Around the house

The oak tree, the largest tree in my garden.

I think it resembles a heart in the branches.

I had some other large, - a pine tree. 

One day many years ago I stood at the mailboxes, 

a lady comes up to me and pointing at the pine tree. 

"Who owns that ugly pine tree?" 

Eh .., "It is mine and it will never be taken away!"

I bet she was a little embarrassed.. 

Well, it's gone now, but it's not because of her!

In the oak tree there is always birds playing and fighting.

It is the Blue Tit who "owns" the tree this year and have 

made nests in the bird house hanging there.

Last year I had two birdhouses, but one was caught in the storm last week.

I have a small cherry tree. It is actuall 20 years old 

and I'm not sure how old it needs to be to grow up! 

Some of my neighbors have very large cherry trees and it's so beautiful.

There is something special about tulips, I have red, pink and yellow.

I have no idea where they came from..:-)

Of course I have many of these yellow that everyone hates.

I was going to remove all yesterday, but then I saw this beauty liked them..

I could not do it!

I think footballs grows here too..

The bird house that fell down standing there on the chair to right in picture.

Think I'll send one of the kids up in the tree to put it back!

Who walks on the wings of the wind

Psalm 104 (NKJV)
This psalm is very long, so I have selected some verses.

1: Bless the Lord, O my soul!

O Lord my God, You are very great:

You are clothed with honor and majesty,

2: Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,

Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

3: He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,

Who makes the clouds His chariot,

Who walks on the wings of the wind.

10: He sends the springs into the valleys;

They flow among the hills.

11: They give drink to every beast of the field;

The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12: By them the birds of the heavens have their home;

They sing among the branches.

24: O Lord, how manifold are Your works!

In wisdom You have made them all.

The earth is full of Your possessions—

25: This great and wide sea,

In which are innumerable teeming things,

Living things both small and great.

26: There the ships sail about;

There is that Leviathan

Which You have made to play there.

31: May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

May the Lord rejoice in His works.

32: He looks on the earth, and it trembles;

He touches the hills, and they smoke.

33: I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;

I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34: May my meditation be sweet to Him;

I will be glad in the Lord.

Happy Pentecost!
Here we have a brilliant weekend, sun, sun and sun!
I've already got the sun stings and tomorrow we have to get to the beach to get some cool wind.

Very random pictures from 1-3, most difficult to choose a bird among my 20000 +.

Pic 4: Somewhere in Denmark

Angrybird

I have not taken any good pictures today, despite the constitutional day and all things ..

Not the big day as SpiderDan are at sea without phone. He can only talk

with me from a network that is 20 years old at FB and  

that it's something I like -Not

Good thing, there are actually 20 degrees outside 

right now at 21:00 and still light.

Gratulerer med dagen alle nordmenn!!

Gud signe vårt dyre fedreland

og lat det som hagen bløma!

Lat lysa din fred frå fjell til strand

og vetter for vårsol røma!

Lat folket som brøder saman bu,

som kristne det kan seg søma!

Found this cute in my archive!

No er det i Noreg atter dag

med vårsol og song i skogen.

Om sædet enn gror på ymist lag,

det brydder då etter plogen.

Så signe då Gud det gode såd,

til groren ein gong er mogen!

Elias Blix

(God bless our homeland)

Typical Norwegian

My first post for City Daily Photo.

This post was made ​​before I knew about this Theme,
Norway's Constitution Day.
Otherwise, it's probably been children with flags,
school bands, ice cream, hot dogs and balloons.

Get to know the typical Norwegian..
Some of this is of course just a myth (?), but a few things are very true!

Fresh! Notice the ice at the pier

Weather

# We bath at any time throughout the year and says it is "fresh".

# We think there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.

# We use t-shirt and jogging pants even when it is 5 degrees celsius.

# Has guilty if we are not outdoors when it is sunny.

# We will be released after two days of sun.

# We are never satisfied.. too much sun, too little sun, too much snow or too little snow..

Travel

# Every time we cross the border, we gather in a mode that is otherwise reserved squirrels.

# We miss our flight to shop at the duty-free shop.

# We buy tobacco even if you do not smoke, just to get the quota.

# We buy a few extra cans of beer, just so we can say that we have smuggled.

# We are more afraid of customs officers than terrorists.

# We buy all we do not need for everything is cheaper abroad!

Sports

# We know the difference between blue and red ski wax.

# Ski broadcasts on television represents the most emotional moments in our lives.

# We see children cross country skiing to school.

# We throw our cross country skis in the youth rebellion.

# It feels natural to wear sport clothes and backpack everywhere, 

including the cinema and to the church.

Other

# We are seriously concerned about our health all the time.

# We can prepare fish in five different ways without cooking it.

# We expect all dinner parties and meetings to start precisely on time, if not before.

# We know that "religious holiday" means "let's get pissed".

# We fall 3 meters, and do not get hurt. If we do, we are not worried at all.

# We can see mountains and the ocean, no matter where we are.

# We think it's nice to spend a week in a small wooden cottage up in the mountains, 

with no running water and no electricity.

# We can not remember when to say "please" and "excuse me"..

If you would like to read more about Norway and 

some special places to visit, click on my link Breath of Norway

or random pictures and post from label Norge.

Visit City Daily Photos to see the other entries to this theme!

Anemone nemorosa

I thought you would start to snow today .. but the sun appeared in the afternoon.

The only thing that looked like snow was even more beautiful!

Photos from yesterday and today.

Surrounded front and back of natural beauty!

As a flower of the field

Psalm 103 (KJV)

1: Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

2: Bless the Lord, O my soul,

And forget not all His benefits:

3: Who forgives all your iniquities,

Who heals all your diseases,

4: Who redeems your life from destruction,

Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5: Who satisfies your mouth with good things,

So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6: The Lord executes righteousness

And justice for all who are oppressed.

7: He made known His ways to Moses,

His acts to the children of Israel.

8: The Lord is merciful and gracious,

Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

9: He will not always strive with us,

Nor will He keep His anger forever.

10: He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

11: For as the heavens are high above the earth,

So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

12: As far as the east is from the west,

So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13: As a father pities his children,

So the Lord pities those who fear Him.

14: For He knows our frame;

He remembers that we are dust.

15: As for man, his days are like grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

16: For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

And its place remembers it no more.[a]

17: But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting

On those who fear Him,

And His righteousness to children’s children,

18: To such as keep His covenant,

And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

19: The Lord has established His throne in heaven,

And His kingdom rules over all.

20: Bless the Lord, you His angels,

Who excel in strength, who do His word,

Heeding the voice of His word.

21: Bless the Lord, all you His hosts,

You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.

22: Bless the Lord, all His works,

In all places of His dominion.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!

David's heart overflow with wonderful descriptions of 

God Our Redeemer that love, renew, forgive and heal.

Colours of a gray day!

Colours of a gray day!

I've decided to start painting on canvas again. Because I'm burning inside 

of something I just have to create.

I need to be creative, it is a must!

I thought of this right before I was about to sink into the deepest weather depression.

Thank goodness!

Little more blue!

So what do I do to get inspired a rainy day?

What do you do?

The colors are actually out there, 

even though everything seems so gray 

when it has rained buckets a couple of days.

So I forced myself out to find a few colors!

And other stuff of inspiration

Wings and water are always an inspiration

Happy weekend!

I'm there with my heart

I do not go out to take a picture of a wet Norwegian flag..!

We had the most beautiful and warmest day yesterday, so far this year..

And my garden is almost red, white and blue for Independence Day

We remember veterans and those who gave their lives for Norway

8 May 1945, the day when the German armed forces surrendered after five years of occupation.

I have no longer family members who lived during the war,

I have them in my heart..

White and blue for Jerusalem Day 8 May!

White also for tomorrow 9 May, Ascension Day

Quite close to this place..?

Is the pigeon on the way out or in?

Ascension is said to have occurred somewhere between 

Bethany and the Mount of Olives.

View from Mount of Olives

The light shines and there is no beauty like Jerusalem!

I just close my eyes, I'm there with my heart

You are witnesses of these things. 

I will send you what my Father has promised, 

but you must stay in Jerusalem 

until you have received that power from heaven.

Jesus led his followers as far as Bethany, 

and he raised his hands and blessed them. 

While he was blessing them, 

he was separated from them and carried into heaven.

(Luke 24:48-51 )

Berdorf

Berdorf - in Luxembourg

Not exactly the world's navel, but we had plans. 

The plans we laid before Mr. SpiderDan broke his leg, 

so we had to do a little change in activity level.

Usually when I have vacation I am more active than ever. 

This time I actually got time to enjoy some lazy days..

Wherever we travel, we always have a plan to climb.

As far as I know it is just this place you are allowed to climb in Luxembourg. 

We had to seek government to get permission to climb here :-) 

It is a popular and well-known area in climbing environments.

We were at the climbing crag 2 days. 

There is great scenery here and it is planned for hiking in several directions.

It took about half an hour to walk each way to the crag..because of the crutches. 

Up and down stairs like this..

Poor man - impressive

The special feature of this crag is that there are sandstone.

I climbed some routes near here, but no pictures. 

(I need to get a head camera!)

Well, actually I climbed the same route 3 times, just because..

Nothing to do - the hotel is actually important!

Although I would have preferred a tent.

Mistake - I forgot to take a picture of the Hotel.

Le Bisdorff Hotel

Picture of creative art ? around the hotel.

Wine bottle wall. Have you seen it before?

The food was certainly delicious.

I ordered 7 dishes.. is a miracle in itself! 

And also eat up all together without blinking, as if this is something I do every day. 

I did not even know what all the dishes were, because the menu was in French.

I am in the process of growing up, naive (most likely) or very hungry (never)?

As main menu we could choose between the fish in the picture

La truite fumee par nos soins

and what they called "a little bird", but they

could not give me a name in English. Easy choice!

Decoration for Easter outside the hotel. I know it's a little late, 

but there are certainly some who celebrate Easter just in these days.

I can recommend the Hotel. Nice staff. Quite decent rooms (we got a room with porch). 

They have pool and solarium. 

The only drawback, and one big question mark.. 

zero tomatoes, cucumbers and salad for breakfast! 

Le Bisdorff Hotel (This is not sponsored, hehe)

Write this down for the next generation

Psalm 102 (The Message)

1-2: God, listen! Listen to my prayer,

listen to the pain in my cries.

Don’t turn your back on me

just when I need you so desperately.

Pay attention! This is a cry for help!

And hurry—this can’t wait!

3-11: I’m wasting away to nothing,

I’m burning up with fever.

I’m a ghost of my former self,

half-consumed already by terminal illness.

My jaws ache from gritting my teeth;

I’m nothing but skin and bones.

I’m like a buzzard in the desert,

a crow perched on the rubble.

Insomniac, I twitter away,

mournful as a sparrow in the gutter.

All day long my enemies taunt me,

while others just curse.

They bring in meals—casseroles of ashes!

I draw drink from a barrel of my tears.

And all because of your furious anger;

you swept me up and threw me out.

There’s nothing left of me—

a withered weed, swept clean from the path.

12-17: Yet you, God, are sovereign still,

always and ever sovereign.

You’ll get up from your throne and help Zion—

it’s time for compassionate help.

Oh, how your servants love this city’s rubble

and weep with compassion over its dust!

The godless nations will sit up and take notice

—see your glory, worship your name—

When God rebuilds Zion,

when he shows up in all his glory,

When he attends to the prayer of the wretched.

He won’t dismiss their prayer.

18-22 Write this down for the next generation

so people not yet born will praise God:

“God looked out from his high holy place;

from heaven he surveyed the earth.

He listened to the groans of the doomed,

he opened the doors of their death cells.”

Write it so the story can be told in Zion,

so God’s praise will be sung in Jerusalem’s streets

And wherever people gather together

along with their rulers to worship him.

23-28: God sovereignly brought me to my knees,

he cut me down in my prime.

“Oh, don’t,” I prayed, “please don’t let me die.

You have more years than you know what to do with!

You laid earth’s foundations a long time ago,

and handcrafted the very heavens;

You’ll still be around when they’re long gone,

threadbare and discarded like an old suit of clothes.

You’ll throw them away like a worn-out coat,

but year after year you’re as good as new.

Your servants’ children will have a good place to live

and their children will be at home with you.”

Pics: My model Levi and and today's sparrow in my apple tree.

Homborsund

Homborsund Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse located on the island Store Grønningen in Grimstad.

It was established in 1879, and is listed as a protected cultural site.

The light was automated in 1992, and the station was de-populated. 

Today it is open to the public for overnight stays and guidance. 

The surrounding area is a protected bird sanctuary.

Read more about the lighthouse and overnight stays at

http://www.homborsundfyr.com/