Snowy Day

We finally got snow last weekend! Lots of it too! It snowed lightly, on and off on Thursday and Friday. But on Saturday, it snowed all day, at a pretty good rate. The result was that, yippee!!, on Sunday morning, the world was deeply covered in snow. It was quite nice walking to church in this pretty undisturbed environment - Norwegians get up late on Sunday mornings. Plus, the temperature was just below freezing, so the snow had stuck together and was piled on branches, on posts, on everything. So pretty!!

Here's what I saw out my bedroom window. Later, someone was making a snowman out here, not sure if it ever got finished though.


Walking to church, I just had to stop and take a picture of the barnehauge (preschool / daycare). It was covered in snow and looked kind of quaint. Plus, you can see how much snow we got.













I take a different way home from church, and was so enthralled with how this street looked, with the colored homes and the stumpy trees holding the snow.













This way leads me through a little park, where Christmas trees were sold in December - smelled really good. But is also pretty, and there's a cute lighting store around the corner that always cheers me up on dark Norwegian evenings. But, here's a pic of the play equipment, that I think is part of another barnehage.













Sadly, the temperatures have warmed up a little and the snow has been melting all week. Its been slushy and wet here. The only snow left is on the side of the streets where it was piled. The ground is now brown and dead looking again. Plus, instead of salt, they use gravel type stuff to prevent people from slipping. So, there's small gravel all over the sidewalks now. Its been interesting, though, to see how another culture deals with snow! At least it was pretty for awhile!