norway's biggest chocoholic

skye's first ballet show

more hair

make-up

more make-up

hair

megan's hat collection #6 (ok, so it's not really a hat....)

megan's hat collection #5

megan's hat collection #4

megan's hat collection #3

megan's hat collection #2

megan's hat collection #1

megan guzzles bread

megan gets some grandpa time

snowy's almost 2 weeks old...

at last the amazing log store is finished...

after

before

multikulti is dead. long live multikulti.

the emporer has no clothes on.
only now (a significant german) someone has said it.


















angela merkel declared yesterday that multikulti has 'utterly failed'. it seems to me that germany is coming to something of a crossroads. I'm praying for germany.
for eyes to see where they've come from, the place they're at now, each path that opens ahead and to see the only one on whose shoulders the government will rest and whose increase will never end.
I'm praying for reflection and honest discussion about what culture - identity - germany should have.
and most of all, I'm praying for leaders, for a new generation to emerge who can lead the country in the right path, not returning to fear and violence, but uniting with faith and vision.

come on stoney!

great news! stoney is going to release his new ep now the support target has been reached on pledgemusic.com. he gets a fair wage and we get great music. all that and touring with athlete too! come on stoney, the world is waiting for you

jojo gets some uncle sherif time

the intelligensia

on the path to the beach at saltford

riding the bus with cousin adam

no armbands!

piper alpha memorial

summer sweetie

the (twenty) three degrees

the posse

waiting at the bus stop

a different kind of tranquil

the weather in norther norway isn't always perfect!
it can be foggy for long periods in the summer, this is the view over the bow of the boat

tranquil view

mountains

another view of (three of) the helgeland's seven sisters

northern norway

here's a few pictures from around northern norway
this is looking over brønnøysund

monkeys on mushrooms

ok that's enough of that plane stuff - here's diddle diddle dumpling
and little miss muffet on those funny mushrooms...

small planes part 4

this one had jet engines, wow

small planes part 3

bit dodgy this one, noisy, almost missed the far too short connection and then lost luggage! at least the food was good...

small planes part 2

this one had slightly worrying patches near the propellers

small planes

thought I'd share a few I've been on lately...

footie

while england were beating hungary last night, norway were beating france in oslo thanks to 2 goals from this guy erik huseklepp

oh, ok then...

...except dancing maybe

fun day

there's hardly anything more fun than a parachute!

skye's summer project

is learning to swim, she's very excited about it (and so are we!)
she's getting really good and very confident

mormor time

riding on the train

waiting for the train

girls at the beach

here are some old pictures from a fab holiday in wales

mountains

looking east from bodø harbour towards the sharp peaks of the lofoten mountains

approaching bodø harbour

beautiful day out here

almost mid-way between northern norway and iceland
it's hard to believe the wind was blowing at 50knots (about 57mph or 92kmph) just 24hours ago

aarhus

this is a great pal of ours, chris, on a trip we had to aarhus denmark in september 2007, good times!

fun at the zoo

here's an old picture of 2 of our monkeys on the loose at the zoo...