Annual Book Circle Dinner: Arctic Food

Book:

Vendela Vida: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name. We liked it! I feel Vendela is a friend, we could have a glass of wine and talk about our favourite films. Did you know mine is The Hours? I suspect hers is too (read the book).

Food:

Dried lamb with cheese and hollandaise
Deep fried cod tongues with stewed onion
Reindeer with a potato terrine
Pannacotta and passion fruit sorbet

Drink on the pub:

Pitcher of San Miguel (not very Arctic is it)

Enjoy your week!

The Arctics On Ice

I aired my ice skates today. Last seen around the time Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan were fighting (probobly reason I bought them). Perfect conditions on the pond, and look - the kicksled can also be used as a learn-to-skate-tool!

Tonight is the annual book circle dinner. I'll show you the menu soon!

Enjoy your weekend!

Arctic Mum Goes Northern Lights Chasing

Last night I was on a Northern Lights mission. I wanted to take amazing photographs of the green fire to show you all. Oh well, easier said than done.

I started off with surveying the situation at the pond at 8 pm. I chatted to a Dutch couple from the B&B across the road, and they enlightened me that the Northern Lights was particularly strong last night, number 5(?) So in this case: Don't ask the locals.

After researching on the internet how to capture the light, I brought my camera and tripod at ten pm. The Dutch were lying under some trees, God knows why - to avoid light pollution? (again, don't ask the locals) So I stumbled around on the ice, trying to find a place to shoot.

The sky exploded in green while I tried to focus - nope, I tried different shutterspeed and ISOs. In the end I was desperate and ran home to google more (Thank God for internet opening hours), I ran back and the fire went and on but I just didn't manage to capture it through the lense(s). So this one is all I came home with.

Did I mention it was cold last night? Yes it was. Freezing cold.

You should be rewarded for effort, right?

Happy Sun Day!

At noon we dressed well and walked the three minutes to the pond. We met neighbours and tourists with cameras. And we met the sun.

How can I express how it felt to see the sun after two months of darkness? Most of all I felt alive, moved and present in the world. Like I'm part of something big. Like we all are.

You really feel the change of seasons here. I wouldn't want anything else.

Are any of you on Instagram? Come find me! I'm Arcticmum.

My Calling: No-knead bread

As you know I don't like baking, and I have to admit my friend Bente makes all my cookies for Christmas.

But now, now I'm saved by the no-knead bread: just whisk the ingredients together, leave on the kitchen counter for 20 hours, fold(!) the dough and throw in the oven. Minimum effort, maximum result.

I now make good looking bread like a normal person.

Congratulations Inner West Mum who won my sister's giveaway!

Winter Around My House

Me and Anna love winter walks around our house. Do you see what I see lurking behind the mountains?

(I love the funky 1962 terrace houses)

The pond is dressed for winter. In the autumn the pond was more colourful.

Last chance to win a beautiful piece of jewellery made by my sister

I hope you're coping with the transition into 2012!

Polar Night Crash Course: Last lesson

 

 

 

Lesson 5: Make sure you have something to look forward to. Small or big

I look forward to:

* Sopranos season 5 and 6 (I'm so late to this party)
* Holiday planning: We're house exchanging in Bretagne!
* Dinner at fancy restaurant with bookcircle
* The return of the sunbun
* The Filmfestival (if manages to get Anna's sleep sorted out)

As we speak it is only fourteen days to the sun is back. I've been known to be more impatient. This year I'm enjoying the last period of the magical time.

Because Polar Night is simply beautiful.

Have you not entered my sister's giveaway of gorgeous jewellery? Still time.