Sunday sunshine

Two snap shots of this day's Sunday walk, before heading back to Oslo. The first picture is a view of the surroundings to my home town, situated by Norway's largest lake Mjøsa. The second picture is of The Best Mom In The World. I miss her all ready...

And then there was snow...

Last night we had this winters first snow in Oslo. Today we woke up to a lovely cold and clear day with the city dressed up in a cake frosting-look.. beautiful! It's time to put the sandals and the shorts into the storage, and check if we have a decent amount of wollen socks left from last winter. I absolutely love the change of seasons... Colder weather and less daylight means I can spend more time with some of my "friends"..

Troublesome Volcanic Ashes

The Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland makes things go a little slow here in Scandinavia at the moment. The airspace has actually been closed, since the ashes from Iceland is drifting over some parts of Norway now, and is spreading to Great Britain, and northern Europe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/world/europe/16ash.html?hp

We ask our customers to be a little bit patient when waiting for any orders placed after 14th of April, since this also affects the airmail .. naturally. Hopefully the postal service has a plan. We'll keep you posted!

Our Prime minister is actually "stranded" in New Youk right now, and can't get home, while the ashes is hanging over us.. 0-1 to Mother Nature, I guess.

Daylight

The days are finally getting noticeable longer. I heard the weather man on the radio say that daylight is increasing by 5-6 minutes now, every day. I feel like I spent my depot of vitamin C, D and what not this winter, and I officially need some SUN. Today, when I was getting off the subway and heading home after work, there was still light - Yeey! Spring is heading my way!

Wuthering Heights

Last weekend I went to visit one of my dearest friends who live on the south western coast of Norway, close to Stavanger. This year they have had more winter than what they are used to, and the result of that is breath taking. The beatifully curved landscape has put her winter coat on, and everything looks so serene and calm, and fairytale like..