halloween 2011

a killer wall.

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

julblot and julpynt

happy eve!

december blot.. with snow!

{A}ll of november has been warm.. meaning it's been raining(!), and i've been really sick with flu half of december, so my jul spirit only kicked in this weekend. jul without snow, is simply not jul, but snow is slowly coming. even the horses are upset.

i made gingerbreads this past weekend and i've started early on the beverages, elf porridge and exotic spices. usually there is blot all of december, it's a little stressful to only have this one last week to do everything. when december is over, the blot ends!

Darkest day of the year is on thursday(!). I have so many candles lit. its just very depressing(for a little while) to go to sleep in the dark and wake up in the dark. luckily its only for a few weeks. but where there is darkness there is also light, and it's coming back now! happy winter solstice!