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Fly vs. Cairn Terrier

My 7 year old Cairn Terrier “Freja” versus…a fly.

Skrid

Svalbard 2010

Have just returned from my trip to Svalbard, which was part of a course on “Climatic changes in the Arctic region” that I’m currently following…
Svalsat (link):

Fossile of a leaf…around 65 million years old:

Polar bear guard…No one leaves Longyearbyen without being armed:

Madsen @ Scott Turner Glacier:

Unbelievable place…and just 800 km from the North Pole…

Umm nom nom

Madsen Restaurant

GRRRRRRR

An tourist shot and killed a polar bear that had pulled his travel companion out of their tent on the Norwegian arctic archipelago of Svalbard.
The polar bear came into the tourist’s tent, grabbed one of them and pulled him for about 40 metres (yards) before his companion got out and shot the bear, the governor [...]

Rooney

We’re watching the England vs. USA World Cup match…I love soccer while she couldn’t care less:
Girlfriend: “…by the way…what’s Rooneys first name?…”
Me: “Pepper!”
Girlfriend:”OK…”
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Girlfriend:”What’s so funny?”
Me (can hardly breathe):”…nothing…hehe”

Redhead

I promise this’ll be the one and only “kitten entry” here at Madsenblog….anyway…Look what I found down at the nearby stables today…7 kittens…pretty damn cute…and feisty.

Karrysild med pasta

Tror jeg har fundet på historiens ringeste, men også hurtigste ret…har dog endnu ikke haft mod til at prøve den:
1. Kog pastaen.
2. Varm indholdet af et glas Glyngøre karrysild i en gryde.
3. Bland.
4. Spis.
Enjoy…

Dog vs. cat

We just got a dog a couple of days ago…A 5-year-old Cairn Terrier (terrier…like in terror!) which needed a new home. We already have a cat, Vagn, and…well…Cairn Terriers were bred to chase small fury critters, and Vagn, being a small fury critter, is finding the currrent situation somewhat challenging to say the least.
He’s spent [...]