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Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays!

2011-12-24T11:38:00.000+01:00

I just wanted to wish all of my friends, family, other readers and followers a really merry Christmas, and thank you for following me here on the blog, on Twitter or on Facebook. I really appreciate it. I will be back with more posts in 2012.

The last rose of 2011

2011-12-17T23:04:00.000+01:00

I think these shots might be the last rose-shots this year. They did not last until Christmas eve this year, They gave in one week early, due to heavy snow and cold weather. They will be back next year, as will I ;)

Skywatch?

2011-12-08T19:02:00.001+01:00

Oh how I long for the warm and beautiful summer. These past weeks have been all about rain, snow and then rain again. All I could capture for this week's sky-watch was this picture of a very wet windows.

Just above freezing

2011-11-19T11:56:00.001+01:00

No more than a mile and a half from where I captured the roses shown in my previous post, is Myrdalsvannet. It's almost on the same altitude as I live, but there are hill tops all around it and there is always a freezing breeze coming down the river from the colder mountains. Just where the cold breeze hits the slightly warmer air, things tend to get covered in frost while the rest of nature

November roses

2011-11-18T11:41:00.001+01:00

My roses have been through 2 tough summers. We've been doing a lot of reconstruction in the garden, and have moved them around. Last year we decided we did not have time to keep all the flowerbeds tidy, and decided to convert the area to something useful. Then, one of the supporting walls gave in to the heavy snow and ice this previous winter, and we had to do some major changes this summer.

Morning moon over Bergen

2011-11-12T14:56:00.001+01:00

Last night I posted a picture of the moon at night. Today's shot was taken this morning. The moon looks different in the morning, and I guess the angle has shifted. What you do not see, is the clear blue skies around the moon. The moon is so bright, when you use it as a light reference to get all the details, everything else turns "black".

November moon

2011-11-11T21:16:00.001+01:00

It's a clear November sky, with a full moon over Bergen city tonight. Just beautiful!

Autumn colours

2011-10-30T18:26:00.000+01:00

I really love taking a long walk on a sunny autumn evening. Especially around sunset. It's like a magical hour, when the redness of the sun set the red, brown and orange in the nature on fire. The colours you can see are just amazing. I was lucky enough to have the camera with me on such a day this week. And here are the re results. The first shot is a experimental photo of the sunset, where

Bergen by night

2011-10-27T21:48:00.000+02:00

Here's a different kind of sky-watch from me. Monday night we had the most spectacular northern lights over Bergen, but I was sound asleep and knew nothing about it until I read about it in the papers the next day. But as the forecast for Tuesday night was looking good, and we had clear skies, a bunch of us headed up to one of the hills around Bergen to capture the event. Sadly the

Rome in 120 minutes (and a bit)

2011-10-22T20:51:00.001+02:00

A business trip took brought me to Rome in the middle of October. I've never been to Rome before, so I was pretty excited. Unfortunately, I did not have any extra time off to explore this amazing city, and I knew my two days in Rome would be packed with a strict schedule. I planned for a quick sightseeing on the the evening I arrived. But the (Roman) gods wouldn't let me have it my way. My

Old cars

2011-10-16T21:10:00.000+02:00

I'm still a few weeks behind with my photographs, so this will also be a post about something we did a couple of weeks back. One of the car-dealers in town had teamed up with the veteran car club and held an exhibition back in September. Jr. was very excited, and had a great time. needles to say, so did I. I could have spent many hours behind the camera. It was hard to take "clean" pictures

Old trains :)

2011-10-02T20:43:00.000+02:00

We had to take a second trip with Gamle Vossabanen again this summer. Sebastian kept talking about the first trip this year, over and over again. On a grey and rainy day, we brought Mormor and Aunty with us on the ride. Needless to say, Jr. was in heaven for two hours :) And since we had company, I got some time off and got to take some new shots. I don't know how many times I've been down

Autumn, and there are mushrooms everywhere :)

2011-10-01T12:37:00.001+02:00

The summer is gone, and the autumn is already here. I find autumn to be a great time to take pictures of nature. There are so many wonderful colors around us. Here are a few shots I captured at my mom's cabin two-three weeks ago. It happened to at the peak of the mushroom season. Some of them would do great on a plate, accompanying a leg of lamb or something similar. Others are quite

The captain and his crew :)

2011-09-25T21:26:00.000+02:00

A few weeks ago, Sebastian and I spent a weekend with his farmor. We didn't have any plans, but as the weather turned out pretty nice, we made a day-trip to the cabin. Sebastian was asking all day if we could make a boat trip (as we did on the previous visit). I wasn't really in the mood for a boat-ride alone with him, but my mom's partner was kind enough to offer Sebastian and me a ride.

Grand Lakes, Maine

2011-09-19T18:59:00.001+02:00

Another rainy day here in Bergen today, just a perfect excuse to finish off blogging about the summer vacation. After all, it's "only" been a month and a half since we got home :) These final images are from "Grand Lake" in Maine. I've never been here before, but after the recent trip I actually wonder why. It was a great place for relaxing. I really love the sound of water and the

Skywatch Friday, Season 5, Episode 9

2011-09-08T21:06:00.000+02:00

I promised you a "Skywatch" moment from Eastport, ME. And here it is. Enjoy the sea, the sun and the sky (I can still hear the seagulls when I'm watching this shot :

Eastport, Maine

2011-09-04T11:47:00.000+02:00

According to Wikipedia, "Eastport is the easternmost city in the continental US". This is a small and beautiful town on the east coast of Maine. I've been there a couple of times, but I have never brought my camera until this summer. I'm not sure if there is a lot of action is this town, and I believe it relies heavily on the tourists season. But this is the beauty about it. It is the "

Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park, Maine

2011-08-27T11:40:00.006+02:00

My apologies for the pause on the blog, but I have taken a much needed break from almost "everything" this summer. When we haven't been on the road, we've tried to spend as much time together as possible, knowing this fall is going to be very busy for all of us. And all this time, blogging has not been a priority for the family. But now, as the days are getting shorter and colder, I'm sure I'll

2 years and 2 months have passed..

2011-08-09T19:09:00.004+02:00

..between these two shots. The first one was taken in May 2009, when we made our first trip to the U.S. with Jr. It is a long trip from Bergen, Norway, so we decided to break it up by spending the night in a hotel in Amsterdam. The second shot was taken in July this year. We decided to make another trip to the family in the U.S. this year, and still thought it might be to long a trip for Jr. I

A cloudy weekend in Hardanger

2011-07-12T21:13:00.003+02:00

I was hoping for better weather when we headed for Loftshus a couple of weeks ago. But no such luck.The clouds were heavy, and it was all grey. I did my best to get at least a few good shots of the area nearby the cabin we stayed in. The result are these shots, and a few more in the "nature" album at photos.rundtomrundt.com.I was much better off taking pictures of Sebastian and Maya, as they

A trip with "Gamle Vossabanen"

2011-07-05T12:17:00.002+02:00

"..Look at the train daddy, there's the train! Look at the train daddy, there's the train daddy, It looks just like Thomas, only black..." Those are the words of a 3-year old who was about to burst with joy.No more than a five minute walk away from our home, there is train-stop for "Gamle Vossabanen". (I know have written about it before, but that was last year's trip.) This station is where the

L'Aquarium, Valencia, Spain

2011-06-28T19:37:00.003+02:00

As strange as it may seem, a 3 year old (and I) can easily get bored at the beach. Which is why we didn't spend all week there (though someone I know would easily do so). To break up the week, we spent one day in Valencia. Or more correctly; we spent one day at the Aquarium in Valencia.It is easily one of the more impressive aquariums I have ever been to, and we soon lost track of time. Until a

Calpe, Spain

2011-06-25T18:31:00.000+02:00

My mother in-law is turning 70 this summer, and for her birthday celebration, she invited us to stay one week with her in Spain.With the previous cold Norwegian summers in mind, we didn't need much persuasion to say "yes!". I mean, who can say no to a week of vacation in the sun, by the sea? Not us, that's for sure.It turned out to be a great time to be in Spain in. The heat wasn't too bad this

Skywatch Friday, Season 4, Episode 50

2011-06-23T19:23:00.005+02:00

It's Thursday evening in Bergen, and time to enter the Skywatch Friday again. What better to do, than to grab a few shots from last week's Lunar eclipse?Taking these shots was really hard, as I don't have a lot of practice, and the moon was far darker than i had imagined.My first shots were taken with long exposures, but I soon realized the moon moved during the 20-30 seconds. It was only after I

For the Fam

2011-06-07T20:05:00.005+02:00

May was a grey and cold month. Not much to write about there, really. So when we had 1 day of great weather this weekend, Sebastian could not be held back.From the moment the sun broke out he went; "..Want to go out and play in the garden... Play now... Play on the swing-set... Play fireman...". And so we did.Sebastian spent all spring talking about how he would play in the garden, if only it was