The Sonnets by William Shakespeare are most popular and some of them, such as Sonnet 18 (Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day), is one of the most highly prized poems in English literature. A sonnet is a poem in a specific form, but the word is derived from Italian and means “a little song”. Last year on […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I got this homemade garden gnome (18 cm tall man made out of cement) as a Christmas present from my neighbour who loves gardening as much as I do. I probably looked like a question mark when I unpacked. Who was this Santa Claus look a like, ugly, little fellow? Now I […]
Photos: Kristin Bae Mysen Vacation, finally 🙂 I love it !! The best thing is that it gives me more time to do what I love such as writing on my new book, taking pictures, making blog post on things that interest me and dig in my garden. The garden plan for today is to fill a […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I am in love with this time of the year. Picking red, juicy apples from the trees and mushroom from the forests. Planting tulip bulbs and spending the whole afternoon stacking woods. For more inspiration, watch this! Or buy the great book by Lars Mytting “Hel ved” (Norwegian version) from here […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I do love this time of the year. To work in the garden with the smell of autumn in the air, and little by little preparing my garden for the change of season. In Scandinavia at the moment the flowers have their last blooming, and all the leaves are turning red, orange and […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen The blooming of Forsythia signals the arrival of spring. Its beauty lies in the manner the yellow flowers appear before the leaves. The meaning of Forsythia in flower language is anticipation and I can’t think of a better word for expressing my thoughts about spring, sun and summer at the […]
Photos: Arild De Lange Nilsen When I returned from warm and lovely Rome to rainy Norway the other day I realized that I really miss the summer. So this morning I enjoyed looking through some pictures from last summer where I literally could smell the roses and feel the warmth from the sun. The day these […]
