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Now that the snow is all gone, it is time to change the previous winter wonderland cross country crossroad header graphic for one that better suits the time of year.

Norway will celebrate its Constitution in four days, on May 17 (‘syttende mai‘); everyone will be out, dressed up, waving flags and getting drunk! It is expected to be wet all day unfortunately, oh well, still four days to go and weather predictions are exactly what they are…predictions! Hmm, I will do my infamous sun dance just in case!

Even though winter has not ended yet, there is a change in the winter weather compared to the past months; *much* more sun (yay!) so I feel it is time to change the old, kinda dark winter header graphic for a new one, a panorama picture I took this afternoon during a lovely ski trip in the sun!

It is also somewhat symbolic picture as I am on a crossroad in life…and, as you can see, I have pointed my skis in the track heading for the sun!

It is really great to be able to put on my skis and go for a cross country ski trip in my ‘backyard’ and as the sun is expected to be here for another week, I am sure I will conquer the cold (-10C) and go for some more trips this week!

Winter has officially arrived some days ago (indeed, that happened on ‘the’ day ), so the autumn header graphic can be changed for a one better fitting the season or actually, fitting color of the world outside!

The dark days before Xmas are balanced with white stuff coming from above, not so much in one go, but the pack is growing cm by cm (around 50cm right now)!

It is almost Xmas (it is actually Little Christmas Eve in Norway today) so…Let it snow, let is snow, let it snow!

Despite my love for sun, the summer header graphic has to go now that autumn is well on its way; last Mondays first snow of the season has almost melted, rain is falling, days are shortening, yeah it is autumn! That said, autumn also has its beauty as you can see below.

I have not been in Norway most of the Novembers in the past five years (as said, I love sun! ), and I am curious to find out if I indeed ran from Norway to vacation sun for a good reason…

Now that spring has arrived and snow is melting like crazy, it is time to change the ‘ice crystals’ header graphic for a more appropriate picture, matching the time of year.

So, girls, you can dust off and wear your favorite skirts, everyone put on your sunglasses and enjoy the vitamin D…let’s agree that sunny days are here to stay!!

Winter is slowly getting there where one would expect it to be (for Norway at least): after a false start having the first snow falling only in December instead of October/November (and then disappearing completely before Xmas!!), there was ‘some’ snow early January and a little bit more last weekend.

But, that will all change as the weather forecast predicts a snowy weekend and temperatures going from -2C tomorrow to -20C (!) by the end of this week…bbrrrrrrr!!

A good time to change the blog header graphic from the foggy autumn picture, to these *beautiful* ice crystals…HA, let it freeze, let it freeze, let it freeze!

We are almost out of ‘beschuit met muisjes‘!! Indeed, we have had a *lot* of visitors who emptied the 8 (!) packages with ‘muisjes’ that my parents brought with them, haha!

…time for the ‘beschuit met muisjes‘ header graphic to be changed for something else, ah?

Since it is autumn, and since it is more foggy than snowy (to everyone’s surprise!), I found the perfect header graphic to reflect this moment: the picture was taken yesterday at Romtjern, a lake close to Hagan where we used to live…beautiful, ah?

The vacation in Corsica has been a while ago, and summer is coming to an end…time to change the header graphic from the Corsican winefields to something matching the current period…

What you see here are ‘beschuit met muisjes‘, a typical dutch tradition that is served when you visit a new born! (blue for boys, and pink for girls )!

Corsica gives a LOT of opportunities for great pictures, and since I am not in ‘tulip’-country at the moment, it is time to change the header graphic to one more appropriate for the location and time of year, don’t ya think?

So, the ‘spring tulips’ header graphic is out, and the Corsican winefields are IN!

Now that the veranda season has opened, and weather is truly doing its best to make us forget the snow and ice, it’s time to change the ‘ice crystals’ header graphic for one that fits the spring season somewhat better.

See here; tulips definitely reflect the spring mood, don’t you think?

I thought it would be nice to match the winter wonderland outside with my blog-header, so even though I really enjoyed the autumn composition that has been the header graphic for three months it is time for something new!

And boy, do I *love* the ice crystals in this one…I took the picture while hiking through the forest ‘in the backyard’!

The season to enjoy summer sunsets (and a related header graphic) is long gone and with winter on its way I chose a new header graphic for the blog.

It’s a nice autumn composition, eh?

Hmm, it was about time to change the header graphic for my blog, the previous one with Norwegian flags lasted for more than one year (!)…hehe, I guess y’all know by know that I love Norway, eh?

This one was taken during last weekends sailing trip on the Oslo fjord and perfect for this time of year; an amazing sunset, one can never have enough of those!

Or actually; an old one…anyway, it matches this time of year a tiny bit better than the winter-wonderland from before, eh?

The memories of Indonesia slowly fade away in the snowy Norwegian world, it was about time to change the header graphic from rice fields to the white world!

This picture was shot last week in the forest we call our ‘backyard’ …isn’t it absolutely beautiful??

Well, it was about time…time for a new header graphic! Indonesian nature was amazing, so the choice of a picture was easy.

Furthermore I made some changes on the WordPress back-end; I enabled widgets on the sidebar, you won’t (or shouldn’t) see a difference, but it makes it easier for me to manage the sidebar.

It enabled me to add my Facebook Status in the sidebar via its RSS feed, I am using the status to display where on planet earth I enjoy my life today.

…I guess this one gives it away…:)

Well, well, just came back from the fine late summer/autumn weather in New Zealand, NL has had the warmest April ever and I still had the skiing header graphic…it was about time indeed! This picture is taken in Coromandel, New Zealand…what a view!

Sjeez, it was about time…finally a new header graphic! The picture was taken during my skiing holiday two weeks ago.

I wasn’t too happy with the last header graphic, the picture was amazing, especially the light and story behind it, but I am not that pleased with the overall colors and atmosphere, so…check it out, an amazing sunset taken some weeks ago in Schiermonnikoog!

It’s about time…this one is taken last summer when playing the typical camping-style game of ‘boules’! (for the advanced as we were playing in the dark! )

No surprise; a picture taken last Saturday at Robbert en Suzanne’s wedding!

It’s about time for a new header graphic, eh?

This picture was taken last weekend at the ‘Reeuwijkse Plassen’ (lakes), where we went sailing for Robbert’s bachelor party!

Taken in Friesland last weekend, a new header graphic with a typical view of the dutch countryside.

A new month, a new header graphic! Nice duckies, eh?