Entries for June, 2009

A White Norwegian Wild flower

My Little Norway – Flower Show Series A white wild flower photographed in Alta.

Trondenes Ruins

There is a place that I will never forget… Trondenes.  It is a peaceful, forested peninsula, with a medieval stone church, on the north tip of Hinnøya.  Once a Viking settlement, the area was turned into a German barracks during the war.  Now there is a Norwegian military base in it’s stead.  The Adolph Cannon, [...]

Wild Cotton

Myrull (cotton grass) is better known as ‘bog cotton’ in Norway.  These little fellas grow in acidic bogs in Arctic tundra regions – areas where the ground never fully defrosts from the Winter.  I wasn’t aware I was standing in an acidic bog at the time I was taking this picture.  If I had of [...]

Yellow Garden Flower

My Little Norway – Flower Show Series A yellow garden flower photographed in Tromsø.

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