Autumn Gilt

The late September sunshine
Lime green on the linden leaves
Burns bronze on the slated roof-tops,
Yellow on the farmer's last sheaves.

It flares flame-like on the fire hydrant,
Is ebony on the blackbird's wing,
Blue beryl on the face of the ocean,
Glints gold on the bride's wedding ring.

A sparkling rainbow on the stained-glass window,
It's a silver sheen on the kitchen sink,
The late September sunshine
Is a chameleon I think.
Valerie Bloom

Valerie Bloom is a new favourite! And so is The Poetry Archive.



I think the photo might be from the beginning of October, but the sunshine is still worthy of a poem:-)

October 2007. Photos

The area around Hammerfest is quite all right too:





...but I didn't go for a swim this time:-)

September 2007. Photos

Taking a photo from the airport just outside
Vadsø. I've traveled quite a lot around Finnmark this last year, both because of the job and because me and my wife lived 500 kilometres apart September to January. We soon discovered we prefer to live a lot closer together. Like in the same house:-)

Old warehouse in Båtsfjord. Or it could be a place where they used to work with seafood processing. There used to be 30-40 places like that back in the days. Now there's just two left. It's cheaper to send the fish to China, process it there, and then send it back to Norwegian stores! I'm thinking more expensive petrol might change that.


Båtsfjord, small lighthouse. When we go for a small Sunday walk (because the weather is shitty, or because we're lazy) we usually walk along the fjord in this area.

August 2007. Photos

I think I promised to post photos like 8 months ago. *cough*
Well, here's a start!

Flying up to Båtsfjord

The area where I lived my first six months in Båtsfjord

The neighbourhood 1

The neighbourhood 2

The neighbourhood 3

Hammerfest

Check out Hammerfest! I'm going there tonight - it'll be great to have some days off:-) Have a great weekend, everyone!