I’ve had to wait until the first day of Summer before introducing watermelon to Lil’ Red.  He wasn’t too keen at first until he realised he could feed himself.

Even though watermelon is imported they are only imported seasonally, (so no watermelon at Christmas for Southerners in Norway).
However, it is ironic that one of the best [...]

High Summer and low tide in Alta.  A sleepy Summer’s day.  When the tide is out you can walk into the middle of the fjord or you can sunbath on the beach and watch other people do it.

I know basil.  I’ve grown it before in pots on my windowsill in Australia.  I loved being able to snip off a bit of fresh basil for my salads and pasta.  So this Spring, imagining all the lovely 24 hour sun we’d be having over Summer and all the lovely basil I could be eating, [...]

The last month we have had to use the lights in our house at night.  This might seem quite normal for most people but since we have been living with the sun constantly through out Summer there has been no need to switch on any light in the house.
But now in Northern Norway the night [...]

We went to the beach today and it was packed.  But looking at the above picture towards the water you can’t tell.  So where are all the people..?

…on the grass.  When it’s hot North Norwegians go to the beach but not to swim, only to sunbath.  When they get too hot they head for the [...]

It’s watermelon season!  Not that Norway grows watermelons but the shops are packed with the bowling ball fruit at the moment.  (I’ve always had a secret desire to carve three finger-holes in my watermelon and just bowl that thing down the driveway into a ten pin of pineapples.)

It is a little weird [...]

Spring is very different here in Norway.  Instead of blossoming flowers and bright sun it is the time the thick Winter snow melts and the clouds try hard to replenish it.  Eventually the clouds give up to make way for Summer but usually not until the end of May.
Even though the green has yet [...]

It is hard to go to sleep when you know what is happening outside.  The days are lovely this side of Summer but the nights are absolutely beautiful.

There is an opposition in everything. At the darkest time of the year, we celebrate Christmas. And at the exact opposite end, when the midnight sun is at its highest, we celebrate Midsummer.

I wish you were there, then you wouldn’t have to rely on my measly words or pictures to tell of this moment.
These are the days of the midnight sun.  The mountains are so high that sunrise is mimicked each morning.  The city lays dark but the sky is bright.  The sun makes it’s climb over [...]