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It’s all about the weather
It's all about the weather
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Christmas eve with the Incredible Hulk
Christmas eve with the Incredible Hulk
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Wall building
A few words about building a wall
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While waiting for Phil …
While waiting for Phil and Sheila, who will pay us a visit next summer, I realised I will run out of porter well ahead of their visit. This is unheard of, as Phil is a great lover of porter. I immediately started planning making a new one. Porter is a dark style, top fermented beer developed in London long time ago. The name was first recorded in the 18th century, and is thought to come from its popularity with street and river porters, who carried objects for others. I have made this beer several times and have a real good recipe. Making the beer consist of several steps. Order, pay and collect yeast, malted barley…
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Gold wedding at Støtvik Hotel
I haven’t had time to do so much of writing lately, but it has all calmed down now. On Saturday we were invited to Tove’s cousin Vigdis and Torgrims gold wedding. The venue was kept at Støtvik Hotel at Larkollen, abouit an hour south of us. The hotel has a stunning location on the shore of the Oslofjord, crowded by people during the summer. However, quite chilly now, more correct to say cold. Vigdis and Torgrims whole family was invited and nearly all present, just one missing. We started the event by having a game of bowling in the hotel’s basement, and of course a beer or drink from the…
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Forestry, the Panorama road, Vaset and Rakfisk
Last week has certainly been busy. After our vaccination programme on Monday, we drove up to the summerhouse for the first time after coming home from Cyprus. We knew that there has been work in the woods around us. The forrest owners have sent in big forrest machines to take out the timber. Normally it takes 40 years for the forrest to be commercial. I still remember way back in time the last time they did it. When the forrest machines work out there, they make a mess. The tracks they leave can be up to a meter high, and timber not big enough and branches are just left to…
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Pea Soup and technical challenges
It’s now a week since returning from hot Cyprus to cold Norway. Even Though the weather was kind of warm the first days after returning, it is now into normal for October to be. Last night we had temperatures just below zero. For a while last evening I thought the first snow had arrived, but it was only humidity freezing to the ground. The weather during daytime has been clear, sunny and cool, giving us a chance to clear the garden of withered leaves etc. In preparation to our trip to USA, Belize, Honduras and Mexico, we went down to the local vaccination office and topped up with needed vaccines.…
