Blanke ark....

et lite stykke hverdagslykke skal man vel kunne unne seg, tenker q.s og fryder seg over å ta den nye Moleskinboka i bruk. Dog større fryd gir det, tror q.s å titte i den gamle, full av minner som den er...

Police on the move. Lawless conditions?

Hjemmepåske

a favorite excursion spot throughout the winter, an old cottage belonging the local sports club http://www.mif.no

Akebakke

big kids having fun in the sledging hill nearby MIF-hytta

Vaffeldagen

At Høibaks konditori http://hoibakk.no

you can buy waffle battter,  ready for use.

Skitt fiske

Today at Hagatjern, Nedre Eiker: Jig competition .

Still winter

Willow tree sculpture, made by Jon Mihle,http://dt.no/kultur/kulturentreprenoren-1.5573258 longing for summer !

Water

Water from the lake Glitre, bottled at the local brewery Aass

http://www.glitre.no/

Sørines café

Books alone make no man wise.

Daily bread

Klausen bakery in Krokstadelva http://www.bakerklausen.no/

well known for their "grisla" brød

Postkar

The "washhouse" (bryggerhuset) at Portåsen. The "waterbasin" (postkar) in front is no longer in use, neither winter nor summer.

Poet of summer

Winter in Portåsen
http://www.portaasen.no/

                                             Climb the exhibition today ! Last chance !

http://www.guldenkunstverk.com/

Old and new

A grey and snowy day in Mjøndalen with the small smithy from 1896 http://www.facebook.com/pages/Knudsensmia/196381203728894 
and one of the new buildings behind.

Cold outside

A cold and snowy day to restart blogging. An ordinary cup of tea, as a beginning. Adelheids mother is now the the new blogger of Eiker Daily photo !

Nye Ylvingen

Soon, this main street can be seen in 12 episodes on NRK's (Norway's national broadcasting) new drama series "Hjem." If you have followed my blog for a little while you might recognize Villars. Then you will also know that this is Vestfossen's main street. The filming of the series have already started, and over 100 locals met up to be one of the extras.

Animals

The theme for today: Animals. But what is the definition of an animal? Can "everything" be devided into either animals or plants? Is it enough to say that insects are insects, birds are birds and animals are animals? What about invertebrates and vertebrates? Exactly how many species of animals are there? Today's photo is of a group of birds, more accurately crows, which apparently is very fond of the salt being scattered on the road in winter.

Click here to view thumbnails for all participants

Lovely light

Lovely light along the river Drammenselva a cold winter morning. I took this photo before the weekend's snowfall, so there is lots more snow at the moment. And the tempratures are between -5 and -10. A perfect winter in other words :) See this post for another morning photo along Drammenselva.

The White Coal

From the 1880s, electric light had existed at the pulp mill in Vestfossen. The electricity was made through steam turbines. From 1907-1910, the pulp mill and the town Vestfossen took the step into the electricity era, by building what today is known as "Gamle Vestfossen Kraftstasjon" (Old Vestfossen Power Station).
With what they called the white coal, the factory could save lots of money (as much as 40 øre (about 0.068 USD) per tonne of coal). On the site of a burned down factory, the pulp mill built the small power station. It had four generators, wich could produce about 260 hp. Now, Vestfossen's population saw the possibilites to get light themselves. One of the town's retailers, L.G Dæhlin went directly to the factory manager and asked, and the factory was interested in supplying power to the town too, both as street lights and electricity to private homes. While Nedre Eiker looked the other way, and became customers of Drammen's Electricity Works, the locals in Vestfossen chose to gamble on the local cornerstone business. In the fall of 1910, it was put up 31 street lights, each at 65 watts, and so the light came to Vestfossen (link to source).

Sjokolade Salongen

A couple of times I have blogged about the little chocolate shop in Vestfossen, Sjokolade Salongen (check out the blog posts Sjokoladebutikk and Opened, but closed). Last weekend, I finally made it there in its opening hours. I had lunch with my mother, (yes, they do more than just chocolate) and the food was great! The chocolate was too :) For the store's web site, see Sjokolade Salongen