The past

The past is a ghost, the future is a dream

And all we ever have is now. 

- Bill Cosby-

Silver shell

Beauty is a form of genius - is higher, indeed, than genius, 

as it needs no explanation. 

It is of the great facts in the world like sunlight, or springtime, 

or the reflection in dark water of that silver shell we call the moon. 

-Oscar Wilde-

From hill to hill

The time draws near the birth of Christ 

The moon is hid

the night is still

The Christmas bells from hill to hill 

Answer each other in the mist

-Alfred, Lord Tennyson-

Go to sleep, Darling

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? 

And then it covers them up snug with a white quilt; and perhaps it says 

"Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again"

Heaven On Earth

Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, 
dance like nobody's watching, 
and live like its heaven on earth

-Mark Twain-

Bak Skyene

En sky ikke vet hvorfor den beveger seg i den retningen, og med en slik hastighet.

 Men himmelen vet årsaken og mønstrene bak alle skyene.

Og det vil du også få vite når du løfter deg selv høyt nok til å se utover horisonten.

Himmelsk

Silence

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. 

-Emily Dickinson-

Do it Anyway!

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. 

Forgive them anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.

 Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.

Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. 

Create anyway.

-Mother Teresa-

Thoughts

When I walk down the beach and smell the salt water,

 hear the waves crashing against the shoreline, 

and feel the granular sand under my feet, 

I can't help but realize why I'm here on this green earth

Escape

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today

Rett vei

Om æ fikk velge mæ en vei,

som ingen andre hadde gått,

veien var heilt rett,

alltid heilt rett,

tror æ at æ hadde takka nei.

-Kjersti Aune-

Faith

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, 

letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark

We are our choices

A wise man once said you can have anything in life 

if you will sacrifice everything else for it. 

What he meant is nothing comes without a price. 

So before you go into battle, you better decide how much you're willing to loose. 

Too often, going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right. 

The toughest sacrifices are the ones we don't see coming. 

When that happens, when the battle chooses us and not the other way around, 

that's when the sacrifice can turn out to be more than we can bear

Journey

Happiness is a journey

Not a destination

Walking the streets of Montmartre

When I was walking alone, I wished that I can reach the end of the road. 

But when you walked with me, I wished the road would never end 

because I would rather be lost with you 

than reach the end without you

To my dearest Mom

These are my tiny hands 
That play and touch and feel 
Curious to know what it's all about 
Wanting to know what's real 

These are my hands 
Small as they may be 
To touch you and to hold you 
My hands you have given me 
When I am grown, look to these 
Remember how they touched you 
Remember how they held you 
Remember how tiny they were indeed 

Still standing

I'm still standing

I'm still trusting

Still motivated

Fully persuaded

I'm still holding on to what I believe

Geiranger in Hdr

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. 

Then you will see how low it was.

The View

You don’t see things the way they are,

You see things the way you are

And so it is

I am no bird 

and no net ensnares me 

I am a free human being with an independent will . . .

The truth about the truth

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple

And if you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything

So tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you

Looking through you

I see the pain in your eyes that you hide, with a smile to disguise your broken pride 

I see the truth in your lies in the silence of your cries 

You're looking at me but I'm looking through you ...

You're not the same 

No Cure

Though I often looked for one, 

I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris.

My Love

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone 

who can completely turn your world around. 

You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul 

and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. 

You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never come true, 

goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments life has thrown at you. 

 You think of this person on every occasion and in everything you do. 

Simple things bring them to mind like a pale blue sky, gentle wind or even a storm cloud on the horizon

Colours seem brighter and more brilliant

You find strength in knowing you have a true friend and 

 a soul mate who will remain loyal to the end. 

-Bob Marley-

Yours Alone

You can seek the advice of others, surround yourself with trusted advisers. 

But in the end, the decision is always yours, and yours alone. 

And when it's time to act, you're all alone with your back against the wall. 

The only voice that matters is the one in your head. 

The one telling you what you probably already knew. 

The one that's almost always right.

Sweet the Details

For every Beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
 For every Truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. 
For every Love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

I belive in Beauty, Truth and Love !

By the river of Seinen

So quietly flows the Seine that one hardly notices its presence

Summer Meadow

La Bonne Franquette

 On Montmartre

Live

 

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air

Silence

Why Creativity Isn't Free

Time is money. Creativity costs money. This story, which has come to be known as 

The Picasso Principle sums it up:

A woman asked Picasso to sketch something on a piece of paper. 

He does, and says, "That will cost you $10,000." Astounded", she said 

"You took just five minutes to do the sketch," she said. "Isn't $10,000 a lot for five minutes work?"

And he responded, "The sketch may have taken me five minutes, 

but the learning took me 30 years." 

Journey

Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. 

You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. 

That way it will go with you wherever you journey.  

-Tad Williams-

The secret ....

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret,

 it is only with the heart that one can see rightly,

 what is essential is invisible to the eye

Sunset

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm,

 but to add color to my sunset sky

Love of nature

Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.

A special story

Pictures always should have a special story behind it or a special meaning to the photographer.

Decision

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever

Prayer

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs

I'll be back one day

very soon 

and I will bring my camera with me

A walk about...

A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life. 

Close to you

Why do birds suddenly appear 
Everytime you are near? 
Just like me, they long to be 
Close to you... 

The wheel of fortune

But I see now how true it is what they say in these parts,

 that the wheel of fortune turns faster than a mill-wheel, 

and that those who were up yesterday are down to-day.

The streets of Montmartre

Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. 

It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.

French love

When he takes me in his arms 
and speaks to me softly 
I see the world through rose-colored glasses

Notre Dame

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

-Marcel Proust-

Paris, je t'aime !

Tu vois, je t'aime comme ça

The beginning of love ...

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, 

and not to twist them to fit our own image. 

Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.