The Stavdals

It's fun playing around with different Photoshop techniques. A Google-search for tutorials that would help me work on combining images using transparency and masking, generated a number of brilliant sites, and I chose to follow this one....

After a photo shoot of Andreas doing a special handstand on the parallel bars, his little bitty brother was quick to attempt an identical position. In his mind, I'm sure the attempt was abolutely impeccable. To the rest of us...

Until a couple of years ago, I was ignorantly entangled in an apparant dependency upon expensive software such as MS Office. Also at the school where I work, Ekrehagen skole, an investment was made a few years ago in purchasing...

Our Ford Galaxy reached its 200.000 km milage landmark yesterday. I was behind the wheel to give you live footage from this momentous occation. Although it is said that the meaning of FORD acronymed could be "Found on road dead",...

Today Niklas joined us outside with his sledge. Thomas pulled him up the long, sloping hill and together they swished down. Click and see them accelerating down the hill-side....

Easter is upon us and being outdoors skiing is a part of the deal, at least in Norway. So today we went up a hill and skied down several times. If you'd like to, click and watch a one minute...

Don't know about you, but I'm always ready to read or listen to someone that might elate me with words of inspiration drawn from the Bible. One good friend recommended "Catch of the day" a few months ago, and I...

Among a few social bookmarking concepts available in the Norwegian language, the newly launched glugg.no seems to have great potential. I fancy this rather than other alternatives due to the seriousity displayed. There you won't waste precious time browsing heaps...

Yesterday, Niklas said the stranges word, and we couldn't quite figure it out at first. His eyes were fixed on something on the table while over and over again uttering the word: "Brrriiim". The "Brr" sounded like a car-engine and...

Gathering the stamina to undo and re-lay the entire parquet floor isn't easy. But when a friend of mine, Allan, generously rang me up to give me a hand, I didn't hesitate to happily and overwhelmingly accept his proposition. It...

We are in a way fortunate to have snow coated wildreness in our back yard. So, today we clamped down our boots and set out for a quick trip primarily to see the stunning view from the mountain a stone's...