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Happy Flag Day!

flag of usa roskilde festival denmark

Today’s photo of the American Flag comes from an unlikely location–the Roskilde Festival in Denmark. I’m not sure if the holder of the flag came all the way from the USA (like I did) or if they were just waving it in support of the American band Mastodon (who were about to hit the stage).

Is your mama a llama?

llama lama winston wildlife safari oregon

For some reason, this question goes through my head every time a see a llama. Perhaps I read that book to my kids a few too many times when my kids were little.

Today’s photo is from our visit to Winston, Oregon’s Wildlife Safari early last year.

pink sakura

pink sakura cherry blossoms

Sweden’s Changing of the Guard

Royal Palace Kungliga Slottet Daily Parade changing of the guard stockholm sweden

Changing of the Guard in Stockholm, Sweden @ Royal Palace (Kungliga Slottet)

With all of the recent unrest in Sweden, the daily changing of the guard may unfortunately need to turn into something a little different than a parade for tourists.

Vintage gas station at Norwegian Museum of Cultural History

Norsk Folkemuseum Norwegian Museum of Cultural History gas station vw bug

Gas station relocated from outside Wessels gate 15 to Norsk Folkemuseum

My random photo of the day was this pic. This gas station and VW Beetle don’t look that old to me, but perhaps they look ancient to a younger generation. Actually, this was one of the newer items at Norsk Folkemuseum. Most structures in this open-air museum were much more than 100-years old. There is also a Stave Church at Norsk Folkemuseum which I need to post a photo of soon.

Me at Holmenkollbakken

Holmenkollbakken al oslo norway ski jump

Al @ Holmenkollbakken (Oslo, Norway’s ski jump)

It’s fairly rare that I appear in a photograph. Usually I’m the one on the other side of the camera. However, when I was (alone) at the top of the Oslo Ski Jump two summers ago a couple came up the elevator and asked me to take their photo. I did, and then they insisted that they take mine as well. This was the result.