Important and less important blogposts. Memories from 2008

At the end of year 2008 it is interesting to return to my almost 360 postings and see what I covered during all these 12 months. Some of them may be more important than others, and others again should not have been posted at all. By clicking on the name of the month, you may see all posts from that period.

JANUARY:In January we took a trip to Ålesund for fetching a painting by Terje Fagermo which I bought last summer. Meeting with family and friends from the old-gang was nice. The peak Romsdalshorn seen from Åndalsnes when returning to Oslo covers the photo activity.
The important posts from January are the swapping from Norwegian to English text on January 31st and the one about Annonymity in the blogworld January 20th

FEBRUARY:"530 km x 2 during 6 hours x 2 car-driving, 2 nights in a hotel bed, italian food, strolling up and down streets, over bridges, up and down shopping escalators, subway traveling "= a short visit to Stockholm, Sweden, but perhaps the introduction of RuneE´s Building Bridged was most important in this month.

MARCH:The shocking news from Ålesund on Thursday March 26th must be the highlight this month, but the photo coverage of Arne Ekelands Exhibition at Høvikodden which can be found at MY Gallery, is a strong number two.

APRIL:The opening of the new Opera House in Oslo and walking the roof (like here together with Gerd and Arne), was given much attention in March, but in this month Spring is here to stay and Tullarbo activities take increasing time during weekends, when the weather makes that possible.
By the time that April arrives, the frosty weather has almost disappeared, thanks in no small part to the warming air arriving from the Gulf Stream and the Atlantic. Daytime temperatures in April generally stay above 10°C / 50°F and quickly rise towards the end of the month, sometime reaching as high as 15°C / 59°F or more on the sunniest days.

MAY:Our trips to Portugal and Wales must be the highlights of this month, but the annual moving to Solvang and breakfast in the garden, is also an important event.

JUNE:I used this first summer month to scan some old photos from my paper-picture-life, and show many spectacular situations from our life in Asia. I also used the ABC Wednesday = T to pay tribute to my beautiful wife.

JULY:This Summer holiday month started with a lovely week close to the western horizon and the North Sea together with Asbjørn and AnneKath. The return was through the Geiranger fjord.
After coming home to Oslo we continued to Copenhagen for a few days, and was shopping and eating the excellent Danish Breakfast (heavy). Blogging in this month was also related to scanned photos, but my own painting activity increased during the stay at Tullarbo.

AUGUST:August is the last month every year at Solvang. Harvesting takes place and we are prepared to return to Frogner for autumn urban city life. I was all the summer waiting for admittance to Diakonhjemmet hospital for an operation according to the health guarantee, but the month went on without any welcome call. Tullen took a short ride to Wales and visited also the city Bath together with Davids mother and family. My blogposts show "historical" photos from travels to: Paris, Provence, Cote dÁzur, Barcelona, Salzburg, Austria, and Rome.

SEPTEMBER:In September Henrik Isak celebrated his first birthday, and big sister Helene is proud of her brother. Our own activities was limited, but we did some reconstruction works at the cottage. At last I got the promised operation with excellent results. No malignity found.
Other posting themes worth re-watching may be I am grateful and thankful and the one about myself Portraits with hats or Headgear

OCTOBER:In this month of October the first snowfall of the season normally cover everything in Oslo, to the greatest surprise for any car-driver. But for the majority bloggers, this is the month for autumn photos. We opened the Lutefisk season, and went on a Sunday trip to Drammen.
The trip abroad had Berlin as destination, and I made several posts from the urban life in Berlin on both sides of the "fallen" wall.

NOVEMBER:I am a Scorpio and for several years we have celebrated my birthday outside Norway. This year we had the intention to visit Rome because it was ten years since we celebrated my successful simultaneous Heart / Kidney Transplantation in 1998 by visiting this beautiful city. We ended up in Paris, had a wonderful extended weekend, and made several posts from this metropole.
15 years prior to me being the first combined Tx-Cor and Tx-Renis in Norway, the Team 83 (picture) performed the first Heart Transplantation in Norway and Scandinavia. A 22 years girl, Bente, received a heart from a 37 years old man, and she is still well and working. The donor´s heart has performed well in 25 years, and the donor´s family can really be proud of their decision the 5th of november in 1983.

DECEMBER:I feel that the events in the last month this year is in too short distance when writing this blogpost to make any priority between them. It has been only hospitalization, preparing for operation, sent home and same procedure again and again. But at last it was my time.
It had to be a different christmas celebration, as people all over the world are doing, but the result is however that my abdomen is better for every day, and the Laparoscopy has been defined a success by the surgery practitioner.
I am well and now the news about Truls` condition also seems optimistic.At the end of this blogging cavalcade I want to thank all my visitor for the old, great blogyear, and may you all have a HAPPY 2009.