It is snowing! Yes!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Letters to write

Time to write all the letters which I did not write before Christmas.

Body Shop

Pleasure shopping (is that a word?) at Body Shop.

Our street

The snow is icy, the road slippery.

Low winter sun

Ducks near Granåsen

Ducks in the small pond near Granåsen Nordic Skiing Arena

God jul. Merry Christmas.

A candle on the Christmas Tree.

Sunday at noon, from our front door.

Good bye India

I am flying back home to Europe and Norway

Royal Orchid Metropolitan

Hotel employees.

Sravanebelagola

Still in South India

Mysore

Krack-a-dawna farm

Two hours south of Mysore

The Green Market

The Green Market is an organic Sunday market in Mysore. I bought handmade paper.

Brandipur National Park

Ready for a safari in South India

Mysore Zoo

Vinay and one of the five dogs

Australian Bottle Brush

From Carolyn's garden

Brindavan Gardens

Girls in colourful saris in Brindavan Gardens

Stone Elephant

Keshave Temple in Somnathpur

Mysore University

A farm outside Mysore

Invited for lunch with Muthu and Sashi

Indian silk

Second day in a row at the silk store.

Mysore children

Children outside St.Philemona cathedral in Mysore, India

The Parpia's house, Mysore, India

A quiet day with reading, writing and drawing.

Srirangapatnam

Sultan Tipu's Summer Palace, the Daria Daulat Bagh

Cauvery Art and Craft Emporium

A wonderful place for shopping art from the area

Maharaja's Palace in Mysore, India

My driver Winnie and his wife Haima outside the enlighted temple.

Indian breakfast time

My friend Carolyn eating breakfast, somewhere between Bangalore and Mysore

On my way to India

I didn't take any photos during my day of travels, so this is from "my Indian garden"

And here they are.......

The President of Ireland and her husband,

the King and Queen of Norway.

Sweeping the city

A king, a queen, a president and her husband will visit Trondheim tomorrow. They will not be allowed to dance on autumn leaves.

Nidaros Pilgrim Center

Morning in town

The first red light of the morning, near Nidelven river

Morning in town

The first red light of the morning, near Nidelven river

Then the storm came

Yesterday's Indian Summer changed overnight to cold, wet and stormy autumn.

Breakfast at cabin

Late autumn can still be beautiful and mild

Autumn Friday

Starting in Blue Garden, ending at cabin

Books about India

Part of my collaction of books from and about India

Ringve Museum

Japanese Maple

Red is beautiful in The Blue Garden

Stubborn

Soon to be moved into the basement for the winter

The first snow.......

The very first snowflakes fall this morning. They melted at once, but made us busy emptying flower pots.

Apple season

Nothing tastes as good as the Norwegian apples.

Small planes fly low

Leaving Rørvik, heading for Trondheim, 35 min south.

Rørvik

The sun shines on this small wooden house in Rørvik, Nord-Trøndelag

Værnes church

Close to Trondheim Airport

Autumn in The Blue Garden

Nature is getting ready for a long sleep.

University of Trondheim, main building.

The autumn colours are sparkling, and I walk as much as possible

Home, sweet home

Back home to cooking and dishes.