A strange thing happened, I got a lot of followers just by blogging from my daily life. As a photographer and otherwise. This is great fun of course, and also unexpected. This time last year there were probably a handful, now there are 1000. I know not every one is visiting regularly, but a lot of you once in a while and that is great. I remember in the beginning I was thinking: nobody visiting my great posts? Not seriously, but still. Nobody, or almost nobody. Now I communicate with some many exciting, interesting and inspiring bloggers. This is my window to the world. And I hope you have some pleasures too, peeping back. There is only one problem, lack of time. The picture is from visiting the reindeer herders last week, and I have just started uploading some of the pictures to a new reindeer photo gallery.
Although our topics are much different, I am hoping that mine will be a conduit for deep and meaningful relationships as well. Keep up the good work.
Awesome pictures!!
I know what you mean. The blogging and the comments and answers take a lot of time but it’s worth it when you build up such a community of friends from all over the world. I know I feel that way about my blog and I’m happy when people visit it. I enjoy visiting your blog, Bente, so keep those great photos coming.
Picture nr 14 is just crazy !
Congrats on your 1000 followers.
Love your reindeer photos.
It’s been fun getting to know you!
You have proven to be worth following I suppose. This is my first time, but if you can claim that much blogger love, you are one to notice.
Nicely stated re. “a window on the world”. So true. Love your photos. That’s why people visit you….
May be I’ve seen thousands of photos of famous landscape.
But many of your photos were taken at quite normal but typical of your country.
And me to find how great those landscapes are, — all thanks to your photos.
I’m very lucky and grateful to find your photo-blog.
Thank you very much for you to have quite hectic life to take photos and make
them available to net-sphere.
Great shot and always great to follow your world through your pictures..
That reindeer in the front looks white – Cool Capture! I am glad to find your blog and love your photography – makes me want to get out there more to capture the landscape. Happy Tuesday:)
Thanks to you for being there to be visited!
Everyone loves a good photo, Bente.
All the more enjoyable when its from a part of the world that most of us will never get to.
I love your reindeer images. Well, I love all your images for that matter.
i’ve take a look at your gallery.Amazings shots of the reindeer.I also am happy with knowing you and a lot of other people all over the world.
Congrats, Bente…good for you! Always a pleasure visiting with you….
Your photos are stunning Bente and it is no wonder that so many people look and read your blogs from all over the world it’s amazing to see the beauty of your world.
Beautiful photograph, as always dear Bente, you are amazing. Thank you, love, nia
I too am glad I found your blog and find in one way or the other I enjoy each post. The pictures you take and your posts…what else is there to say but thank you to you too!
I really enjoy the reindeer and the trees in the background. Photos almost make me shiver as if feeling the cold. Soft bluish cast (at least to my eyes) is very pretty.
Oh, I’m so glad I found your blog, too
Beautiful photo, Bente. Looks almost like a painting.
Congratulations Bente! You have a wonderful blog : )
Great photos! Reindeer are so cool and you get to see them up close and personal!
Always nice to get to your blog, the window is open to the world and we spy with pleasure. A big hello and go about your art.
Carlos
1K . . . well deserved.
congrats on the 1000 followers..happy to be one of the 1000…
Congrats
i am the one amongst 1000 buddies !
Your blog is great! Amazing photo’s and an interesting world that you live in. Thank you!
Yes, I understand this lack of time, and it becomes ever harder to keep up with my favorite blog-friends. Even when I am not here, I think of you, and I find myself telling stories about Norway that I have learned from you or bragging to my brother about how lovely your berry desserts looked and how the berry bushes cover the whole hillside in your photos. I have told you before that you have made me feel connected to Norway and my heritage there, but that has really meant something to me that stays with me. Thanks for your wonderful blog, and I’m so glad you are enjoying the many windows on the world in the blogosphere as much as I do too. See you again soon!
That is interesting. Blogging is great when we see and learn something new, and also when we experience something similar or wellknown that might be far away. Roots yea, there are as many with norewgian roots in the US as their are norwegians in Norway I have heard.
Well I learned something new again. I certainly have a lot of friends here with roots in Norway too.
Your reindeer gallery is wonderful too. I especially like image 5 of 26. It catches the scale of all the reindeer and the people trying to locate their own. It really must be something to see.
You are right, absolutely something to see, even when my fingertips freeze. It is a bit far away though. Thanks for your comments. I can’t comment on yours, it is among the WP-designs my blog won’t let my write on.
Hmm, that’s interesting it won’t let you comment. Sorry about that. Thanks for coming by to see what I am up to and for showing your appreciation with ‘likes’. Take care!
Don’t stress yourself. Time is only, what you perceive. All is well! And your reindeer gallery is great. You did some extraordinary shots! Ha en finfin dag!
I try, and thanks a lot. Ha en super dag du også.
And thank YOU for showing us your wonderful photo gallery!
Best wishes, Karin from Munich / South Germany
Thanks & best wishes to you too, Karin.
Thank you for being there for being there for us. Please keep posting.
Same goes to you. Living in a part of the world I haven’t been visiting otherwise.
That’s the connection…
It fun and I am just surprised it really is. Both as a blogger and a reader it creates a world away from the headline drama of the news. I can also say that I have learned a great deal a great deal about people.places and events….many I guess would never get the public viewing they deserve. Thank you for your contribution I do enjoy and appreciate the time you take to share.
We are the lucky ones, David. Learning a lot, our own way. Thanks.
1000 – wow, that’s brilliant and very well deserved.
Your photos are wonderful and I love the window to your life.
Isn’t it wonderful how interesting our daily lives can be to each other? Lack of time is a chronic problem for almost everyone, but I have found a lot of pleasure in reading your posts and your photos often take my breath away. Don’t ever stop, Bente!!!
Congratulations, it’s nice to know that wonderful photos like yours are being appreciated. Your daily life is a pleasure to study.
A great photo from the world of these reindeers, wonderful animals…
Agree with you, so many wonderful here – including yours too…
And yeah the time or the lack of time can be a problem sometimes
when we want looking out or look into all these wonderful windows of the world around us…
This photo is gorgeous, Bente! I love all the snow on the trees. And that little guy in the front is almost list it the white! Nice shot.
I love your photos. Thank you. Keep posting.
What a wonderful dreamy pink and white atmosphere.
Greetings, Franka
your reindeers’ gallery is amazing!
It`s always so cold on your Photos. But I like the fireplace. Surely you spend a lot of time in front of it. Greeting from Cologne
One of my favorite winter pictures this winter. Wonderful.
It’s always so wonderful and beautiful to see your life across the world!!
Here’s hoping that you get 1,000 more followers! We’d “follow” you anywhere
Thanks Bente, you really are a window onto another world and I have never regretted following your blog. You have now inspired me to get out my old slides from my long ago trips to Norway and look at them again. I never got to the north though unfortunately.
very nicely said… I definitely enjoy seeing the contrast in our areas: Norway vs Southern California
I always love visiting your blog, you have beautiful photos ! If only we had more time, we could visit more often. How wonderful that you have so many followers, wow ! Congratulations !
Tu nous offres une merveilleuse vitrine sur ton monde. Merci et comme tu le dis, le temps est ce qui nous manque le plus.
bonne journée
val
Congratulations Bente! I enjoy your photos – particularly the reindeer – very much, even if I don’t visit as often
Here’s to the next 1000!
One thousand reindeer friends and counting! Congratulations, you deserve another thousand for your blog is always enjoyable and the pictures are outstanding.
El éxito está, creo, en lo exótico y en lo bueno de tus trabajos; Bente, y está todo muy bien, incluso para atender como puedas a tus fans, que tu blog tiene adeptos…
Las imágenes generales -paisaje y paisanaje o gentes- son de mucho agrado, pero las particulares en planos cortos de los pastores indígenas y de los animales son maravillosas. ¡Maravillosas! Ya tienes suerte con esas escapadas geniales…
Un gran saludo. Buen día,
¡Maravillosa galería! Felicidades.
Yes, indeed. It’s wonderful to have so many followers, but one ends up spending too much time at the computer trying to respond to them all. I’ve loved your blog since I stumbled in here the first time. It’s been a great peek into another world. Just keep showing your great pictures and respond only when you feel like it.
I love your blog. Your photos and your stories of life. My heart has always had a special place for Norway too, so I will stay with you! Keep posting!
It is amazing how many followers you have, but also not because I think we all just love your pictures of your daily life and your country. So thank you for sharing! In this case, beautiful picture of the reindeers.
Thanks for liking my post…nice posts you have got there
This is great!