Nurhan's take:
Picture is taken from www.NRK.no, from a building in Oslo after the atrocities that occurred in Norway on the 22nd of July. Things that happened that day only happen in films or America, not in Norway. People are having to come to terms that it's a home grown loon that unleashed unmitigated evil in Norway on that day. Folk like having people to blame/fight against, the reality is that the vast majority of people of all nations, creeds, colours, and religion are peaceful and have nothing to do with terrorism, sadly this attack against society illustrates that. This last week in Norway has been sad and surprisingly dignified. All flags at half mast and deep sadness amongst the population. The loss of a loved one is a terrible thing, but the loss of so many people's loved ones in such an evil attack is heart breaking and my deepest sympathies go out to all the folk affected. Apparently last Monday a girl wrote a note on her social networking website words to the effect of, "If one man can have so much hatred, imagine how much love one country can have." These words somehow metamorphosed into people gathering (most with roses/flowers) in every centre in Norway. 100 000 folk in Stavanger or over 1/2 the town's population at a moments notice.
For those not directly affected, life goes on. Tall ships race is in Stavanger at the moment. This is what the harbour looked like last night.
Today Kin and I took our evening walk down in the harbour. Wall to wall people. Kin wasn't fussed. Bumped into many folk that I knew, and many who 'knew' Kin.
I'm not entirely certain what happened here. Had stopped to talk to some friends looked around to this scene.
Still the young woman, got up, thanked me(!) and when on her way with her two friends! Kin didn't mind.
Now Kin did keep trying to jump into the harbour and it would have been really hard to have got him back out of the water had he managed it. On passing a fountain he did hop in:
And then being a Newfie...
He promptly lay down and tried to go to sleep... in the water.
Been irritatingly busy at work (pretty much since I started this new job), still have managed to take the little chap on a few walks.
Ingvild & the Madster
joined us on one trip.
Mel on another, where we bumped into Jussi, or at least Kin did:
Jussi is a 15 month old St Bernard's bitch, (Kin is eight months old dog) and they are similar sized and every time they meet they love to play together.
When tried to walk away Kin ran after Jussi. We walked off into the distance... Kin came running back eventually but he kept looking back... All very cute.
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