I was just finishing raking leaves in the garden and a I noticed something orange hanging over the airport and Stjørdal on the horizon! Just the moon again…..don’t […]
Red sky in the morning…
It’s the 23rd day in a row without rain here and this could be the last one…..and sunrises have been beautiful most days! Post Views: 97
Autumn leaves
Back home from my visit to south western Norway and this is probably THE autumn of all autumns I will ever experience here…..high pressure weather with clear skies […]
Dawn 17th October 2016
Another in a row of rainless sunny days. It’s now 2 weeks since it rained and no rain is forecast for the next 10 days. Grass and heather […]
Aurora over Malvikodden 13th October 2016
There was a weak aurora when I went to bed last night …with the almost full moon brightening the skies, making it less visible… Post Views: 81
Perennialen II: Alvastien Telste
An album of pictures from my short Perennialen II visit with Eirik Lillebøe Wiken and Hege Iren Svendsen at and around Alvastien Telste in Hardanger. Impressive nature, good […]
The Red Sea of Malvik
This morning, the fjord turned red… Post Views: 94
Solstice sunrise in Malvik
The sun is now rising close to due East having swung round day for day from close to north over a few short weeks…the sunrise is now rushing […]
Sunrise wake-up
8th September and I woke to the sun’s rays shining into my bedroom (the door to the balcony was open) and another spectacular sun-rise it was. Sun-rise will […]
Cold but stunning!
Cold but stunning view to wake up to…unusual to see fog on the other side of the fjord at Skatval.. Post Views: 74
22° moon halo meets the aurora
Magic happened again last night! I noticed a large halo around the moon when I went to bed at about midnight and was trying to photograph it. That […]
Hegra bygdekvinnelag garden visit
Pleasant visit from Hegra bygdekvinnelag* this evening, so distracted I forgot to take any pictures! However, as they left, this view opened up with a “rainbow over Skatval”….a topic […]
Tonight’s view, 23rd July 2016
Tonight’s view, a few minutes ago at 22:35…it will be a nice day tomorrow! Post Views: 69
Sunrise on 22nd July
Sunrise at 04:18 this morning, 22nd July! It’s now a month away from the solstice! The temperature was 18-19C. Yesterday, a few places recorded over 30C yesterday in […]
11 pm beach forage!
A few more pictures from my beach forage with Daina Binde around 11 pm on 4th July 2016! Post Views: 116
Sunset on the shore: 4th July 2016
On my garden help Daina Binde from Latvia’s last evening in Malvik, we went down to the shoreline to look at edible beach plants and to watch the […]
Malvikodden / Tynesodden
Malvikodden is a fantastic mixed woodland area on the other side of the bay (Malvikbukta) from where I live, sadly largely felled by heavy machinery… anyway, it still has […]
Solstice skies
And a couple of views of our northern skies at the solstice itself at 12:30 am last night..it clouded over soon after, so no moon to see from […]
Strawberry clouds
No strawberry moons here yet, but at 11 pm this was the view over the fjord. Happy solstice dreams everyone….!! Post Views: 88
Magical midnight in Malvik!
We are nearing midsummer and there was a magical light in the northern skies last night dominated by reds and blues… Post Views: 111