Friday, January 23, 2009

A Viking Adventure







This photo shows the sunrise yesterday. I nearly fell out of the upstairs window taking it because it was too cold to go out.



We have been working on Vikings. Everything based on school work on the vikings was absolutely boring, so mum made it fun by changing it from work to art.




I made my name in runes on a runestone. Then I made my own shield with Thor's hammer and Odins eye and a viking snake. Then I made a Viking long boat. Here they are.


The three red shapes are symbolic for blades and were considered lucky omens by the vikings.




We go out for walks every day because we live in the countryside and all the animals know us and come and say hello. See who came to see us yesterday. Luckily our new dog is very good with the animals but both dogs stay on their leads just in case.


























I took all of the photos. The next one is a white stallion. He is very freindly sometimes but yesterday we had rain, sleet, snow, sunny bits and I think he was just fed up with getting cold and wet and then warm and then freezing again.



I took 102 photos yesterday but mum helps me put them on and she has had enough. ;-)

Hope you like them.







4 comments:

The Button Witch said...

Lovely photos well done
Great to see you viking projects too

Julie said...

What a scare i had when frogs popped up on here!!!

Love the sunrise, you live in a wonderful place with all those animals.

Well done on the vikings, you have been working hard.

miss said...

Xander
your Viking models are fantastic my young friend. You have done a great job on them. I would love to come walking with you and see all those gorgeous animals. I live in town so I don't get to walk past sights like that. I am lucky in some ways because we some goregeous native birds in the area where I live. I think you would like sitting on our back patio and seeing all the wild native birds feeding in our trees. They are just gorgeous to watch and they make lovely sounds too. You are doing great with your photography too. I love seeing your blog. You are an inspiration to me in many ways. Keep ways the great work my friend

Cindy F. said...

Xander! I LOVE your froggy blog!! It looks great! and wow! great pics of the sunrise and all of those wonderful animals:) We have deer in our yard and cows at the end of our neighborhood. I love watching them.
Congratulations on your incredible Viking projects! You have so many talents!! Maybe one day you will be a photographer or a journalist! The sky's the limit!
Thank you for sharing your part of the world with us:) Have a great weekend!
Cindy F./ Texas, U.S.A.