Tree - Hotel in Sweden!

I have just discovered the most amazing thing! As you know my big passion is trees. I love them and I think they are beautiful! Very fascinated by them. And I never knew about the Tree-hotel in Sweden! I have discovered a few hotels like this in the world now!

There is the Tree hotel in Sweden www.treehotel.se

Wow, I really dream of living in a house like that! When I get rich and famous I definately will build a house similar to that in the forest! I hope I get rich sooooooon!!!!!


Status Update: Can I visit the tree-hotel, please????http://ping.fm/aU9Yv

Pusset indiadame i messing.

For noen uker siden kjøpte jeg en Indadame-statue i messing. Den var brukt, og jeg forelsket meg i den med en gang. Akkurat da hadde jeg ikke lommene fylt med penger, så jeg prutet litt på prisen, og jeg fikk den noen hundre kroner billigere hvis jeg pusset den selv.

Jeg lette litt på nettet og fant en bra side med masse kjerringråd i hjemmet. Der fant jeg en oppskrift på messing-puss.

Der sto det:

Nem og Billig  pustning af messing og kobbertøj:
1 kop vand
1 kop eddike
1 kop hvedemel
2 tsk citronsyre
2 tsk salt
Bland det sammen, smør det på tingene og skyl efter med lunken vand og tør efter med en blød klud.
Det er nem og  hurtig. og det skinner bare.        Tak til Birthe Kristensen for det gode råd!
Fra hjemmesiden//From: 
http://acthon.dk/bettina/nyttigt/tips/rengoring.html


Jeg gjorde akkurat slik det sto, og det funket utmerket! Det er synd jeg ikke tok et før-bilde, for å vise forskjellen, men dere ser ihvertfall på bildet at hun skinner som en sol nu! :D

Lynxie var redd indiadama da hun kom i hus, men nå har de visst blitt venner, heldigvis. :D

A few weeks ago I bought a Indiawoman-statue made of brass. I bought it private form someone who had had it in their home for years. I fell in love with it right away when I saw it. I did not have my pockets full of money that week, so I got a bargain; I got it a few hundres cheper if I clean it myself.

I looked on the internet and I found a page where they had lots of good advice for cleaning at home. I found a recipie for a brass-polish:

Easy and cheap polish of brass and copper:

1 kop/cup vand/water
1 kop/cup eddike/vinegar
1 kop/cup hvedemel/flour
2 tsk/tbls citronsyre/lemon
2 tsk/tbls salt

Mix it together, put it on the things and rinse with lukewarm water. Wipe with a wet cloth.

Fra hjemmesiden//From: 

http://acthon.dk/bettina/nyttigt/tips/rengoring.html

I did what it said, and it worked! Too bad I didnt take a picture before I cleaned her, but you can see her she shines like a sun! :D

Lynxie was afraid of the Indiawoman at first, but now they look like they are friends. :D

Maya indianere i Norge og Finnmark

Maya indianere fra Gutemala har vært i Finnmark og holdt en viktig seremoni nå i oktober.

// The maya indians from Guatemala have been in Norway and sapmi and did a very imporant ceremony here in ocotber.

Mer om dette her// More here:
http://www.inlakech.no/p/guatemalske-ambassade.html

My own Radio-Show in Switzerland! First show on monday!

Yes, I know! You probably don´t believe me. My father didn´t... He was like "Yeah, sure Elin. Thats sounds very likely!" But it is true! I have already made my first show, and it will be braodcasted monday 22nd of August at 19-20!
The show will be braodcasted on a radio station i switzerland called Toxic.fm and the name of the show is FROST. They have a very easy working livestream! Just go to the webpage and press LIVESTREAM.
www.toxic.fm


The thing is that when we were playing in Switerland this february people there really liked our concert! They wanted to know more sami music. The organiser of the festival Felix van den Berg is the one that has the FROST radio shows every week where he presents nordic folk music. He has trouble finding sami music down there in Switzerland, so he asked me for help. Then one day he thought of asking me to actually make a whole show with sami music, oresented by me. And I said yes of course! :D
I will be doing an hour long show every other month. This is so much fun! This first show I have made my own top 10 sami musicians of my life. :D

I did this radioprogram in a very easy way. I used my recorder that I use for recording song-ideas and just used it to record my voice. The day I had planned to finish this program I actually felt like going fishing and barbecue by the fire, so I decided to do that. So the first show is actually recorded by a fire in my hometown Karasjok.

I am happy the youngsters from my home town Karasjok who where at Utøya are OK!// Lihkkus leat buot Kárásjot nuorat birgen...! <3

Terror attacks in Oslo

We have been worried about Islamic terror attacks in Norway. It would not be a big surprise if they would attack... But this was a Christian Norwegian extremist. A nationalist and Anti-Islamic man. 32 years old, grown up in the west side of Oslo. He placed a bomb in the building where amongst others the prime ministers office is. Killed 8 people and numerous people hurt. Then he goes to a gathering of AUF (Youth organisation of the labour party. The party of the prime minister). They have a gathering every year at Utøya where they have concerts and seminars. They are there to learn about politics and to have fun. He goes over on the Island, dressed as a policeman. He says "Help has arrived, come here". So when the youngsters come to him he starts excecuting them. 84 killed youngsters.

This is just so unbelivable for all of Norway. The whole country is in shock and grief. They don´t have anything else on TV. And I just have to turn off the TV not to cry all the time. But people stand together and support and help each other. The Norwegian people have been really good to each other after this, and I think Norway will stand stronger. There is no way I can imagine how the relatatives of the killed ones feel. Its such a tradegy! I wish I could help... There are at this point still people missing both in the building and at Utøya Island. People have been waiting hours to hear from their loved ones, not knowing if they are ok. Thank god that so many are safe. Condolances and love to you all!

This whole thing just reminds me of a splatter movie of some sort. Its bozarre to think that alot of movies actually are inspired by events like these... *chills*

I am now wondering of this person who did this... Why would he do this to his own people? If he is anti-Islamic and violent, why didnt he blow up the moscee or something? Norway is with the labour party in front a very open country with freedom of speech and has welcomed alot of muslisms to the country. But I wonder if he has ever been to other countries. I have lived in a few other countries, and have been to alot of them. Before I went abroad and saw how other people live I didnt think much of Norway and just wanted away...but now I have seen how people in other countries live and realised that Norway is not that bad. The Labour Party is heaven compared to alot of the other countries I have been to. It´s just unbelivable that anyone would do that Norway, whatever reason...There is democracy in Norway. What gives him the right? In his written anti-Islamic manifest he says that people will thank him one day, and they will see that he is right...

So crazy, still so real...

My brain is in total vacation mode. Just playing with my kitten Lynxie I got on tuesday! :D She is the cutest!

My Cat Lynxie - Most beutiful cat in the world

19th July 2011
11 am
I had a deal with the owner of a cat that I will take her cat because she can´t care for it anymore. But after she said I could have it I have not heard from her since. I was going to get it the day after I come back from Gothla, which was yesterday. Last chance to be on my way to fetch the cat was at 11. Because it is a 2 hour drive to the cat, and I had booked the plane and everyting for the cat and I that evening. Still no answer from the owner, so I give up. I look for cats on the internet and find a few kittens I like.

12 am
I talk to the owner of Main Coon kittens whom I can buy from the same day if I want.

15 pm
I drive to look at the kittens and fall hard for the girl they have. She looks So much like a lynx! Se is a bit shy but curious. I cant resist, so I have to get her!

16pm
We arrive back to the apartment in Oslo. Lynxie has only mjaued a few times during the car ride. We let her out from the cage in the apartment, and she runs straight under the bed and stays there until we lure her out again because we have to go to the airport. She shows no interest in food or sandbox.

17pm
We put her inside the cage with some food to go to the airport. She is calm and looks to be sleeping half the time. She mjaus a few times, but seems to be ok when I say her name and try to calm her.


21pm
We arrive to her new home. I show her the sandbox straight away, and she goes off to explore the house. She hides under a bed again and stays there until I get her from there and show her the sandbox again. She must be having to use the sandbox! She hasnt been since we got her! She explores the livingroom a bit but gets scared of her own reflexion in a mirrot and hides under the sofa.

23 pm
Lynxie is still under the sofa. We figure she feels safe there and let her stay there. Maybe she will eat and use the sandbox at night while we are sleeping.

20th july 2011
7 am
I wake up and Lynxie is stil under the sofa. Doesn´t seem to have used the sandbox nor ate any food. I get worried and take her out from under the couch and take her to the bedroom and close the door. She gets her own little hiding place, and I place her food and sandbox in the bedroom. This makes her feel much comfortable and when she sees no dangers she goes straight to the food to eat. I am so relievied! After that she uses the sandbox! :D

8 am
Lynxie is playing with her toys!

9 am
Lynxie sleeps next to us in bed.


11 am
Lynxie did not allow anyone to pet her before. She had stayed two days in the apartment where we picked her up, and they hadn´t had any luck with petting her, she had only stayed under the sofa and didnt let anyone touch her. But now she is purring and I get my first cuddles!



12 am
Lynxie learns not to walk on the computer keyboard. She is loving her new toys I got from Leicester! :D

21st of July

23 pm
After one and a half day with intensive playing and eating and sleeping in the bedroom, she suddenly decides to explore the rest of the apartment. She was most scared of the sounds from the stairs, but now she walked straight to the stairs, livingroom and kitchen. I was amazed and happy! :D Soon we can move the litter box and food out of the bedroom. In the time she spent in the bedroom we had seen her wild side as well. she will make an excellent hunter, she jumped from one wall to another in there!

Musth-concert!

Last weekend I went to see the shcizo-metal band MUSTH. I really like this band cause they bring in all kinds of genres to their music. It´s fun to listen to, and even more fun to watch! The vocalist is all over the place, high and low and everything in between. I know about this band because most of the members in the band are from Finnmark. So I always have so much fun with them. I always end up being out WAY longer then I intented just cause I am having so much fun. Nothing beats humor from Finnmark, that is true. I love it! :D

My friend Mari who was photographing and me at the concert.




MUSTH are releasing a new album in september this year, and they just made a new video with alot of blood and dead body parts... Very cute! heh... This is a live video from the Norwegian TV show Lydverket:

I am getting the perfect cat!

I am finally getting a cat! I have been wanting a cat for so many years, but have never actually bought one because I travel alot and the cat would just be miserable and alone... This cat will stay most of the time up north in Alta, but the cool part about this cat is that it like to drive cars and take walks! That means that I can take this cat with me on some of the travelling I do! :D It is so cool! The current owner says the cat think its a dog, it comes everytime she yells for him and just wants to cuddle all the time. Its so perfect for me. This means I don´t have to worry too much about my cat running away and that sort of stuff. I hope I will be able to take good care of it, even it it will probably have a few different homes to live in, like I do...

I wrote to this woman who was giving away her cat a few days ago, and she didn´t answer, so I thought I didn´t get it. But the minute I saw the add for it I understood that that was my cat! :D And today she wrote me and said she was so happy that she found a owner that liked it as it is. And I am really happy too! I feels good to know that the cat is just like I need the cat to be, instead of taking a kitten that you don´t know what it likes and doesn´t. This cat is about 1 year old. I think its name is just "pus" ..:D Like all my other cats name was when I was litttle. The best of all, it looks like a lynx/bobcat, just as I wanted my cat to! :D


Status update:
Mun oaččun bussá viimmat! Ja dat liiku biilan johtit! / I am getting a cat finally! It likes car-rides! :D

Just watched a tv-program about all the food-waste we produce. Supermakets, restaurants, consumers and even producers!

I have been tidying and organizing all day!

All day went by and I have been tidying and organising all my stuff and crap from years ago. Memories, newsaper-clippings, magazines, and all kind of stuff that have been just thrown into boxes have now been organised. I still have a long way to go, though... My office is a mess, my costumes and bazar are all over, and also the spare room needs some organizing. Wow!
When clearing space physicahlly you are also clearing your head. I really feel it. I have a hard time going ahead and starting with new projects, and this could be one of the reasons. I have been travelling and changing houses so many times the last 3 years that I dont have any idea where half of my thing are, and what I have in the first place. This feels good! When I finnish (which I hopefully will) I will be ready to start at fresh! :D I will also burn some sage to cleanse the space. :D

Status update:
Finally took time to get all my newspaper-clippings organized. Feels like years of planning this is finally over...:D

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

Visiting Gardin/Ravnastua

This weekend I walked up to Gardin which is 16 kilometers from the road. It took me 6 hours! I was so tired when I got there. My backpack was so heavy, and the first half walking up there is only uphill, so that is the hardest part to walk. But I was really happy when I got there. There was no one there but me, so I had all the peace I wanted in the world. I slept so well that night. Heard alot of birds singing and the next day I went to the lake just beside the mountain house, lit a fire and barbecued some meat on the fire and listened to the cuckoo. What a funny bird! hihii Ko-ko

The purpose of the trip was also to gather most of my songs, and try to finish them as much as possible, so that in the autumn they will be ready for recording in the studio. How to fund my new CD I dont know yet, but I have to get some!

I have been visiting my grandmother :D yes, the one on my CD! She is getting really old..she can´t walk anymore...:(

ohh.. so hard to make my CV look neat. Not my favorite thing to do...

is hooked on Game of thrones in the wait for more True Blood <3

Back in Oslo

Status update:
Back in Oslo from the UK. Must sleep. Long time!

My Favorite Place

From my article on http://yourfavouriteplaces.com/page/2



My favorite place in the world may not be a surprise to any of you, but it is in the middle of the tundras of northern Norway. This place is called Gárdin Duottarstohpu/Ravnastua Fjellstue/Ravnastua Muontainhouse. It is a place to stay for campers and other guests while travelling in the wild. You can rent rooms there and they also have showers, sauna, dinner, meetingroom and a small stage. My grandmother ran this place for 50 years, and now my uncle is running it.

It is 15 km from the road, so getting there you have to either walk, use the jeep, 4WD or traktor, and ski or snowmobile in winter. It is a nice trip up there. Summertime I usually spend 4 hours hiking up to this place, with 2 stops where I make a fire and drink water from the rivers and springs. Hiking on the tundra inspires me so much, it’s like every tree, plant and rock is singing with me!

When you come up to Ravnastua you see mountains, a river, tundra, forrest, and a field of flowers. This place has everything! In addition to all this there is also a lake close to the house. We call it bathing-lake, because there’s not much fish in that lake, but there is a small beatiful beach. This is the most beutiful place in the whole world! You can lit a fire by the lake and just relax, and if the weather is nice, go for a swim.


For all artist nerves are an issue, and this place is my special place that I think of when I want to feel safe. I think about this place before I go on stage. I visualize myself sitting by that lake, looking at that peaceful, nature, the shine of the water and the wild tundras surroundig it. It calms me down and grounds me when I feel myself being there. The smells, sounds and wind. And that way I make the stage be that special place…. My favorite place!

My album ”Jikŋon musihkka-Frozen music” released 2009 is my soundtrack of Ravnastua wintertime.


www.ravnastua.no

Har fått nytt kontor! ska jobbe hele natta! :P //Has got a new homeoffice! work all night..:P