Gudrun's blog

We have been travelling through Europe for two weeks now, enjoying every single moment. Spending a week in Toscana before we head home again. The first day of rain today, so there is time for a few minutes on-line.

Yes, he is here, born last night. (April 5th, 21:33)

Not without complications and he is still in neonatal. But doing much better and hopefully he and his mother can leave neonatal tomorrow and stay in the maternity ward.

57 cm and 4.375 kg - a heavyweight kinda guy :) even though he arrived 10 days ahead of schedule.

I will post photos of him when he does not have any tubes and stuff covering half of his lovely little face.

And we are all praying and hoping that all goes well. More later.

In the end, I did go to the police about the driver playing cards while driving. I was told that since it is a foreign car, they can't do anything. The police have to witness it themselves and stop the car there and then. www.ipernity.com/doc/gudrun/4335336/ A recording like this one makes no difference.

My daughter Anna Valla and Emil her partner are expecting a boy in April. a little prince. Rebekka is thrilled to have a sibling and I know she wanted a brother.

The grandmother is smiling all over of course.

That means saying farewell to the summerhouse for the season. We took a stroll in the woods the day before we left and I am uploading a few shots. Not much photoshopping, more or less the "real deal" so to speak.

It's here, ready to download.

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Why not check it out :)

!!! this link takes you to an english download, you can easily change the language before you download.

As of 11:00 today, I will be taking part in the Copenhagen Photo Marathon. Every 4 hours the participants get 4 new subjects - at 11:00, 15:00, 19:00 & 23:00 today and at 03:00 & 07:00 (Sunday) and then we deliver between 10:01 and 11:30 Sunday morning.

Please send a cheering thought my way - I know it will help me keep on going for all 24 hours.

Thank you :)

G

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30 hours later and I am still alive and (almost) kicking. I made it and now I just have to wait for around 3 weeks for the results - and will post the shots then. It was great fun to do this!

Jokes and Philosophy = philogagging

In Handball

25 years ago I las visited a zoo. It made me so sad that I said to myself that I would not be going to a zoo anytime soon. So many unhappy animals gathered in one place.

Well. The zoo here in Copenhagen has been improving a lot of things, so a few weeks ago, Rebekka and I went to the Zoo. Things have improved, a lot, but there are still animals that imho seem pretty unhappy.

"The happiest elfants in the world" has been the slogan this summer. I don't know how they can figure that out on behalf of the animals. The happiest imprisoned elefants in the world, maybe :)

Anyway. I did bring the camera and now I have the time to do some uploading.

WOW, Germany, the World Champions in handball just lost to Iceland.

Iceland 33 - Germany 29

we gotcha there didn't we  :)

pixie, ragnheidur, gurry gudfinns og sigjoi went shooting a while ago. Three of them have since then uploaded wonderful shots were they used Ragga's 10-stop ND filter ... the shots are so fabulous that we all want that filter and expect to have shots like that right away (in our dreams :) ). I was having my cellphone fixed today and had an hour to kill while the repairman did his magic. What else was there to do than visit my camera dealer I asked about the filters and he pointed out a solution that is something worth considering. Instead of buying one 10-stop filter, there is the possibility of buying two or even three. A 4-stop and a 6-stop for example and then you have three filters in one. You have 4 and 6 and as we know, filters can by joined by the hip, so to speak and then you have the ten. The camera guy's opinion was that the 10 stop filter was pretty limited and it would be more fun to be able to combine two or use one at a time.

Well, I thought I would share what he had to say about the different possibilities. Of course buying two filters is more expensive, but you don't have to buy them at the same time.

Over and out.

Vacation 2008

A wonderful vacation, many interesting things to see, people to talk to, shots to be taken. Back home and going through them and uploading a few at a time. Picture-wise, I am still in Southern Norway, but on the move.

No, I'm not leaving, just wanted to send 20.000 thanks out and about.

20000

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They are going for a world record