Det er godt å være tilbake. Om tre måneder får vi endelig møte lillesøster.
Good to be back. Little sister coming in three months.
18.03.2013
17.04.2012
housewives on vacation
30 husmødre venter på båten som skal frakte dem over til "Svestad feriehjem for slitne husmødre" på Nesodden. I hele to uker skal de gå til dekket bord og la hjemmets huslige bekymringer ligge. Bildet er fra 1951.
30 housewives from Oslo are waiting for the boat that is taking them to the "vacation home for tired housewives" at Nesodden. For two whole weeks they are not doing any work around their house. Picture from 1951.
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Arbeiderpartiets Kvinneforeningers Feriehjem på Svestad ble åpnet i 1920. Det var Carl Jeppesen, en av Arbeiderpartiets grunnleggere, som først kom på tanken om et feriehjem for slitne husmødre. Da Jeppesen og kona Hulda testamenterte sin formue til feriehjemmet, ble villaen "Bellevue" på Svestad kjøpt og innredet. I løpet av tre sommermåneder tok feriehjemmet imot opp til 500 Oslo-husmødre og enda var ventelistene lange. For de aller fleste gjestene var oppholdet gratis.
The vacation home was first opened in 1920. During three summer months they catered for over 500 Oslo housewives, and the waiting lists were long.
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Sju kvinneforeninger i Oslo Arbeiderparti sto for driften av det idylliske feriehjemmet. Vedlikehold, vask og stell av eiendommen ble gjort på frivillig basis.
Seven womens organisations stood behind the vacation center.
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Ferdig middag på bordet, og ingen oppvask etterpå. Her fikk kvinnene tid til både lesing og kryssordløsing uten å bli forstyrret.
Dinner on the table, and no dishwashing. The women finally had some time to read and do crosswords.
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Huset er i dag eid av Norsk Folkehjelp. Bilder og tekst er hentet herfra.
Pictures and text from here.
27.02.2012
jeg vant, jeg vant!
Ja, det er jo en liten uke siden nå - men jeg var altså så fryktelig heldig at jeg vant denne plakaten i Fine Little Day sin gi-bort-konkurranse!
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Almost a week ago, but never too late: Look what suddenly came my way at a give away on my favourite blog Fine Little Day! I rarely win anything - but this time faith chose me. ME!
The poster will bright up Melvins room, and hopefully teach him the alphabet.
Elisabeth made a lovely card to announce the winners:
The cards can be bought in the shop.
17.02.2012
white light
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Spring is coming (I know, not right away, but you know), and today we start painting the kitchen walls white. Away with grey.
03.01.2012
happy, happy new year
Riktig godt nytt år, alle fine folk!
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New years eve. We went for a walk in the woods, and ended up on a small frozen lake. It was magic.
A happy, super year to all of you!
09.12.2011
10.11.2011
more magic
Jeg syns at Havnehagan køl & vedbolag er sånt et fint konsept. Se flere bilder fra Davids utstilling i forrige post.
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I love this project. More pictures from the exhibition here.
04.11.2011
pyrography magic
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I just had to show you these pictures from my friend David Stenmarcks exhibition. I can not even begin to imagine how much time he has spent burning every stroke into the wood. And the details! Just amazing. More pictures coming!
19.10.2011
17.10.2011
a birdy project
Sometimes I have the best job! A few weeks ago I got to follow Kaja&Sara when they prepared for a workshop with the famous japanese designer Taku Satoh. The theme was "coincidence", and the task was to make a word and then let nature interfere. Quite the opposite from this project about the art of clean up: Stacking and sorting everyday objects.
Kaja&Sara chose to spell their word with bird seeds and let the doves do the trick afterwords.
For the class exhibition at the end of the workshop, Kaja&Sara presented these five photos, printed on glass:
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And here is another beautiful project from the same workskop, made by Ida&Mari:
(it's a gif, so you have to click the picture to see it properly!)
You can see more beautiful and fun projects and read my whole article here. (sorry, in Norwegian only)
And check this project again :)
11.10.2011
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