ADA

6 weeks ago Ada arrived. She is wonderful, beautiful, fantastic. Motherhood is overwhelming, sets things in perspective, is wonderful and rocks the soul. I can stare at her for hours and she's started smiling at me!

There won't be that much action on this blog for a while, as I'll spend most of my time with her. Once in a while I'll post something, and then when I have some more time and am less sleep deprived, I'll return :)

IN LOVE IN / WITH NEON ORANGE

Pregnant in new dress from Mads Nørgaard.

 

Pecha Kucha @ Sukkerbiten

Sukkerbiten is a great outdoor spot in Oslo, which is open during the summer. It's located by the opera-house, just by the seaside, and they serve mussles, fries, burgers etc, while having DJ's play, events going on, etc.

Pecha Kucha opened this years season, with a Pecha Kucha Special on cultural projects in Oslo and Bergen. Kasper and I were hosting.

 

Photos by Espen Nord Eidene

The Swimming Fisherman

One early morning at Flaskebekk, Espen, my brother Nikolai and I headed down to the "bathing house" to have our coffee and enjoy the somber morning. Espen had set out fishing yarn the night before. As we have no boat, he swam out, and rowed out the next morning to get it. And he got two fish!

Photos by Christina Skreiberg

DJ-performance with Marte Krogh

A couple of weeks ago, Marte Krogh and I performed at a summer party at a roof terrace in Oslo.

 

A new Era

This was my last week as comissioning editor (reportasjeleder) at Aftenposten Junior. I've been involved since the start of 2012, and now 1 1/2 years later, it is time for me to move on. It's fantastic to leave a concept that I'm proud of, which has won two prestigious prizes (Perspektivprisen from NRC and Årets Nykommer from MBL, in Bergen). The kids love it, and tell us we make the world easier to understand.

I've worked with great colleagues and have a had a great learning experience. I just hope this fantastic newspaper persists for at least 8 years - when my soon-to-be-born child is ready to read it :)

Here are a few of the recent covers of Junior. Colourful, energetic and positive! Just as the rest of the paper!

And me; I'll go on to other things. First, baby-leave, and then I do not know. Which I think is great. I love not having plans, and having the time to think things over and deciding where life leads.

Lots of love xx

Our Staircase comes into Life

A few months ago we had our staircase set up in our apartment, leading up to our renovated loft.
We have designed it ourselves, together with architect Finn Christiansen, and it is the family-run "Lorentzen Trevare" who has custom-made it.

We are so happy with it. Here's the process of them working :)

http://picasion.com/i/1URfZ/

Home-made Fermented Whale!

This weekend Espen made fermented whale. With the use of salt, sugar and rosemary - he packed it and compressed it and put it cold for two days. And scroll down to see the result, which he served with flowers from the garden!

AND CHECK OUT THE RESULT!! BEAUTIFUL, HUH?! MY MAN IS MY DREAM-MAN!!

Photos: Christina Skreiberg

WEEK 25

This week my mum, brother and I were in London. We walked around all day, and it went surprisingly well. I'm just starting to get some back-aches and restless sleeps.

Here I'm holding my mother's recent art-purchase!

Photo by future uncle; Nikolai Schreiner

Copenhagen & AirBnB

Recently Espen and I went to Copenhagen for a long-weekend. We love this place; we've both lived there before. Espen's stay there was a few months after I first met him and we spent some lovely weeks staying in a house boat.

This time we used AirBnB and stayed in this flat, right on St. Hans Torv on Nørrebro. The location was super, the host welcoming (an actor) and the flat charming. Have a look :)