Christmas holidays is here and it’s a perfect time to use the camera. The Weekly Photo Challenge this week is “My 2012 in Pictures”. Some of these photos are grainy because I shot them handheld in low light, which means I had to crank up the ISO.
Cotton candy
Tracks in the snow
Cold wind
Full moon
Mr. Claus
This guy partied too hard and didn’t make it through the festive season.
Decorated streets
Check out these images/logos for the Weekly Photo Challenge 2013:
https://cardinalguzman.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/surprise-a-gift-for-the-blogging-community/
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/weekly-photo-challenge-my-2012-in-pictures/
Cardinal Guzman 
Beautiful set 🙂 big like
Big thanks 🙂
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Great shots from snowy Norway… 🙂
Thanks Drake
Lovely. I’d love to take another trip to Norway, it is such a beautiful country.
Thanks. Hope you’ll have an opportunity to see Norway again.
Lovely! Except for maybe the partying mouse. 😉
Thank you and Happy New Year!
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These are the true winter! Poor mouse… Have a Happy New year.
It’s a brown rat. The latin name is Rattus Norvegicus. I have no idea why they named the rat after Norway…
Do the Norwegians have rat-like features, or is it the rat that has Norwegian features? 😀
Happy New Year to you too!
I wonder if rats resemble their birth countries? It would make a good cartoon…
Great shots of beautiful scenery.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Happy New Year Francine!
Oh… a white Christmas… beautiful… in every single way…
Greetings and wishes for a joyful and peaceful New Year! 😮
Thank you for your greetings and wishes 🙂 Yes, a white Christmas is definitely beautiful. For many Norwegians it’s a necessity.
It’s necessary to so many of us… it brings us to a calmer state… 😮
I am impressed CG 🙂 My favourite is your dead rat 😀
Thank you Paula. I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season!
Hi CG 🙂 I guess you are cooking these days 🙂 My holiday was peaceful – the two days I had off work … I hope the New Year’s Eve and the New Year’s Day will be quiet too …. 🙂 Have a great 2013!
Yes I am! I’ve been cooking stuff like Sunday Roast and Salmon Salad Nicoise. I’ll make some Pumpkin Soup today or tomorrow and then Turkey on New Years Eve.
We brought two huge boxes with vegetables, spices and fish when we went to visit our family. I’m delighted that we have all these days off work. It’s nice to spend time with the family, cooking and relaxing.
I wish you and yours all the best for 2013. It’ll be an eventful year for sure! 😉
🙂 I suppose this is correct “Godt Nyttår” 😉 Here is to all good events 😉
Flotte bilder! her er det både stemning og fred! Liker B&W bildene veldig godt!
Hjertelig takk Hans. Julefreden kom og snøen la seg som et teppe. Håper du også har hatt en flott jul!
Amazing photos!
Thanks!
I really do like this series! Happy New Year, Cardinal! 🙂
Happy new year to you and yours too George.
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Breathtakingly beautiful! I’ve always wanted to visit Norway and oh, how you tempt me!
Thank you Kriti. I am quite a tempter, Buddhists call me Mara 🙂
You’re welcome to stay at our place if you visit Oslo.
Especially like 7115. Great photos all the way around.
Happy New Year CG.
Thanks Angeline. I wish I’d brought my tripod that night, that would have been even better (still searching for those perfect shots).
Happy new year to you too!
kinda sad about the mouse/rat
Sad? The owner of the house is not. You don’t want to have vermin living in your walls. Happy New Year!
Underbara snöbilder, CG!!! Nästan lite nostalgiskt …det ser ut som hemma!
Takk Reb! Ønsker deg et riktig godt nyttår!
Poor rat! 😦
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˜”*°•.˜”*°•.˜”*°•.★★.•°*”˜.•°*”˜.•°*”˜” Have a restful weekend!
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A dead vermin is a happy vermin 🙂
“…partied too hard and didn’t make it through the festive season…”
Yes he did. Perhaps he got drunk and froze to death…
Superlative shots, Cardinal! Particularly like the dead mouse. I like the graininess of the images too.
Thank you very much Richard. I prefer crystal sharp images, but unfortunately it’s not possible to achieve without a tripod in those light conditions. I wish you a wonderful 2013!
Happy New Year to you too, Cardinal!
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Happy New Year, Cardinal!
Happy new year to you and your family Allan!
I love 7170 but not so keen on the frozen rat! Have a super 2013 CG!
A cold gust of wind crossed the road there…I wish you a wonderful 2013 Jude 🙂
Could skip the rat..YAY 2013!!!!! Thanks for 2012!
Hehe 🙂 Happy new year!
Wonderful photos in 2012… love them… 🙂
Happy New Year CG.. !!
All the best to you too Bams!
Wonderful photos of a white Christmas.
I’ve never visited Norway, but would love to see the Northern Lights one day 🙂
We hardly ever get the Northern Lights in Oslo where I live. The few times that we do get Northern Lights, we’re all too busy sinking into debauchery to notice…
I’ve seen it a couple of times when travelling to the North of the country. So, If you want to see the Northern Lights I recommend the North of Norway, or the North of Sweden (the money lasts longer in Sweden).
Thanks for the tips – much appreciated 🙂
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Absolutely love the Full Moon shot! As always, it’s great to see how snow beautifies the surrounding.
The snow is nice. Sometimes it feels like a clean, white blanket (but in the cities it turns into brown, ugly, polluted slush).