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I haven’t posted for so long that I have a huge backlog of photos. I’ll just post a sample from the summer. With luck I’ll have worked my way backwards to May pretty soon, so I can post more photos … Continue reading →

“Angels” is the title of this spectacular painting by Mark Edwin Carlson that is now hanging in the stairwell between the second and third floors. Arlin’s niece Elise gave us the painting in May when we were in Minnesota. We … Continue reading →

“Angels” is the title of this spectacular painting by Mark Edwin Carlson that is now hanging in the stairwell between the second and third floors. Arlin’s niece Elise gave us the painting in May when we were in Minnesota. We … Continue reading →

Ever since Arlin built shelves under the living room windows, Chester and Sophie have taken up guard duty there. Chester more often just stands on the floor and puts his paws on the shelf, but sometimes he scrambles up and … Continue reading →

Here’s a fairly typical morning at the beach from a couple of weeks ago. Chester met a black lab puppy named Jetson, who played with him off and on for about half an hour. The yellow lab’s name is Buster.

Naca came to stay overnight yesterday. It’s the first time we’ve dog-sat her since we got Chester. All three dogs together were something of a handful. It was fun while it lasted, though it’s probably a good thing that it … Continue reading →

This was the coldest May 17th in Oslo in fifty years. It spit snow in the morning, but by the time of the parade there was just a cold drizzle. Arlin, Kari Mette, and Unn Kristin on the train into … Continue reading →

At last, a photo from Norway. This is the royal family at the Syttende Mai (May 17th) national day parade in Oslo. School children parade through Oslo and in front of the royal palace. It appears that the Queen and … Continue reading →