Drager i kamp, ormer som biter og kveiler seg rundt hverandre og seierrike løver. Jeg befinner meg utenfor en av de mange stavkirkene i Norge. I det siste har jeg reist land og strand rundt og latt meg fascinere av disse trebygningene der både dragehoder og kors vises i skjønn forening og markerer overgangen mellom […]
ABOUT OUR THREE FABULOUS WEEKS IN FINNMARK, NORWAY
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen As a language teacher, languages do interest me a lot. Nowadays I have fun reading three different versions of the Bible; a Norwegian, English and Spanish one. I see the Bible as one book, but the fact is that the word Bible actually means Books. The Old Testament alone has 39 books originally written […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen The red heart above is hanging on the door leading into our bathroom/toilet. In Norway I would think that every second family has a red heart on this door. Also you will find a heart as a standard sign for bathroom/toilet on hiking maps, info boards and in public places. This […]
I love this picture. It tells so many stories, a story about needlework, another about mother – daugther relationship, a story about the 50s and last but not least a story about how often a child is a chip off the old block (eplet faller ikke langt fra stammen). My husband and I found the picture while clearing up […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen It is Christmas and “love is all around”. Well as a matter of fact, love is not all around. Many people in the world are striving this Christmas. There is war, there is fighting and hatred, and all of us must contribute the way we can. But despite of all the suffering we still […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I am in love with this time of the year. Picking red, juicy apples from the trees and mushroom from the forests. Planting tulip bulbs and spending the whole afternoon stacking woods. For more inspiration, watch this! Or buy the great book by Lars Mytting “Hel ved” (Norwegian version) from here […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen The 17th of May is Norway’s Constitution Day, and it is celebrated with children’s parades, food, drink and festivities. The trees have just turned green and the streets are full of people wearing “bunader”, Norway’s traditional national costumes. Everywhere you look there are children with an ice-cream cone in their hands and a […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I grew up with this Christmas star from the seventies. Now it is hanging in our living-room and it takes me right back into my childhood Christmas. We are four noisy children running around all excited, the smell of turkey in the house, the sound of angel chimes, the little white church on the […]
