Tag: summer

  • Eid-Al-Fitr Mubarak 2022

    Another Ramadan has come and gone. A sure sign of the relentless passing of time. As always, it’s been a time of trials and tribulations. Of sincere prayers and deep reflections. A time of lucid late evenings and tired early mornings. And, as always, a time of failure and of success. Today, on the eve…

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  • Imperfect

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    The landscape lay before me like a painting.If there could ever exist a perfect painting, that is. But no human creation could possess such beauty.Such blend of form and function.None. Taking it all in, I saw the final photograph in my mind’s eye.A beautiful piece of art, able to stir in the viewers heart,the same…

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  • The Photographer’s Moment

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    Heavy rains were forecasted for the entire day, and that is exactly how it started on that August morning as we found ourselves gearing up for the hike. The Norwegian summer can be unpredictable, especially this late in the season, so even though we had been hoping until the last minute to see an improvement…

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  • Rebirth

    The cycle of nature brings back hope, and promise of a new beginning. The Earth travels around the sun just to get back, and relive this moment. Pure and original is the rebirth when beauty awakes upon spring’s first kiss.

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  • Days of the Past – Part 1

    I remember the days of the past. When life was full of promises still. Simple pleasures brightened the days. Chocolates and pure butter milk cookies with glaze. Long breakfasts and homemade food. Lazy evenings with friends brightened the mood. I remember the times of the past. When the promise of love was certain still. Not…

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  • Start of Summer

    Garden flowers, Oslo, Norway Instagram @sadphaze http://ift.tt/1NC1oVF

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  • Happy Constitution Day, Norway!

    Photo from my archives (2010). Crowd weaving their flags and cheering as the children’s parade walk by, in celebration of the Norwegian constitution day on May 17th at “slottsparken” (the Palace Park), near the Royal Palace, downtown Oslo, the capital of Norway. Instagram @Sadphaze, http://ift.tt/1XwEJMN

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  • Eid al-Fitr Mubarak

    Every year, as the month of Ramadan draws close, I feel like standing before a mountain to be climbed, wondering if I will have what it takes to make it all the way to the top. This year, with 20-hour days in the middle of the summer, that mountain seemed taller than ever. Now, with…

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