22/03/2026

Spring --- official

It's official, it's Spring :D

But does Spring know, that it's Spring in Norway as well?
Freezing temperatures last night, today such an icy wind, that it's no fun to go out.
And of course, spraying the sky, like they did yesterday, doesn't help either.

I just wish, I had all I need to secure the balcony, so Felix and Silky could enter it, without the possibility to go onto the roof, not knowing, how to come down again.
And do I wanna put money into it? For sure not, I wanna sell this place and move, not add anything more to it here.

 

09/03/2026

Spring maybe

Too early to say it out loud, but maybe I can whisper it?

*whipser modus on*  Spring is on its way to Norway *whisper modus off*

Slowly, piece by piece, the ice is melting and so does the snow. The snow faster than the ice, and it's good this way, cause I can break big pieces of ice and throw it away, so the water won't flood the farm. And honestly, I give nothing about my neighbors field, he don't care so I won't care.
I told him more than once, that he should dig a ditch, so the water can run down to the river, but nope, instead "the lake" is getting bigger every year. His lost harvest, not mine.

And beside that, I'm already looking for places to move. I'm done here, you can't imagine how much!

Btw. did I mentioned the Spring?
Don't say it out loud, it's very shy here in Norway.

06/03/2026

Merle

Yesterday a new guest arrived on my balcony, the Merle, maybe better know as Common Blackbird.

Most of the Yellowhammer aren't in the tree anymore, I guess, they are all on the search for the perfect place to build their nests. Some come from time to time to hatch a snack though :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Which bird will be the next to show up here?

24/01/2026

The deer

More and more snow is coming, and the wild animals don't find enough food.
So I placed a pile with straw at the end of the garden, right into the path, were the deer usualy go. And every day I'm filling the pile with sunflower seeds  and very small apple pieces. Only that the apples are mostly gone before the deer show up, the birds are happy about those too.

The elm in my garden is now extreme busy with birds and since two days, I have the Yellowhammer there too. 

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Just a short note for myself. When I made the post on the 16. January, I didn't knew, what I know now. A huge amount of trust was involved.

13/01/2026

Snow, snow, snow

It's snowing and it seems, it won't stop at all.

Yesterday 2 deers came very close to the house, searching for something to eat. And all I have left in the barn is straw, no hay at all :(

I hope, I can mix up some food for them and also give them water to drink.

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And some pretty good news :)
I won in a render competition at renderosity, first prize and I'm very, very happy :)

This reminds me, that I really need some smileys for my blog here. If only my external hd would work, but this is broken and I don't have that much money, so I can send it to a professional repair station.
Not because of the smileys, but all my photos and documents I really would like to save.

26/12/2025

Waiting

I know, it's a looooong time til Spring, special here in Norway.

When it starts getting green and warm everywhere and the weather gods are thinking: Nope, not in Norway, let it snow like crazy.

And dreaming about Spring in December is plain stupid (so to say) but heck, it's freezing cold outside and I'm dreaming myself away, to a warm sunny place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a little kitbashing, sentence rendered in daz studio, background and birds from BEZ at rosity

Frosty

Taking a walk with my dog, it's frosty but warm enough to feel the sun through the cloth.

And there is this mushroom on the fence bar and the ever growing wish to have a cam,  a real good cam I can handle, to take photos, I don't need to sharpen in photoshop.
But since I don't have one and don't have a clue, how to use the Nikon from my son, beside, that for this is a cam you need a pod, heavy as it is, I used my mobile and sharpened the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isn't it amazing, how much beautiful life is to find on a "dead" bar?

 

14/12/2025

Slip sliding

--- not away but down to the Lågen.

The water and the colors looked so beautiful, so I had to go down to the Lågen to take some photos.
Well, not really going, cause the leaves made it a good slide to the river bank.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The way up was not easy for me, damn, I need more training, my heart was racing like crazy.
But it was worth it and I saw, that the beaver had been pretty active, he took down a bunch of young trees. Still waiting for the day, that he will take down the huge fir.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was a good day so far :)
The chicken get a clean house and I cleaned the garden around as well. 
Lütten was happy to explore the river bank and I enjoyed being at the river too :)

Now I will put the turkey into the oven, it will take some hours, til it's done.

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Edit: I just got a mail, that made this day even more wonderful. To know that someone is alife is like a gift ♥

 

 

01/12/2025

Winter

My cats love to watch the birds, and Felix was sitting patiently in the window sill, watching the Woodpecker on the balcony.

Very early this morning the European Jay was sitting in my elm, but all I got on the photos was an almost black shadow :(
Later I saw him, when I was doing cardio on the step machine and of course, the mobile was in the other room. This bird is so hard to get on a photo, maybe when there is more snow and he really need to get to the food, I'm placing on the south side of the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope, that the fence part I wanna use on the balcony is soon dry enough to lift it up. I need wind and weather protection on the northern side and something, to build a roof, so the birds can eat without all covered under snow.

 

30/11/2025

Early winter

Yesterday morning, all was covered with a thin layer of snow and it was gone at the end of the day.

Well, it's a total different story today. 
The Woodpecker decided to wake me up early this morning, pecking like crazy at the little feeder I had removed, cause it was collecting water. Sure, he couldn't understand, why no food was coming out.

When I looked out the window, I wasn't really happy about, what I saw. And I don't talk about the Woodpecker in this photo! I'm always happy to see him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19/10/2025

Aurora Borealis

It's getting cold.
The first sign, we had hoar frost yesterday and today.
The second sign, my neighbor was heating up, a lot of smoke coming from his chimney.
The third sign, the most beautiful one in the night time you can see here :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It would had been even more beautiful without the lights from Svarstad.
But anyway, it's beautiful :)