Wonderful rain on the balcony (aka zone 0.5) with oca (Oxalis tuberosa), 9 varieties of lettuce (salat), tomato “42 days” , dill, coriander, toothache pant (Spilanthes), shungiku / […]
Birds / weather
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January storms
This January has been a stormy month here in this area with a series of severe weather systems moving past, one (Gyda) with a name, resulting in many […]
Birds / weather
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Hoodies struggle against the wind
With a polar low (polarlavtrykk) on its way, hooded crows (kråker) struggled on their way in to the roost this evening against the wind: Post Views: 88
Fjord views / weather
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Sea Smoke
Sea smoke has formed over the fjord in the current cold spell. Locally, thanks to the warming affect of the fjord it didn’t go much below -15C in […]
Birds / Spring / weather
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3 swallows don’t make it summer
I was surprised yesterday to see my first swallows of 2020, 3 of them hunting in the garden for a few minutes. We’re experiencing the coldest weather this […]
Seed / Trees / weather
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Snow covered with storm blown debris and seed
After the storm some days ago now, it was interesting to see how evenly the seed from Norway maple / sycamore and birch (spiss- og platanlønn og bjørk) […]
Birds / Fjord views / weather
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Robin singing at 10 pm
While most of the citizens of Europe and its plants are “cooking” in the heatwave, we are struggling to reach double figures up here and me and the […]
Birds / weather
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15 Swallows don’t make a summer!
I was woken this morning to the sound of swallows (låvesvale) outside and a flock of some 15-20 birds were feeding low over the tree tops encouraged northwards […]
weather
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Sunrise cloud front
High cloud front moving nothwards at sunrise this morning, now totally overcast. Post Views: 90
Fjord views / Snow / weather
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January storm
It was a dramatic night here with high winds, snow, hail and there was even a thunderstorm at 4 am (not common in winter here!)….a Polar Low (polar […]
clouds / Fjord views / weather
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Thunderstorm
Just before the thunderstorm hit this evening :) As the storm retreated….HE poked his nose out ;) What’s his name? Post Views: 89
weather
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Rain on the way
There was a little sprinkling of rain in the night again (here on a pot grown Phormium from NZ)! Although everything is still green, another couple of weeks […]
Birds / Fjord views / Sun / weather
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Record warm spring
We’re enjoying record warm days for the first half of May….today is the 5th day above 20C…. enjoying an early breakfast in the garden …..and I can hear new […]
Fjord views / weather
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North East Gale
There’s an unusual wind direction, blowing a gale from the north east today, a sign of cold weather on the way as a low pressure system currently centred […]