summer of '07

ah. gorgeous. its absolutely gorgeous. I just love my country to bits these days. volda is such a charming little place. and its so quiet here. I am not looking forward to move to a big city again in august - I really am quite a farmerish girl!!(I assume everyone else knew that like 15 years ago, I just realised it, haha).


this is janko, the horse that belongs to my wonderful second-cousin ragnhild. from time to time I get the honour of looking after him when she is away. it makes me feel completely spoiled cause he is such a fab&fun horse! we had long rides in the forests, climbing paths and walking over rivers and galopping whilst laughing (yes, he does laugh too!). he is also wonderful in dressage - its a long time since I rode an educated horse like him, and it really gave me a kick! one day I will get my own horse again, a grand dark dark brown one, with three white socks and a "bliss"..... oh yes!

here we walked to dinglavatnet and then to the vardehornet. beautiful! I did walk - janko didnt carry me this time ;)




this mountain, lidaveten, I also climbed myself... and some chocolate was very well deserved!


view over ørsta from the little mountain of lidaveten... and under, the view to the west, towards the big sea



and with all this exercise, we need lekker foods! yummy! I brought lovely things from spain, so we had a tapas night at my dads, honouring españa. wine, serrano, manchego, cheese-stuffed olives.. we also had meat balls, salads, couscous salad, and of course the fab spanish tortilla that I made(to the left) - the recipe belongs to the grandmother of a spanish friend of mine! gracias cariño luisito!


ah... I have come to a conclusion! summer should last 7 months a year (we are talking real summer, yeah). then 1 month of fall, 1 month of spring and 3 months of real winter (yes, still talking real winter, ne!) what you all think?

some more chilling under the gorgeous sunnmørske mountains... I have a feeling I will have many "biffbaguetta" (steak baguetts) here this summer! sant, per?




then! something big happend! on 9th of july my crazy beautiful little sister ingvild (the oldest of my sisters) turned 18 years old!!! GRATULERER MED DAGEN!
even tho I am old as a skunk I was invited to the party and dedicated to be the driver. we had a fab evening!!! and its so much fun that I can ask my sister when we at the bar "sista, do you want a drink?" ahhahaa! and most importantly - since I have been in the game for quite a while - I chase trashfaced slimy men away! ;)



for now, continue enjoying the light of summer.
the light that never disappears... the light of happiness and long summernights.

and remember... du skal ikkje sova bort sumarnatta!