SANDNES in Stavanger.

SANDNES in Stavanger.

Roots are important.

Just to show you an image of how important ROOTS can be in life.

An image taken at the Sandnes area on one of my many walks.

I am not sporty.... just try to keep walking, no matter what the days are like.

E-type Jaguar.

This is just a snapshot taken on the E39, heading north, close to the junction to Kvadrat/Sandnes.
It was a beauty out on the road. "I am pretty sure it is an E-type Jaguar" my husband said.
Perhaps he is right. One thing is for sure, now is the time to get them out on the road.... no rain the next few days.

"Det dobbelte"

Two Danish artists Lotte Dahlgaard and Ann Schmidt - Christensen have used different technics to create these  outfits.
Seen same place as yesterday's posting.

Pups having fun!

Pups having fun!

(Huge size difference, but both less than 6 months old.)

Løye fra London.

"Løye fra London" directly translated "Fun from London,"
was the title of yesterdays English Comedy Evening at KINOKINO in Sandnes.

(Our neighbouring city south of Stavanger, only 17 minutes away by train.)

Here you see Dana Alexander in action.
An evening with English speaking stand-up comedians and an audience from several European countries.

I have been told that there will be more  "Fun from London" sessions in the spring of 2017.

Cloudy day.

HAPPY WEEKEND -
wherever you are and whatever the weather is like.

Rain.

A grey, wet and windy day today.

Where Winds Are Gaining Speed.

This is contemporary art seen at Hå Gamle Prestegård.
(Looking out the window now, reminds me of this..... It is grey  and soon it will start raining.)
I was lucky to attend a guided tour when I saw this, so I learned about the work and the thoughts behind the art.

The artist BEILI LIU from China, now living and working in the USA had another installation at the same place five years ago. This time she is showing how she found the landscape here, and to me it is close to real and quite impressive, also the way it is done.



Time for my first cup of coffee.
Happy new day, everyone !

Out on the road again....

Looked old ( the jeep I mean )
Happy driver in his old army jeep.
Not a common thing to see here.

INSIDE - OUT

Peonies from our garden.

A Swedish Beauty.

A Swedish Beauty at the harbour.

The good life.

Farmland up at Ullandhaug, not far from the city.

Coffeee and ice cream?

A corner window with the announcement " We have iced coffee and homemade ice cream."

This is just outside the Culture-house and a bakery/cafe on Arnageren.

SIGVE

SIGVE was going to fix something under the platform where I was standing.
He works in a building nearby, and the work had nothing to do with the railway.

Next month "bus for trains" starts. Let us hope they will finish the work this summer.

Helicopter traffic.

Living here on the coast of Norway I see and hear helicopters nearly every single day.

Not since 1978 have we had a disaster like the one that happened on Friday, when 13 people lost their lives! 

Newspapers, radio and TV have been covering the tragedy where a Super Puma EC225 crashed just outside Bergen, on it's way from the "Gullfaks B" platform.

The loss for family, friends and colleagues is devastating! 

For Statoil and other oil companies, safety has been, and will be, number one.

All helicopters of the same type are grounded until they have found answers to why this happened.

In 2015 there were more than 600.000 passengers travelling to and from platforms here in Norway.

KUNSTGALLERIET

A nice corner of the first floor at KUNSTGALLERIET at Madlaveien.
They have quite a range of work from famouse artists, some foreign and some Norwegian.
It is walking distance from the city centre.

Take a look at their webpage: www.kunstgalleriet.no

Cardinal.

Entrance to a popular pub.

The table is laid.

The table is set ready for dinner.

Bonzo

Bonzo had gone fare from home.... to end up in our garden.
He was keen on meeting our dog who just finished being "on heat."

If he could, he would have gone through the window:)

We found the owners phone number around his neck, and they were happy to go home in the car together.