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Adults often complain that young people spend too much time playing computer and video games. When I visited Nakkerud west of Oslo yesterday, I noticed that there were many children at the skating rink. So I dropped by again today to see if there were any skaters there now. This picture was taken about an …
Today I visited my friend Even Westby. We used to meet for coffee on Saturdays. But a few years ago he started horse riding. He fell in love with horses and soon afterwards bought a farm in rural Nakkerud, 20 kilometres from Hønefoss.Not much time for urban habits on Saturdays when you have horses, fields …
Pine number 112 – Eggemoen, Norway. I love trees and am not fond of logging. But I also love books and newspapers, so I guess I really should not complain that pine number 112 probably will be cut down soon. I appreciate the beauty of the tree in today’s last hint of daylight.On a forest …
I am a late riser on weekends. Today was no exception. Since @daffydil46 wanted to meet Louis – here he is. He has just eaten his first meal of the day and been out for a walk. Louis is a big Maine Coon with a tiny voice. Yet he is named after Louis Armstrong. A …
Hello – I am Tor Hammerstad, from the small town Hønefoss in Norway. In the film and darkroom age I was a photographer for a small newspaper. Now I have a typical office job. But my camera bag still hangs on my shoulder and is with me everywhere. My images often show nature or my …
This is my last post for Burn Diary. I thought I’d end with my #grandparents’ framed wedding portrait that hangs on my grandmother’s wall, and my #reflection in the corner. They were the reason I came to call this town #home, and since I spent several formative years here with them, I believe that in …
This is the #walnut #tree in the #orchard at my grandparents’ home. Everything is closed today on January 1st in #Moinesti, so I took a walk to the edge of town to visit the place I called home until I was seven. When I was a child, we had fruits and nuts from the orchard, …
Happy 2015! So happy to have started my new year with my family at a lodge restaurant in #Comanești town… with lots of #food and #dancing! (I forgot just how much Romanians love both.) #Romania #NewYear2015 @dianazeynebalhindawi for @burndiary BURN invites you to hashtag your images over these 24 hours with #BurnNewYear2015
These are my new friends, Gabi and Anca. Gabi is the #ringmaster and has been #bear dancing for ages. His grandfather, who passed in 1997, was a famous bear dancer in the area. Anca, his fiancé, took up bear dancing just this year. This was only the second time she’d been out with the bears. …
When I was a child, bears would go from door to door, performing for anyone who welcomed them into their homes and could afford to pay them a tip. Nowadays, they only schedule visits to houses that invite them ahead of time. My grandmother said this is because most people no longer have money to …
