My Little Norway – Flower Show Series
Arctic Botanical Garden Selection – Tromsø
Nisse parties happen in many kindergartens, primary schools, church and community groups in Norway. They are a casual celebration of the julenisse (Christmas elf) tradition especially for children (but the big kids love them too).
From the west, a wall of stone Saints and Prophets will confront you. All sides of the Cathedral are very textured and deserve a long walk around. You’ll see gargoyles and gothic arches, thick wooden doors with rusty floral art and Anglo-Norman/Romanesque bits and pieces ‘stuck on’ that intensifies your ground view. However, the outside of Nidaros Cathedral is even more intriguing when you know the history.
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By our favourite jetty is the cutest little boat shed. We often have picnics there in Summer. It’s nice to just drop by our favourite places in Winter to see how very different but very beautiful everything still is.
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At full-moon the blue light almost looks electric. Our favourite jetty really knows how to surprise us for Christmas – especially with this ‘elfs-eye-view’.
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Norwegians love their mountainous nature so much they spend whatever time they can in it – for recreation, fitness, hunting or just family time.
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The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line.
These two articles are mislabeled. This flower is most definitely a Bachelor’s Button while the flower in this article
http://mylittlenorway.com/2009/07/white-bachelors-buttons-arctic-garden/
Is definitely not.
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from L-Jay:
We got the names from the little tags beside the plants in the Arctic garden. We are pretty sure the botanists there know what they are talking about. Maybe someone has being playing swapsies? However, the term ‘bachelor’s button’ is very common and a variety of flowers fall under this name. In fact, it seems that the flower with the post title ‘bachelor’s buttons’ is a lay term for this flower in Norway. However, just because we called one ‘buttons’ in the title and not the other doesn’t mean they are not both ‘buttons’. The picture is the point of the post and the fact that they grow in an Arctic garden, it is not meant to be a botanist catalogue. Hence, some posts are just called ‘white flower’ or ‘pink flower’.