Tuesday, March 17, 2009

LIBERTY


Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses yearning to breath free...I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
This 25 year old picture will never be outdated!
Who can guess who this character is? she's very famous and well known in many countries...

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Kubb

I made it to California! I'm at my brother's, my laptop is in safe hands at the customercare hospital run by my old friends Ed and Andrew. All is well in the world.
To top it all off I learned how to play Kubb. Legend has it that it's a type of chess game dating back to the Viking age, but we don't know. My brother's good friend Gary is the one who introduced the game to the family here.
Here is the playing field:
Your men are lined up at one end of the field and the opponents' men at the opposite end, the king placed in the middle. The object of the game is to throw your stick at the opponents' men without hitting the king. It's a lot harder than it looks.
We were cheered on and encouraged by our spectators, cousin Brady and his friend Corle:


My teammate Blake and I were way too serious about the game, and so our noble opponents let us take the field. Here is nephew Taylor's friend Julia surrendering the king:
We are the shamelessly jubilant viking victors...

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Moose tracks

Lots of times people come to this blog looking for moose prints, I'm afraid they go away disapointed, so I am adding this post for them.
From Drop Box

Happy trails!
picture is from http://www.umealven.com/umeriver/moose.html

one more

Kannesteinen

This is a landmark here in Måløy, or rather Oppedal on the west coast of Vågsøy.  The rock has been formed by ages of being battered by water, waves and ice from the ocean.   Here are more pictures of it.