paths.

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en väg för bilar, kossornas stigar, fötternas bro, och den blågrå vägen för hurtigrutten.

a road for cars, the paths from cows, the bridge for feet, and the blue-gray road for the ferries.

risør

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i risør fanns det många ole olsen, och en av dem var min farmors farfar.
annars var där mönster av ljus och skugga, trä, himmel och det flagnande vita.

in risør, there were many ole olsen, and one of them was my great grandfather. 
patterns of light and shadow, wood, sky and the flaky white.

jæren

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en av få flacka fläckar i norge.
one of the few flat spots in norway.

magic person.

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där stod han, och tältet lutade sig igenom en värmländsk natt.

there he stood, and the tent was leaning through the night.

lisslö, on old film.

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midsommarkväll, inte i somras utan sommaren innan.
den kvällen gled in i eld och rök och den långsamma dagen därpå.

midsummers eve, not this summer but the one before.
that night turned into fire and smoke and that languid day that came after. 

looking back.

 
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ser tillbaka till tre dagar efter hennes födsel.
då var hon gul och ullig (och gullig).
det lär bli en del tillbakablickar i bloggen ett tag, jag har ett par år att komma ikapp. 

looking back to three days after her birth.
then she was yellow and woolly.
there will be some back gazing in the blog for a while, i have some years to catch up.

L O T T E N

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hon kom till oss i mars.

she came to us in march.

hej lilla hus.

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ett hus som en sten, med en träbit i magen.  

a house like a stone, who ate a little wood.

passo del san gottardo.

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late night in saint gotthards pass.

saint benedicts chapel.

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caplutta sogn benedetg.

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near and far.

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snickarglädje.

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when looking for a translation of "snickarglädje" the dictionary proposes "gingerbread work". 
i would prefer a word-by-word translation of this swedish expression - 
CARPENTERS HAPPINESS!

wooden village.

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vrin is the name of this remarkable little town.

platform bodega.

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a lunch and water break with a view (and a fear of falling).
sorry if i'm boring you with all these sceneries...