Bound for Glory

Montana 1942

These two photos are from the 1940s.

They are part of the Library of Congress’ collection.

Right now they have an exhibition with some of the photos taken by the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information.

Usually one associates old photos with black and white so it is almost like time travel to see them in colors.

Texas 1942

Summer

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Tønsberg

K and I have been visiting my sister for some days. She lives in Tønsberg, a couple of hours drive south of us. Tønsberg is known as Norway’s oldest town.

She bought herself a new apartment earlier this summer and I have not been to visit her since then. Bad brother!


Castle Rock Tower

In the evening we ate at restaurant "Havariet" at the harbor. At first we were a bit concerned that we would not get our food within reasonable time since just after we had ordered, two of the staff was literally thrown into the sea. They emerged a minute later soaking wet. I was told later by our waitress that it was some kind of ritual they did with their summer employees. One of them had already been thrown "overboard" once more earlier that day.

After completing our meal in the late evening sun we went to see Pirates of the Caribbean II. It was not as good as the first one - I think.



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K and Rakel

The second day we drove to Sandefjord where I lived for two years, way back, when I still was a young pilot student. It was nice to see old areas again. Here is the Whaling Monument (Sandefjord is an old whaling town):

Paris

Earlier this week I was back from another overnight, 25 hour, stop in Paris. This was my fourth stay there during the last two weeks. As always it was a nice trip.
Here are some photos:



The Louvre.

The Eiffel Tower

Friday I went for a four hour walk into the more suburban areas of Paris. No tourists and a – shall we say – more ethnic population made into a fascinating trip. Here is a portion of a wall not to far from our hotel.

At night I went to a club with a DJ and danced the night away. The French are so easy to make contact with. The younger generation speaks English fairly well, and everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves.

This is from the same Friday walk. I like this picture because of all the concrete, and then - in the middle of it - this building that seems to have been moved here from a completely different area of the city.

A close up.

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This is from a flight into Bodo, North Norway. The air was calm and crisp. Few other areas in the world are as beautiful as Norway on a sunny day.

Sunflowers

We were feeding birds on a bird table last winter.
One of their favourites (or at least so I thought) was sunflower seeds.
The feeder was placed in on of our flowerbeds and as spring came hundreds of little sunflowers started growing beneath it.

K moved some of them and here she is yesterday busy tying them up so that they shall not break when the winds get too strong.

Vacation

I have just arrived from work. And my SUMMER VACATION has started!

It’s gonna be so GOOOOD!!!!