Snow!

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Norway, Playing, Snow

We awoke on Friday to a landscape radically different to the one we had seen outside our windows on Thursday evening. Snow, quite a few inches deep, covered everything: houses, cars, trees, lawns, roads. It was beautiful. With a temperature dipping below -5 the snow was like a powder, a small gust of wind would whirl up a cloud of white. Although beautiful, the cold did not look tempting and required no close inspection. Luckily I was able to work from home.

Or, at least I could for a while. Around noon we lost our internet connection, just after I had finished a project that I had to send off. It was cold outside, but as soon as I stood ankle-deep in snow, with snowflakes falling from above, I took on the mental state of a five-year-old. A rather responsible five-year-old with no interest of getting too cold or wet, and with a driver’s license. So…

I found a road going downhill. It was deserted as far as I could see. It was broad and the snow lay packed. It was slippery. And I did everything I could to take advantage of it (which really isn’t much…). I sped on a bit, hit the breaks, and for a few seconds (or probably less than a whole second) I felt like I had no control of the car. In a controlled situation like that I could argue that I do it for the greater good: it’s important to know how easily one can lose control of a car. Anyway, the short drive was quite an adventure. The city looked like it belonged in a fairy-tale. I saw a woman on skis, on the pavement, with skis! (I know this is Norway, but this is in fact not a common sight!) After I arrived home Husband and I found a toboggan and walked to get Son home from kindergarten. Joy!! 😀

Advent snow

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Norway, Snow

The first snowfall in the city happened while I was in a different city. A few centimetres of snow fell while I was in London and was already gone by the time I came home a day later. I thus missed it… But the weather gods understood my frustration and have now gently bestowed upon us a few centimetres of snow. The snow appeared from dark skies that have been looming over our house for hours and came falling down before it was too late collect photographic evidence!

Snow day

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Baking, Snow, Winter

We woke up yesterday to two centimetres of snow. We rarely have snow here so I appreciate every little centimetre we get. Last year was an exception though, The snow came just before yule and didn’t melt until late January (or was it even later?). It didn’t snow much, it snowed once or twice, but the temperature stayed low.

Vi våknet i går til hele to centimeter med snø. Det snør så sjelden her at jeg setter pris på hver minste  snøfnugg som legger seg. I fjor var jo et unntak, som de fleste av dere sikkert kjenner til, hvor snøen kom før jul og lå til langt uti januar (eller var det enda lengre?) Det snødde jo ikke mye allikevel, men kulden gjorde at når den først kom ble den liggende leeeenge.

But back to the present, or, it is already in the past, as we woke up to bare fields and streets again today. Luckily we had a good time outside yesterday. Today we’re baking and going to IKEA (I know, no need for the facepalm. It’s Sunday and it will be crowded, but we need lightbulbs.) I’ll come back with details on what we’re baking some other day.

Men tilbake til nåtida, eller, det er jo allerede fortid, vi våknet til bare marker og veier igjen i dag. Heldigvis fikk vi kost oss ute i snøen i går. I dag skal vi bake og en tur på IKEA (jeg vet, idioti  å gå der på en søndag, men vi trenger lyspærer) Jeg kommer tilbake med detaljer om bakingen en annen dag.

 

Enjoy a lazy Sunday. Sundays are for procrastinating and chillaxing. I’ve done both the past days and have a few things to catch up on today. Anyway, enjoy the last bit of the weekend.

Jeg håper du nyter en lat søndag i dag. Søndagen er dagen til å utsette og slappe av. Jeg har gjort begge deler selv i det siste, og har en del ting å gjøre i dag. Håper ikke du følger i mitt eksempel. Uansett, nyt dagen og siste biten av helg, og husk, alt kan utsettes til i morgen 😉