#30 - A Door

Well, that's my June challenge finished with this picture. Hope you've enjoyed my pictures, I've sure had fun trying to find a picture for every day.

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#29 - Healthy

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#28 - Reflection

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#27 - Upside Down

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#26 - Shadows

This is not the book I was reading today, as that one wouldn't stay open on it's own, it's just a random book I pulled out of the bookshelf. But the book in the picture is aptly named "The shadow of your smile". Interesting title, maybe I'll read it someday.

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#25 - Spots

My spotted cupcake cups on my leopard spotted blanket.

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#24 - Weather

I took this picture on our way home from Ålesund the other day, I thought the way the clouds were between the mountains made it look like a kind of volcano! 

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#23 - Dirty

This is a picture I took on a walk when I moved to England in 2007. I wonder how log it had been there, and if it's still there...?

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#22 - Bottle

Would anyone like a drink?

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#21 - Triple

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#20 - Flower

Daisies in my mother's Linda Amdam bowl, great use for it I think.

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#19 - Music

The ukulele I got from my grandfather last Christmas. Still haven't learned how to play it, and now it's packed away in a box for when I leave...

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#18 - A Bridge

This is the Old Bridge where I live. It was built in 1844, and restored in 1971. It's not used much today, except for cyclists and pedestrians. The 17th of May parade used to cross it, but it's not safe anymore. I can actually remember sitting in a push-chair in what was probably one of the last time the parade crossed it. There are now two other bridges, right next to the Old Bridge, that people use.

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#17 - Red

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#16 - Round

Some round logs

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#15 - Chocolate (plus recipe)

I made cupcakes with chocolate icing today!

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So I figured I should use my new cupcake cups today. I found the recipe for cupcakes here, it's in Norwegian so I've translated it and you can find it further down this post.

One batch makes 12 (small) cupcakes. I made two batches, one plain one, and one with chocolate. I only needed to make one batch of icing/frosting (what's the difference? American vs. English?) though, and there was even some left. But that might be because I didn't put a very thick layer on...

Cupcakes:
100g butter
100g sugar
3 eggs
150g flour
1ts baking soda
0.5dl milk or orange juice ( I used milk)

Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs one by one. Mix flour and baking soda. Add the dry and the milk alternately while stirring.
If you want Chocolate cupcakes, substitute 4tbs of the flour with cocoa powder.
Bake in the middle of the oven at 175 degrees (Celsius) for about 20 minutes (depending on how strong your oven is, I had to cook mine 5 minutes longer)

Icing (buttercream):
250g room temperature butter or margarine
250g icing sugar
3-4tbs cocoa powder (if you want a chocolate one)
1 egg

Cream butter and sugar. Add the cocoa powder. Add the egg and stir until thoroughly mixed.

Plain Batter

Before going in the oven...

Nice and golden after

Chocolate batter

I wouldn't mind just eating them like this...

Making the chocolate icing

Something's still missing...

Cupcakes!

#14 - Shoes

An old picture from March, while there was still snow in the ground.

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#13 - Soft

Teddy!

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#12 - Black & White

Black text on a white page. A page from the book I'm currently reading: The Romance Reader by Pearl Abraham

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#11 - A Fridge

This is our fridge. It's full of my mother's magnets. She gets one from every place she visits, so there are magnets from the places she's been in the UK, USA, Turkey, Sweden, etc.

Do you collect anything from your travels?

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