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Australia's favorite spread
Do you remember Men At Work? They had a huge hit in 1981 called "Down under". The lyrics had a line that went: "... he just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich" From that day, Vegemite has been a...
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100!!!!! And a giveaway:-)
This is my 100th post!! I can't believe I've reached that magic number. I must admit I never thought I'd become a blogger, but as it occurred to me how many wonderful like- minded people that were out...
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Stavangerflint Finse.... and a gift for mum
Just as I was concidering starting to collect Stavangerflint Finse (it's one of those patterns I grew up with, I'm a hopeless nostalgic...), a teaset for six appeared in a local charity store yesterday...
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Graveren by Ragnar Grimsrud
I'm so excited over here, I've managed to dig up some information about the large Graveren plate I bought in a charity store in Stavanger, look here. It is indeed a Ragnar Grimsrud piece!! I searched...
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Dune architecture
If you read my last post, this is what's behind that belt of sanddunes. When you cross the dunes you leave the windswept beach and enter a sheltered green area where you can still smell the salty North...
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Surf's up!
Italy was amazing. There´s no end to all the beauty, but my home town on the Jæren coast is my paradise. It´s where my heart is, and I miss living there so much it´s almost painful to visit. Not to...
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The latest
Last week my oldest son had a football cup quite some distance from where we live. The team stayed in a school, and most parents went there over the weekend to see the games. NOT in sleeping bags in...
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Eight Norwegians and a Finn
There hasn't been much time for thrifting lately, and I haven't been very active on the blogging front. I hope some of you are still around... The process of taking over the company I work for has...
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100!!!!! And a giveaway:-)
This is my 100th post!! I can't believe I've reached that magic number. I must admit I never thought I'd become a blogger, but as it occurred to me how many wonderful like- minded people that were out...
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Sunshine on a grey day
It was such a treat to find this sunny teaset in these grey, wet and foggy times. Egersund Unique is handpainted and the pieces therefore have an individual look. On the olivegreenish/ brown edges you...
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Thrifts and treasures
I spent last weekend in Stavanger at my parents house, just relaxing, taking in the salty North sea air, watching the waves, photographing, having delicious prawns and doing no (yes, that's right:-)...
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The High Line
On Christmas day we went for a walk on Manhattan, through Greenwich Village, Soho and the Meatpacking district. I love the color and textures of these neighborhoods, the low (for New York!) brownstone...
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New Year update
Happy new Year to you all! Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my last post. I hit the publish- button the night before we left for New York and never got the chance to answer, but they...
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Merry Christmas!
Work and life has been crazy busy this fall. I've completely lost my thrifting and blogging mojo, but hopefully it will return! I have been reading all your lovely blogs, but I haven't been able to...
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The Figgjo Museum
Mum and I visited the Figgjo museum yesterday. The Figgjo factory is located a 30 minute drive from my home town Stavanger in a place by the same name, Figgjo. For some strange reason I haven't visited...
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Great stuff at mum and dad's
I'm blogging from my mum and dad's in Stavanger where I'm spending the last week of my vacation. I'm using the Blogger app for the first time, and have finally found a way to change the font, it...
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Pietrasanta and Carrara marble
After Cinque Terre, we drove south into Tuscany, where we stayed for a few days in the fin de siècleseaside resort of Viareggio. We stayed in a small hotel with only seven rooms, which constantly made...
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La Dolce Vita
Hi, I'm back from a lovely vacation in Bella Italia. Every time I visit I feel like I've only scratched the surface of the great amount of cultural treasures to see, there's so much beauty to behold!We...
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Finally!!!
Finally, my vacation has started! The last couple of weeks have been murder. It's always like that before the summer vacation, everybody want their projects done and the applications for building...
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Juhls silvergallery
You probably know from previous posts that I love brutalist jewelry. I guess you all know the work of Laine, Sarpaneva, Vidal and Larin, but I thought I'd show you one of my norwegian favorites....
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