Hurray!

A whale's plume in the distance, sun glittering on blue seas; it's a splendid 17th of May. Today is the Norwegian much celebrated Constitution Day. We'll miss the flag-waving Children's Parade, the national-costumed Folk Parade and all the ice cream. But we raise our Norwegian flag up above the solar panel. (Ignoring it's power-depleting shadow). Shannon plays the national anthem on the flute as the flag goes up. We also raise the blue and white spinnaker creating quite a festive mood. 17th of May food?? Besides a new batch of bread I bake a never-before-tried package cake: Rhubarb-strawberry pie. A splendid success. And with a dash of long-life whipped cream in our deep blue storm dishes, it did a good impersonation of the red, white and blue Norwegian flag.

Our dolphin pals are back, circling the boat in another good imitation: of the winding 17th of May Children's parade.