Little Brother

My Little Brother. 31 today. Doing a silly pose while we are lobster fishing. Also known as Handy Brother. Good at carrying heavy stuff and electric wiring.

... and at putting rubber bands on pinchy lobsters.

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I´ve been having loads of babies lately. The other day I had triplets. Handy Brother/pilot/electrician/janitor hung them for me. Lovely. I keep turning the lights on. And off. And on. And off. And...

Lobster Season

Had a gorgeous day lobster fishing yesterday. Handy Brother and Dad were on their way into a no-catch-depression, when in pot number lucky seven two beauties turned up. Happiness all round. I just enjoyed being in the fresh sea air. Soaking the sun. Breathing the sea smells (and sometimes the rotten fish they put in the pots).

And I came home proud. One beauty in each hand. One for Big Man, one for me. Made garlic butter. And killed those sweet little crawlers in the boiling water. It really makes my tummy twinge. And I stood there pressing the lid down as hard as I could (imagining that it makes the water boil even more).

But they were yummy. And I have the compulsory lobster shell cut on my thumb reminding me of the feast.

Having another feast today. Komler. They are big potato dumplings boiled in the stock from salted boiled lamb. Served with swede (kålrabi) mash and melted butter. Very traditional for this part of Norway.

Hope you are enjoying your sundays too.

Cars (not the pixar edition)

These are Big Mans old cars, and Little Man likes to play with them. Apparently Mamma likes to play with them too. But differently.

I really love this London-bus. Handy Brother had one when I was little, and it makes me think of hours playing together in our room. Handy Brothers version tooted when you pushed it to the ground, so it sounded like London traffic too. My Mum had to buy new cars for Little Man to keep at her house. There wasn't anything left of Handy Brothers cars because he had screwed them all apart.

The sheriff car reminds me of playing cops and robbers.

My New Lamp

So after almost three years with the previous owners chandellier, I finally got around to putting in my own home-made lamp. My handy brother helped me install it, and seemed pretty suprised that it looked good. What do you think?