Category: Summer holiday

Summer break 2025. Adventure and exploring islands around Stavanger.

Vassøy. Thursday July 17th. The day started at 09.30 am for me and the 🌡temperature was already +21°C ⛅️.  I catch the first 🚍local bus 11.48 am [number 7 from Sola] down to the city centre of Stavanger. It takes approx 18min. A short busride off two stops, [with number 1], just because it goes faster than walking 😆😆. And then catching the ferry towards Vassøy island.

Ferry stop 7.

The ferry took about 15 min.

The school of Vassøy.
To get to Vassøykalven beach you just walk forward on Sørstrandveien. It takes between 10 and 15min depending on how fast you walk. It’s only 1 km. You will end up with the beach on your left side or get to a wooden bathing jetty if you walk the small path in the forest.
Vassøykalven beach. Child friendly with permanent grill facilities. Two bathing jetty’s.

The water temperature is okay today. Maybe +20°C.

A bit to much small stones for my taste in the sand while walking out in the water for a swim..

And you need to walk quite far out for the swim 😔 (at least I always needs that 😅). But it’s very Child friendly because of that.

The toilet facility on the left side and the walking path towards the suspension bridge on your right side.

Before we (me and a girlfriend) headed towards the ferry back to Stavanger ferry port we or I wanted to find the walking path for the suspension bridge over to Vassøykalven island  (the calf island).

The marking to follow.
This map picture show you where it is. Vassøykalven grill (with the green dot), I didn’t walk there.
We got lost 😆😆 but rhus oath led us to this… next picture.
This is Bybrua (the city bridge in Stavanger) from Vassøy island side.

If you walk from the beach towards the toilet facility and then up into the forest on your right side (see picture below) and follow the red paint you will end up at the suspension bridge. It’s no signs more than the red paint “dots”.

On the top of “the hill” before it goes down hill to the bridge.
The suspension bridge.

And on Vassøykalven island you find ruins from some kind of permanent living many (hundred?) years ago.

On the other side of this island it was like a lagoon.

Totally worth a visit! If it warmer than +20°C you can also enjoy a swim in the summer. 

Summer break 2025. A mix of things I need to do and Adventures 😉.

It’s summer again 😆😆. This summer will I explore the islands outside of Stavanger.  If it’s to catch a ferry or a bus, we’ll see 😊.

I will explore and go on adventure both in my neighbourhood and other cities 😊.

I will start and finish projects. My first painting project was my wooden shelf

This picture is from when I lived in Ganddal 2022-23.

Here you see the original colour. While the last 1,5 year, I painted it white inside because it was to dark for me. When I moved to Grannes, I wanted a theme for my kitchen and sofa-corner. Red flower an inspiration for a fabric I have. This last week the end of June and the first week of July I’ve painted it black on the back side 😉.

Here, from the start in May to finish last week of June-25.

I also needed to make a decision if I should keep the old furniture I’ve used as storage in the kitchen at Midjord or not. And when I realised I still need the storage, I wanted it to be black so it could pop in my small place.

Here are it is from the time in Midjord with other colours 😆.

2023 October  – 2025 May.

Too today, finish with black colour around except the inside and backside, which are red.

The colour.
First day of painting.
Day 2 of painting.
Here I’m almost done with painting black and took the inside, red because I need some happy colour too.
Finish 🤩, July 4th.

And between the painting I’ve visit flower gardening

This one, Bjørkespretten, only 2 km from me 😊.
Been to IKEA to find my new shelf…
Been having a visit off this cute neighbour cat 😻.
My newest addition of furnitures, my new shelf 🤩 was delivered 6pm 4th of July 🤩.

This is from my two first weeks of Summer break 2025.

Sunday service, July 14th, Falun.

Is it possible to live like Jesus wanted, today and alone?

Romans 12:4-10 – how we are breches to work with each other in this tree (verse 5)

If someone asks to hlp you and you respond “no I don’t need your help ” – this is a mirror of our society.  A sad picture but in so many ways the hard truth.

If we take football as an example (mostly because it’s right now are football games)  those who play football play as a team and work together and practice on what they all already are good at  – we all need each other to be able to how we live as Christians and if we can follow Jesus and live alone. 

We were made for something bigger than to earn a lot of money!  What is the goal for the Churches?

First Peter 4:10-11 – The love we receive from the lord.

(John 16:7 – about the Holy Spirit. Our guide, our helper when we pray, )

Say Yes to help from those you have around you, where you live.