Trønder rabbits are black with white guard hairs.  You can imagine our surprise when we found, not one, but two albino kits in one of our litters.  Albino rabbits are fairly common in any rabbit breed, however, getting two in one litter required some investigation. After exhausting all our resources we finally called up the [...]

The Midnight Sun is already amazing in Alta but seeing a solar eclipse with the Midnight Sun is pretty special.  At 23.35 last night on Sagabrinken (hill) there we were, with nearly half of Alta, taking pictures.  The moon only partially covered the sun but it was enough for the ‘ooooo’ effect.  The next full [...]

As the days get longer and the sun gets warmer, you are likely to see more and more Norwegians leaving the safety of their homes and venturing up in the mountains on the weekend. Norwegians love their mountainous nature so much they spend whatever time they can in it – for recreation, fitness, hunting or [...]

I never though this is something I would ever do – milking a sheep.  This morning when we checked the villsau (Norwegian wild sheep), Josie had given birth less than an hour before to two beautiful little black lambs.  So far all our lambs have a black fleece with a little white.  Villsau actually have [...]