Photo: "Hestehov" by Kåre Guldvik
When I grew up in a little village in the Norwegian mountains, this yellow flower was one of the first signs of spring.
The climate of that village and the climate here in Moss are very different.
Personally I much prefer the lite winter version of Moss.
The other day I saw some of these yellow flowers here in Moss.
This brought back memories from my childhood in the mountains.
There was still a lot of snow, but behind a factory building the sun heating the wall had the wall heating the snow and the ground. A narrow strip of earth could be seen along that wall in the spring.
As soon as we children saw that black strip, we would come and watch every day, because just there, between the wall and the snow, these flowers would find a way to grow under such extreme conditions.
It felt like a real miracle each time - the white of the snow, the black of the earth and the yellow of the hestehov flowers.
Looking for a photo of the flower and snow, I came upon a website for Dalsbygda Fotoklubb
http://fotoklubben.dalsbygda.no/maanedens.html
where this link will lead you to some fantastic photos their members have made.
There you will also see Kåre Guldvik's photo of the coltsfoot.
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