things I like lately

- smoothie made of fresh Norwegian strawberries (The Best!), banana and cranberry juice for breakfast
- sun! and temperatures that feels like summer
- it's warm enough to finally wear shots
- walking to the office
- drying laundry outside in the sun in the garden
- strawberries from our own garden (photo above)
- the demolition phase our our renovation is over; the construction phase has started
- being healthy
- feeling our baby girl's work out sessions in my belly - and seeing the movement on the outside too

things I like today

a summer favorite from my film archives, to be found in my new god sommer! blurb book

- fresh Norwegian strawberries on my müsli for breakfast
- singing out loud in the car to an old favorite song; Fairground Attraction's Perfect
- listening to Reiseradioen (a live summer radio program - it's a classic) in the car on the way to work
- finding yet another new outfit in my limited wardrobe - oh my! leggings are comfortable (but it kind of feels like walking around in my long johns, having forgotten to put on a top)
- Brian's series of "home" photos and the rest of the other people's houses project
- seeing the progress of our renovation
- getting a phone call from IKEA saying our kitchen will be delivered on Wednesday
- Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe
- this home
- Therese Sennerholt's prints

things I like today

an old* favorite film photo, to be found in my new god sommer! blurb book

- lovely summer morning temperatures (finally!)
- leftover salmon pasta for lunch (always a winner, kind of recipe here)
- watermelon on the fruit buffet in ASKO office lunch room
- a goodie bag of film from my friend Mathias in Berlin
- discovering a new outfit in my currently limited wardrobe
- a new to me well written Norwegian blog; Frøken Makeløs (via Hanne)

* more photos from the same film roll here; mini vacation: Hvaler

things I like lately

Irises in our May garden | Agfa Precisa 100, Minolta SRT 101

- a new to me beautiful Norwegian home decorating blog: Den gode feen
- a new to me lovely Norwegian photo blog: to om dagen
- Pure Green Living Magazine (via Frau Haselmayer)
- Fantastic Frank (via various blogs)
- Kimm's new website (he's such a great photographer)
- Peonies and Polaroids on giving credit
- Kinfolk Magazine and Journal
- shooting a lot of film whilst in Tuscany
- feeling inspired to use jam jars as drinking glasses, like Tara, Jen, mav, Stephanie and Whitney
- wild summer flowers
- my aunt's homemade strawberry jam
- Gossip Girl (I needed a new girly series to watch after finishing Sex and the City, Lipstick Jungle and Desperate Housewives)
- feeling my little baby girl's movements inside my belly - truly magical!
- becoming an aunt again - she's our third niece
- Sølve's brother's cat's kittens
- suddenly getting the urge to paint this old side table/night stand (after too many renovation projects I've been really off painting for years) - I blame it on the nesting syndrome
- buying our baby's first furniture; her bed
- standing in the kid's department at IKEA looking at said bed with lots of other expecting couples, all of us looking a bit confused - obviously doing this for the first time - it made us giggle
- our big renovation has started and we have some very exciting plans/ideas for the result
- recent Flickr favorites

I don't like
- the lack of summer temperatures
- rain
- the missing sun

What do you like lately?