Category: colors

Norwegian November

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Winter can be a beautiful time with frosted leaves and and a drizzle of light snow over the green moss. But often it is heavy rain and constant lack of color. The sunrise is late in the morning and the sunset is early in the afternoon. But sometimes the sun shines and the trees covered with frost sparkles in the sunshine.

If you walk slowly and take time to notice your surroundings you will find colors or beautiful details like in the photos below. The little mushroom surprised by the first snow and a frosty night. A forgotten red apple outside an abandoned house and the ice crystals on the dry, brown fern leaves.

Colors of spring

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This winter felt like an eternity. It was cold, dark and too much snow. The winter was beautiful, yes, but every thing that lasts too long becomes kind of boring.

In Norway spring normally starts in April, but the snow kept coming and the winter seemed endless. Finally in May the temperature rised and the snow started to melt. And then everything happened in a higher speed than I am used to, nature exploded.

Just the other day I took a little hike in the little forest just outside my garden and the blueberry flowers were in full bloom. So spring arrived late this year, but now everything is just fine.

Blueberry leaves

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It is truly amazing to watch how natures color change through the year. Take the blueberry plant, in spring its leaves are all bright green and full of vitality. And through the summer the plant is using all its energy to flourish and produce sweet berries. When the berries are ripe and someone have picked them or they have just fallen to the ground the leaves color change from bright green to deep red, purple and blue.

Holly blue

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Celastrina argiolus or holly blue is a common butterfly during spring in Norway (May to June). In Norway we call it “blåvinge” which means “blue wing” in English.

In the shot below the butterfly is resting on heather. I have always wondered why the English name on these beautiful insects is “butterfly”. Somewhere I once read that it originally was named “flutter by” but as it could be difficult to pronounce “flutter by” the right way it developed to be “butterfly” in stead. Can this be right? It is reasonable as “flutter by” is kind of an easy description of the movements of this beautiful insect. Does anyone know if this is right? Please feel free to comment below 🙂

In Norway we say “sommerfugl” which in English means “bird of summer”.

The color green

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The color green
so important
what would life be
without

The color green
so missed
through winter
dark

The color green
so full of hope
when nature
awakes

Through the green woods

Sunny forest details

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Autumn is my favorite time of the year in many ways:

  • The temperature is very nice (not too hot)
  • The air is crisp and fresh
  • The sun is much lower in the sky = good light for forest photograpy
  • Mushrooms
  • Multicolored leaves
  • Beautiful decay of flowers and plants

On some of my walks I find a lot of mushrooms, in other walks I can spot different forest details. Especially when the sun is shining a photo safari in the woods can be very interesting when it comes to light and colors.

Sunny moss
  • Sun through fern leaves
  • Bokeh overload

Wonderful autumn

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Autumn is a wonderful time of the year when nature present a beautiful and colorful world.

Walking through the woods and watch the leaves, still on the trees, in all shades of red, yellow and brown is just a beautiful and inspiring experience.

Leaves covers the path I am walking on and the sound of them beneath my feet is kind of joyful and reminds me of a little child playing, gathering a pile of leaves, throwing them up in the air, laughing as they fall down to the ground.

Birch leaf in the sun
Aspen leaf with droplets
Rowan leaf
Blueberry leaves