Have a look at these GORGEOUS bengal tiger cubs, just released for public view at the Moscow Zoo:
It must be the year of big cat babies; they seem to be popping up everywhere! The article I got these photos from is written in Norwegian, but here’s a basic translation for you:
Today, the newborn bengal tiger cubs were shown in the Moscow Zoo for the first time. It was a clearly proud mother who strutted around while the newly arrived cubs, two boys and a girl, peeped curiously at the assembled crowd of people.
The cubs were born at the end of March, but had been kept indoors until today. Now they have, among other things, access to a swimming pool.
If this video doesn’t make you cry (or at least make you feel like you have something in your eye), your heart is made of stone. STONE I tell you! Put on your waterproof mascara kids, and don’t worry, they’ll be happy tears:
If you’re interested in knowing more about Christian the London Lion, have a read about it here.
Thanks again to Cute Overload for giving me yet another tear-jerking tip-off.
Warning! By reading this post you may be exposing yourself to extreme cuteness!
Last week I was, as I am wont to do, updating myself on recent cute discoveries on Cute Overload, when I discovered that there is EXTREME CUTENESS going on right here in Norway.
Kristiansand Zoo, in the south of Norway, has recently been blessed with the arrival of four new baby lion cubs named Nala, Lea, Kiara and Akira. But that’s not the best part (or the dangerous part!)… the best part is that they’ve set up a live webcam so that you can watch the little cubbies 24 hours a day live on the internet! Read the rest of this entry »
Today a new bill was passed in Norwegian Parliament allowing gay couples to marry. Hooray! Norway is the sixth country in the world to legalise gay marriage. Previously Norway allowed same-sex couples to become legally registered partners, allowing them many of the same protections as married couples. However, the new law will give gay couples equal standing in applications for child adoption, and will allow lesbian couples to both be listed on birth certificates as parents from the start of their child’s life.
Today I called the immigration police here in Oslo to ask (for what seems like the hundredth time) about the status of my visa application. They told me my application was approved at the end of last week and that I can come down any time to have my new permit stamped into my passport! Hooray!
This might not seem like a very big deal, especially for those who have never applied for a work and/or residence permit in a foreign country, but since I’ve been here in Norway for two years now, and have technically been a “working holiday maker” for most of that time, it’s a massive relief.
I really love to cook, and I’m always looking for new recipes to try out, especially soup recipes; I just love a good soup. In fact, if there weren’t already so many, many, many food and recipe blogs out there, I might have considered making one of my own. But instead, I like to leave that up to the people who have time to try out a new recipe every day (see Smitten Kitchen for a good example of this) and write it up and take fantastic photos and so on and so forth. I’m happy to just post a recipe now and then when I find a great one.
With all this in mind, you can imagine that I often search the internet for recipes when I can’t find inspiration in a book. So what really burns me is how many recipes that I find online that are more like something you would find on the back of a packet mix for how to make said packet mix more interesting.
Thanks for stopping by. This site is my online diary where I like to record the happenings in my life. You will also find my thoughts, musings and rantings on various subjects. Oh, and the occasional recipe.
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