Weekly report from Oslo – May 22-2011

Since my last weekly report I did post from our National Day in Norway, May 17. We celebrate the Constitution fra 1814.
 
Here is last Sundays Dinner, the one Anna prepared in last weeks report.  It tasted really fantastic;-)

As you may have observed – even on Facebook, MyGrandson and Daughter was in Oslo this week. They had a busy time visting friends but had as well some moments with us. Leander loves Appel Juice.
 
On TORsday we had an informal dinner together. My Son Niklas joined us as well, just coming from Work. He works as a real estate technician (Office Buildings).
 
We enjoyed some hours together outside in the Sunshine. Magical moments.
 
I left my Car at my x-wifes home, only 2 minutes walking distance from the Italian restaurant, and met Ingelin and Leander again on Friday.
 
Leander observed me from long distance and he startet to laugh in luck to see his grandfather once more. His feet went up and down like drum sticks;-)
 
He is a cute little boy. Here with his first Norwegian Currant Bun. He offered me a bite – mmm – a really good one. It sems he learn to speak German and Norwegian at the same time. Some English as well;-)
 
Sunday, Ingelin and Leander had to return home to Frankfurt in Germany. But, I picked them up and we did visit my Mother in her Home.
 
So we were 4 generations – here you see 3 of them, while papa was behind the Camera (as usual).
Leander had to visit his great-grandmothers restroom.
 
Here in Oslo we are back to normal weather for the season. Some Sunshine, some Showers, some Wind. Temperatures around 60F or 15-16 C.
 
And our Cats like to stay indoor. Here Felicia.
 
And here Rosa.

Have a nice week to come.

The Weekend Sept 25-26 in 2010

Autumn is here at 60 degrees North. Chilly it is. Outside.
 
We cleaned up our Summer House and brought back food and clothes, did a little shopping and picked up Sölvi for Dinner in our Oslo Home. Felicia inspecting. She checked everything, even more closely than Airport Security;-)

Dinner was excellent:
 
French Burgundy Wineyard Snails, homemade Bread and Cremant de Bourgogne.
 
Quail
 
Even Felicia loves Quail
Cheeze, local Norwegian, and all but the Jarlsberg from small producers.
And BD gifts from Sölvi to Anna
 
And orchids as well.

Raspberries from our Summer House Garden and genuine Vanilla Ice Creme. 
 
Coffee etc (OK, we had a taste of Calvados)

Then we had Quizz to the Early Morning. Crazy Norwegians. The Cats fell asleep long before us.
 
Sunday afternoon, we relaxed in the Sunshine.
Very comfortable.

More to come…..

Anna served Vol au Vent and Papa enjoyed dinner

Above you can see Anna's Wednesday version of Vol au Vent.

What it is and how to make it? And where to find Recipes?

You might have this served if you join OsloBG in August 2010;)

Woman at work - or was it a Skinny Dip or Dinner?

To day Anna and Sylvi went to the Shop, walking. It's about 30 minutes.

On their way back, they went to the Beach. Nobody else around. Did they then wear Bikinis or swimming suits? Papa was not there, but I can confirm there were no wet swimming equipments when they arrived the Summerhouse some minutes after their Bath;-))

Well, Dinner had to be prepared.

Simple as you see. But nothing artificial. hmmm?

Here they are with Red Wine from Medoc, anno 1995. Gift from Ingelin's father in law.


The Bottle more detailed

Mixed Grill

Baked Potatoe - with Garlic and civettes from the Garden

Result. All veggies and Herbs from the Garden. At 60 degrees North.
And Felicia - she is staying close to us. Here she is on the Roof.
Does Cats manipulate Humans or vica versa? Click for an answere
Kittens can arrive every moment now. Yeah, papa has felt it's live and lively - miooooh

So stay tuned for the news-----

On TORsday, papa will be at work 150 km's away (95 miles), but the "Girls" will guard the Summer Castle;-))

Flower Chaos - Power Outage - Garden work and Wonderful Pre-Summer

So to Speak all in one.
In one weekend.

Well, it was warm and dry during this weekend. The seeds needed watering. It's rather steep, as you can see. And we arranged the watering the lazy way. LOL.

And papa did buy more flowers and herbs. For a while our Platform looked very chaotic.

And it was as well something to repair. While we still had Power.
- papa not shaved - out of gas and electricity - besides - haha - a loooong weekend.

Saturday we had a Power Outage from 2 pm until 7:30 pm. Caused by a sailboat that hit the Air-Cables to the Island just down under us.

After all, we prepared Dinner old-fashioned.

The Dinner tasted very well. Baked Potatos, Pepper, Tomtatoes, Fresh Herbs, Whale Beef.

Felicia did controle us while dinning. From the Roof.

Table decoration: Floating Flowers.


Basilikum we call these herbs - in Norwegian.
We have lot's of them - because we like the taste.

Our servant helped us with the Flowers. As you can see, she is very poor. But we paid her as deserved, with a couple of new Summer Dresses and food as well.
Which is probably more than GM can offer for their 250.000 plus employees.
What a sad and dramatic story. I'm thinking about all those wonderful people in Michigan ---
I have no words - you, my regular readers do know my youngest son is living in MI.

Do not blame the Photographer. It's after Midnight. We had very wellcomed, unexpected visitors. And lit up our outdoor fireplace.

Next Day it was time for cutting Branches. In the very steep terrain, well, two days after I still feel stiff. There is no stabel place to stand. Assistance was needed to climb safely down again as well.
And there are many more trees to cut.

Here you see the result - and this is only the very first beginning. It's steep, right?
All the "Jungle" in the background are to be cut down this Summer and used as heating in our Fireplace during the Fall.
Down right, we have Herbs. One of several spots.

Monday afternoon, it was still many boats out at the Oslofjord.
A wonderful pre-summer we had this Pentecoste Long Weekened, with clear blue sky and temperatures 24-28 C (75 - 82,5 F), which we Norwegians considers very comfortable.
On the other hand, mountain roads were block - avalanches and strong winds.

More to come...
Don't forget ABC in Words and Pictures on Friday. This week: N