It’s Summertime

In the month of May a new friend arrived by car, and is now sharing space in our house. She doesn’t pay rent, never goes out shopping, just enjoys her daily walks out in the woods. Yep, you guessed right, we’ve got a dog. She’s an Icelandic Sheepdog, her name is Russian and translated means ‘little barker’. And that she is. She’s got a head on that body with four legs, that’s for sure. We are not exaggerating when we say most neighbourhood dogs are impressed by her. We’re not proud of it, but it’s the truth.  This little lady is almost seven years of age and ended up at an animal shelter, because the previous owner didn’t have enough time for her. She’s socialized up to a certain point, so N and dog will go to class together in August to learn how to behave around other animals like horses and cats. Oh, and….vehicles. She loves to ride, but hates to be passed by cars when she’s on the road. We’ve only had her in our midst for a month and we’ve already had quite some adventures with her: a foxhunt resulted in a limping dog walking on three legs, the sound of dynamite exploding (rocks being blown to bits at the main road nearby) caused her to run off, and not come back for hours on end, and some serious fights that looked pretty frightening, but are really ‘natural’ in a dogs world, just not in ours.

New friend

Summerbreak has officially started this past weekend. Fifty-six days, eight weeks, or two months of doing nothing….for the kids. For the parents it will be a great challenge to keep their kids sweet and busy at the same time. On the last day of school, parents inform each other about when they’ll be in town, when on holiday or other. In between, playdates are made. Eight weeks are very long. Believe me, we know, because last Summer was our first Norwegian Summer break experience. After 6 weeks even the kids get bored, and wish to go back to school or barnehage. Back to everyday routine. Of course, once school has started, everyone yearns for those long Summer days of laziness. Those days when the sun does not go to sleep and keeps everyone unwanted awake.

In the month of July this country stops working, and so do we. We will swap Norway for Sweden for a short break.

Enjoy your Summer too!

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