Summer lomo shot #3

I really love the soft look of this photo - in fact almost every single shot of this first roll of film, i put in my new, old Illford sportsman turned out great. I'm half through the second roll, can't wait to see the result.

Summer lomo shots #1

I love the sky in this one. It is shot with my orange camera (the fruit, not the color, i'll show you later).

The only room...

...in our house which is not in need for a total renovation. Allmost the rest of the house is going to hav all floors and inner walls torn out due to moisture. Hopefully, by the end of the week, we will know how much the insurance will cover.

But we do hope to make this room bigger some how.

Home again

We had a nice couple of days in my parents caravan. The camping site they chose this year is the same one my grandmother camped at for many years (until she was 86 i think). It was fun to show Benjamin the worlds best tree to climb in. It was know as the "king tree" among us "users". And off course he loved it.

Me, camping - 1980

Hello big boy

Soon

In an hour or so, it's my babys birthday (hope he is not waking up for the next seven og eight hours though). Can't wait to give him his presents - a new bike and some playmobile. The closest family is coming over for brunch. It's going to be happy day i'm sure

Allmost five year old pictures :-)

Birthdays, owls and deers

Friday we celebrated both mine and Benjamins birthday (mine for the second time). It was a nice evening, great gifts, happy children, a walk to the playground, good food and cake. One of my best friends made me a pretty scarf, and even gave me a shirt to match. I also got at vase i've been wanting for a long time now. It is made by Susan Liebe, for some reason i did'nt take a picture of it, I will soon.

The scarf

Benjamin got a golf set and Lego

and maybe a girlfriend...

Last week i bought these pretty birds, they are from House Doctor. The are made to hold a candle on the top of there heads, but I'm not sure about that.

I also got these from a fleamarket, they were only 50kr (about 9$). The man asked if my husband is a hunter...

Can't wait for these to turn red and sweet.

Saturday is Benjamins actual birthday, and that is going to be the last party at our house this month. I'm not sure when I'm going to find the time to prepare for it. Thing are pretty hectic at work this last week before the school is out.

bad blogger, i know...

It is not that nothing is going on in my life, for some reason im' just not blogging about it, I'll try to make amends.

• My pretty niece got confirmed (is it really called that in english?). She was really beautifull and didn't look like a little bride, like some of the girls tend to do. 

Vi gave her this Margurit (daisy) necklace by George Jensen, and she loved it.

• We began to get our house ready for sale, even put up this wallpaper on one of the walls in our livingroom.

This is not our livingroom, though. The weather is so bad, that it is really to dark to take picures in right now. But the wallpaper looks great in our house too. I just love ferm livings products.

But in the process of makeing it all look pretty, we decide (again) not to sell and went back to the plan of making our house bigger and renovating it...

• Together with a friend, i bought an I-top-tool, it is fun to use, and truely does make pretty little brads. But the video is just hilarious

• Took a suprice mothers-day portrait of that same friends daughters

• This is what i got for my mothers-day present (or at least it should arive in the mail on friday...can't wait). Isn't it cute?

• And last but not least we are making a dream come true for our son on saturday, by finally taking him to LEGO-land. He letteraly stod on his head in the sofa when we told him. 

This photo is four years old - Lego has always been a favorite. (please don't notice the messy bed in the background).

That is it for now  - plan to enjoy a long weekend.

What have I been up to?

On the 20th Nick and Maria got married - and I shot their wedding photos. You can't tell by looking at the picture but she is 8 months pregnant.

The 21st was Benjamins last day at gymnastics - and all the parents was invited to come and watch all the different teams. Before we went, Benjamin asked me in relief, if doing this final show meant that he never had to go back...two days later he told us that when he grows up he wants to live in a cabin in the woods..all alone. I wish i knew how to get him to be more social...

On the 23rd this little girl turned 14 (picture is from 2004)

She is my god daughter  - and is all ready turning into a little woman.

We painted eggs a couple of days ago. I ended up sitting on the kitchen flor alone, since Benjamins interest quickly went away. The funny looking poodle is actually a lamb. (if you were wondering about the clothes he is wearing, which he has obviously out grown - it is just for painting in!)

...Benjamin rather wanted to play in his room, which his father and I had spent several hours tidying.

Seven years ago we spent about a year doing this

And know we are actually dreaming about buying this house, which means doing it again in two and a half the amount of space

Today Benjamin got his Easter egg, the chocolate hare is from his grandmother.

Last but not least - take a look at this great giveaway over at sunshine and carousels

Hope you have a happy Easter

Look what the mailman brought me...

I love it even more in real life, Silje is really an amazing artist, and she was so sweet sending me a gocco print. Makes me want to try out my own gocco printer...

New Holga shots

Well, not really new. The first two are from last summer, but the last one is only a couple of weeks old. That's how long it has taken me to shoot a roll of film. Luckily the snow is finally melting away, it is not as pretty, but it means that spring is on its way. Can't wait.

I love a blue sky with soft white clouds

Last outdoors bath of the summer

My vintage garden chairs in winter clothes.