Cavia II - the little rock star

Cavia

The Tyranny of the "Should"

I have come to hate the word should, and I hate very few things. In med school it is used a lot - I should stop sleeping, cram more, be even more responsible. Is is really impossible to see that to help others one should (!) be as rested as possible, be alert without bitterness and a head full of mental fog? Take it from somebody who knows what burnout is after doing something somebody told her she should (!) do for years and years without listening to her heart. Oh, I hate the word should much more than I should (sorry about the pun).

What if you stop judging yourself by terrible unreachable standards, ones that you would (hopefully) never apply to anyone else? 1) What if you start doing things because they are fair, ethical, right and because doing your best is something you want? What if you listen enough to yourself to rest when you are tired? Maybe then one is sentient enough to see what is necessary, ethical and needs to be done?

1) Blog Posh Yarns

School Project

Picture found on this page - the white "powder" is sugar, by the way

Sunday Walk II

An Old Leaf

Sunday Walk

Aker Sykehus (Aker Hospital) Oslo

                           

Pollution 

Rodents

For Small Creatures

For small creatures such as we, the vastness is bearable only through love

Sagan

Norwegian Kawaii

Blue

Darling Dennis II

Onion & Carrot Soup

Fry an onion, a bunch of spring onions, two leeks and 5 cloves of garlic in good olive or canola oil on low heat until tender. Add a broccoli, enough carrots to fill the casserole, some curry and vegetable stock. Boil until tender. Add precooked white beans. Puree with a blander. Makes a nice yellow soup with an energetic taste. Enjoy!

What Not to Do?

And then I may have become a purist. The weekend has been wonderful, Tønsberg and good friends, long walks, a touch of spring, discussions and sun, but also a feeling of life changing. Of course it does, but it still feels like a surprise. Silly, as change is the only thing I think I can count on.

Anyway, my friend is a master chef, but she cooks meat. I know now I can't eat meat, it contributes to too much suffering and the wrong use of resources. Other people must do what they want, but I can't. As long as I have a choice, I will try my best to avoid meat consumption. My body does not like diary and sugar either, so that pretty much sums it up. It has been educational. Thankfully my friends respect my choices. They are a wonderful bunch.

Darling Dennis

Our lovely satin texel Dennis

Departures

The more you know

The more you know, the less you need

Aboriginal saying

Bunad

This is what it will look like, but blue upper part,  black skirt, black silk/wool apron, will post more pictures later. Photo Heimen 

Becoming Norwegian Folk Costume - from French Brocade

Lipatti&Chopin

V

Be My Valentine

Ultimately, love is such a mystery

Noor on a Thursday

Noor "Reading" My New Favorite Book

Noor

Shopping Hiatus

I'm trying to get everything sorted. My wardrobe is in all right order, the flat in fairly good shape. Soon it will be possible just to buy food, take ballet class and get supplies for the guinea pigs, work and study. The clutter has been endless and I've spent almost a year sorting it out - on and off that is. The attic still needs attention, but now I have what I need; a house in all right shape, excess clothes and supplies have been given away. It has been an interesting process. I've learnt a lot about what I'm willing to do as well - for myself and in my line of work. House cleaning can be strangely interesting.

Oslo Graffiti 61

Snow

Oslo Graffiti 60

Oslo Graffiti 59

Lens Bug

I'm trying to do some serious (?) planning here and someone jumps in front of my camera :D

Photo Credit

Sorry, earlier on I posted a photo with an incorrect photo credit. I thought it had been taken by a friend who takes endless pictures of ducks - lovely ones too, but this one was taken by a Norwegian journalist whose name escapes me. Sorry, for not checking more thoroughly.

Today I think I'd like a

pacific island. Possibly delivered at my door.

Schubert

"When I visited him for the first time, and it was in winter and extremely cold, I found him in a dimly lit, damp, unheated little room; he was sitting wrapped up in an old, threadbare dressing-gown, freezing with cold,
and
-composing"

(Anselm Hüttenbrenner)

My Artisan Friend

Shannon LeVart makes gorgeous pieces, takes commissions and also makes components and tutorials for your own homemade jewelry. A couple of days ago I got two packages form her, additions to make my wardrobe pop. Although her presentation is wonderfully good, her work looks even better in real life. This is her ETSY shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/missficklemedia?ref=seller_info

London Snowman

Friends in London made a snowman, they told Richmond park is full of snowmen right now

Oslo Graffiti 58

Giacomelli

Frank Horvat : So there are situations when you say to yourself : "I can't photograph this".

Mario Giacomelli : : It's not that I say it to myself. I just suddenly realise that I'm not taking photos. It happens when I see things I can't accept as real: how is it possible that a human being, after a lifetime of work and struggle, should be condemned to exist in this manner? 

Interview here

Muskat (Nutmeg)

Hå Gamle Prestegård

Exhibiton by Øystein Dahlstrøm - STILL LIFE RELICS, Hå gamle prestegård
December 1ST 2012 to January 20TH 2013