Category Archives: Hundred Day Diary

Day 85 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark I woke today to find that daffodils had crept into the north end of the lawn overnight. Along with those tiny white flowers I can’t name. They’re clustered around the molehills, a cheery nod to the frustrations of the lawn keepers (heh) who have been trying to catch it…More

Day 84 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark An account of the wildlife that we’ve encountered walking around the area: Rådyr (roe deer) Pheasants – which make some strange sounds and run funny (that’s me, categorically scientific) Hares Moles All kinds of birds – sparrows, enormous seagulls, hawks, starlings, and the northern lapwing (vibe) among them Various…More

Day 83 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark Time is something I have in abundance, out here in the country. Heaps and heaps of time. It’s odd, this feeling, given my activities don’t change no matter where in the world I am. This is such an ideal environment for making stuff and/or getting things done – quiet…More

Day 82 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark This is what happens when it’s warm. You go outside every now and then to make sure it’s real. Our day in the sun. * Edit some hours later: For the umpteenth time, I’ve forgotten to title my post. This is the one thing I forget, over and over.…More

Day 80 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark I’m trying not to count down to the end of this project too much, but I’m 80 percent through! I’ve enjoyed this exercise of writing everyday, though it was hell difficult in the beginning. You wouldn’t think writing nonsense everyday would be so hard, but it was. It also…More

Day 79 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark I’m not sure what to do about this daily sunshine, after 2 months of grey. Truth be told I do really kind of miss the grey, although the warming is very welcome. But where there’s sun, there’s shadow. And wind break trees are bare, so I’m making the most…More

Day 78 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark One from a few nights ago. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a night this clear. It was sunshine and cold wind in the day, and frosty at night. I shoot that line of trees everyday, because I walk by it everyday. This happened to be one of…More

Day 77 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark It only hits me now that the last day of April was my three quarter mark with this hundred day diary project – no, I’ve never claimed to be quick. I haven’t been as exacting with the photos I’ve been posting, as much as I have the writing. All…More

Day 76 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark It is sunny. In the space of a week, it went from unending greyness, to look-5-minutes-of-sun to burn-baby-burn. The shadows are long at sundown. Turning even us distinctly un-Scandinavian types tall and skinny, if only before the light is lost for the day.More

Day 75 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark My thanks to Brian Miller for mentioning that he’d duct taped the viewfinder of his X1000 when the OVF-EVF switch broke on that too. I went and did that in the morning: cut a viewfinder sized piece of cardboard that fit the glass (so it won’t be gummy when…More

Day 74 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark Soup day. There had been talk over the week, about Flemming’s father making his spring soup today – a long boiling broth with chicken and vegetables. Soup is my favourite food group, and he was looking forward to making it, so everyone was pretty excited. Dinner making is a…More

Day 73 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark That face. Come on. You can’t not love him. This is Max. He lives down the road at the neighbour’s house, with Lulle (sounds like “Lula”) the basset hound, who loves everyone deeply but is pretty old and has some problems making it down the long driveway to get…More

Day 72 of 100, Nordjylland, Danmark We are at the point now where spring is refusing to be denied. The wind, unchecked in the flatness of this region, is still bone chilling when it finds unprotected flesh, but the grey cloud blanket that sealed our first couple of weeks here in March is dissipating. The…More