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Wordless Wednesday - In case of fire
Wordless Wednesday Emergency numbers in Norway are 110 for fire, 112 for police and 113 for ambulance.
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It is perfect weather out today. After two days of a hard north wind, the air is calm, but the sky is still clear, and the sun still warms. It is the perfect walking weather. And because it is 2010, I walked to my grandparents' grave. The Norwegian custom is to bury the dead, primarily, though cremation is more common in crowded cities (and their equally crowded churchyards). Norwegians usually tend the graves themselves, with one of the more beautiful customs being a lit candle on the grave on Christmas Eve. I have never done any of this, but part of the funeral costs included gardening services from the city so the grave is always tended. The dead here are not embalmed, so their bodies do return to dust, as the Bible says. The usual is to reuse a grave after 20 years, when there is nothing left of the previous "resident". Exceptions are made for historical graves and family plots. I don't care either way. I am ambivalent about visiting graves. Mostly they remind...
Wordless Wednesday - Autumn pansy
Wordless Wednesday This would have been my grandma's 100th birthday. She loved pansies.