Here it finally is! My book about our time in Norway. I've been using a programme called Blurb a few times now and love it. This is the first time I've explored posting it to our blog, so we'll see how it goes.
This one's a doozy - 500 photos & 200 pages. Norway was just too beautiful and I had trouble culling my photos.
I should say - I have no photo editing software beyone picasa's basic fixes, so these are true to shot. The scenery is so beautiful it doesn't need Photoshop.
Let me know what you think of viewing the book online like this.
28 August 2010
26 August 2010
Norway, Nearly
While Ole's away this week, I've been working on our Norwegian photo book. Hope to have it done this weekend and if all works, to post it to the blog. I'm trying something new.
Until then, I'll leave you with this little taste of things to come:
Until then, I'll leave you with this little taste of things to come:
17 August 2010
Rosie Uh-Oh Time
We've been fairly lucky in that Rosie has been quite a healthy little dog, with no injuries. Until today.
I'm not quite sure what happened, as I was at work, but apparently, Rosie caught the nail from her back foot on something, and ripped it out. Ouchy! Thankfully Ole & Jens were home to attend. They bandaged her and Ole took her to the vet, who cleaned her up and put on this very dramatic bandage.
Poor little puppy. She's not nearly as mobile or happy, but she should recover just fine.
I'm not quite sure what happened, as I was at work, but apparently, Rosie caught the nail from her back foot on something, and ripped it out. Ouchy! Thankfully Ole & Jens were home to attend. They bandaged her and Ole took her to the vet, who cleaned her up and put on this very dramatic bandage.
Poor little puppy. She's not nearly as mobile or happy, but she should recover just fine.
Jens Comes to Visit
Jens came to visit for a few days over the weekend on his way between Liverpool & Denmark. Rosie really enjoyed getting some cuddle time with her favourite uncle, and we enjoyed visiting and eating!
As a treat, we got what we think was tritip/culottesteg for our Saturday dinner. They don't really have this cut of meat here; our butcher had to consult Wikipedia to figure out what we were talking about! He then brought out a whole leg of beef to carve us a cut. It was tasty.
Rosie is always around to help out, should anything unfortunately drop to the floor.
I made a yummy cake. It was the Hummingbird Bakery's signature cake. Notice I am using the past tense. There is none left, of course.
As a treat, we got what we think was tritip/culottesteg for our Saturday dinner. They don't really have this cut of meat here; our butcher had to consult Wikipedia to figure out what we were talking about! He then brought out a whole leg of beef to carve us a cut. It was tasty.
Rosie is always around to help out, should anything unfortunately drop to the floor.
I made a yummy cake. It was the Hummingbird Bakery's signature cake. Notice I am using the past tense. There is none left, of course.
14 August 2010
Spaniels!
We had the opportunity to repay some dog-sitting favours for our friends Dave & Ailsa this week. They have 4 (!) Spaniels and so they don't get away from home very often. We went out to their amazing farmhouse out in the sticks, not far from Newcastle, and stayed to take care of the dogs while they had a little break.
How can you resist these faces?!
We can't wait to Spaniel-sit again!
How can you resist these faces?!
We can't wait to Spaniel-sit again!
8 August 2010
No. 12
We've had a request from some folks back home who haven't been over, for some photos of our flat. So, after much scrubbing and cramming junk into closets, I present No. 12.
Our flat is what they call a Tyneside - it's very English and very much a Newcastle-styled flat. Built around the latter part of the 1800's, it's a brick structure with lovely high ceilings and tall windows. Our street is a terraced street; that is, all the flats/houses are built in terraced style - each flat sharing a wall on either side. It's a good way of squeezing a lot of houses into a small space. That said, we all have our own patch of yard out back, so that's nice.
Our flat (which we rent) has a lot of "original features", such as fireplaces (although we have the desk in front of the pretty one), wood floors, wood doors and mouldings. It's compact, by American standards - you have to remember little Britain has very little land space for a lot of people - but suits us perfectly.
We have the ground floor with our own front door, which is really nice. I don't like communal entrys, which is what is more common in the Scottish tennant-style of flats. Our neighbours, who's door is like 6 inches away from ours, have the upstairs flat. They, like many, have floored their loft, so in effect they have 2 stories. They're super lovely folks. Jim came down today to help drill some holes for a new clothesline. Handy!
I've arranged the photos sort of as if you were walking from the front to the back. English houses, especially terraced ones, tend to be long and narrow. It's nothing like how they are in Amsterdam, but our flat is only 1 room wide. From the entry is a hall which T's: at the right of the T is our bedroom; the left leads to the lounge, kitchen, bathroom & yard. In the middle of the hall is our spare room/office/wine cellar. This is a huge room with a beautiful bay window that looks out mostly onto the street (save for a hedge obscuring some of the view) and originally would've been a sitting room.
Our bedroom is at the back and overlooks the yard. The lounge & dining lead into the kitchen, which is really a good size. I've had much smaller! At the end of the kitchen is the bathroom. Yes, it's really there. This is typical of the Tyneside. Think back to when the house was built - there was no indoor bathroom, so these are later additions. You get used to it.
Some of the plants I'm trying to grow in pots with little sun or warmth:
So, there you have it! Our little flat. As you can see, we have plenty of room for visitors...
Our flat is what they call a Tyneside - it's very English and very much a Newcastle-styled flat. Built around the latter part of the 1800's, it's a brick structure with lovely high ceilings and tall windows. Our street is a terraced street; that is, all the flats/houses are built in terraced style - each flat sharing a wall on either side. It's a good way of squeezing a lot of houses into a small space. That said, we all have our own patch of yard out back, so that's nice.
Our flat (which we rent) has a lot of "original features", such as fireplaces (although we have the desk in front of the pretty one), wood floors, wood doors and mouldings. It's compact, by American standards - you have to remember little Britain has very little land space for a lot of people - but suits us perfectly.
We have the ground floor with our own front door, which is really nice. I don't like communal entrys, which is what is more common in the Scottish tennant-style of flats. Our neighbours, who's door is like 6 inches away from ours, have the upstairs flat. They, like many, have floored their loft, so in effect they have 2 stories. They're super lovely folks. Jim came down today to help drill some holes for a new clothesline. Handy!
I've arranged the photos sort of as if you were walking from the front to the back. English houses, especially terraced ones, tend to be long and narrow. It's nothing like how they are in Amsterdam, but our flat is only 1 room wide. From the entry is a hall which T's: at the right of the T is our bedroom; the left leads to the lounge, kitchen, bathroom & yard. In the middle of the hall is our spare room/office/wine cellar. This is a huge room with a beautiful bay window that looks out mostly onto the street (save for a hedge obscuring some of the view) and originally would've been a sitting room.
Our bedroom is at the back and overlooks the yard. The lounge & dining lead into the kitchen, which is really a good size. I've had much smaller! At the end of the kitchen is the bathroom. Yes, it's really there. This is typical of the Tyneside. Think back to when the house was built - there was no indoor bathroom, so these are later additions. You get used to it.
Some of the plants I'm trying to grow in pots with little sun or warmth:
So, there you have it! Our little flat. As you can see, we have plenty of room for visitors...
Alnwick Garden
Last Sunday, we visited Alnwick Garden. It was Ole's first time there and my second, although last time I was there it was early spring and suffice to say, a very different looking garden.
The weather started out great but by time we were leaving to have a cup of coffee at the treehouse, the clouds had moved in. Good timing! We had a nice time, but in retrospect, it was wildly over-priced. Oh well.
The weather started out great but by time we were leaving to have a cup of coffee at the treehouse, the clouds had moved in. Good timing! We had a nice time, but in retrospect, it was wildly over-priced. Oh well.
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