Day 366/366: “It’s the end of the world as we know it”
Well, sort of. Coming to an end of a 366 project, it is a mixed feeling. Elated, happy, proud, but also a bit lost… as in “what now”? Having spent a whole year documenting each and every day like this, it will take some time to ponder where to go next.
I was so “scared” of putting pressure and/or demands of myself and the images because I thought it would make me fail at it again if I made it into a big deal. Almost all of my first images in the first couple of months were snapshots done with the phone. It gradually changed, though, where I wanted to be challenged more… wanted to make advances…I know I have made leaps with some with my technique and some of my understanding in some areas throughout the year… and it has also made it very clear which areas I need to work more on… and there are probably many more things I should try to do better that I do not even know of (Input is welcomed!).
But all in all, to have accomplished it and gone through with it… I am pretty proud of myself to sticking with it, no matter the obstacle; like the technical difficulties at the end of the year, where my screen is gone and my one of two lenses failed me… it’s been rough going at times. Looking back at all the photos, seeing all I did and experienced… is pretty humbling in a way… you tend to forget how each and every day impacted you in it’s own way, but then you recall and remember as you are looking through the collection of images… :)
I don’t know if this will be my first and last 365 project ever… right now though, it will take some time to ponder what else I want to shoot… and first of all, have my camera fixed!
Thank you to the ones that have followed me on my journey. We’ll meet again, through other photos/projects.
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art — write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.
Neil Gaiman
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Day 360/366: Christmas Day Legos
Sara got a big set of LEGO Friends, and spent all Christmas Day putting it together. She LOVES to build LEGOS, and so do I, so we both have fun with it.
(These last pics of my 365 was shot with “broken” equipment. My Nikon D90 and one of it’s two lenses started to go haywire… my favorite lens stopped being able to do auto focus, and the screen on my camera went kaput. So, it was very much like shooting with a film camera these last months of my 366… since I could not see my photos as I shot them, and make the adjustment needed. Neither could I access most of the features in my menu… only the one you can operate from the buttons on the camera body, so needless to say, it was a challenge, and limited the kind of shots I could take. Hopefully I will be able to save up enough money when this is all over, to get it fixed).
We also played a loooong round of Emma’s new monopoly game 
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Here in Norway, all presents and festivities are happening on Christmas Eve, and not Christmas morning. We spend all day in anticipation, then have a big family dinner, then finally in the evening, it is time to go nuts over the gifts. Here represented by Sara.
(These last pics of my 365 was shot with “broken” equipment. My Nikon D90 and one of it’s two lenses started to go haywire… my favorite lens stopped being able to do auto focus, and the screen on my camera went kaput. So, it was very much like shooting with a film camera these last months of my 366… since I could not see my photos as I shot them, and make the adjustment needed. Neither could I access most of the features in my menu… only the one you can operate from the buttons on the camera body, so needless to say, it was a challenge, and limited the kind of shots I could take. Hopefully I will be able to save up enough money when this is all over, to get it fixed).
Our Gingerbread house being properly protected by Marvin The Martian
Tradition here is to dance around the Christmas tree and sing carols before opening the presents 
Emma opening presents 
Both the girls got skis 
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Day 358/366: Decorating the tree
Spent most of the day tidying up and make the apartment cozy for Christmas. Among other, the girls and I decorated the Christmas tree. I love seeing their pure glee when “re-discovering” all the ornaments that have been around since they were babies…
(These last pics of my 365 was shot with “broken” equipment. My Nikon D90 and one of it’s two lenses started to go haywire… my favorite lens stopped being able to do auto focus, and the screen on my camera went kaput. So, it was very much like shooting with a film camera these last months of my 366… since I could not see my photos as I shot them, and make the adjustment needed. Neither could I access most of the features in my menu… only the one you can operate from the buttons on the camera body, so needless to say, it was a challenge, and limited the kind of shots I could take. Hopefully I will be able to save up enough money when this is all over, to get it fixed).
Girls helping out
We also baked some Snickerdoodles this day
… and Ristopper
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My youngest not so little anymore… turning 9 years old. This is how happy she got when she received one of the gifts she had wished for the most - The Sims 3 Seasons… She is definitely my little computer nerd girl. I love her so much.
(These last pics of my 365 was shot with “broken” equipment. My Nikon D90 and one of it’s two lenses started to go haywire… my favorite lens stopped being able to do auto focus, and the screen on my camera went kaput. So, it was very much like shooting with a film camera these last months of my 366… since I could not see my photos as I shot them, and make the adjustment needed. Neither could I access most of the features in my menu… only the one you can operate from the buttons on the camera body, so needless to say, it was a challenge, and limited the kind of shots I could take. Hopefully I will be able to save up enough money when this is all over, to get it fixed).
She also got a new phone (to her - it was a used one) 
… and some Monster High gear 
Later in the day, Grandma and Grandpa stopped by for her Birthday dinner, and they of course brought more gifts! 
We ended up making Thanksgiving dinner this day, since we do not have the Thanksgiving Thursday off since it is not a Holiday here 
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From Wiki:
Oslo Cathedral (Norwegian: Oslo domkirke) — formerly Our Savior’s Church (Norwegian: Vår Frelsers kirke) — is the main church for the Oslo bishopric of the Church of Norway, as well as the parish church for downtown Oslo. The present building dates from 1694-1697. The Norwegian Royal Family and the Norwegian Government use the Cathedral for public events.
The current Oslo Cathedral is the third cathedral in Oslo, Norway. The first, Hallvards Cathedral, was built by King Sigurd I of Norway in the first half of the 12th century, and was located by the Old Bishop’s Palace in Oslo, some 1.5 kilometers east of today’s Oslo Cathedral.
For almost 500 years, Hallvards Cathedral was the most important church in the city. After a great fire in Oslo during 1624, King Christian IV decided to move the city a few kilometers west to be protected by Akershus Fortress. Construction of a new church was started in 1632, on the main square in the new city. After that, Hallvards Cathedral fell into disrepair and decayed.
In 1639, the second cathedral was built (Hellig Trefoldighet). This cathedral burnt down only 50 years after it was built, and the current cathedral was built. The church was probably designed by Jørgen Wiggers, the Councillor of the State (etatsråd), . The current cathedral was erected on a small rocky outcrop in the east end of what would later become Stortorget. The foundation stone was laid in 1694 and the church was consecrated in November 1697.
In 2001, Oslo Cathedral was the site of the wedding of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby.
The Cathedral was rebuilt between 1848-1850 after a plan by German-born architect, Alexis de Chateauneuf (1799-1853). Another German-born architect, Heinrich Ernst Schirmer (1814-1887) was the construction manager for the project. When Chateauneuf became ill in 1850, Schirmer retained Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno (1826-1882) to complete the project
Oslo Cathedral is located at Stortorvet square north/north-east of Karl Johans gate, between Kirke gate and Dronningens gate. The Cathedral’s lower end is surrounded by the Bazaar (Basarene ved Oslo domkirke), a curved long building with a tower covered in green copper like the Cathedral. Integrated with Basarene is the Fire Watch (Brannvakten) which served as Oslo’s main fire station from 1860 until 1939, when today’s main fire station at Arne Garborgs plass was opened. The Cathedral, Basarene and Brannvakten are all built in red brick. Both Basarene and Brannvakten were built between the years 1840-1859 from the plans of City Architect, Christian H. Grosch.
Art works from recent times in the cathedral include stained glass windows in the choir by Emanuel Vigeland installed between 1910-16, west portal’s bronze doors executed by Dagfin Werenskiold (1892-1977) in 1938, and the silver sculpture with communion scene by Italian sculptor Arrigo Minerbi dating from 1930. The ceiling decorations are by Norwegian painter Hugo Lous Mohr (1889-1970). In the latter half of the 1990s, the main organ built by Ryde & Berg of Fredrikstad, was mounted behind the old baroque facade.
Restoration was completed at the time of the city’s 900 anniversary in 1950. The church was restored under the plans of architect Arnstein Arneberg. The neo-Gothic interior was removed and the original furnishings brought back. Arneberg also designed the chapel on the south side of the church. The church was closed in August 2006 for renovation and was opened in April 2010 in the presence of Harald V of Norway and the Norwegian royal family.
Other night shots of Oslo architecture 
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Day 332/366: Kirkeristen revisited
Went to Oslo for a few days, for work. An introduction course to working at Vegdirektoratet. (Norwegian Public Roads Administration … almost a year after I started! Still, I learned quite a lot, as the national head office and what they do there is a bit different form what the regional office of West Norway where I am stationed does, and operate. It was a lot of fun, but long and busy days, so not much time to go shooting. I revisited Kirkeristen to shoot at night… and with the Nikon D90 this time.
Kirkeristen 2 
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Emma’s class has been knitting at the end of the autumn… everyone got to knit their own head band, and then later, started in hats. Some of them really got into it, and started knitting gifts for family and friends in their spare time as well. This is one Of Emma’s friends start of a headband for one of her little sisters, that she wanted to give her for Christmas. I helped her getting started, as her mom didn’t know how to knit, hence didn’t know how to get those first stitches on the knitting needle. I also helped out several of Emma’s other friends… not sure if it make me feel “old school” or crafty and creative, since i know so much about knitting that others apparently don’t! Happy to help out though.
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Day 281/366: Little Red Cottage
I spotted this at Molvik where we went for a drive today, from the cabin, and where we also attended a bazaar we didn’t know was going top be held there. I just loved how secluded and peaceful it looked…
Before we went for the car ride, we went fishing 
My dad and Sara 
Emma
Molvik 
The car trip took us through some gorgeous landscape 
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Day 279/366: The Royal Residence
Stopped on my way home from work this day to shoot the beautiful Gamlehaugen embedded in fall colors.
From Wiki:
Gamlehaugen is a mansion in Bergen, Norway, and the residence of the Norwegian Royal Family in the city. Gamlehaugen has a history that goes as far back as the Middle Ages, and the list of previous owners includes many of the wealthiest men in Bergen. Today owned by the Norwegian state, the most recent private owner was Christian Michelsen, a politician and shipping magnate who later became the first Prime Minister of Norway after the dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway. Michelsen commissioned the construction of the current main building at Gamlehaugen, where he would live for most of the rest of his life.
When Michelsen died in 1925, his closest friends and colleagues started a national fund-raising campaign that brought in enough money to allow the Norwegian state to purchase the property. The large English park was opened to the public the same year, and the first floor of the house was opened as a museum two years later. Gamlehaugen has been the Norwegian Royal Family’s residence in Bergen since 1927.
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