{"id":73,"date":"2008-04-15T23:44:43","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T22:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=73"},"modified":"2008-04-15T23:44:43","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T22:44:43","slug":"a-little-bit-of-country-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"A little bit of country in the city"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have I ever told you about my neighbourhood? Well, it used to be one of the oldest working class areas in our city; then the local government decided to turn it into an industrial area in the 50-ties. During the 80-ies a group of young punks and activists resisted the local governments plans and squatted the area, and after years fighting to keep the neighbourhood for living purposes, the local governments gave in. The area was defined as an \u201dexperimental ecological city area\u201d as a part of Norway\u2019s commitment to Local Agenda 21<\/a>, and was supposed to develop with high degree of self governing and involvement from it\u2019s residents. The last years we have struggled trying to find out in what direction we want the area to develop, and it really is difficult finding common interests and visions which includes and can be shared by everyone, not to mention the challenge it is to get everyone to engage in this work. However, one of the huge projects that we have completed is the development and building of our kindergarten. The kindergarten is built with environmental friendly materials, the pedagogic has a strong focus on arts and culture, and both children and staff are from all over the world making a very international and open minded milieu. The latest additions to the kindergarten are the very anticipated animals. First the hens and the rooster came, and now two sheep just came. We knew that one of them was pregnant but the surprise was huge when it turned out that both of them were. So in just a week, two became four. Just look at this beautiful creature, he\u2019s just a few days old. <\/p>\n

Me my self, I just took my fibre passion a step further. I\u2019ve had a plan to do so for quite a while, actually I just waited to get the money to be able to do the basic shopping. This is what I bought as my beginners kit: a Greensleeves Barebone spindle, which is supposed to be great for beginners, 200 grams of natural Norwegian wool and 100 grams of natural Bluefaced Leicester, and the lovely Wenche at Spinnulla<\/a> also threw in a surprise, multicolored Merino wool. As you probably understand I can\u2019t wait to get some time to my self and get going. But not to day, to day I just had to be patient and wait. My darling daughter was home from kindergarten feeling pretty ill with a running nose and a sore throat. So that gave us the opportunity to fulfil another plan that we have been wanting to do for a long time. I read about planting avocado seeds ages ago on Felisi’s blog<\/a>, but since I couldn\u2019t find the post, I made a search on Wikipedia and found this<\/a> great article. So there you have it three avocado seeds waiting to sprout, which should happen sometime between four to six weeks. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been planning to do some changes to this blog, but it\u2019s not always easy to pinpoint what will function or not. I\u2019ve been thinking about everything from changing the design to reorganizing the whole lay out. One thing I know for sure, and that is that when I first get started this will end up to be a huge job, which would be easier to complete if I had a master plan to follow. Now, I\u2019m not in a hurry, after all I do have a master degree to complete, so I thought that a good start was to check with my readers, what do you think would improve my blog. It also occurred to me that asking for your views in terms of a competition might get me a few more regulars. So please look through my blog if you are a new reader before answering my question. Would you please define one positive and one negative (in a constructive manner please) thing about my blog? Feel free to comment on layout, organization, as well as the way I write and present the content. The deadline for entering will be in ten days, Friday April 25th. I\u2019ll make a drawing between all the participants so the result will be independent from the comments you made. The prize will be a surprise, but I\u2019ll promise some lovely knitting content, which absolutely will be worth the effort. <\/p>\n

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Har jeg fortalt dere om nabolaget mitt? En gang var det byens eldste arbeiderklasse bydel, s\u00e5 p\u00e5 50-tallet bestemte kommunen seg for \u00e5 gj\u00f8re den til et industri omr\u00e5de. En gjeng p\u00f8nkere og aktivister motsatte seg kommunens planer, og etter mange \u00e5rs kamp vant de igjennom, omr\u00e5det ble bestemt omregulert tilbake til boligform\u00e5l. Senere ble nabolaget definert som et \u201dby\u00f8kologisk fors\u00f8ksomr\u00e5de\u201d som et ledd i Norges satsing p\u00e5 Local Agenda 21<\/a>, hvor omr\u00e5det skulle utvikles med stor grad av sj\u00f8lstyre og engasjement fra nabolagets beboere. De siste \u00e5rene har vi slitt med \u00e5 finne ut av hvilken retning utviklingen skal g\u00e5 i, spesielt i forhold til \u00e5 finne felles visjoner og interesser som inkluderer alle sammen, for ikke \u00e5 snakke om det \u00e5 f\u00e5 alle til \u00e5 delta i det praktiske arbeidet som kreves for \u00e5 utvikle omr\u00e5det videre. Et av de virkelig store prosjektene som vi har gjennomf\u00f8rt, og er veldig stolte av, er utviklingen og byggingen av barnehagen v\u00e5r. Barnehagen er bygget i milj\u00f8vennlige materialer, pedagogikken har et sterkt fokus p\u00e5 kunst og kultur, og b\u00e5de barna og personalet kommer fra hele verden noe som skaper et unikt internasjonalt milj\u00f8. Det siste \u201dstore\u201d som har skjedd i barnehagen v\u00e5r er ankomsten av de mye etterlengtede dyrene. F\u00f8rst s\u00e5 kom hanen og h\u00f8nene, og n\u00e5 nettopp kom endelig de to sauene ogs\u00e5. Vi visste at den ene av dem var gravid, men overraskelsen var stor da det viste seg at det var den andre ogs\u00e5! S\u00e5 i l\u00f8pet av ei lita uke var to blitt til fire. Se p\u00e5 dette nydelige dyret, s\u00e5 perfekt, og s\u00e5 er han bare ett par dager gammel. <\/p>\n

Selv har jeg nettopp tatt fibergalskapen ett skritt videre. Jeg har hatt en plan for dette ganske lenge og ventet vel egentlig bare p\u00e5 \u00e5 ha r\u00e5d til et aldri s\u00e5 lite innkj\u00f8p for \u00e5 komme i gang. Dette er hva jeg endte opp med \u00e5 kj\u00f8pe til nybegynner pakken min: en Greensleeves Barebone h\u00e5ndtein, som skal v\u00e6re kjempefin for nybegynnere, 200 gram naturlig norsk ull og 100 gram naturlig Bluefaced Leicester ull. Snille Wenche som driver Spinnulla<\/a> la ogs\u00e5 med en overraskelse, multifarget merino ull. Det er vel ikke vanskelig \u00e5 skj\u00f8nne at jeg er veldig ut\u00e5lmodig etter \u00e5 komme i gang med spinninga. Men ikke i dag, i dag m\u00e5tte jeg sm\u00f8re meg med t\u00e5lmodighet og vente. Storepia har v\u00e6rt hjemme fra barnehagen med rennende nese og s\u00e5r hals, s\u00e5 vi benyttet anledningen til \u00e5 gjennomf\u00f8re en annen plan som vi har hatt ganske lenge. For evigheter siden leste jeg om \u00e5 plante avokado p\u00e5 Felisi sin blogg<\/a>, men siden jeg ikke kunne finne igjen innlegget s\u00f8kte jeg p\u00e5 Wikipedia og fant denne<\/a> flotte artikkelen. S\u00e5 n\u00e5 har vi ikke mindre enn tre avokadosteiner som venter p\u00e5 \u00e5 spire i vinduskarmen, noe som skal ta mellom fire til seks uker.<\/p>\n

Jeg har tenkt p\u00e5 \u00e5 gj\u00f8re noen endringer her inne p\u00e5 bloggen ganske lenge n\u00e5, men det er ikke alltid at det er like lett \u00e5 se hva som vil fungere eller ikke. Jeg har tenkt p\u00e5 alt mulig, fra \u00e5 forandre p\u00e5 utseendet til \u00e5 omorganisere hele greia. En ting jeg vet for sikkert er at n\u00e5r jeg f\u00f8rst begynner s\u00e5 blir det en diger jobb, og at den er mye greiere \u00e5 gjennomf\u00f8re hvis jeg har en plan til \u00e5 begynner med. N\u00e5 har jeg det ikke s\u00e5 travelt, tross alt s\u00e5 holder jeg p\u00e5 med en mastergrad som skal fullf\u00f8res, men jeg kom p\u00e5 at en god start vil v\u00e6re \u00e5 h\u00f8re med leserne mine om hva dere tror ville forbedre bloggen. S\u00e5 slo det meg ogs\u00e5 at hvis jeg spurte om dette i form av en konkurranse s\u00e5 kanskje jeg kunne fiske noen flere nye lesere ogs\u00e5. S\u00e5 hvis du er en ny leser, v\u00e6r s\u00e5 snill \u00e5 kikk igjennom bloggen litt f\u00f8rst, f\u00f8r du svarer. Oppgaven er \u00e5 nevne en positiv og en negativ (konstruktivt) ting ved bloggen min. Kommentarene kan omhandle alt fra utseendet, organiseringen, til innholdet og m\u00e5ten jeg skriver og presenterer innleggene mine p\u00e5. Svarfristen er om ti dager, fredag 25. april. Jeg kommer til \u00e5 trekke vinneren blant alle de som har svart s\u00e5 resultatet av konkurransen er helt uavhengig av hvilke kommentarer man har kommet med. Premien er en overraskelse, men jeg lover at den har noe med strikking \u00e5 gj\u00f8re og at den blir vel verdt innsatsen.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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