a sad day

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who is affected by the horrible things

 that happened in Oslo and Utøya yesterday.

a summer party

Babyboy turned two earlier this summer. 

Eventhough the temprature was still around 60 Farenheit (ca 16 Celcius), we opted for a outside party.

We had a blast, eventhough friends and family had to cramp together in the hut when it started raining, 

and eventually we ended up in the livingroom :).

Suddently he's two, talks and still makes me laugh. every. single. day. A LOT.

in memory of Hagbart

Hagbart was an old sailor living down the road.

For many years he worked on  the sea.

He died some months ago.

I will remember him for all the times he raised himself in our simple church gatherings, not complaining of his poor health, but always speaking about was Jesus did for him.

And I will remember him, because one of his old sea maps is hanging in my diningroom now.

wonderfull smelling roses from the garden

PS. Sorry for beeing away for so long. Everything is well with us. It's just that summer suddently catched up on me... But we still wait for a little warmth to arrive at our northern latitude - having mostly around 14-16 Celcius ( below 60 Farenheit).

aqua blue

For the last year I have incoperated more and more aqua/light blues into our home - now there's a touch of it in nearly every room. All these pics have been posted before and some rooms have allready changed a little again, but no pic is older than one and a half year :). I just wanted to do a house tour - sort of... Here we go:

Livingroom

Kitchen

bath

bedroom (before)

Nursery

(this was actually the first room I used aqua blue)

boy's bedroom

bedroom (now)

Hut on the deck / outdoor kitchen

my inspiration blog

Before I had my inspiration files on tumblr, now you can find them here:

margittas inspiration

GARASJESALG - YARDSALE

to my local readers:

STOR GARASJESALG

LØRDAG, 11.06. 2011

kl 10.00 - 19.00

i Snartabergveien

(i Grimsby)

Siden eg har skifted litt stil det siste året, har eg lyst til å kvitte meg med en god del pynt og ting.

Så her er det masse skatter å finne!

Dette er bare en liten del...

Noen møbler blir det og, for ex disse stoler:

coral red

On the field below my parents in law grows red poppies.

It's such a great complementary color to aquamarine, I had to pop some on my bedside table and take some pictures.

I sewed a bolster pillow out of an IKEA fabric.

Because of our light summer nights we have light proof shades, but as they usually come in a boring grayish white, I painted stripes on them. :)