New Years Eve Snowy Afternoon Walk

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

                          ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Crosscountry skiing in the streets was the best way to get anywhere this afternoon

 Some have the snow showeling down to perfection and almost an art, as it were

 .... making sure they could get their cars out to do the last minute shopping for tonight's big bash...

Good coverage :D

The Norwegian flag flying from the Fortress

The Cathedral

Happy 2011!

Pink Prisms

Neighborhood Christmas Tree And Church

Wrought Iron Fence

From Nidaros Cathedral's cemetery - late December snow

Icons

Merry Christmas - God Jul

Peace On Earth

On my way to the Christmas Eve Service at Nidaros Cathedral.

Not a soul around in the early evening light - "the blue hour"

Noel

noel

Noel (or noël, sometimes written as nowell in English) is an alternate word for Christmas. The word comes from the French word Noël meaning "Christmas" which derives from the Old French word noël, a variant of nael. The Latin origin is the word natalis ("birth"). According to the 18th century Irish linguist and historian Charles Vallencey, a more ancient common origin appears in the Hebrew word nolah (Hebrew letters nuwn waw lamed he), meaning "to bring forth young." Subsequently, the Irish named December Mi Nolagh^{[citation needed]}, meaning "the month of the newborn." The Irish word for Christmas day was simply Nolagh.^[1] Although there is no Biblical use of nolah, another Hebrew word nephel^[2] is used Biblically to refer to an "untimely birth."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel

Enthusiasm

... enthusiasm is half of the journey to success,

 and all of the journey to joy.

If you're going to do something, do it with gusto.

Don't do anything half-heartedly.

 That dishonors the doing and the doer.

 So go for it.

 Hold nothing back.

 In life.

Or love.

Or anything at all.

 

- Neal Donald Walsch

Window Shopping

Christmas Market Snaps

The Christmas Market in Trondheim

http://www.citymanager.no/english1.aspx
" The Christmas Market in Trondheim takes place at the market square in December every year. Here you will find an exciting market with Christmas gifts, handicrafts, Christmas food, cultural gift vouchers, Christmas trees, theatre, café, outdoor auction, horse and sleigh and a tent where folk tales will be told. Welcome to a market where you will find the true Christmas spirit, entertainment and articles that you can not find in ordinary shops "




Show Your Heart

Winter surronds the Cathedral

Fragment of What Is To Come

By the Foot Bridge

Nidaros Cathedral, Women's Memorial Chapel

Reflections

Artsy?

It looked like a good idea, but with a mobile camera

at night, naaah.

The Foot Bridge



Snowy Afternoon in Trondheim

shades of white and grey

Angels...Window Shopping

After the Snow Storm

During A Snow Storm

 

Journey On

Good things await you

on the other side of this ridge.

This is a hill you can climb.

Just put one foot in front of the other.

If you feel a little discouraged right now,

 that's okay, that's understandable.

But give yourself permission to journey on.

 Keep moving.

There is a positive result here.

                         - Neal Donald Walsch

Window Shopping

Nidaros Cathedral

The cathedral - daylight quickly fading