I have to admit that autumn is my favorite time of year. Don't get me wrong, I love all the seasons for different reasons--but there is something about the dying, or rather "falling asleep" of the natural world that is melancholic but nonetheless romantic. Norway in the fall has been quite the treat for me, despite the frequent rain, I'm finding that the cloudy grey-ness of it all makes one appreciate even more the few spatterings of sunlight that appear in increasing rarity. I'm certainly taking this post as a way to clear off some camera images, so its probably not the most "interesting", but there are some beautiful shots I got.
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| Norheimsund from elevation |
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| Lichen covered tree |
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| Freshwater lake in the mountains. |
For those of you interested in the Sami people, there is a very fine article in this month's National Geographic about them, here is a link to some of the lovely photos from the article: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/11/sami-reindeer-herders/larsen-photography#/16-summer-reindeer-calf-marking-670.jpg
Finally, I'll leave you with a little Hauge:
Everyday
Drops in the East Wind, 1966
You've left the big storms
behind you now.
You didn't ask then
why you were born,
where you came from, where you were going to,
you were just there in the storm,
in the fire.
But it's possible to live
in the everyday as well,
in the grey quiet day,
set potatoes, rake leaves,
carry brushwood.
There's so much to think about here in the world,
one life is not enough for it all.
After work you can fry bacon
and read Chinese poems.
Old Laertes cut briars,
dug round his fig trees,
and let the heroes fight on at Troy.
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