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SkyWatch Friday.

This time I want to share some pictures taken on my 50 years anniversary from primary school in Trondheim last week-end.
The first one is from the old harbour buildings along the river Nidelven, floating through the city.

The second is in Ravnkloa, the old fish harbour - and now location for the tourist boat to Munkholmen (an island) nearby. The statue is named: The last viking.

Seagulls in Ravnkloa.

The tower of Værnes airport at my return back home.
Here is my home place, seen from the sky, as I soon was to land at Rygge Airport.

Thank you for your company on the journey!

50 years jubilee 7th class Byåsen Skole 1959.

50 years anniversary from primary school.

7th class D 1959 from Byåsen skole. A girls class. Were'nt we cute?
Me: back to the left.

In less than an hour I leave home for Rygge airport to fly to Trondheim. The butterflies have already entered my stomac.

We were 5 classes at this quantity parallell. About 70 of us are going to attend the jubilee.

The program starts to-morrow morning and is compleeted with a party on a hotel in the evening.

I bring my camera with me, and want to make a report when I'm back home!

SkyWatch Friday No. 59

Last Sunday, on my way to Stavern I was met by this scenario in the Sande bay (Sandebukta). Of course I had to stop and get it preserved for posterity! A good start on the day when my son was appointed new pastor in a Free Church in Larvik. He is "only" 29 years old, so it is a great challenge for him. But he loves living in a congregation!


This is the assembly room of the congregation. The text sounds: God is love.
How wonderful to serve such a God! :

SkyWatch No. 58

This first picture I took by a visit to Vegusdal, Sørlandet, some weeks ago.


The last one was taken tuesday this week, in the afternoon by Filtvedt brygge. A real windy and rainy day, also with light and thunder!

SkyWatch Friday No. 57

This afternoon we drove to catch up our grandson on the ferry. He is going to stay by us until Sunday. On the way home this sky was in the sight to the southeast. The weather has been changing a lot today. I had not brought my camera, so I urged my husband to take some shots with his telephone camera. The result was not bad?!

Happy SkyWatch everyone!

SkyWatch Friday no. 55.

An afternoon last week I suddenly got aware of this thick bluegrey carpet all over the sky to the south, making a great view of the smoke from the cellulose factory in our nabourhood. Of course I had to catch it with my camera. This one is zoomed a little.

Today the weathercasting announced we would get 14 mm rain during the afternoon. And I think we must have got it, in a few portions. This is the first one, which I catched through my window. Not very often it rains that much in one day here!

Happy skywatch everyone!

Congratulations to my little brother Helge, 60 years old yesterday!

His four sisters with husbands came from Tromsø in the North to Denmark in the South to celebrate our dear, nice, handsome little-/big-brother, Helge - in his home in Oslo.

His dear wife, Anne, had made this gorgious and welltasting cake as well as the whole menu (assisted by her husband of course).

Thank you Helge and Anne for a memorable evening!!!!

SkyWatch Friday No. 52

A windy summer day at Tofte, Hurum (south in Oslofjorden) yesterday, taken with my husbands mobile phone, as we were aout for a swimming trip. The place is about 5 minute's drive from our new house. The view is against Vestfold across the fjord. The second picture shows a closed factory of wood chemistry (?). Still one factory remaining, as you see from the last picture taken some days earlier from our veranda to the South, with my Samsung S730.

SkyWatch Friday No. 51.

The last 1 1/2 week we had the most beautiful summer weather. These two pictures are taken on Nesodden (outside Oslo) some days ago, about 10.30 p.m. from my mother-in-law's veranda - after a nice swimming trip in Solbukta . We really enjoy this weather, not many days a year of it. We struggle a bit with the heat, so we have to go swimming!

SkyWatch Friday No. 50

These pictures were taken on a boat trip from Nesodden to Oslo - on the Oslofjorden - last Tuesday. Beautiful summer day and a beautiful journey!

Sommerdag på Nesodden. Summer day on Nesodden.

Vi slapper av på Nesodden i min svigermors hus etter første etappe av flyttinga. I dag har vi hatt en nydelig sommerdag. We are relaxing in the house of my mother-in-law after the first step of our moving to a new house. To-day we have had a beautiful summer day.

Første innhøsting av gress denne sommeren. First grass harvest this summer.

Båtene har kommet på vannet på Fagerstrand. The boats have come out on the water again on Fagerstrand.

SkyWatch Friday no. 49.

Last Sunday my husband and I walked up to Snellingen Tourist Cabin (a small cabin behind the house on the picture). We did not know how far it was to walk, and it went up and upwards all the way. Quite hard for untrained folks like us. But the reward you can watch on the following pictures. Enjoy!

Friluftsgudstjeneste på Bruvoll, Hadeland (nær Grua).

Bruvoll er visstnok et feriested for en bedrift. I dag leide Lunner Menighet stedet for å holde avskjedsgudstjeneste for sogneprest Astrid S. Morvik. Det var en veldig flott opplevelse - å samles ute under Guds frie himmel til gudstjeneste. Lunner Kantori var med som forsangere og bidro med korsang også. Så vidt vi har sett er det ikke mye som skjer på dette stedet, men det egnet seg ypperlig til dette. Det ble også vår avskjedsgudstjeneste med Lunner og Hadeland. I løpet av uka som kommer flytter vi til Hurum - til hus og stor hage, ikke langt fra sjøen i Tofte. Gleder oss!

Grillmaten er klar til servering rett etter gudstjenesten.

Det var nattverd også!

Litt av "menigheten". Betel på Harestua deltok også. Det er Frie

Evangeliske Forsamling.

Etter gudstjenesten gikk vi en fin tur til Snellingen ubetjente turisthytte. Ca. 1,8 km - bare oppover på veien dit, og bare nedover på tilbaketuren. Det ble god trim.

Kommer noen bilder derifra også etter hvert.

Ellers har jeg tatt opp noe av sangen på gudstjenesten og lagt ut på Facebook. Klikk på linken min til FB øverst til venstre på denne siden.

SkyWatch Friday No. 48

Last Saturday we had a nice trip to Hurum, south in the Oslofjorden - looking for a new home, to get nearer to our children and grandchildren. These pictures are taken at Filtvedt. It was a very beautiful day.

SkyWatch Friday no. 45.

This picture is taken from Davids Tower in The Old City of Jerusalem in february 2008. We look to the Mount of Olives, where Jesus was taken to heaven - while blessing his disiples. "And a cloud took him out of their sight". It is built a church (to the left of middle of the picture) on the place they think it happened. At least it was some place in the area. I think it is good to have a visual picture of it. And as christians we also expect Jesus to come back and set his feet on the Mount of Olives - as he has told us.
Happy Ascension Day!

SkyWatch Friday no. 44

These pictures I took last Saturday evening at sunset nearby Eidsfoss in Vestfold. The lake is Eikeren. We were on our way to visit our daughter, son-in-law and their children. A very calm and beautiful evening.
The second shot is taken with my sunglasses as a filter.