The decoration outside my grandmother’s nursing home.
Category: Other bits
When you’re somewhere the -e in your name isn’t typically pronounced
Crayon art
We played around with crayons and hairdryers to make art for my wall.
Lapper
Lapper, or sveler, is the Norwegian version of American pancakes. Well, other than the fact that you’d get a strange look over here if you tried eating them for breakfast. They’re squarely in the domain of sweet food – hence they are meant to be eaten for afternoon tea/coffee. Maybe if a class or an… Continue reading Lapper
Lemon tart
Made for sister’s birthday. Recipe from http://jillianleiboff.blogspot.no/2012/08/passionfruit-and-lemon-tart.html?m=1
Garden life
I have planted out the kale, brussel sprouts and beets that I started indoors in March. So far, it has been a cold spring and a cold summer – so everything else in the garden is taking its time to pop. I am leaving the tomato and cucumber plants inside. It is too cold outside.
A boy for Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill
The Swedish court announced that Princess Madeleine gave birth today to a boy. The birth took place at Danderyd hospital at 13:45.
May 17
The Norwegian National Psalm: You can catch the television transmission from all over Norway, including the royals at Skaugum and at the Palace, on NRK from abroad. Some years they allow the viewers from abroad on this link – http://tv.nrk.no/direkte/nrk1 other years they restrict it to a specific transmission.
Battenberg cake
I have wanted to make a Battenberg cake for years. Since a recipe came with my issue of BBCGoodFood in March, it seemed like a good reason to make it. Unfortunately, our pink food colouring did not come through that well in the oven. It ended up being yellow and brown… We might try some other colours… Continue reading Battenberg cake