A Seasonal Life
It is surreal to live according to nature. In big cities and average climates humans make their own times and their own lives but in dynamic places of the world, like Northern Norway, nature makes all the rules.
Instead of living the same day-in and day-out, we live by the seasons and move with nature. Our family activities have become traditional to the seasons – we pick berries in Autumn, Aurora chase in Winter, ski in Spring and picnic in Summer. With each new season we celebrate what nature provides.
I am finding that it is really fun to live this way and for the first time I think I have a glimpse into what it means to be Norwegian.
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Reindeer herding is more than just an occupation, it is a way of life and an integral part of the Sami culture and identity.
Today herding reindeer is synonymous with the Sami culture. It is recently thought that the Vikings were the first people to herd reindeer.
The sun never goes down during this season but the mountains to the East are so high that the sun still has to raise above them in the morning hours and an artificial dawn-effect wakes the city.
Even though the males are called bulls and the females cows, the muskoxen are more closely related to sheep than cattle. Make no mistake, though – this is not your average cuddly ba-ba-blacksheep! A grown animal can be 2,5 m long and weigh up to 400 kgs, and their long curved horns mean business.
In Norway, there are still Lefse recipes around from the 1630s! This is supposedly the traditional and original Hardanger recipe used:
I love reading your words. L-Jay, home is where your heart is! And it seems like your heart and your family are in Norway. Can’t wait to see more photos of your new little baby.
We envy you! Thousand times better to live according to nature rules instead of living according to the rules of humans. And don’t forget that life was like this for thousands of years. It is more natural anyway:)