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….is partially the reason for me not publishing anything here for 4 months. Another reason is my work load.

For the last two months, Norway has had a heat wave, to such a degree that we have to go back to 1947 to have experienced something similar. Fields have died due to the lack of rain and the extreme sun, and Norway has been plagued by forest fires, and those are also quite unusual here. Us Vikings tend to sweat at 25 degrees, now we have had 30 and more for two months…

I have worked on two big movie projects, and in addittion to that – my daily work place has been complete re-decorated and facelifted, so this spring and summer has been a very hectic time.

But even if the activity level has been low, I have – of course – listened to a lot of great music. For those of you who think that my preference in music stops way before the 1990’s, I will tell you that that is not the fact. This summer I have delved a little deeper into some current artist and singers, and of course I like a lot of those too. The British sensation named Adele interests me a lot, and I have also played ALL of Britney Spears‘ albums back-to-back, which confirmed what I already knew: she is sensational in every way, and the perfect example on how to mix different musical styles, great songs with memorable hooks, great looks and topped off with a unique voice that lacks range, but still sounds like no one else.

My garden pond at night

A lot of this music listening has taken place outside, in the spring house in my garden. Our garden pond has received a make-over this summer, and so I present of couple of photos of that one – and I’m really proud of my hubby who has done all the work himself.

More musical musings to appear on this site – when I get around to it!

The garden pond from another angle…