What Sits by the Front Door?
Birdseed! On the farm we take good care of the birds, especially throughout Winter. We have a couple of bird houses around the farm that provide shelter and food. By Spring, it is really hard for the birds to find food so sometimes we grab an extra handful of seeds to throw out in the yard before jumping in the car. It sure makes the birds happy and if feels good to give back to them – since we built a house and farm on their land, and all.
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On any celebration table in Norway you can always find a Norwegian layer cake (bløtkake). What better way to celebrate Norwegian Constitution Day than with fresh cream, wild berries and a little bit of sponge in between.
Many Norwegians know what they are doing when they pick wild mushrooms. This knowledge is passed down the family during mushroom hunting trips. The hard-core mushroom hunters go into the mountain wilderness for days to get the best finds.
Many English words actually come from old Norse language – brought by Vikings to England in medieval times. Here are some words you have probably uttered without realising you are speaking Norwegian!
The further ‘out of the way’ you go the more common it is to see folk cottages standing by the side of roads, along fjords or in a thicket of trees, minding their own business.
That’s so good of you, especially in the cold winters. I love to get up early in the morning and sit in the backyard. The birds sing so loudly; I just love it.
Blessings,
Debbie
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from L-Jay:
The birds are actually quite quiet in Norway. I miss all the swarms of parrots flying around at dusk in Oz. And I never thought I’d miss the magpies either.
When I lived in Norway on a small farm near Bergen, some 60 years ago, we would put out a sheaf of grain, usually oats for the birds at Christmas time. It was a common practice for farmers at that time. Is this still being done?
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from L-Jay:
That is still very common to do on farms all over Norway.