When my entire family came to visit me, as they announced they would the moment I said I was going to study in Canada four years ago, where was it more natural to take them than to Niagara Falls? Here they stand right under the American Falls.
Here I am, at my convocation ceremony. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, with Honours (totally Canadian: it means I got a four-year degree as opposed to a three-year pass degree).
Picture courtesy of Jessica Arcaro.
Yes, here’s another post-rain flower, a peony. This one is especially pretty (IMHO).
A major update just occurred here regarding the structure of this website. I removed the /en/ and /no/ suffixes. From now on, the structure is simpler.
English is now the default language. If you want Norwegian, try adding the prefix no.laurelindon.com.
No permalinks will break! If you have something as a favourite (how likely is that… *sardonic smile*) you can use the old link, it will redirect – for a few months at least. Or you can remove the language part, and add the prefix if you want.
One bug I know of: Photoalbums do not work.
I have to do this directly in the live environment as I have no other way of testing it.
Sorry, and thanks for your understanding.
**Update** Renovations complete and upgrade successful. All parts of the site are known to work!
Hei! Det er lenge siden jeg bestemte meg for å ha denne siden både på norsk og engelsk. Det viste seg snart å bli uhorvelige mengder med dobbeltarbeid og etter at jeg installerte WordPress, nesten uoverkommelige tekniske vanskeligheter.
Det siste er nå løst, og to versjoner av hjemmesiden min lever endelig fredelig side ved side. Den norske versjonen er nå fullt funksjonell! For alle linker som fungerer på engelsk kan du nå slenge på no. helt i begynnelsen, for eksempel http://no.laurelindon.com/photography/
Før du sier noe mer (“men det er jo på engelsk jo!”) — joda, det er sant det. For det blir fortsatt en del dobbeltarbeid. Mesteparten av bloggen kommer _alltid_ til å være på engelsk, men en og annen post på norsk blir det nok. I tillegg jobber jeg med å oversette menyer og statiske (faste) sider.
Så hvis du er mer komfortabel med norsk enn engelsk er det alltid bedre å gå til no.laurelindon.com :)
-Bjornar
I’m still waiting for more information about the Global Governance programme, which I’m starting this fall. Here’s a summary of the information I’ve been able to gather so far, mostly through press releases and news coverage. Then there is a selection of links for further reading. I will write more later about the Global Governance programme specifically when I know more.
Am I allowed to be excited?
Links to further information
It’s that time of year again. There were two geese and two goslings, unfortunately I could never get them all in the same shot. This is the best one I took in my opinion.
Hehe, I like taking pictures of flowers, and the rain and the flat, dull light make the colours come out much better. Wish I had an extension tube or a true macro lens so I could go closer. But there is still a lot of detail, especially since the picture is cropped.
On some country back-roads in upper New York state, not far from Rochester but in the middle of nowhere nonetheless, you will find this row of trees in an intersection — with hundreds of pairs of shoes in them! And apparently, this tradition goes back more than thirty years.
Cool close-up of a band of sea shells that lie just were the waves meet the beach.
…and about 11 hours after seeing the sun set, I was up to see it rise again on the opposite horizon. I climbed up on the causeway between Clearwater and Clearwater Beach. Hence you can see Clearwater outlined against the sun. It was very dry (amazingly, considering that this Florida), so the sunrise wasn’t quite as spectacular as it could have been I think.
Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico, on Clearwater Beach, FL. Quite pretty. Hmm, the slight tilt is accidental, but I rather like it.