A little piece of Heaven

Everybody would possible to able to describe Hell; personal or religious. But is it the same with Heaven?
I will through some pictures try to give you a little piece of mine.
As you already may have understood; I love my hometown. This isn't just because it is where I was born, grew up and walk through mostly everyday of my life. the fact that I live outside the city center, and out on the "countryside" cannot deprive me from feeling like a "Bergenser". It fits my fiery character, and when someone said that people from Bergen and people either from Dublin or elsewhere in Ireland, share some characteristic: my heart smiled (can a smile do that?)
Anyway; yesterday was such a beautiful and warm day, so I decided to pack down my camera and head into the city to find some places that really make me proud. Since there are so many of those, this blog-post will re-appear from time to time.

Our streets are narrow, but oh so charming ^^

Just waiting for some royalty to come out and wave

I want to live here!....

Or here....

From the fortress ^^ Perfect place for relaxing
with some strawberries after a hard days work

But it isn't just my town I love. I also love my little secret, deep into the woods at Osterøy. This is one of the few places where I feel free to think and dream whatever I want. The flowers, the trees and the grass all brings me back to a happy childhood, before parts of my life became clouded and dark.

Peace

Wild and beautiful

 Here lives the Elves

Do you think I could find a four-leaf clover here?

Maybe I could find a leprechaun....

 Wood Cranesbill

So this a piece of my heaven

So maybe a little piece of heaven can be found near you too

My sunny home

Just some pictures from the nearby meadow and my family's garden :)

Enjoy!

Peaceful

Yellow; reflecting the sun

Nature's beauty is aweinspiring

SUMMER!

Green grows the grass...

It survived the harsh winter, and look at it now!

Green green green

A perfect place for a contemplative mind as mine

RAMMSTEIN

It's the day after the concert with Rammstein at Koengen, I have a splitting headache, but I know I have to let you know how it was last night. One word:

AWESOME!

These guys knows how to thank their fans; by giving them them most amazing, breathtaking, crazy show EVER! This was a perfect mix of old and new material, and many of their biggest hits were included.

And when they struck up "Du Hast"...you could almost get religious. EVERYBODY was singing along, EVERYBODY! There is a reason why I use so many capital letters in this post. It is because that nothing Rammstein ever do is small. It is always big, over the top and totally amazing. Their names will go down in the history of rock as something special, so breathtaking and shocking that you can still feel it pulsing inside your system, hours, days and weeks after they have given you your required dose. Rammstein is like drugs, it's highly addictive and you cannot get enough of it. I had some secondthoughts about going to this concert, but I'm glad I did :)

THANK YOU RAMMSTEIN FOR AN AMAZING CONCERT
I'M NOW OFFICIALLY ADDICTED 

Ba ba black sheep...

in my valley there is a story about a mythological creature; the black lamb. Just a few person has seen it, but now it have been documented :)

I also added some other pictures of the more normal white sheep...but they are sooo adorable :p

Trying to chase his own tail

It looks like they are dreaming about something nice

Show-off for the mothers

Much wisdom in those eyes

Have you ever seen anything cuter?

someone just told him a joke ^^

I just have to say with Norways former minister of agriculture: Sheep are quite alright!

BAAAA!

Morbid and beautiful

Last night when I couldn't sleep because of some really bad nightmares, my mind started contemplating on a question I've been asking myself for some time: why do many people feel attracted to the morbid, the dark and death?
What is it that fascinates us about terrible urban legends, stories of murder,death and despair?
Oh, there are many questions here, and I don't know how to answer all of them.

First of all: Every person on this planet has both darkness and light in their hearts. This isn't meant like a religious observation, but we have the seeds to do both good and bad. We can choose (free will isn't it?) to be nice to someone, or not.
So here lies part of the answer I'm seeking. The darkness we encounter will in some cases be found extremely fascinating, while in other will we try to escape it, and go back into the light. There is nothing right or wrong in seeking the darkness and the gloomy paths of life. We choose and live with our choices. And we cannot see one thing without the other. It is a shame that today people see death as entertainment, but after all has death been somewhat fascinating for humankind since the first day. Nothing has returned from "the other side", and the whole thing is surrounded by mystical ideas and sometimes superstition.

Once again has this post run astray...
What I was trying to say is that these dark interest awakens something in us that has been kept captive all our lives, that wants to break free...
Our society still worships the sun and the light, so anyone who has seen that there's an other way to knowledge will experience condemnation from the society he or she is a part of.
The moon has more followers than people like to think, and when it's full will they howl against it, pour all their hate and sorrow out for all to see, even the mortal sun-worshippers.

A day in the mountains: a portrait

The weather has been so nice for the last few days, that I decided to get out of my tent (I'm sleeping in a tent on my lawn...just for fun) and up in the mountains. I had some thoughts that had been bothering me for quite some time, and I looked forward to walk in total solitude, with nothing but myself and my music as company. I took the bus to the top of my valley, where the track up in the mountains began. The sun was shining and I soon realized that the black jersey would get too hot. Luckily I was wearing my kilt, which was absolutely perfect for this.

I had the whole mountain to myself, not a soul in sight. I heard both cuckoo and an owl (the latter must have insomnia), and some bells. That was the sheep that was coming up in the mountain for the summer.
So here are some pictures from my 'trip'

The reason for all these sheep-pictures is that the farmer was sending them off to the mountain, where they will eat fresh grass and have fun until the fall...

On track? No way!

Two weeks until the official opening, and the pride and joy of Bergen; Bybanen (The city tram) did what should never be possible: It crashed and one of the wagons jumped off its track.
What does this mean? Will this enormous project be a failure and stay off the tracks it should follow?

I can't do anything but laugh and wonder if this was worth it. It will be interesting to see where this is going...

What do you get?

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Tons of fun!

To you

You once fixed my broken wings
and learned me how to fly.
To see the beauty of the truth
and never fear to try.
To find the love I thought was lost
in words and thoughts so small.
You gave me life and liberty
to fight the demons call.

I thank you for the hugs you sent
and words that lit my fire.
Without them I could never know
I could follow my desire.
You inspired me to live my life
away from darkness and despair.
To make each day count more and more,
yes, you were always there.

So if I tripped or stumbled,
you always took my hand
and lead me safely through
the fearsome nightmare's land.
Until the day I die I know
you really saved me then
and I will always count you as
my very dearest friend.

Bloody Monday?

Did the world get another Bloody Sunday or Tiananmen Square on its hands last Monday when the Israelite army, without just cause (well, I doubt that government have any idea of what a just cause is...) boarded  a ship, in international waters, that was headed for Gaza in an attempt to break the blockade?

Some may say that it was a fool's errand, but if you don't try, you'll never know.

And the tradition in this country of self justification, that says to itself that everybody else is terrorist, "they are out to get us".

Paranoia rules this land, an enemy wherever they dare to look... 

As one friend told me in his anger: 'The Israelis was seen as an Untermensch by the Nazis, but today they see themselves as Übermensch.'

They don't care if they step on a few toes, and since there will not be any proper reaction from the White House, they can still be the bully and do whatever they like. The fact that a whole world is now turning against them, doesn't  seem to bother them a bit.

Will they ever listen, this country that throughout history again and again has 'solved' its problems by the help of occupation, death and destruction? Where words like 'discussion', 'democracy' and 'acceptance' are almost extinct, put to death by a nation who can only see its own reflection, and nothing else.

So this came as no surprise, we knew what Israel was capable of. But this will never make it right, what they did last Monday. This was a superb example of how Israel deals with its 'enemies'; anyone who try to oppose them in their little bubble of self justice. 'We're right, you are wrong' seems to be their general view. And I cannot imagine that God (if he exist) could be very pleased with what  his so-called 'chosen' people are doing right now!

We can hope for some divine intervention, since US don't dare, but I seriously doubt that God has the means necessary for this job. Israel would just overreact one more time and blow us all to hell.

 Don't believe in a government that tells us that anybody and everybody is an enemy! 

Don't accept a lie!