lørdag 12. mars 2011

”An American tragedy – the demise of The USA as a constitutional and democratic country”


Atle is sorry to say, but it is a looong time since The USA was a beacon of liberty etc in the world.  As many Americans are clever at sweetmouthing, many believe that the beacon of this and that still is in America.

If you shut your ears to all this sweetmouthing you will see that The USA is one of the most oppressing and belligerent regimes in modern time. How many wars and massacres have they instigated and taken part in during the decades after World War 2?

Atle does not close his eyes to the atrocities in Communist Sovjet Union, China, Vietnam, North Korea just to mention a few of the regimes of that kind. Neither does he forget apartheid in South Africa, atrocities in white Rhodesia and Zimbabwe under the rule of Mugabe, the corrupt and partly criminal leaders of the Maghreb countries in North Africa. Once again only to mention a few.

Now there will be hearings in the Congress in the Homeland Security committee among other things about the radicalization of the American-Muslim society. The Republican Peter King is the leader of this committee; he is infamous for sayings like these: ”There are too many mosques in this country.”

LET US NOT FORGET THAT ADOLF HITLER AND THE NAZIS IN GERMANY CAME TO POWER BY DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS. AND THERE WERE TOO MANY JEWS AND SYNAGOGUES IN THAT COUNTRY.

LET US NOT FORGET THAT JAPANESE SOLDIERS AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WARS WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WATERBOARDING PRISONERS.

LET US NOT FORGET THAT GEORGE BUSH SANCTIONED WATERBOARDING OF PRISONERS NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND HE IS STILL ENJOYING FULL FREEDOM AND IS NOT AS YET CHARGED FOR THESE ATROCITIES.

Atle feels sorry for The United States and the people of this country. It is time for the friends of The United States to say: Sorry, pal, but I think you are behaving in ways that are not too OK.


or ”Bradley Manning being mistreated, says Hillary Clinton spokesman” in http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/bradley-manning-clinton-crowley-comments
 
In the Guardian you can among other things read about President Obama: ”As news of the remarks rippled through Washington, President Obama was forced to address the subject of Manning's treatment for the first time. Asked about the controversy at a White House press conference, Obama revealed he had asked the Pentagon "whether or not the procedures that have been taken in terms of his confinement are appropriate and are meeting our basic standards. They assure me that they are."”

NOW THE WORLD KNOWS THAT WATERBOARDING AND TORTURE IN PRISON ARE MEETING BASIC AMERICAN STANDARDS. AT LEAST SO FAR.

Atle feels sorry for the predicament of the American people The United States and the ”enemies” of this country.

fredag 11. mars 2011

”Farewell to freedom and justice – welcome to ??? in The USA”

You have to ask yourself: What is going on in the United States, the country which long ago was a beacon of freedom. The Statue of Liberty still is there in New York. Now it stands there more like a mockingbird (spottefugl in  Norwegian).

What is going on over there is a real or surreal American Tragedy.

In the United States the culprits are Barack Obama, George Busch, just to mention a few of the most prominent persons.

The article in The Guardian is one small part in the documentation of the demise of The United States as a constitutional and democratic country.

”Stripped naked every night, Bradley Manning tells of prison ordeal

US soldier held on suspicion of leaking state secrets speaks out for first time about experience

Bradley Manning, the US soldier being held in solitary confinement on suspicion of having released state secrets to WikiLeaks, has spoken out for the first time about what he claims is his punitive and unlawful treatment in military prison.
In an 11-page legal letter released by his lawyer, David Coombs, Manning sets out in his own words how he has been "left to languish under the unduly harsh conditions of max [security] custody" ever since he was brought from Kuwait to the military brig of Quantico marine base in Virginia in July last year. He describes how he was put on suicide watch in January, how he is currently being stripped naked every night, and how he is in general terms being subjected to what he calls "unlawful pre-trial punishment".
It is the first time Manning has spoken publicly about his treatment, having previously only been heard through the intermediaries of his lawyer and a friend. Details that have emerged up to now have inspired the UN to launch an inquiry into whether the conditions amount to torture, and have led to protests to the US government from Amnesty International.
The most graphic passage of the letter is Manning's description of how he was placed on suicide watch for three days from 18 January. "I was stripped of all clothing with the exception of my underwear. My prescription eyeglasses were taken away from me and I was forced to sit in essential blindness."
Manning writes that he believes the suicide watch was imposed not because he was a danger to himself but as retribution for a protest about his treatment held outside Quantico the day before. Immediately before the suicide watch started, he said guards verbally harassed him, taunting him with conflicting orders.
When he was told he was being put on suicide watch, he writes, "I became upset. Out of frustration, I clenched my hair with my fingers and yelled: 'Why are you doing this to me? Why am I being punished? I have done nothing wrong.'"
He also describes the experience of being stripped naked at night and made to stand for parade in the nude, a condition that continues to this day. "The guard told me to stand at parade rest, with my hands behind my back and my legs spaced shoulder-width apart. I stood at parade rest for about three minutes … The [brig supervisor] and the other guards walked past my cell. He looked at me, paused for a moment, then continued to the next cell. I was incredibly embarrassed at having all these people stare at me naked."
Manning has been charged with multiple counts relating to the leaking of hundreds of thousands of secret US government cables, videos and warlogs from Iraq and Afghanistan to WikiLeaks. The charges include "aiding the enemy", which can carry the death penalty.
The legal letter was addressed to the US military authorities and was drawn up in response to their recent decision to keep Manning on a restriction order called Prevention of Injury (PoI). It means he is kept in his cell alone for 23 hours a day and checked every five minutes by guards including, if necessary, through the night.
The letter contains excerpts from the observation records kept in the brig which consistently report that Manning is "respectful, courteous and well spoken" and "does not have any suicidal feelings at this time".
Sixteen separate entries made from 27 August until the records stop on 28 January show that Manning was evaluated by prison psychiatrists who found he was not a danger to himself and should be removed from the PoI order.”

torsdag 10. mars 2011

"Mer om Treholt-farsen i VG"


"Mer om Treholt-farsen i VG"


Det er mange måter å gjøre jobben sin på, iallfall i POT/PST. Nå blir det interessant å se på hvilken måte Gjenopptakelseskommisjonen gjør jobben sin. For ikke å snakke om Qvigstad og Busch.

Dessverre kan det se ut til at en del personer ser ut til å kunne gjøre hva de vil uten at de stilles til ansvar. Det er kan hende fordi alt for mange personer innen politikken og rettsvesenet selv har dritt under fingerneglene som selv grundig manikyr ikke kan fjerne?
  

onsdag 9. mars 2011

”Treholt-farsen fortsetter og ser ut til ingen ende å ha!”

Jeg fikk tilfeldigvis øye på en liten artikkel i Aftenpostens nettutgave i dag: http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4054735.ece


Mer farse av samme sort i samme avis under denne overskriften ”Treholt-spaner passet på bildebevis i egen safe” Se http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4054662.ece

Nå er det å håpe at Gjenopptakelseskommisjonen ser lyset og frigjør seg fra PST’s, Riksadvokatens og Statsadvokatens klamme grep og innstiller på at Treholtsaken tas opp på nytt i sin fulle bredde.

Alle disse fire instansene har gjort stor nok skade på troverdigheten til det norske rettsapparatet så langt. Det er nå å håpe at noe av dette kan rettes opp av Gjenopptakelsekommisjonen.

”Atle has been thinking seriously about religious belief”

for a looong time. Now, at last, in the wake of much pondering, he has eventually (?) arrived at a decision: As religion/religious belief by definition is about BELIEVING (and nobody can defy that point of view – religious belief and religious certainty are opposites), either you can choose to believe or you can choose not to believe. The third option is not to care at all. But with all the Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, you name them, believers, it is not easy to be indifferent to all this religious energy emanating from hundreds of millions of dedicated people.

The second option is NOT to believe. The problem with this option is that you express you KNOW religious belief is some kind of ….. bullshit (sorry – not very nice but I find no better word).

That is why Atle has decided to believe. To believe is really no big thing. Everyone can believe whatever they want. You know that the sun will rise every morning, but you are free to believe that one morning it will stop in the 9 o’clock position and stay there forever. In short that is the difference between knowing and believing. And the good thing about believing is that YOU CAN NEVER KNOW!

That is why Atle now embraces religion. Not only one, but ALL religions, the ones he knows, and the ones he does not know. Pretty tolerant, isn’t it?

Atle has no problems about doing so. But what he does not understand is all this religous certainty. The believers, either they are Muslims, Christians, Hindus, are kind of ravaging (sorry about this word, but I once again find no better word) each others’ religions – they are even killing in the name of their religions.

If it is possible to upload photos now, this photo shows Atle ready to check out what is ”up there”.

"An Apple a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?"

I like to believe that what you find in this article is true: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110302121702.htm 

At least apples, fruit and vegetables are tasty.

But I believe more in activities like the one on the photo. (For some reason I am not able to upload photos now)

tirsdag 8. mars 2011

”5 minutes from Khao Sadao on Sunday”

The wind was quite tricky on Sunday, coming from all directions. There even were some dust devils visiting the launch. It seems that the thermals from the flatlands take over in the middle of the day. Best time for launching is probably in the morning and the evening if there is enough wind for getting up.

I had some technical problems with my paramotor before everything eventually worked. Some more training controlling the glider while mock launching, and then I will be airborne. At least that is what I THINK.

”Delving in ancient lore”


About one week ago I happened to be the owner of a Kindle readingboard. In the days that have passed I have been ”treasure hunting” inside gutenberg.com. I feel happy and contented! Really!

I do not care very much about the books I can buy at Amazon.com. At least not for the moment.

As I am interested in almost ”everything” I have downloaded plays by Aischylos who wrote about 2.500 years ago, the diary of Lorenzo da Vinci, Homer’s Odyssey, Hernando Cortez’ defeating Montezuma and his conquest of Mexico, and 30 other books, of which I am reading about 15 simultaneously.

Modern literature is quite OK, but what you will experience if you go back in time, is that the reasoning and art of expression is different in older literature. Sometimes I wonder if this has something to do with educating the illiterate masses in modern times compared to the elitist education long time ago.

In my small, not to say minuscule, Kindle I can carry a library of hundreds of book. I can read some passages, and when i want to change to another book, there are automatic bookmarks where I stop.

Reading boards are a treat for people who love to read.

fredag 4. mars 2011

”PPG in Khorat tomorrow/Paragliding at Khao Sadao on Sunday?”


Now it is time to try my paramotor trike in Khorat. On Sunday maybe there will be conditions for soaring or cross country flying from Kha Sadao.

torsdag 3. mars 2011

”Running and biking in the tropics”

is HOT! Indeed. Rice paddies like these are irrigated at this time of the year, and the sun is right above my head. No wonder I am sweating either I am running or biking! It is humid, humid, humid. Especially when running through fields of water filled paddies like those on the photo you get a feeling that your brain is about to burst. Still I sometimes go running in the middle of the day. Accompanied by the chirps of birds and insects. White egrets flap their wings and move a few meters when I come.

Nice. Really.

”Mikhail Gorbachev lambasts Vladimir Putin's 'sham' democracy”




Will much of the same which goes on in many Arab countries happen in the undemocratic and corrupt Russia, not to mention mainland China?

And what about many western democracies ( e.g. USA, UK) where democracy is eroded and partly corrupted due to the war against this and that (read terrorism and drugs)?


free counters

onsdag 2. mars 2011

”The Arab Revolutions”


seem to have started, and who knows how they will end? If you look back in time revolutions like these seem to happen in clusters: 1789, 1848, 1870, 1917, 2011. If they have succeeded or not is another question.

The surge of uprisings is not easy to stop (see http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/2011317269573443.html). The fear of what is happening makes even the leaders of Communist China afraid – they evidently know that their time as ”helmsmen” of China is limited.

Personally I think that even the leaders of so-called democracies anywhere in the world should start thinking about what they are doing when they are in power.

tirsdag 1. mars 2011

"Skjermkontroll med PPG-trike"

Khorat blir neste nå, trolig til helgen. Det gikk greit å kjøre med skjermen over hodet og kontrollere med brems og hjul. Kameraoperatøren var nok mer opptatt av det som foregikk på bakken enn å holde i kameraet, men fikk likevel med det vesentligste.

søndag 27. februar 2011

”PPG-triketrening”

Dette var moro! Først gjorde jeg noen halvhjertede forsøk rett ute på idrettsplassen bare for å sjekke hvordan det var å kjenne draget fra skjermen. Litt uvant i forhold til fotstart. Så gjorde jeg et ordentlig forsøk. Vingen kom lett opp og vandret litt sideveis, men var lett å kontrollere med litt brems på sidene og ved å svinge på triken. Hadde jeg hatt lengre rullebane, kunne jeg bare gitt gass og lettet. Neste gang forsøker jeg i Khorat hvor det er et kjempestort åpent jorde. Der blir det å trene på å kontrollere vingen på bakken en økt. Neste økt regner jeg med å kunne fly og trene på å ta av og lande. Da blir det mange landingsrunder og direktestarter.

fredag 25. februar 2011

”Jordbær på brødskiven. Igjen!”

Var nettopp utenfor her og plukket dem. Min egen private jordbærsesong har vart noen uker nå. Når jeg tenker på vinter, kuldegrader og skiføre, smaker de ekstra godt. Må nesten legge ut et lite bilde også.

”Norge – verdens beste land? FY FABIAN!”


VM på ski går i Holmenkollen akkurat nå. Jeg fulgte med i NRK-sendingen på radio i går. Jaktstart. Gull til Norge og gull til Sverige. Grattis, Sverige!

Innledningsvis sa Høyre-ordføreren i Oslo (er det ikke Fabian Stang han heter?) noen ord på skikkelig Vestkantsosiolekt. Hva er det med denne sosiolekten som gjør at folk høres lettere beruset ut når de snakker? Eller skyldtes det at Fabian for litt siden hadde vært innom 50-årsfeiringen til en kul dame som het Erna?

Leste nettopp i Aftenpostens nettutgave at på åttitallet ble Oslos gater tømt for snø vinterstid. Nå er det ikke lenger penger til slikt i verdens rikeste land (nest etter Liechtenstein) målt etter BNP pr. innbygger. Leste også en kronikk i samme avis (”Pass på Thorvald, Jens” - http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kronikker/article4041151.ece)  at et pleietrengende ektepar på over nitti år som ville bo sammen, nå måtte skille lag nettopp i Oslo. Hovedstaden i verdens rikeste land. Jeg banner aldri, men nå greier jeg ikke å holde meg: FY FABIAN!!!

”Request for membership in The Tree Landing Association”


Membership denied. As everyone can see this is not a real paraglider pilot. It is just a dummy. He is also a paramotor pilot. Membership denied. Still it was a nice and clean crash in the top of the tree due too strong wind. Pilots, take care!

tirsdag 22. februar 2011

”Weekend at Khao Sadao”




Three days and five flights from Khao Sadao. The temperature in the middle of the day was between 35 and 40 centigrades. Very hot! Some pilots found good thermals. As for me I did not get very high. It seems to me that the thermals here in the tropics (15 degrees latitude) at this time of the year are very different from a typical day in Norway.

If there are conditions for a reverse launch in the morning hours, this changes later on. The thermals kind of kill the the thermal cycles when the thermals start to go up from the flatlands. Quite often the wind starts to come frcm behind. The hillside just outside the launch is very steep, but is not heated by the sun which is right above our heads. In the evening the conditions can be almost the same as in the morning if there is no change in the strength of the wind.

Almost nil wind at the launch gives wind from behind. Much wind makes the thermals pretty rough in the middle of the day. The clue is to choose the right time for launching, get up, and wait for the thermals from the flatlands. Probably you have to go out from the hillside and try and find the thermals out there on the flatlands.

torsdag 17. februar 2011

”Khao Sadao igjen”


Vi satser på Khao Sadao fredag til søndag. Meteorogrammet ser lovende ut. Temperaturen stanger mot 40 grader, det ser ut til å bli mye sol og vind hovedsakelig fra sør. Sarayut (på videoen fra sist søndag) som var førstemann som startet, kom opp i nesten 2.300 m asl og fløy til Khorat, over 35 km. Jeg satser på å finne termikk ute på flatene om det ikke bærer rett ut for åsryggen. Det er blitt veldig varmt nå, men det er heldigvis relativt tørr varme.

tirsdag 15. februar 2011

”Slange og stor gekko i nærkamp”


Det ble 1-0 til slangen på Khao Sadao. Den fikk festet et skikkelig grep på gekkoen og klemte luften ut av den. Hele kampen tok en drøy time og endte med et festmåltid for slangen. Det var dagens høydepunkt der vi satt i bakvind og ventet på PG-forhold.

"While we are waiting for global warming"

This startling image was released on the same day Al Gore stepped up to defend his claim that global warming causes the bitterly cold weather.

mandag 14. februar 2011

”Flyging på Khao Sadao”




Fredag og lørdag var det bakvind og mye tid i hengekøya. Behagelig å ligge der i lett bris og 35 grader i skyggen. Lørdag ettermiddag fløy en pilot med paramotor.

Søndag morgen var det helt vindstille nede ved nitiden mens det blåste kraftig på start. 8-10 sekundmeter. Det er mulig det var bølger; jeg kunne se noen bølgeskyer oppe i disen. Etter hvert blandet termikken seg inn, og forholdene ble noe rotete. Ved 14-tiden dabbet vinden noe av, og en pilot startet og forsvant medvinds. Vi andre ventet på noe svakere forhold.

Vi var 10-15 piloter i alt. Alle kom greit ut og opp. Det virket som termikken ble revet i stykker i kompresjonen i løftsonen. Ingen kom særlig høyt.

Da jeg dro ut for å lande, hadde jeg grei overhøyde. Langt ute traff jeg en uvanlig stor og fin boble som løftet to meter i sekundet. Det tok mer enn 60 sekunder å fly gjennom den!!!  Det hadde vært interessant å fulgt den til topps. Men klokka var mange, og jeg var i landingsmodus. Hvis det er lignende forhold en annen gang, dvs mye vind og flisete termikk, skal jeg ta flere sveip utover for å sjekke om termikken ligger ute på flatene. Sola står omtrent i zenit nå, så det er ute på flatlandet det blir skikkelig varmt.

”Den politiske mafiaen og økonomisk svineri”

Den politiske mafiaen salter ned penger for å sikre seg og sine. Det er interessant dersom det stemmer at ”En britisk minister oppfordrer verdenssamfunnet til å jobbe sammen for å avdekke Hosni Mubaraks verdier utenfor Egypt. (http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/uriks/article4028705.ece)

Men dette gjelder selvsagt ikke bare Mubarak. Her er det mange som har såkalte ”svin” på skogen, spesielt i muslimske land (hvor i parentes bemerket svin er urene dyr). La oss heller ikke glemme Putin, og diverse andre, i Russland som rakte store penger ut av asken da Sovjetunionen gikk i oppløsning.

En granskning av politiske lederes tyveri av offentlige midler blir først troverdig dersom sittende politikere granskes og siktes for økonomisk kriminalitet. Det store spørsmålet er da om mange land blir uten politisk ledelse fordi hele ledersjiktet er involvert.

Når det gjelder Russland, vil det neppe være noen tragedie. Heller ikke i andre land hvor despoter misbruker makt vil mange tårer felles om despotene blir plassert der de hører hjemme, nemlig bak lås og slå.

torsdag 10. februar 2011

"Khao Sadao, Khao Sadao i morgen!"

Det skal være PG-treff på Khao Sadao i helgen. Da blir det skikkelig flyging. Meteorogrammet viser vind fra syd både fredag, lørdag og søndag. Jeg satser på en flytur allerede i morgen.

Kort video av Ingerid som flyr skjermen tvers over idrettsplassen for ikke lenge siden. Bra gjort, Ingerid! Noen få forsøk og så satt det på tross av at Advance-skjermen ikke er lett å få opp. Dessuten er skjermen noen nummer for stor for henne.

tirsdag 8. februar 2011

”Russia – a mafia state?”

The Guardian reports that its Moscow correspondent has been expelled from Russia. No official reasons have been given so far. But the answer kind of is self-evident.

I only quote one passage from the article in The Guardian: ”Sensitive areas include references to the alleged personal wealth built up by Putin, any discussion about corruption that is linked to senior government individuals, or any reporting that implies the Kremlin had any prior knowledge of the plot to kill the former spy Alexander Litvinenko.”

You can read the complete article on http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/07/guardian-moscow-correspondent-expelled-from-russia

mandag 7. februar 2011

Bush vågar inte åka till Schweiz

"Publicerad 2011-02-06 05:53
USA:s förre president George W Bush har ställt in ett besök i Schweiz av fruktan för att gripas där och anklagas för tortyr.

Människorrättsgrupper, bland dem HRW, har lämnat in en stämningsansökan mot Bush om misstänkt tortyr mot fångar på Guantanamobasen på Kuba.

På måndag får domstolen i Geneve en akt på 2 500 sidor där organisationerna ska bevisa att fångarna misshandlats.

Bush skulle tala på en judisk galamiddag i staden den 12 februari." http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/bush-vagar-inte-aka-till-schweiz

søndag 6. februar 2011

”Eggerøre?”


Famøse Mao skal i sin tid ha sagt at man ikke kan lage omelett uten å knuse noen egg.

Ifølge Aftenposten (http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article4019517.ece) mangler PST avgjørende bevis i den norske terrorsaken. PST ber derfor USA om å fremskaffe bevis som kan føre til tiltale mot de siktede etter terrorparagrafen. ”Statsadvokaten vil avgjøre om det blir tatt ut en tiltale mot de tre etter terrorparagrafen. For at Mikael Davud, Shawan Bujak og David Jakobsen skal bli dømt, må det bevises at de tre inngikk et terrorforbund med sikte på å utføre ett eller flere terrorangrep.” (sitat fra Aftenposten)  Men holder eventuelle bevis fra USA vann dersom de er fremskaffet via ”waterboarding” (http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2010/03/09/waterboarding_for_dummies)  og lignende forhørsmetoder?

Nå venter Atle spent på hvordan resultatet blir av all kokkeleringen og kokkeluringen de holder med i PST og statsadvokatkontorene.

Lokket er lagt på i Treholtsaken, men det surrer og småkoker i den gryta – mon tro om resultatet blir smakelig?

Trolig har USA noe krydder å tilsette den norske terrorsaken, men vil det gjøre den mer spiselig?

Følg med! Følg med!

fredag 4. februar 2011

”Den store elefantjakten!”

Rundt en sving rett inne i jungelen lå de der. Store og rykende ferske. Utallige småfluer svermet over herlighetene. Elefantmøkk! Etterlatenskapene kunne ikke være mer enn to dager gamle. Sannsynligvis var de fra sist natt. Ikke fritt for at vi så oss omkring og begynte å snakke litt høyere da vi fortsatte videre innover. Man sniker seg ikke inn på en vill elefant når underskogen er så tett at man bare ser noen meter foran seg. Over alt på stien var det dype elefantspor fra regntiden da stien var søle og vann. Men ingen elefanter. Heldigvis!

De som leste om paramotorturen min i ”Loggboka” da jeg ufrivillig landet midt i en flokk elefanter, husker kan hende hvordan det gikk? Mer er det ikke å si om den saken…

mandag 31. januar 2011

”Sykkeltur i Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin, Maha Sarakham, Buriram”


Ti dager og omtrent 800 kilometer på landeveien i det nordøstlige Thailand. Flatt som en pannekake og enda flatere i dagevis. Hjelpsomme thailendere viste oss veien når vi ikke fikk kartet til å stemme med terrenget. Mange var utrolig hyggelige og hjelpsomme. Sykling utenfor turistløypa i Thailand kan anbefales på det varmeste.

tirsdag 18. januar 2011

"Endelig ble det (h)jul!"

Vi var i Khorat i helgen og hentet paramotoren som nå hadde fått hjul. Det var noe mye vind for meg. Dessuten hadde jeg bestemt å ta dette sakte. Først kjøre rundt med motoren på flatmark for å bli kjent med den. Skal si det gikk unna! Det drøyer nok en tid før jeg prøver å fly; først blir det en del starttrening. Han som satte på understellet, prøvefløy motoren fire ganger (bildet).

lørdag 1. januar 2011

”Nytt år med flere slanger!”


Den samme grønne treslangen var av det selskapelige slaget. Jeg fisket den ned fra treet senere på dagen, og den posert gjerne. Alle var ikke like begeistret!

Nyttårsaften traff vi på den lille pene slangen på bildet. Svart med gule bånd og omtrent 30 cm lang. Dessverre (eller heldigvis?) var den død. Noen som kan hjelpe med navnet?