The seasons in Norway are very dramatic. When it snows you get real snow. When it shines the sun is so bright you have to wear sunglasses. Norwegians are used to living from one extreme into another and I think I know their secret. Norwegians are fearless about weather.  Come rain, snow or shine, they [...]

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 [...]

I’ve never seen rocks like these before – PINK!  I thought Norway was supposed to be the ‘Arctic Blue’ not cold pink. At least pink and blue go together – don’t they?

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 [...]