ABC #8 - H - Join the Challenge and Learn Norwegian the easy way

New week - new ABC challenge: (kommenter gjerne på norsk, svensk eller dansk)
The original ABC challenge derived from Denise Nesbitt from Yorkshire in England and Petunia brought the challenge to Norway; but since my Blog is written in a kind of English, I've given me a doubble challenge: The objects must begin with the same letter or sound in both Norwegian and English.
How about that? Do you take the challenge?

This weeks letter is H. Click on the letter to have some exciting knowledge.

As usual I try to find objects from Norway that begins with this weeks Letter in English as well as in Norwegian. Plus a story.
This week the words you will learn is as follows:
Hest = Horse
House = Hus
Home = Hjem
Easy or difficult?

Learn about Norwegian Architecture traditions - and home buildings.
Fascinating if you are interested.

All Photos this week are taken locally, only minutes walk away from our winter-home in Southern Oslo, Norway.

It is not Montana. It's Oslo South. Here you see Horse=Hest and Houses=Hus and thus Homes=Hjem.

Horses - after a looong Winter, they enjoy to be outdoor - Southern Oslo.
This Farm is owned by the Local Community and is used mainly to activate young people in a neighbourhood, where the kids Parents do represent 98 different languagues. The meeting and care and working with all the different Animals (Horses, ponnies, hens, pigs, goose, sheeps, goats,
peacocks, cats etc etc) does align different culturel backgrounds to a unity.
About Norwegian Horses here

Early 1900-style house - Oslo Norway
- Very common building style in the countryside of SE Norway.
More Norwegian houses here

Modernized house from 18xx - Southern Oslo
Traditional Norwegian red - also from the SE of Norway

Modern Houses (Villas) anno 2009 in Oslo South.


Do go visit other Nordic participants on the Letter H.
Enjoy the photos, most of them are far above normal standards, and you might comment in your own language.
Someone in the Blogsphere will understand and help to translate. OK?
You can even ask Google to translate for you. But I refuse to be responsible for the result. It gives you and idea but - hahahaha. I say no more.

Have a wonderful weekend.
Ha en flott helg (Norwegian)

Wordless Wednesday - horses

When watching beautiful horses, I stay in silence and are Wordless - for a while.

These Photos are taken in August 2008, in Michigan (USA), at the farm where my DIL has her horse. I had the luck to visit these wonderful and trustful Horses.
More WW here

From 8:30 AM to 4:14 PM - Thursday 13

TORSDAY 13

Inspired by my good friend and blogfella, RennyBA's article "From dust to Dawn in December in Oslo" - I descided to take a sidestep from Argentina Adventures. The reason is obvious, I believe you will agree, my dear reader, when you see the pictures taken from outside my office. Christmas Cards - and they are real. Not arranged.

Grassing Horses in the Morning
From when I did arrived this morning around 8:30 am and left around 4:14 pm (It's early leaving due to the Fact we picked up our Cats after 3 weeks at Solvi and Stompa - her Cat), I shot some pictures - 4 U, my dear reader, to imagine how it's here in Oslo right now.

First some Facts. Oslo is situated in the bottom of Oslofjord - 100 km - 63 miles long. The City is sourounded by Hills, and the Downtown City is formed like a Hollow - with a Valley to the East, North and North West. To the South it is a Plateau, falling steep down to the fjord and a Valley and more hills to the South East. There are several Islands and a Pennisula (Bygdoy - where I'm born). Anna and I live in Southern Oslo during the Winters.

In the morning - The Horses - Neighbours to my Office's Parking House - see- no shadows yet.

Same Horses. They do find grass under the Frost.

Before noon I had to drive to Down Town Oslo - Do you see the Fog that has caused all this beauty. And I hope you can Imagine how low the Sun are above the Horizon these days - looooong Shadows. When driving Southwards - these Days when Blue Sky - Take care.

Had to walk out of the Parking House to

remember the scenery above ... Sun is up.

Do you ever have had a scenery like this just outside your Office Parking? Enlarge and you'll disciver oth the farm and Horses.

Noon - same Horses, same Farm. Remark the looong Shadows. And enlarge by clicking on the Photo. Then you will be there without feeling the Cold.

Afternoon - Birches - at 1 AM.

South East view in the very early afternoon

Blushing Trees. If you have taken your time to scroll down as far as this, I'm blushing of Gratitude as well...

Leaving with Flash - result: Not what I saw. Then:

Leaving at 4:14 pm. Another shot - without Flash and Tripod - 3,5 seconds. Am I steady? LOL.

Find more cruisers here. And do not miss Lime's Citizen of the World

(OK - I'll post mine during the weekend - that might be a surprise?)

PS. It's lots more to come from South America, Art Deco in So Be and - just return to read and Z.