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A bike ride

A bike ride

Four photos from my bike ride in the forest today. Spring is here, but last week the weather was unusually cold and it even snowed a couple of times (meanwhile in Tromsø it was 17 degrees… crazy!). Yesterday it rained non stop so I was glad when the sun came out again today. I’m excited that the hiking and biking season has started again 🙂

Nedre Blanksjø, a pretty little lake

A female common goldeneye (Kvinand in Norwegian) was diving for food

Svartkulp, a lake near Sognsvann

Cloud reflections

Spring Walk

Spring Walk

Spring is here! I went for a walk along the fjord, enjoying the pretty clouds and the sunshine. I found a lot of “blåveis”, a blue flower (common hepetica in English) which is a well known sign of spring in Norway but it doesn’t grow in Tromsø 😉 Geese are arriving in big numbers, there are buds on the trees – I love it 🙂

Clouds & boats

Buds on the trees!

Clouds reflections

Panorama of impressive cloud reflections

Blåveis, common hepatica in English, leverbloempje in Dutch

Sunset at Bygdøy

Warm light at sunset

Bygdøy

Bygdøy

Today was a gloriously sunny day in Oslo, and I decided to go for a walk on the Bygdøy peninsula. There is a coastal path which goes around the whole peninsula, and there are some really nice beaches. Lots of people were out to enjoy the sunshine, there were even people having BBQ’s and picnics on the beach, with the children playing by the water – never mind that the fjord is frozen!! 😀 The atmosphere was really nice, and it made me long for summer 🙂 The sun was setting by the time I reached Paradisbukta – it was so pretty…

First view of the frozen fjord

Several boats were frozen into the ice

Pancake ice!

One of the beaches, with lots of kids playing

A couple enjoying the sunshine with their dogs

Doesn't it almost seem like summer?

The rock formations on Bygdøy are really interesting

Fancy a swim?

Ducks

Nice reflections

Almost sunset

Imagine living here...

The DFDS Seaways leaving for Copenhagen

Sunset

The sun sets behind the hills

Pretty colours after sunset

Some people were feeding the gulls - which meant I could take photos of them :D

Tree & Moon