onsdag 30. desember 2009

mandag 28. desember 2009

søndag 27. desember 2009

onsdag 23. desember 2009

Christmastree


We wish you all a merry christmas !

søndag 20. desember 2009

Sunrise over Senhovdtoppen



18 december 2009 and a new day is born.


fredag 20. november 2009

A change in the weather ???


After 14 days of rain and fog maybe we can see the sun tomorrow ??

søndag 15. november 2009

onsdag 11. november 2009

lørdag 24. oktober 2009

torsdag 22. oktober 2009

Rollag Elementary School

Today was a sad day for Rollag Elementary School...the local politicians decided to close down the school...In my opinion the decision was wrong, and not very deliberate. :o(

søndag 11. oktober 2009

Winter

To day the wood was cowered in white snow.

tirsdag 6. oktober 2009

søndag 4. oktober 2009

Neighbours


I visited my brother yesterday, and I had to say hello to his neighbours as well. :o)

lørdag 3. oktober 2009

First snow


It's winter in Rollag today!

søndag 27. september 2009

More moosehunting


I am sorry about the bad quality of this picture. This was as close as I got to the mooses I saw behind our house this morning. :o)

lørdag 26. september 2009

That time of year...


The moosehunting began yesterday! :o)

søndag 20. september 2009

Autumn at Vegglifjell

Vegglifjell in autumn colour.

tirsdag 1. september 2009

søndag 30. august 2009

Hoggorm ( Vipera berus )


A snake on our sunday walk .

søndag 23. august 2009

Tyttebær

Tyttebær, (accinium vitis-idaea ), cowberries , foxberry , this berry have many name. It`s a beautyful sight in the woods in autum. We make lovely jam of them , and it taste so good as a part of a real good meal of deer steak. This year with all the rain , there are lots of them. They are big and very tasty !

søndag 9. august 2009

Old farm

Sometime I stop and wonder .... if only theese old walls could talk ! This farm was once a beautiful place. People was born there and people died there. The place was full of laughter and cry...... if only theese old walls could talk..... In many years you could no longer see the houses and the farm was hidden in the wood . The woods are gone and the old farm lies there like a ghost. ... if only theese old walls could talk....

lørdag 8. august 2009

Krekling (Crowberry, Empetrum)

I picked this berry on 1000 moh. at Vegglifjell yesterday. It has a beautiful colour .

fredag 7. august 2009

The mountains of Veggli

It was a beautiful evening at Vegglifjell. And it was worth it klimbing up on this top !


onsdag 29. juli 2009

"Crime evening"


Each summer since 2001 there has been arranged a "Middel ages week" in Rollag, and Numedal valley, where you can take part in various and exciting adventures along the entire valley. This week there is a multitude of events at different privat middel ages farms, tours and concerts in rich decorated stave churches and middel ages buildings.

Last night there was a "crime evening", where we were told old local criminal stories and legends. The picture shows the two storytellers. :o)

You can see more pictures from last night here.

mandag 27. juli 2009

Colourful clouds


Some colourful clouds from earlier this summer. :o)

søndag 26. juli 2009

Bridge


Another view of Bruhaug bridge. :o)

lørdag 25. juli 2009

Evening


It was a lovely evening at Blefjell tonight. :o)

fredag 24. juli 2009

Horses


I "found" these horses at my friends farm yesterday. :o)

torsdag 23. juli 2009

The new Bruhaug Bridge


A new Bruhaug Bridge is under construction. :o)

onsdag 22. juli 2009

torsdag 16. juli 2009

Blueberry

This is the best of all the wild berrys in the wood. It is lovely on pancakes, you can make bluberry wine, and it taste so good on icecream . It is full of C vitamin and at this time of year you can find lots of blueberry in norwegian woods !

lørdag 11. juli 2009

Scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae)

In Norway we call it a ; Oransjegullvinge. It has a beautiful colour and I think it looks so good on the yellow flower.

onsdag 8. juli 2009

Natures diamond

On a rainy summers day diamonds can be found in natures own jewlerybox.

søndag 5. juli 2009

Harebell


The Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is a short to medium, slender, hairless, rhizomatous perennial in the bellflower family Campanulaceae. In Norway we call it Blåklokke (Bluebell).

Photo by: Stormel

onsdag 1. juli 2009

Blåtimen

This is the special time of the evening when the mountain get a beautiful colour of blue.

mandag 29. juni 2009

Løvetann, Dandelion (Taraxacum offisinale)

The bloming time is over. The yellow colour is gone. But still this flower is a beautiful sight .

mandag 22. juni 2009

Norwegian summer ?

Summer in Rollag has so far been cold and weet ! But bad weather can also be exiting and beautiful. This picture is taken on Vegglifjell Saturdag evening.

torsdag 18. juni 2009

Summer in Rollag

Oxeye daisy , (Leucanthemum vulgare) is a beautiful sight in summer.

søndag 14. juni 2009

Ranunculus acris (Meadow buttercup, Tall buttercup)


This flower is everywhere at this time of summer. It has a beautiful colore and we call it "Smørbomst" and it means "Butterflower". When we were kids we took the flower and held it under our chin. If it made our skin look yellow it was a sign who showed that we liked butter a lot. It was a kind of children play. The flower is poisen however and the horses can eat everything on a field, but they allways leave this flower behind.

tirsdag 26. mai 2009

Løvetann , Dandelion( Taraxacum officinale )

This beautiful yellow flower grows everywere at this time of year. We call it Løvetann and if you should translate it directly to english it would be " Lions thooth" , but the english name is Dandelion . Some think this flower is a unwanted plant in the garden, but I think it is the most beautiful of all the flowers in nature this time of year.

søndag 24. mai 2009

Saxifraga oppositifolia , Rødsildre

This little flower grow high up in the mountain and it blome almost before the snow has melted in spring. This picture was taken on Vegglifjell 1000 moh. today. It is a very small flower and you have to take a realy close look to se how beautiful it is !
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fredag 22. mai 2009

Norwegian elkhound

This little puppy is moving in with us ! And next year she will be hunting elk in the woods . But until that she will only be just a qute little puppy !

tirsdag 19. mai 2009

May 17th - show


In the afternoon there was entertainment! It was a various show, with singers, dancers and theese majorettes (I am not sure, but I hope majorettes is the right word for this?).

mandag 18. mai 2009

Childrens parade


See more pictures from the celebration in Rollag in the local newspaper; Laagendalsposten.

søndag 17. mai 2009

Happy birthday, Norway!


Today is May 17th, the National Day of Norway. It's been a lovely day, sunny weather and lots of people in the parade.

During the next days we will post some more pictures from the celebration in Rollag. :o)

lørdag 16. mai 2009

Piercing isn't always beautiful!

No wonder she looks a bit shamed.

onsdag 6. mai 2009

Veggli

Veggli seen from Glanarberget.

søndag 26. april 2009

Leftovers


Some leftoversfrom the "julenek" I posted in December. :o)

lørdag 25. april 2009