Today´s weather report from the morning hours in Oslo. No more comments required.
It may be better to remind you once more about the Easter challenge you can find when Petunia invites to AfterSki either when having lunch with Moules frites or Salat accompanied with excellent wine.
AfterSki at fru Burum´s starts every day in Easter at 3 pm. The bar is ready for your refreshment.
Some years ago (about 40?) I captured this photo when skiing in the mountains with wooden skis, snowman building and having fun with friends.
Today we are strolling the streets of Oslo searching for spring in the light rainy and foggy weather. Why did we not stay another month in Spain.
Remember the Easter challenge you may find when Petunia invites to AfterSki
Almost no cars parked. Most people moved up to the mountain areas. It is quiet in town. It is City Easter Week.
When some of or many of our friends are moving to the mountain and their cabins with or without electricity, we are starting Easter with a outdoor glass of wine at Aker Brygge including lunch at Bølgen and Moi with Champagne and their recommended Fish Soup.
Rikke and Maja are training for strolling the Easter city hunting for Easter bunnies and Easter eggs.
Hedda has added more than 1 kg since her very early birthday 9 weeks ago. She is developing well and we look forward to meet her within some weeks when she is dismissed from hospital and comes home to Helene, Henrik, Trine and David.
Jobs told other transplant survivors who attended the crowded Friday news conference at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital , "I'm feeling fine. I almost died. It's been a pretty good last few months."
To read more and see the video of this presentation about the push for California´s Organ Donor Registry you can click on this link from MercuryNews.Com
At the fireplace shelf the yellow tulips are giving clear signals:
In other places the numbers are multiplied around the rose twigs.
Today my blog has birthday. It is 5 years since I posted my first text :
Visitors from 156 countries have found my blog since I started the registration on July 20 2008. January 31st 2008 I made the decision to swap from Norwegian text to English on permanent basis, and text related to photos has been my visual profile during all these years.
This is my contribution to James at Newtown Area Photo's meme called Weekend Reflections. Post a reflection during the week-end, log on to MckLinky via his site - and you're on.
With a photo taken over the Swiss Alps (and presented as a Sky Watch photo) we have returned to the winter in Norway.
Here we were met by environmental fines (4 x 500 nok) from Oslo municipality due to late removal of icicles. Although we had marked the sidewalks with public warnings and ordered lifts for removal, the trafic personell / parking guard had taken their photos and issued fines. Complaints made results and reduced fines.
The winter is also present at the coastal ares of western Norway. Asbjørn is well dressed for a walk along the beaches, but also (when carrying a cap), able to take an outdoor bath in his Jacuzzi.
In Oslo, Bølgen & Moi at Tjuvholmen has opened their Saturday spring luncheons with favorable prizes for "the house champagne". The food is always very good at these restaurants, so a competitor to our normal lunch location C.C. has occurred.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and with self-catering arrangement at the hotel the meal was almost a copy of the Norwegian although at half prize or less.
In the mornings when temperature and sunshine was kind enough, some hours before lunch could be spent in the garden by the swimming pool. (High UV factor of corse)
and / or a glass of white wine at a restaurant can be nice, but in these days the umbrella must be mandatory accessories if you want to be outdoor. 
In the horizon we could see Gibraltar on clear days
and when visiting the house of Gerd and Arne in Calahonda the "Room with a view" became a reality.
and up to "the white city" Mijas and the mountains behind.
Then the last sun beams of the day had to be caught together with an afternoon tea or a cup of coffee, before the dark of the night could arrive.
At every red light stopping the trafic at this pedestrian field in Malaga the artist performed her jiggling before she on yellow quickly took up her cap and asked car drivers for money. One eye on her clubs and the other on the trafic light. Dangerous activity, but nobody started to pass the pedestrian field before the green light had been on for a few minutes.
Arne and Tullen are not performing artists anymore although the performance of the Marathon runner and the Piano player could absolutely compete with the street artist above.
The tower of the beautiful church Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion is not a landmark when strolling the narrow streets, but at many squares openings can give you a possibility to discover the church.
The streets are full of interesting balconies with loads of flowers.
House-walls are painted in different colors although the main impression is a white old city
Visit recommended. 
Search for the Plaza de Naranjas and have a refreshing drink among all the Orange trees.
This is my contribution to James at Newtown Area Photo's meme called Weekend Reflections. Post a reflection during the week-end, log on to MckLinky via his site - and you're on.
I also invite you to elaborate about the different cultural traditions in your own and other countries while looking at the Plaza de Toros in Malaga, Spain.
March 10 2010 my first visitor from the Dominican Republic (flag no 156) found my blog, reading the post from July 2009 Angry Nature Thunder and Lightning
The beauty of the Mediterranean Sea seen from beach terraces during winter in southern Spain can fully compete with the beauty of the white clean snow in Norway.
Local fishermen are searching for their catch in the morning and the stormy weather during last night has made the fish coming closer to the beach than normal
The water is curling into the arched form and breaking on the shore giving the turquoise color a green-grey or brown image.
Only trained surfers in special suits dare to enter the waves. No bathing can take place. The temperature in the water is too low at this time of the year.
But not only the temperature is a challenge. The flooding of rivers due to continuous raining and the stormy weather has sent a lot of bamboo and canes into the water. Swimming can be more than dangerous.
However, help is not far away. Maintenance of the beaches are highly prioritized in this country, and tractors are every morning busy with cleaning if necessary.
The great volume of garbage are quickly gathered and taken away by lorries. (Just dream about the ability of removing dirty snow in our "the world riches country" streets at the same time. Once a year?).
Soon thereafter we again can stroll along the Paseo Maritime. Looking at the sea and the beautiful beaches, and stop at our favorite cafe for a coffee, beer or copa de cava. Winter in southern Spain will be repeated. May be even earlier. Come and join us.