My first, too. I've just spoken on the phone with my brother - and it's a nephew! He was born yesterday evening after a long labour (poor sis-in-law!) They don't know what to call him yet :D Typical of them, they take their time with the important things. And no visiting until later in the week - they want to take it quiet and get their "sea ( Read more... )

My father sent me this gorgeous photo from yesterday evening. They live by the west coast of Denmark where the landscape is flat and the sky is open.


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From the playlist of one of the classical channels of the national radio tonight:
Chaikovskij - Fauré - John Adams - Bach... (the Brandenburg concertos even)

So very very random, The John Adams piece was fabulous though (Grand Pianola Music) - and sounded as if he'd filched bits from Philip Glass (or perhaps it's the other way round)

The plumber is here right now. I just thought he was meant to fix a few small things, including a toilet handle with a tendency to stick. Now he's just carried a whole new toilet into the bathroom o_0 ( Read more... )

I think the worst is over now. I've put up the bookcase and unpacked almost all the books, unpacked almost all the kitchen things (but still "look forward" to find the space for them in the kitchen), and the bathroom is mostly done, too. I am trying to do a bit every day, but also feel I can relax some, now. A change from the last weeks ( Read more... )

"... in all your moving boxes. Add all the other stuff on top. Garnish with crumpled newspapers ( Read more... )

Iran is voting right now. I for one hope for Mousavi and reforms and a more open attitude towards the western world than what we have seen in the latest years. Cross fingers!

What with the climate changes and the political scandals and the low voting rates at the EU parliament election...

Time to take a break: 1000 awesome things

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the sky is light in Scandinavia in the summer nights. This was the sky to the northwest last Monday, seen from my ground patio, at around a quarter to midnight (11.45 pm). The photo isn't the greatest, but it gives an impression of the light. In a week, I'm going to Iceland and the Faeroe Islands - it's just below ( Read more... )

I saw Blade Runner in the cinema last Tuesday (the digitally restored final "Final Cut"). I almost never got to see it, because I only noticed on the last day, of only two, that it was showing - but I just made it.

I'm so glad I did - it's one of those once-in-a-lifetime things. It fully lived up to my rather high expectations. The cinematography is ( Read more... )