"Tømmerfløteren" - "The log roller" for Ian. Sculptor - Nic Schiøll, 1952

This must have been hard work rolling logs down Drammenselva, and I think this guy just looks a bit too dapper for such a task :))

He looks a bit dapper and it looks a bit easy. In Canada it seems to be harder work!

Well composed photo, however.

Marilyn

Thank you Amelia, and I know how much Marilyn would have enjoyed this, too. I am reminded of one of Marilyn's gems, a photo of some logs in the water - from a past era of timbergetting in the US.

I don't have any idea whether you are aware that on the river of my childhood, the men used to float their logs downstream to the sawmills, also. But here the logs only went down on a flood, and no man rode them as they may have on the gentler streams of eastern US and Canada or in the upper fiords of Norway.

Thanks,

Ian

I've looked at the link Marilyn and also left you a comment. I think this log roller is more suited to messing about on a river in a punt, and might get blisters very quickly if he was forced to roll the logs down Drammenselva :)

Greetings, Amelia

Drammensleva is a fairly fast flowing river until it reaches the Oslo fjord Ian, particularly with the melt water from the mountains comes down. 5 weeks ago Drammen was covered in a meter of snow at river level. The movement of logs is an interesting subject - but nowadays it's probably all done by road or rail.

I may visit your gallery to find more links to sawmills :)

Greetings, Amelia

Maybe these were a fore runner of ski really :)

My grandfather and great grandfather were lumber merchants in Australia ~ they used to buy timber from Canada besides other places for their sawmills ~ I digress ~ Nice shot of the logger ~ Ciao nick

Don't you think he'd have blisters on his hands after 5 minutes of this grueling work Nick?

So, for some reason I thought you didn't know your family - what gave me that idea?

Ciao, Amelia

Amelia, I am enjoying this thread and your excellent photo. Recently, I read a book set in Scandanavia entitled "Out Stealing Horses" where the father of the protagonist was a member of the Norwegian underground during the Nazi occupation. His activities and freedom of movement about Norway usually related to floating logs downstream to the sawmills. Ian's "river of his childhood" evoked that thought. Best regards. -Art

Amelia, a monument that showed the hard work of a man so he can feed his family.

A great shot.

Greetings from rainy Germany,

Ge Ko

Hello Art, and thank you for the book reference. I really think Adrian and I would enjoy reading it. "Amazon" might be my next port of call :))

Floating logs downstream no longer happens of course, and I don't think this guy would have the strength to do it :))))

Greetings, Amelia

Ich denke, diese Arbeit muss eine sehr harte Art und Weise ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen Ge Ko, und diese Skulptur ist von einer zarten jungen Mannes. Sind Sie der Meinung, er wäre stark genug für diese Arbeit? :))

Please excuse the translation, it's the best Google could come up with :)

Greetings to Germany, Amelia

Thanks Amelia, i have understood everything very well.

Warm greetings to the north,

Ge Ko

Amelia, Here is the New York Times Book Review on "Out Stealing Horses" by Per Petterson. It is a quick read but amazingly goes very deep into important personal growth issues, from a man's point of view but appreciated by all. Best regards. -Art

Thanks Art, it's Adrian's birthday soon, and now I won't have to think so hard about what to buy the man who has everything :))))