Gjerde -the farm and the history.....

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Nokre bilete av gjengen i Blåe-stova.







Litt gamle bilete:)




Over f.v: Olga Gjerde,Anna Fjellheim,NN &NN

Bilete til venstre:f.v :Anna Fjellheim,NN,Lars Gjerde stående bak,NN,Kristen Bakken,NN,NN & Olga Gjerde




Bilete over: Bestemor Margit Gjerde med ei lita tante Astrid på fanget.
Bilete til venstre: Martha og Hans Gjerde med ei lita Mai Karin framfor huset på Elvheim (også so-kalla "Anders-haugen")

Saturday, November 11, 2006

More pictures

My great- grandparents
Relaxing in the garden
Three sisters from Øygarden

group photos

1.Maria Kronen 2.Ineborg Nytun 3.x Snøtun 4. Gjerdelady...rest unknown...


1.Otto Grov 2.Halvar Haugen 3.x Myklemyr 4.Ola Reina..the rest unknown..

My great-grandmother Anna

At work on the summer milking place (Haugafjellstølen) + 2xNN
In the garden

On the front stairs of the farm-house

"Everyday-life" on the farm

My great-grandparents;Anna & Lars

Work on the fields;Johannes (my grandmother`s brother),my grandfather Karl & Lars
Strappy,young men:)



Karl in front of the farm house.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Jostedalen

Nigardsglacier
Nigardsglacier
The church in Jostedalen
Kruna

Working on the farm

Sjur,Signe and Olav working on the field, well helped by the horse.


Putting the grass up on strings to dry it.
Hard work made by my great-grandfather Lars, my grandmother Margit, my mother`s uncle Sjur and a blond woman I don`t know who is.

The barn in 1938

Gjerde Farm in the old days




The farm and the small village town of Gjerde (not sure that"village town" is the right expression to use,but in lack of a better word it will have to do for now.....)