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Touch of winter

2011-12-23T08:30:00.000-08:00

Lifjell in the distance.

Winter solstice, low sun.

Half-moon over Gaustatoppen.

Amazing colours at sunset...

Sunset before weather is changing.

Digital drawing, first test!

2011-07-08T15:25:00.001-07:00

Finally gotten me a digital drawing board, these are the first tests with it!

vannmonster by AK is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at theberrytrip.blogspot.com.

Gonna take some time to get used to it, but it's really fun!

Rain...

2011-06-27T04:52:00.000-07:00

Rain, rain, thunder and rain...

I'm hoping for warmer and sunnier weather now...

Spring!

2011-06-27T04:31:00.000-07:00

Easter

2011-04-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

Winter solstice

2011-01-13T02:21:00.000-08:00

Winter solstice has passed, days getting longer and brighter with beautiful colors before it gets dark. Closer to spring!

Frost

2010-12-06T12:28:00.000-08:00

A glowing sunset, much colder that it looks...

My friend Elisabeth and her icelandic mare Glírna enjoying the cold weather.

Misty ice and low wintersun

2010-12-02T10:23:00.000-08:00

Very cold and very beautiful sunset close to Bø.

The wintersun at its highest these days. Patmos, Akkerhaugen.

Frozen forest.

Sparkling light in the cold water between Norsjø and the river.

First whispers of winter

2010-11-18T12:28:00.000-08:00

Mist starts covering mountains and forests as the air is getting colder...

A few days after the mist is gone, but has left a silvery layer on everything.

Then, in the night, the snow comes.

Beautiful winterweather; a low sun hanging in the clear blue sky in the day, setting in fantastic pastell colours in the afternoon, and finally crisp, sharp moonlit nights.

Autumn

2010-11-04T03:08:00.000-07:00

A dragon!

2010-10-24T01:02:00.000-07:00

A dragon hidden in the clouds above Lifjell...

The dragon enhanced!

Lots of strange things out there, you just have to look for it ;)

First night of August

2010-08-12T05:21:00.001-07:00

The first night of August, at Børtevann.

Fields of barley

2010-07-30T14:26:00.000-07:00

The fields of barley in the sunset. Ok, they are not golden yet, but I think they still look good on the pics.

Beautiful July

2010-07-25T13:50:00.001-07:00

Norsjø late in the evening.

Fields of gold.

Summer...

2010-07-13T01:16:00.000-07:00

Enjoying the summer with sailing, hiking, swimming and just letting the senses enjoy the beauty of this season. I love summer.

Jarls training under saddle has been a bit delayed, but oh well, I'm not stressing really, we are getting there and are definitly on the right track.

Have been working on signals and communication from where my position will be when I'm riding him(guess that's called work in hand) and prepared him for the riding that way. He is getting really good at it now; brakes even seem to be working now, in the start the throttle was ON as soon as I came behind his shoulders so he had to learn that even though I'm in a "forward position", it doesn't always mean "run faster". He is getting more and more relaxed with me being in that position and understands that reins and neckrope that asks for lower speed actually "overwrites" the driving position.
We are even running that way, very good training for me, I'm slowly getting in better shape cause of all the walking and running. Yesterday we were even cantering that way, I'm impressed he managed to keep such an round and collected canter that I could manage to run beside him, cause I'm slooooow.

All in all, we are having fun! When I arrive at the stables he is clearly glad to see me and wants to come with me - that is just a fantastic feeling!

Beautiful evening in May...

2010-05-21T14:19:00.000-07:00

Windflower

2010-05-09T00:18:00.000-07:00

The herd in the snow!

2010-02-26T01:49:00.000-08:00

Imse is on "vacation" at my friends place, and she took some pics of the guys running in the snow.

The horses, from left to right on the picture below this text:
Ron - coldblood trotter, gelding, 18(about)years, the ultimate leader of the herd.
Taktur(black with star) - icelandic gelding, 19years, leader when Ron isn't there.
Vorblíða(blue dun) - icelandic yearling(mare).
Glirna(red, white blaze) - icelandic mare, 6 years, mother of Vorblíða.
ÍmirJarl(Imse) - white dun, 5 years, gelding.
"Rulle" - bay silver dapple gelding, 3years.

Imse and Rulle really likes to play!

All pictures are the property of Elisabeth Eika!

Winterhorse!

2010-02-13T04:46:00.000-08:00

My friend Elisabeth was visiting us, and she had brought her camera. We asked Ímse if he could show off a bit, and got a very big yes!

Thanks for beautiful pictures, Elisabeth!

Fun in the snow

2010-02-13T04:36:00.000-08:00

Elise(the owner of Taktur), who has helped me and Ímir alot, came to visit us. She had brought her camera, so we decided to film us playing a bit in the fantastic weather.

Thanks for visiting, and thanks for all the help, guiding and inspiration you are giving us!

Silvery winterdays

2009-12-29T06:39:00.000-08:00

It's winter, as winter should be; cold and dry weather, lots of powdery snow, and crispy icecrystals everywhere!

Playing a bit, Jarli thinks he is so cool! (And I think he is too!)
The rope is loose and slack all the time, what he is doing on the pictures is throwing his head around and stuff, just to show his energy and strength!

Enjoying the view.

"I am SO cool and tough!" And he is! ;)

It's getting dark before we head home again.

Crispy, cold days

2009-12-03T03:17:00.000-08:00

A strange creature

2009-12-03T03:12:00.000-08:00

A small, but rather scary creature. My cat, Plysj!

Moonlight

2009-11-30T14:11:00.000-08:00

Beautiful moonlight and sky tonight!
It has also come a bit SNOW(YEY!) and very nice outside.
Went for a walk with Taktur who was very happy and full of energy in the snow and sparkling moon.
Need to get something to put the camera on to be able to take pictures of the moonlight, and preferably another lens, cause taking pics in the night is not easy without right gadgets, it seems.

Finally a little glimpse of sun

2009-11-25T06:41:00.000-08:00

Has been raining ALOT here lately. Have been tiredsome for both animals and humans, all is grey, wet and dark.. But today it stopped raining for a while, and even came a little glimpse of sun and blue sky!
The horses clearly enjoyed it and relaxed in the light from the low sun.

Hope this is a promise of colder and dryer weather soon, I really want cold weather, sun and snow.

October

2009-10-26T11:18:00.000-07:00

Taktur and Jari

August...

2009-08-26T15:53:00.001-07:00

Fishy fisy fishy!

2009-08-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

Summerbreeze...

2009-08-20T06:56:00.001-07:00

Summerbreeze... Makes me feel fine..
*sigh*

San.

2009-08-10T07:50:00.000-07:00

Et portrettbilde av San!

Winter pics, from 08

2009-08-05T04:35:00.001-07:00

Bildene er tatt av Elisabeth Eika!

En litt småfuktig julikveld

2009-07-19T17:15:00.000-07:00

Ikke så sjarmerende vær nå om dagene, regner en god del, men er heldigvis solgløtt innimellom. Prøvde å ta noen bilder, vanskelig lys, samt at dyret var mest opptatt av mat!
Som vanlig ;)

Varm sommerkveld

2009-07-11T04:38:00.001-07:00

Noen bilder tatt av mett pånnis en varm julikveld.

Hmmm..

2009-07-07T02:40:00.000-07:00

Hmmm.. Jeg er ikke helt sikker på hva jeg driver med akkurat nå, men det står forøvrig godt i stil med tittelen på siden... ;)
Prøver å legge ut litt bilder fra juni!