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Marlow
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2016 - 08:44am PT
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Around new year's eve there must be a place for an Irish tune on the Norwegian woods thread: Seán Keane - Journey Round The Sun
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and then: Sofia Karlsson & Martin Hederos - Julkortet
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Marlow
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2016 - 11:18am PT
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Slash and burn agriculture (Huuhtasvedjebruk) - how it spread
Huutha is supposed to have developed in the forests northeast of Viborg 1300-1400. The inner circle above shows where Huutha had spread in the 1500s. The middel line shows the 1600s and the outer line the 1700s. In the 1800s Huutha spread to Twer in Russia, Delaware in USA and many areas in Siberia.
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Marlow
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OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2016 - 12:15pm PT
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The map below shows where Forest Finns settled in Norway and Sweden (Scandinavia):
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Marlow
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OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2016 - 12:16pm PT
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Rye from Huuhta - how it looks when it's grown:
The diversity of the rye - here showed by weight:
No monoculture involved here. Different areas had different rye.
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Marlow
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OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2016 - 12:16pm PT
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Haldis
I dedicate this thread to the memory of my dear mother, Haldis.
She died on the 4th of March 2016.
She was born at Svullrya in 1935 and grew up at Kirkesjøberget in a home full of life and music. She loved to dance. She had five siblings - one sister and four brothers.
In her youth she helped her mother in the house and caring for the animals. She kept on doing that during the summer holidays until she married my father, Kjell. She also worked in the woods measuring timber, she worked at a bakery and in the shop at Svullrya. When she was 20 she took an education and later worked in the office.
The nature of my mother: Haldis was kind, caring, helpful, hospitable, wise and a little shy. She gave her children a safe haven to return to after their adventures. We knew she was there for us, completely to be trusted and always caring and helpful. She was also a great organizer of family holidays and family gatherings with our grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
The last eight years of her life dementia reduced her ability to function well at home and she spent the last six years at Åsnes sykehjem where she was treated very well. She kept her kind and helpful personality and she always had a smile for everyone.
I will thank my mother for all the wonderful memories and everything I learned from her. She gave me the values that have served me well.
Here are some pictures from the life of my mother:
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2016 - 12:46pm PT
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Thanks Andy, I appreciate that...
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Marlow,
Lovely tribute ..Thank you for sharing your Mom's life and posting your family photos...Very Beautiful.
Sending my heartfelt condolence ..
Take care..
Paz..
Saludos..
ps..The sound & feel of this Norwegian fiddle made me think of you...
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Love
Nita..
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 6, 2016 - 01:21pm PT
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Thanks Nita...
The Maple's Lament video you posted do not function on my PC, so here is another version that plays.
"The Maple's Lament"
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Thanks, Marlow, and very sorry to hear about your mother.
This is a favourite thread, because it celebrates the folk and history of natural spaces.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Very sorry to hear about the loss of your mother Marlow. What a beautiful tribute. Thanks so much for taking the time to share it with us. It is wonderful.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Marlow, too bad you could not not hear the video i posted. It is a beautiful version of the song because of the bittersweet sound of the Norwegian fiddle.. It is quite a beautiful sounding instrument.
There is a live version of Laurie Lewis singing the song, but the sound quality is not good.
Looking at your Mom's pictures again.. and thinking of you and your family..
Sweet dreams..
Nita.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2016 - 08:36am PT
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Andy, Anders, Callie and Nita: I deeply appreciate your support...
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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This thread is a wonderful tribute to your mom.
Her generation was the one that involved the transition from "the old ways" to the new, and the adoption of so much on an industrial level.
We cannot help but view the passing of such a person as a tragedy, although it is nothing but the natural order. Perhaps not so much for the person involved, as we become increasingly diminished with age, but certainly for the rest of us and our memories.
As they say in old Norse:
As-salamu Alaykum
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 7, 2016 - 11:19am PT
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So true Ken.
...and sorrow is a part of the natural order...
Wa-Alaikum-us-Salaam
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 11:13am PT
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Log driving down the Rotna river (mostly 1950s). The pictures belonged to my mother's uncle Jakob who wrote a book about the log driving.
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Marlow
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OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 11:19am PT
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The people
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Marlow
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 11:25am PT
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Along the Rotna river
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