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Norwegian November

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

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.

The color green

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

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

Wonderful autumn

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

Autumn in the forest

I love summer but autumn has a special place in my heart. Autumn is the most beautiful season with vivid colors and the crispy air on a sunny September day. The forest is loaded with mushrooms and berries and the green moss ground in the forest are sprinkled with leaves in all the shades of yellow and orange.

Hiking and photography

My photo challenge friend Ellen owns a cabin at Ble and a little while ago I was invited to stay there for a week end. The cabin is situated in the forest below Blefjell in Buskerud (Norway) so there are a lot of hiking possibilities both in the mountain and in the forest. We normally bring our dogs too but this time the dogs stayed at home, there is a mystical illness among dogs in the Oslo area these days and no one have found out what is the cause for this illness.

We both love photography so we hoped for proper weather for some cool shots. Friday evening was all rainy so we spent the time in doors by the fire, knitting. Saturday was a little bit rainy, but we went for a walk anyway. Saturday afternoon was sunny and warm so we had our dinner out doors. Sunday was OK, I slept too long (not a good thing for photography…..) so after breakfast the sun had disappeared, but we had a nice walk that day too.

Here are some shots from the trip:

Lav på tre

Lichen on birch

Dråper på blad

Droplets on lingonberry leaf

Multeblad

Sunny cloudberry leaf

Blåbær og tyttebær

Blueberries and lingonberries

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Outdoor dinner

Sopp i det grønne

Forest mushrooms

Kaffekopp i lyngen

Coffee in the mountains

I love these trips up to my friends cabin and the shots in todays post represent what I like so much about these trips 🙂

Have a lovely week!