Monthly Archives: December 2009

December XIV

A very quiet day at the Lake Furesoe.

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December XIII

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December XI

December is cold days and long shadows.

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December X

Christmas shopping at “Strøget”, one of the main shopping streets in Copenhagen.

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December IX

My colleagues daughter Nynne made this fine Christmas decoration yesterday.

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December VIII

Holly, Ilex Aquifolium, with it’s fruits is very decorative. Use them indoors for decorations or leave it outside. The birds will eat the berries when the frost have prepared them. The colors are beautiful.

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December VII

December is also plants with bad timing. This is a Kerria Japonica with a single flower. The rest of the flowers will show up in late spring – early summer.  

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December VI

Today is a very special day. Fourty years ago My wife and I met for the first time. She has always been there for me. I can’t thank you enough Lise.

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December V

Today a couple of nisser arriwed. They will stay until after Christmas.

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December IV

Christmas time is Messiah time. This evening we heard a beautiful performance of G. F. Händels great work. The conductor, Morten Schuldt-Jensen lifted the music to its maximum potential. BRAVO! – BRAVO! – BRAVO! The  Leipziger Chamber Orchestra and The … Continue reading

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December III

The house is being invaded by ‘Nisser’. What’s happening?

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December II

This is the stocking I, and later our children Jesper and Line, rushed out of bed for every morning in December. What had Santa put into it during the night? I remember clearly my mother when she made it. But … Continue reading

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December I

A Christmas tradition. When I was a child I had a ‘Christmas stocking’. Every morning in December from the 1st. to the 24th. there was a small thing in it. Now instead we prepare 24 small packages for our mothers.

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