Since moving to Norway 5 years ago I don't think a day has gone by where I haven't looked around me at how beautiful everything is and thought 'wow'! Living here has really taught me how amazing nature can be and to enjoy the great outdoors. I've always enjoyed walking and now we have a 7 month old Golden Retriever called Toby I have a fantastic excuse to go out and have a walk with him everyday. 

Below are some photos I took a couple of days ago while out on a walk with him, as you can see we have a fair amount of snow at the moment and everything is looking very pretty. We are lucky enough to live in a rural area surrounded by fields and we just have to walk up the lane above our house to have an amazing view of the lake and mountains before reaching the forest. 

I love this time of year because you can see all the tracks from deer, moose, birds etc and an occasion you may even be lucky enough to see a deer or moose. 

Toby loves the snow too, he truffles along in the deep snow at the edges of the lane and leaps into piles of it wagging his tail happily.

One of the things that never ceases to amaze me is the silence, have you ever truly heard silence? No car engines, no voices, music, nothing but nature. It isn't something I ever hear when I am at home, with two young boys I'm sure you're not surprised, but when out alone with Toby I can enjoy the silence and have time in my thoughts to realise just how lucky I am to live in this wonderful world.

I'd love to hear about what is wonderful in your world too!