The South shore of Tromsø Island.  The mountains, the rocky sand and the cold water.  I’m jealous of the little red boat shed as it has the best location.  In the distance the Hurtigruta liner is sailing in from Finnsnes.
This is the last of our collection of photographs from this 7th of November sunset on [...]

This cute wooden row boat has become a feature of the landscape.  It is always sitting in the same place.  I know it gets used in the fjord but I have never seen it floating on the water, only sitting on the beach.  Soon the ice will come and freeze itself onto the boat.  It [...]

Like every year, the first snow has melted away in the city.  Its like a pre-wash – washing all the dust and dirt away in preparation for the Winter snow.  But the first snow always stays on the mountains.  When the wind blows over them it becomes chilly in the city below.  This first snow [...]

The Tromsø Palm is beautiful but deadly.  It stands strong and high, and dominates roadsides, gullies, creek banks and backyards.  It changes dramatically from Spring to Winter – an alluring plant to photograph.
Tromsø Palm in: Spring, Autumn, Winter
The plant’s sap is poisonous to the touch.  One can suffer an array of ailments from mild rashes [...]

We were meeting friends in the city but were unusually early.  So to pass some time we thought to drive to the south tip of the island to watch the 2:30pm sunset.  It was beautiful.  Throughout Autumn the sunsets move from the West to the South, to the East and eventually disappear.  The more the [...]

Moose grew up with ducks.  On the farm in Alta, Farfar and Farmor have a duck pond and every year a family of ducks spend the Summer with us.  It’s wonderful to see each new generation return and have their own ducklings.  Quite often there are so many new ducklings swimming in the pond that [...]

This whole month has been raining.  The leaves have turned yellow overnight.  The sky gets darker every day.  The great white Winter is coming.
Even though nature has a schedule to keep, she still remembers that we need to look out our windows and catch moments of her beauty.