South Island beauty, Southern Alps of New Zealand
Thought for the day…”Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus”
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
The beauty of the South Island of New Zealand with some fantastic weather. The river here, the Waimakariri, is one of three rivers which cut through the Southern Alps. The main east-west road and also the trans-alpine railway follow this river for many kilometres. In just a few km from where this photo was taken, the vegetation changes from dry grasslands and bushes to the rainforest of the (wet) West Coast. This area was also the area where the extinct moa bird was said to have been seen by two locals in 1993, leading to a mini tourist boom. The fact that these two locals were about to take over the running of the local pub near where the ‘moa’ had been seen may just have been coincidence !! Nowadays you are more likely to see fishermen by the river and hunters in the hills after wild boar or deer.
and another photo from the archives…an intense stare from this boy in a market in Sri Lanka
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RESPECT, CONSIDERATION & FAIRNESS
Two from the opposite ends of Norway
Thought for the day…..”If you cannot do great things then do small things in a great way”
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations”.
So the crazy ‘security’ people in the good old USA have now decided that the humble Kindle e-book reader cannot be taken onboard flights from certain countries, nor a laptop, digital camera or tablet. Yet people flying from some other countries CAN take the exact same items. Just another sign of how stupid the USA has become. And I am even more surprised that the travelling public in the USA is putting up with more and more of this nonsense. Nothing to do with security, just a way for the Department of Homeland ‘Security’ to exercise even more control over people, without making flying any safer. Even Australia is now making the use of the naked body scanners compulsory, with no opt-out option, yet another intrusion into personal privacy and personal rights. Based on these stupid, groundless ‘security’ procedures ( security scam would be another way to describe it) then I will continue to avoid the USA, UK and Australia. Airport procedures now are beyond reasonable.
A photo of the west Norwegian city of Bergen, taken from Mt. Floyen in perfect light. Again great colours from the Fuji camera, taken as a jpeg.
and another photo….the fishing town of Vardo, Norway. This is the easternmost town in Norway, and actually lies further East then Istanbul or Kiev !! One of the town’s slogans is ‘Eternal light, Eternal Night’, which is a reference to the 24 hours of constant daylight during summer, and the 24 hours of constant darkness during Winter. The Russian border is only a few km away across the bay.
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Squeeze more in – more cuts in standards at the airlines.
Thought for the day…”The secret of getting ahead is getting started”
“Some people are like clouds. When they go away, it is a brighter day”.
Back on one of my favourite topics..airlines. I see in the news that British Airways (BA) have become the latest airline to increase the number of seats in its aircraft. The Boeing 777 will go to 10-across seating (currently 9) and the total number of seats will go up from 280 to 332. The Airbus A320 will have more seats, up from 168 today to 180, and the Airbus A321 will go from 205 today to a new high of 218 seats. So BA has also chosen 10 across seating for the 777. And to make matters even worse, they are removing 2 or 3 toilets from economy class as well. More passengers but fewer toilets. Since SWISS airlines also introduced 10-across seating on the 777s, then I have avoided them, as the reports online about airlines who use 10 across seating have been far from positive. Not only are passengers being squeezed width-wise, but also leg-wise as well. Lufthansa’s new Airbus aircraft will actually have LESS leg room than Ryanair, and again the intial reports from passengers have been negative. And more of the legacy airlines are introducing charges for food onboard (eg. BA from January) as well as charges for checked-in baggage. All this begs the question, why pay more to fly with the legacy airlines when the service levels are less?
Today’s photo comes from northern Norway. Honningsvag in wonderful autumn light…..
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Oslo city centre – not pleasant
Thought for the day…”Postive anything is better than negative nothing”
“If your ship does not come in, then swim out to it”.
The Norwegian capital, Oslo, becomes even more unpleasant to walk around. It seems that in the very centre of the city, that drug dealers can openly sell drugs, and drug users can wait around, apparently without the police doing anything. As soon as you come out of the main train or bus stations then you see it. The newspapers were reporting that the Norwegian police said that they had lost control of one area (Gronland), and the situation seems to be getting worse. Go for a walk early morning and you may see used syringes on the ground. Walk around after dark (not recommended) and you will see drug dealers openly selling. It is very clear who the drug users are, but they seem to be immune to action. Add to that the large number of begging gypsies in the city and Oslo has become an unpleasant and dirty place. But why are the police not doing anything?? Surely the use of hard drugs must be illegal in Norway, but these people apparently get away with it, and openly too. And all the begging gypsies apparently do not have any legal right to stay in Norway, so why are they allowed to remain? What are the police doing about it? I wonder.
Today’s photo comes from north Norway, and from the fishing village of Honningsvag.
and another photo from the archives….the same photo as in the previous post, but this time converted to black & white.
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Buying decisions….to buy or not to buy, that is the question
Thought for the day…”A goal without a plan is just a wish”
“Success with a negative attitude is called Luck. Success with a positive attitude is called Achievement”.
To buy, or not to buy. That is the question. Having recently upgraded the camera to the newer Fuji X-T10 (great camera, and highly recommended), the finger is now poised over the ‘BUY’ button. This time it is the new Fuji XF 100-400mm lens. All the reviews have been great, and the people that have posted their comments praise the lens, so it is undoubtedly a wonderful lens. I gave the lens a try in the camera shop, and it felt very good, and the extra zoom would be very welcome BUT here is the problem….the lens costs about 3 times as much as the camera did, and with the teleconverter, will cost around 2000 euros. So the finger is hesitating on the ‘BUY’ button. Quality always costs more, and the Fuji products are great, but the thought of almost 2000 euros on a lens is difficult to accept. To buy, or not to buy, that is the question…..
A couple of photos from the north of Norway, taken with the standard 18-55mm Fuji lens on the X-T10. The first photo is from the small town of Vardo, at the top of Norway.
and another photo from north Norway…Hammerfest
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Where are the ‘experts’????
Thought for the day…”Don’t live the same year 90 times and call it a life”
“When life gives you a rainy day, play in the puddles”.
Computers have been around for a long time now, since the last century indeed. Some of us grew up with them, starting with the famous Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the says of loading programs with tapes. But despite computers having been around for decades, they still do not work as they should. Why is it that there are still so many problems with things that by now should be simple, like logging into wifi?? Why do computers seem to have endless problems and need endless updates? And where are the ‘experts’?? Surely by now they could have sorted out all the teething problems and have produced computers that do work without needing constant attention. I would love to sit next to Bill Gates on a long flight and pass him my laptop and ask him to make it work properly. It seems that the so-called ‘experts’ are not so expert. How often have you heard the advice to restart the computer (ie. pull the plug out)?? And why have these ‘experts’ not managed to sort out the problems after all these years. I just want a computer that works as it should and does not need constant attention. Is that too much to ask???
Off to Norway for the photo today…and to the harbour port of Kristiansund, seen here on a beautiful summer’s day.
and another photo from the archives…..fishermen returning home in Croatia….
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Some red faces somewhere…..a big error.
Thought for the day….”What the mind can concieve, it can achieve”
“You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind”
No doubt that there were some red faces at the Nabors Demolition company in Texas, USA. They recently demolished the WRONG house, and have blamed Google maps for the error. The house that they demolished was one block from the house that they should have knocked down. Needless to say, the owners of the now-demolished house were none too happy, although the Nabors Demolition company described it as ‘no big deal’. The demolition company’s motto is ” We Could Wreck The World” certainly had a good try. Apparently, Google maps has now amended the map to show the correct location of the house that should have been knocked down. Some red faces somwhere??
People photos are always fascinating, so here is another one…fisherman in the park…Fuji X-E1 camera together with the Fuji 55-230mm lens.
and another photo from the archives…Kandersteg in Switzerland….
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Frequent Flyer schemes – waste of time ?
Thought for the day..” Life is like photography. You use the negatives to develop”
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time”
Are airline frequent flyer schemes a waste of time now? Perhaps. I have just flown from Frankfurt, Germany to Auckland, New Zealand, a distance of some 18 162 km. Most companies see the value in recognizing regular customers and in looking after them, as they are an important source of profit. But now it seems that frequent flyers are losing their attraction. Rather annoying that for the flight from Germany to New Zealand, that I will not get a single air point. I then go on to read that for my domestic flights in New Zealand, I will also not get ANY air points. Two additional trips to the Pacific Islands, again not a single air mile for the return trips. So for 12 or more of my flights, I will not get a single air point. Not one. And to make matters worse, when I do actually get some air points, the airline is now often only giving me 25% of the air miles, because I am flying on cheap tickets. And when I come to try and use my air miles, they are asking for even higher amounts of miles than previously, and then are asking me to pay the taxes and charges on top. So it begs the question, are the airline frequent flyer schemes now a waste of time.??
Fishing nets in New Zealand for the photo today……
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Rice terraces in China
Thought for the day…” Do not make excuses, make improvements”.
“Expecting and accepting are two sides of life. Expecting can end in tears, but accepting will bring you cheers”.
A photo from the south west part of China for the photo today, from Yunnan province. Around 45 million people live in this province, which borders Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar. The western part is mountainous, with the peaks reaching over 5000m. Ethnic groups make up about 1/3 of the population, so local dialects and colourful local costumes are very much evident in the towns and markets here. The hills in the west border the Tibet autonomous region, with deep valleys and hillside farming. It is also very rich in minerals, so mining is very important, as is agriculture. Seen here are some rich terraces not far from the border with Tibet.
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Fishing boats in Norway’s easternmost town
Thought for the day….” People who say that money does not buy happiness do not know which shops to shop in”. ” Adversity is the weight that strengthens us”. Back online after some internet problems, and another photo from the north of Norway, far above the Artic circle. This photo is of Vardo, in the province of Finnmark. As Finland is so close at this point, then it also has a Finnish name (Vuorea) and a Sami name, (Várggát). Only a small population of around 21oo live here, although with the extremely long winter, then that is hardly surprising. It has the honour of being the easternmost town in Norway, with Russia being not far away across the bay. It actually lies further east (31 degrees) than Istanbul, Kiev or St. Petersburg. Much of the land around is barren and treeless artic tundra. Fishing and fish processing are the main industries here. Interestingly, it is also the site of Globus II, a radar tracking station for space junk, although given that Russia is so near, then this station may also have other uses. Vardo is one of the stops on the famous Hurtigruten coastal boat service in Norway. Another photo taken with the Fuji X-E1 camera. 
and another photo from the archives….4 modes of transport in this photo from Cuba……. 
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Simply colour
Thought for the day…” If opportunity does not knock then build a door”
“The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them”
570km off the coast of West Africa are the 10 islands that make up the country of Cape Verde. Until 1975 they were a Portuguese colony, and are still also known by the Portuguese name of Cabo Verde. About 525 000 people live there, including about 130 000 in the capital Praia. Fishing and tourism are the main industries, although remittances from workers overseas make up a large part of the incomes there. About 90% of all food is imported, party due to the semi-desert climate on many of the islands.
And the photo today comes from Mindelo, Cape Verde islands. Simple use of bright colours and late afternoon sun….
and another photo from the archives….more colours but this time in Gambia…
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250 million people – and more to come……
Thought for the day…” Tough times never last, but tough people do”.
I have been reading about the plans for the expansion of the second airport in Dubai, called Dubai World Centre. Costing some USD 32 BILLION, the airport hopes to handle some 250 MILLION passengers a year, including up to 50 A380 aircraft at once. That cost, USD 32 billion is equivalent to about 3 times the total government debt of Bolivia Each of the terminals will be 2.8 km/1.7 miles long and will have 100 gates (so a total of 400 gates). If you have transitted the current Dubai (DXB) airport then you will know what a huge affair that airport is, but now with a second airport (Dubai World Centre) under way, huge takes on a new meaning. But what sort of travel ‘experience’ will that offer if you are one of just 250 MILLION passengers using the airport? I can imagine the queues, the wait for baggage and the sheer amount of walking that will be involved.
A smiling local in Samoa prepares fish for the photo today…..
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Coming Home, end of the day
Thought for the day….” The secret of getting ahead is getting started” (Mark Twain).
“Nothing is enough for whom enough is too little”.
A photo from the Adriatic Sea and from Croatia, with some local fishermen returning home to one of the islands near Split. Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991, and is now a member of the European Union. Along the coast of Croatia, there are over 1000 islands, with the largest being Krk. It is said that Croatia has the smallest town in the world (Hum), which has a population of only 23 people !! It is also believed the the famous traveller Marco Polo was born on the Croatian island of Korcula, and it is believed that the parachute was also invented in Croatia in the 17th century.
One of the positive effects of the karst (limestone) rocks around Croatia is that the seabed is often sharp and jagged, making fishing with large trawling nets impossible. Fishing with handlines and small nets has meant that fish stocks have been preserved, and have also prevented the large factory ships from fishing in this area, so fish stocks are good. Some interesting birds around the boat in the photo too.
and one from the archives…. sunset in Nicaragua
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Landing the catch- Cape Verde – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day….” Success means winning the war, not every battle”.
” To be the best, you have to compete and win against the best”.
Sad news from Ukraine! I read online that in Ukraine that the authorities there have stopped a man calling himself ‘Darth Vader’ from running for president. His plans for Ukraine were to turn it into a ‘galatic empire’. Despite his name of Darth Vader, he is normally an electrician by trade. That story reminded me of the English politician known as ‘Screaming Lord Sutch, who was the leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party until 1999. He holds the record for the number of elections that he stood in and lost (40 elections). Other politicians in the Official Monster Raving Loony Party included ‘Mad Cow Girl’, ‘Howling Laud Hope” and ‘Catmando’. Despite winning several local council elections, the party never did very well. The political party’s last elected politican was ‘R.U. Seerius’ who served in South Derbyshire.
That just leaves the photo for today….and from the archives comes this photo of a fisherman in Mindelo, Cape Verde. Late afternoon produced some wonderful colours as well as clear air.
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Big Brother and something fishy – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day….” Being happy does not mean that everything is perfect. It means that you have decided to look beyond the imperfections”.
(photo from Infowars.com) Bad news for all people who take photographs. Sad to read that a new Hungarian law will now make it illegal for people to photograph other people in public places without their express permission. Questions are already being asked about how it will affect tourists, who naturally want to take photos in places like Budapest (filled with people in the streets), but also how it will affect reporters trying to photograph news items. Very bad of the Hungarian government to try and stop photography in this way, definitely a very backward step. If they start enforcing this no photographing of people rule, then it will be a very good reason to avoid visiting Hungary. It is bad enough to read about the problems that photographers have in the USA now, but it seems that the restrictions are spreading. Big Brother/1984 has happened, just that it started later than predicted. Hungarian citizens may wish to avoid this place in Texas in the USA though…..they would definitely got caught on camera here….just for entering a beach….
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The photo today comes from a fishing village in Korea, Gampo. Lots of fish and also seaweed is dried here, and despite the village only having around 7200 residents, it is said that there are over 240 seafood restaurants here. Raw fish dishes (hoe) and also abalone soup (jeonboktang) and grilled seafood is popular.
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Icelandic Fishing Village – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day…” Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” (Mark Twain). ” A fool and his money are soon partying’.
Saw a couple of interesting stories in the news. In Britain, Barclays bank is planning to cut 12000 jobs yet at the same time, is raising bonuses for investment bankers. According the British Guardian newspaper, the average bonus paid last year to investment bankers was over GBP 60 000 each. That will not be happy reading to the 12 000 Barclays staff who will lose their jobs. Also interesting in the news, again from Britain, is that the police there will be able to access people’s private medical records online. So much for privacy and for the doctor-patient relationship. There is a good website on the internet which often reveals stories like these, usually very good reading, http://www.infowars.com Many of the articles are about things that they would probably prefer that you do not know.
Spring sunshine over an Icelandic fishing village for today’s photo. Iceland has a small population, around 300 000 people and averages around 3 people per square kilometre. Its flag, a red and white cross on a blue background is said to represent the sea (blue), snow (white) and volcanoes (red). 
There are around 130 volcanic mountains on Iceland, several of them still active. The capital, Reykjavik is the world’s most northerly capital. Interestingly, beer was banned in Iceland until 1989, prostitution became illegal in 2009 and strip clubs were banned in 2010. Another interesting fact is that Icelanders drink more Coca-Cola per person than any other nation.
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An excellent idea to encourage politeness – Not the Quality Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day..” Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top-ups”.
I saw an interesting story in the news about a cafe owner in Nice,Cote D’Azur, France who is offering cheaper prices customers who are polite when ordering. A cup of coffee is 7 euros, but if customers say “good morning” and also “please” then the price is only 1.40 euros. The idea is to make customers more polite and considerate. An excellent idea! Just look around the next time you are in a shop or cafe and see just how rude and unpleasant many customers can be. And even worse is when the continue to talk to somebody else on a mobile phone whilst making a purchase. Charge them more I say !!! Great idea by the French cafe owner, and one which I hope catches on.
A summer’s day in Croatia and the fishing village of Cavtat (southern Croatia) for the photo today. Croatia is also known as Hrvatska, and has a population of around 4.2 million. Tourism accounts for about 20% of the GDP, but unemployment is over 20% as well. It was formerly part of Yugoslavia, but became independent in 1991. It is now a member of the European Union. Interestingly, the money, called ‘Kuna’ was named after a small rodent!! The town in the photo today got its name from the latin language, Cavtat, or old city (civitas vetus). It is now a popular day trip destination for tourists.
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Fishing village in Madeira – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day….” If at first you do not succeed, then destroy all evidence that you tried”.
” People can live 100 years without really living a minute”
Have you heard of Charles Veley? He is said to be possibly the world’s most travelled man. According to the website mosttravelledpeople.com he has visited 829 countries, territories and autonomous regions out of a possible maximum of 873. He is a millonaire (it helps !) in his thirties, and at one time, was visiting over 100 countries a year. He estimates that he has spent over USD 1 million on airtickets and boat transport. He says that travel is an ‘investment in life experience”. His favourite destination is Lord Howe Island off the coast of Australia.
Some fantastic coastal scenery in the photo today, from the island of Madeira in the Atlantic. The fishing harbour is at the village of Camara De Lobos, with some of the highest cliffs on the island visible behind. Madeira was discovered by the Portuguese in 1419 but now receives around 1 million tourists a year, attracted by the wonderful, year-round climate and the landscape as well as food. It is also a cruise ship destination, and a stopover for trans-Atlantic yachts. The population is around 260 000, mainly on the southern side of the island. Madeira is actually the top of a huge shield volcano, which accounts for the very fertile soil there. The famous Madeira wine originated here, using wine fortified with brandy to produce a stronger and often sweeter wine. The fishing village in the photo produces its own special drink called Nikita, made of wine, beer, ice cream, pineapple and sugar.
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Another Autumn morning in Norway – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell
Thought for the day…..” Do not talk, unless you can improve the silence”.
“Every day is a gift. That is why they call it the present”.
Two nice stories in the news at the moment to bring a smile. Firstly, the man in the UK who has set up a premium rate telephone line at home so that when he gets cold-callers and advertisers ringing him, then it costs the companies a lot of money and he also gets 70% of the proceeds of the premium rate telephone call. Apparently he is now trying to keep advertisers on the phone as long as possible so that he gets even more money from them whilst they rack up a large bill on the premium rate number. Then there is the other story about Hasan Syed, again in the UK, who paid to have his twitter tweet promoted, advising people not to fly with British Airways because their customer service is horrendous. Normally it is advertisers who pay for promoted tweets, but Mr. Syed was able to use this system to give his complaint against BA huge publicity.
Autumn is well under way in Norway, and there have been some fantastic mornings recently. Out with the camera again, to yet another lake, and more reflections and lake views in the photo today. On the ground are many blueberries and wild mushrooms, and the some of the trees are now yellow and red (not the everygreens of course!). About the only sound when I took the photo were the fish (trout) jumping in the lake. The hunting season is underway now, mainly for elk, although also for deer, reindeer,mink and red foxes. Being Norway, you have to have a license to hunt, and new hunters must undergo a 30 hour training course and then take a test. Luckily, no test and license is needed to take photos like these. I am looking at getting a new camera now (perhaps my 5th Panasonic in a row) but seeing results like these, then there is still a lot of life in the current camera.
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Photo of the Day Thursday 18th April 2013 – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell
Thought for the day…” Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must”
“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win”.
The colour red can make you feel hungry, whilst the colour green makes you feel less hungry. For the ancient Romans, red was a sign of battle, whereas in Russia, red means beautiful. In South Africa, red is the colour of mourning, whilst in China red is the colour for good luck. Only one national flag is a solid colour (green, Libya). The ancient Greeks wore white to bed to ensure pleasant dreams. About 8% of men have a problem to distinguish colours (colour deficiency). With all the facts about colour, here is a colourful photo
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Photo of the Day Saturday 2nd February 2013 – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day……” You cannot make your candle glow brighter by blowing out the other guys’.”
“Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”
I could never understand why so many people stayed at the Quality Spa Resort in Norefjell. For one thing, it is up on a hill, 13km from the nearest village of Noresund, and reached by driving up a toll road, including a section that is gravel. Not only that, but in winter the drive up to the hotel is not easy, as the road is covered with snow and ice. Then when people arrived at the hotel, they paid a small fortune to stay in what I would rate as an average 3 star hotel, and certainly nothing special. I have stayed in many hotels that would knock spots of this hotel, but why do people drive up and pay high prices to stay here?? True, the hotel does have a small swimming pool and a limited skiing area around it, but if people travelled to the Swiss or Austrian Alps then they could find far better skiing areas. Are the hotel rooms special at the Quality Spa Resort? I would say not, and certainly nothing out of the ordinary. And the food in the hotel? Again, nothing that would make me drive up 13km into the hills for. So if you are heading to Noresund then my advice would be to stay down in the valley, save some money but still be in the same area.
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Photo of the day Thursday 31st January 2013 – Not the Quality Spa Resort Hotel, Norefjell.
Thought for the day…” Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”
“Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine’
“Life is like a camera.
Just focus on what’s important
Capture the good times
Develop from the negative
and if things don’t turn out
just take another shot.”
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