Farmor’s kitchen is a great place to be. There is always something cooking in the oven and always some yummy treat on the table. The kitchen is the family’s gathering place, where the kids colour-in and help Farmor make boller buns and the bigger kids sit by the wood-fire oven and have great conversation. We [...]

Instead of spreading jam with a knife, Norwegians get the biggest spoon in the house, scoop out the biggest spoonful they can, and dollop it onto anything they can find to eat on the table – waffles, cake, ham, boller buns, cereal and milk, bread, pancakes, cracker-bread, puddings, pastries, fruit, porridge… … I was curious as to why Moose hadn’t jumped at the chance to pick and eat them.

I think Autumn is my favourite season in Norway – the weather is still warm here in Tromsø, the sunsets come down over the mountains again and the blueberries are ripe for the picking.

I’ve always liked flowers but I never became interested in them until I lived in Norway. I guess its because Australian flowers have always just been there. It was only when I moved to the other side of the world that flowers became fascinating. The colours are exciting, the shapes are curious and I just [...]