A GREY DAY.

A GREY day as this "colour" photo shows.

Johanna and her little brother.

This is Johanna and her little brother.
The bronze statue is made by Svein Magnus Håvarstein.
It has been one of my favourites for many years.
It was given to the city, by Stavanger Aftenblad, our biggest local newspaper back in 1993.
"Johanna og Broremann" and the story by Ajax is well known for families from our area.

I also like the NUART version on the mural /wall by Ernest Zacharevic.

Anton and Margareth.

What a lovely sunny day!

This couple ANTON and MARGARETH from the Netherlands were passengers on one of the cruise ships that visited our city today.
They had been visiting Stavanger 10 years ago, and thought it had changed. Difficult for me to say what has changed, but this time they had no rain, so that was good.
They will continue the cruise to Kristiansand and Oslo before heading back home via a few more stops.
Home is "Sweet lake city,"as  ZOETERMEER is called, and it is situated half way between The Hague and Rotterdam.

Why do all Dutch people speak English so well?
I don't know.

Anyway, have a nice holiday Anton and Margareth.

Kannik

I want to show you a bit of colour today, from the area Kannik.

(But if you are in the area today there is not that much of a summer feel outside, the real situation is rain rain rain and +14C)

Good friends out for a walk.

Good friends out for a walk.

Quiet in town.

Quiet in town.....

A cold grey and dull day!

A cold grey and dull day!

Stavanger this afternoon.

Stavanger this afternoon.

Is this the brother of Johanna?

This is a mural, seen at Nygata.

A sign of spring.

A nice sign of spring seen at Østervåg.

Stavanger Katedralskole.

Pupils seen outside the Stavanger Katedralskole.
They are aged between 16 and 19.
The school has a good reputation, and is situated just next to the Cathedral and the city park.

Sunburn.

Even Anthony Gormley's sculptures are showing signs of sunburn..
Still very HOT
here in Stavanger.

Take a look at this: http://www.dagbladet.no/2014/07/21/nyheter/vervarsel/tropenetter/varmegrader/34438908/

Baa Baa little Lamb...

Baa Baa Little Lamb....

Well, I don´t know much about the sculpture nor the artist, but I like it, and I know that there are thousands of students and kids who have seen it outside the entrance to the teachers training school.

"The shrimp" as the statue is called, - seen from a window one evening.

Finally I discovered one of my favorite statues again. It used to be outside the town hall, but for years I have been looking, but never found it.

Suddenly I saw it a few days back, in a new park area.

It is called "Communication", and it is made by the artist Solveig W. Schafferer.

Our city got it as a present from SR-Bank back in 1982.

This is a statue named "Go`dagen" (Good Day) or as many in Stavanger have nicknamed her; "Kånå". ( The wife)

Anyway, it used to be at the market place, and was something of a landmark, but now it has been moved to a more hidden place.

She has a twin sister in Trondheim, (Norway`s 3rd biggest city ) who I saw just outside the tourist office.

The artist who made the statue is Tone Thiis Schetne.

Huge vessels at the harbor this morning.

I found out that they are owned by Teekay Shipping.

Tomorrow they will have a christening of 3 ships!!!

A fountain / statue nearly covered in ice.

What sort of sculptures do we have in and around Stavanger?

Well, I have discovered several that I don't know much about.

Today I read about this "Roundabout bird" made by John Josefsen, so I went to my archive and found this shot taken at Klepp, south of Stavanger....

I like this 5 meter tall bird that has been standing there as a well known landmark for nearly a year.

We have many roundabouts, some will soon get lots of colorful flowers.

This is another photo from yesterdays walk.
It has been a week, where all the schools have had winter holiday. Many families have spent the time in cottages up in the mountains, skiing and relaxing. Here you can see an empty playground, with a sculpture...
The mountains are more obvious when they are covered in snow.

Today it has been milder with a bit of rain.... and some more snow.