It is raining every day, but there are glimspes of almost sunshine, and then there are meadows of wild flowers to enjoy. Right outside my door. My plan was to make another post from the fishing festival, but I have computer problems, so can’t get at those pictures at the moment. I don’t even have proper email. But I had an empty laptop, and some new pictures of flowers… There are more norwegian wildflowers in my photo gallery and here is a link.
Flower therapy! Just beautiful.
This therapy is more or less everywere, it is free, and you don’t need an appointment, Bachelorette.
Even the plain old daisies are really beautiful with the little bits of pink …is it clover?… in the background. Lovely photos!
Clover yes, we call them red clover. These flowers means it is summer around here, Anneli.
Absolutely beautiful
Thanks, Natureintheburbs.
Oh these are just so refreshing !!!! Loved it absolutely !!! Especially the daisies !
Glad you liked them, SanVar.
Beautiful, and one of my soft-spots.
Oh, now I know one of your softspots, Disperser.
These are absolutely charming and such a delicate expression of nature. I’d be afraid to walk through the fields in fear of harming these blossoms. Thanks for sharing!
I know what you mean, Bella Remy, but sometimes it can’t be avoided, when they are everywere. But I walk a little bit zigzag these days.
They are water-colored, inconspicuous beauties.
May be that is how Northerner express themselves.
I like it.
Might be, Yoshizen. Some say we are a bit cold (like the weather) but you might have a better theory.
May be not cold, but while contemplated long
dark winter, not expect too much, neither
over excited. = modest though, the internal determination hence stubbornness must be
their second name
(Is that correct ?)
Yes, you are right, Yoshizen. But wrong at the same time. I know norwegians that are overexcited sometimes, not all the times, but sometimes. Even very much so.
. We are probably different like everybodey else (more or less).
Great shots. But rain is not obvious. Water droplets? © symbol is easy on the key board. I use mac but this link will show you for PC as well. http://www.copywriting-on-demand.com/quick-keys.htm
Between rain, Victor. I have learned this symbol before, and I will look at this link when I get the time. Thanks.
beautiful…
Thanks, Sandy.
Vackra blommor som jag känner igen… Nu ska jag till Charles de Gaulle för att flyga till Arlanda…
Du får ha det supert i Sverige, Maria. Det er jo samme sesong (den beste?) og omtrent samme blomster der som her.
Tack, och solen sken i alla fall.. Ha det bra
Very beautiful
Thanks a lot, Ciprian.
These are simply beautiful. Love the delicate colors.
Thanks for your comment, Gunta.
I followed your link to the impressive gallery – ‘ummm’ cloudberries (multebær), unfortunately, grows only 2 places in Denmark – but probably more widespread both in Finland, Sweden and Norway…
Cloudberries still grow in Denmark. I didn’t know, and they must be rare. Here there are most in the mountains, but the ones around were I live will be ripe first, that is quite soon and it seems to be more than usually. Maybe not in the high mountains. There have been freezing nights in the Røros area and that may kill them….
There are 2 places in Denmark where cloudberries grow, not many
- so it is wonderful to taste them in Norway…
these are all so beautiful! The rain has finally stopped in the UK and Mr sunshine decided to make an appearance again
Stopped is not exactly the case here, but we still have hope for some sun this summer. Thanks for your comment, Gisele.
Just like I remember picking flowers to my mum. Lovely captured.
Great idea, Stofferpix. Bluebells, daisies and red clover together are my mother’s favorites.
Such beautiful images. So simple & yet so amazing.
I agree with that, Victoria. Wild flowers have a special quality.
I love the layering of shapes, colors and tones within these photos. I so enjoy the snippets of your life in Norway through your photographs!
Glad you liked it, Carol, and thanks for your comment.
I hope you get some sun.
Me too, Debra.
What a lovely and beautiful flowers!
Thanks, Cocomino.
What beauties! Not that I didn’t like the fishing festivals shots, but I LOVE these.
Thanks, Sandy. I think they are beauties too, some of them very small beauties.
Just love the first one of the bluebells! So beautiful!
Thanks, Madhu.
WOW! They are so beautiful dear Bente, the colours and their compositions fascinated me. Thank you, love, nia
I am so glad you liked them, dear Nia.
they are refreshing and bringing some colour!
Just a little bit of colour, but glad you liked them, Mijnnikoenik.
Ahhh, such lovely colors and shapes. Beautiful! I love how you’ve composed these images.
Thanks, Lemony.
I love these wild flowers. In my small garden I had a true invasion of the blue ones. They threatened to completely take over. I had to sort of wade through them, because they get to be so tall too. Or are these a different smaller kind? The flowers look exactly the same. To my regret I’ve had to pull quite a lot of them out with roots and all, because they set a lot of seed and I wouldn’t know what to begin with even more next year. By the way, I also took out two of the biggest ferns. They were smothering other plants and I still have more than enough left.
There are invasive species of bellflower, Cybermum, like this one (creepinjg bellflower): http://www.restoringthelandscape.com/2010/08/thats-invasive-european-bellflower.html. We don’t look at our small bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia) as invasive. On the contrary, it is very much loved in Norway. You find it in old farmland and up in the mountains among other places. it is actually treathened by modern agriculture and alien invasive species like lupins.
Thnx. The one I have in my garden looks exactly like this, but it does not have taproots. I’m afraid that last year I left the stalks too long, so that it could seed itself around the garden.
Really romantic, a romantic summer`s dream …
In my garden I would rather like more blues. Here in North Norfolk the violett lavender is no dominating. I have got a lot of whites this year.
And I don’t succeed with lavender, it is too much rain, too little sunshine. We can’t get it all but have to enjoy with what w have got, Klausbernd.
Gentle and lovely. I find the top one particularly peaceful.
Thanks a lot for your comment, Cuttlefish.
Beautiful images – so delicate and such a soft feeling to them. We call the blue ones Harebells here and they’re prevalent at the moment – but more in isolation instead of mixed with dainty white flowers that looks like one of our mountain chickweeds.
Our harebells, that we call bluebells in norwegian, appear in different environment and with different plants, but they dissapear if the neighbours get too big and widespread. So fertilizers (that makes others grow faster) and alien spieces like lupins, are bad for them. Thanks, Finesse.
Very pretty flowers, thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot, Marielba.
Beautiful:)
Thanks, Cowgirl.
when it rains here we have rainbows. When it rains there you have a rainbow of flowers.
Oh, what a nice comment, Karen.
Lovely photos. In the first one, particularly, you’ve captured those flowers dancing. Beautiful.
Flowers dancing, that is a nice comment. And you are right, Susan. I don’t show it all in my photos (more into details) but they are dancing.
So pretty, Bente…love the depth of field for those first ones…very nice.
Thanks a lot for your comment, Scott.
Most welcome….
A BEAUTIFUL RESTLESSNESS !
Yea, Deborah, tranquillity and restlessness.
Daisies! They must be everywhere
Daisies everywere right now, for a short time, Sama.
Lovely, Bente!
Thanks, Carissa.
Long live the rain !… very nice photos, Bente !
Long live the rain, Marion B. It’s great for (some) plants, and sometimes for photos.
Very beautiful pictures!! Cheers!!
Thanks a lot, Soy.
nice!
Thanks.
Beautiful photos, we’ve had so much rain in Ireland too.
There seems to be either too much or too little this year, Magnum.
Truly beautiful.
Thanks, Ella.
Gorgeous. Are the top ones bluebells? Saw some just like it in Switzerland this past month.
Yes, bluebells (Campanula rotundifolia), Emily. They can live even in the high mountains.
It scarcely rains at convenient times here in Chicago in the US. However, this morning I was walking beneath the safety of my umbrella on my way to work, and stopped dead in my tracks to gaze at the droplets of water dribbling down the Hydrangeas on the corner.
Your photographs remind me of that moment. B-e-a-utiful.
It is all about the moments, Mimi. And moments can be everywere.
Those are all beautiful, but the fourth is completely captivating!
The forth is the one I really wasn’t sure to bring to the blog, Montucky. It is disorganized, it is not a great flower portrait, but there were something…
enchanting series, exelent presentation
Beautiful photos, as always!
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Cheers!
I very much like the Bluebells photograph (3rd one down from top)– really lovely.
I can live without fishing, but not without flowers. These are so pretty, pretty, pretty! And so delicate. Lovely. Liked.
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Bente: la palidez suave, delicada exquisita, de esta cosecha floral, resulta a mis ojos excelente. No soy nadie para felicitarte en tu menester ejemplar, pero me es obligado por contento hacerte llefar ni felicitación
más viva.
Gracias, muchas gracias. Suerte y ánimo.
Beautiful images, I particularly like the use of soft focus and gentle tones
Happy wildflowers, happy (brief) summer!
Took just one look at these photos, and my heart melted. Awesome!
These are all very beautiful shots Bente!
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