2012 (MMXII) will be a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar.

2012 has been designated  Alan Turing Year.
Commemorating the mathematician, computer pioneer, and code-breaker on the centennial of Turing's birth.

Yey for the father of computer science and artificial intelligence ♥ Hehe.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"

The hobby of collecting includes seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.

This kills me to do (haha, I'm so dramatic).

I'm quite strict about my picture series, I seldom take just the one shot, 

my photography are separated into series of at least two or more.

But here goes nothing!

One picture for every month of 2011 ♥

January

Wikipedia celebrated they're 10 years anniversary.

I took some pictures of a beautiful sunset at Bøkkerfjellet.

February

My birthday! I celebrated with friends, and Sven hosted the party as usual ♥

March

A picture of the sea not easily forgotten, I simply love bokeh.

April

The little sprout who got all pretty for the royal English wedding with it's little snail-shell hat. Me, Nicoline and my mom watched it on tv at my apartment drinking coffee and eating cake.

May
At Elva with the family for 17. May Norway's national day.

June

Cement graffiti up at Kikkut where my mom lives.

Eating plenty of delicious strawberries.

July

Remembering the good times, but never forgetting the tragedy the 22. of July.

August

Working hard at getting Verket's calender brochure ready, Nicoline helped.

September

Verket opened again the 1. of September with a fresh coat of paint.

For the first time ever I got paid for a photo job, not a lot, but money I didn't expect non the less, so hooray!

October

Finally realizing that if someone isn't treating you right they have no business being a part of your life. Live your life until love is found, or love is going to get you down.

At Cafè Passagen with friends.

November

I did a lot of re-decorating in my apartment, but I still need a bit more light!

I found out just how amazing my friends and family can be when you need them  ♥

More pictures of lovely bokeh.

December

I upgraded my tolls of the trade, shooting now with the Nikon D7000!

I finally got to see Madelen's house and meet her new cats Willow and Kisu.

Christmas went by splendidly ♥ 

I hope you all have had a lovely year ♥

Christmas Eve.

The traditional colors of Christmas are green and red. But white, silver and gold are also popular.

Merry Christmas ♥

To me Christmas is about family, good food and the joy of seeing someone open up a perfect present from you to them.

I hope you all have a lovely time today ♥

I need some red heels for this outfit, but I haven't found any yet.

Katzenjammer - Vi tenner våre lykter

Katzenjammer, accompanied by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon (playing guitar, being handsome as usual), performing the title track from the Christmas album "Vi tenner våre lykter" (We light our lanterns).

By extension the term gift can refer to anything that makes the other person happier or less sad.

Red, white and brown ♥

There is still some Christmas presents to deliver, but I've managed to remember to deliver most of them. Christmas is already this Saturday! I can't believe how fast December went this year.

Still no snow, but it's been colder in Larvik now. Right now it's about -3 degrees. Last year we had at least -15 from late October through March.

I'm really, really glad it's not as cold as last year!

Roses are red.

Keep Calm and Carry On was a poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of the Second World War, intended to raise the morale of the British public in the event of invasion.

I've had a lot on my mind in this years autumn and winter months.

I've made some hard, or not so hard, choices and tidied up my life some and I am so much more happy now. Sometimes it's so hard to have to open your eyes and just accept that some people are just not good for you.

I'm enjoying being single and just having myself to think about.
Next time I'm going to go with my gut feeling from the start, instead of just ignoring it like I have been doing.

Someone just right for me will come along.

But for now it's just me and Nicoline here in our little apartment ♥ hehe.

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

My cousin Madelen and her boyfriend Per bought a farm in Sweden this Summer.

There they live with two horses, Molina and Vivel, Willow and Kisu,the playful mouse catching cats, and Tiri the dog.

Madelen is one month younger than me, and the two of us pretty much grew up like sisters ♥ I'm sad that she lives so far aways now, but I hope I can go vist her a few times a year at least.

Me, my aunt Anneli (Madelen's mother) and my mom went to visit them last weekend.  Anneli brought her two dogs Shira and Sine. The two of them were so exited to see Madelen, Sine stood in the backseat the entire trip (and we're talking hours).

We all had such a nice time ♥
And I hope to see them all again soon.

From right to left; Willow, Madelen and Sine, Madelen and Shira, Anneli, Madelen and my mom.