So look see the days / The endless coloured ways

The past two days, the weather here in Norway has been fantastic.

One of the amazing things about this country is that when close to zero, the weather is usually better than when it's closer to +10

Spring is just around the corner, and like the plans I've noticed the rapid lengthening of the days recently. It's got to the point now that the sun has come up by the time I set out to work, which casts everything in a gorgeous light. There's a real noticeable difference in the angle of the sun here compared to Oz and that casts a radically different style of light on everything, this is most apparent at dawn.

We have a lot of cloudy, rainy weather here so when you get a couple of days of deep blue cloudless skies, you really notice the changes in light. This was especially picturesque today, the highlight being when we crossed Hafrsfjord.

As i sat on the bus today I listened to Nick Drake's Pink Moon, which was in retrospect definitely the perfect choice for such weather. This sublime combination of mental state, visual and audible perfection created a mini-epiphany.

Update: David pointed out that early this morning was the Spring Solstice, which I think explains the unique light of today.