12 Aug 2016 – Ullevål Hageby
Wed: last night the sky opened up and pour buckets together with the winds. This resulted in some of the tomato plants being destroyed. Rather comfortable sleeping thru’ the howling winds and the rains on the window panes.
Tkx Ingrid for dropping in and for coffee at Bicks. Can never get enough of the fresh apple juice there! The surroundings are rather delightful, especially the tram-line with the old support. Another cafe around the corner from Bicks, but have not had the chance to try yet.
Thu: tkx Mette for the visit. Another glorious day for a short walk in the area. Found a water-melon from Spain and the way the packaging was done reminded me as to how pomelos are packed in SIN. Had to buy it, NOK63, S$10.
Damplassen/Dam Square is a space in the residential area Ullevål Hageby/Ullevål Garden City. The square got its name in 1918. On the site was previously the so-called Swedish dam, said to have been built by Swedish prisoners of war during the period 1807-1814. Around 1920, a new pond with fountain were built.
Around the square is the Neo-Baroque business and residential buildings in brick. The bakery Åpent Bakeri/Open Bakery’s furnace was built in 1929 and has seen several generations bakers come and go. It is still in use today. Their baked-goods are absolutely to die for. The cherry trees around the pond with picnic benches give a natural nice cozy touch to this space.
M&B previous place is near a road name Sorgenfrigata=Sorrow-free Rd.
https://amylamsg.com/2012/06/15/hakuna-matata/
Now they are in an area there there is a road name Eventyrveien=Fairytale Rd and sorrow-free, my life must be in La-La-Land 🙂 The apples here are RST – red, sweet&tiny. Now why did they not move to any of these roads with all the temptations to a fairy-tale land? Snow white in the winters and red apples in the summers and somewhere maybe a ginger-bread house too!
Fri: another trip to NAV in the morning and hopefully the last one for this time round! Ugh… paper work and red tape, my less favourite thing on the to do list! An evening trip to IKEA to pick up some sales items. Traffic was bad, the grey and wet weather was not much of a help.
Fairy tales can come true
It can happen to you if you’re young at heart
For it’s hard, you will find
To be narrow of mind if you’re young at heart
You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on it’s way
Don’t you know that it’s worth
Every treasure on earth to be young at heart
For as rich as you are
It’s much better by far to be young at heart
And if you should survive to a hundred and five
Look at all you’ll derive out of bein’ alive
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart
Don’t you know that it’s worth
Every treasure on earth to be young at heart
For as rich as you are
It’s much better by far to be young at heart
And if you should survive to a hundred and five
Look at all you’ll derive out of bein’ alive
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart
Songwriters: MARTIN, ERIC LEE/ROSS, MARK STEPHEN