Yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent, and my Christmas gift white Amaryllis can be symbol for the Christian Church and the pure beginning of the Western liturgical year that commences on Advent Sunday.
I am not a member of any church, so I also use this day to present the Flag of Libya.
My first visitor from Libya (the 17th largest country in the world) found my blog on November 21st.
The flag of
Libya (Arabic: علم ليبيا) (adopted on November 11, 1977) consists of a simple green field with no other characteristics. It is the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details.
The flag of the independent kingdom was red, black, and green with a crescent and star in the center, but after the revolution of 1969, the flag became three simple stripes of red, white, and black. In 1971, Libya joined the Federation of Arab Republics with Egypt and Syria, which used a similar flag with a hawk emblem in the center and the name of the country beneath it.
When Libya left the Federation in 1977, the new plain green flag was adopted. Green reflects the people's devotion to Islam, and is also the national colour of Libya.
By the fifth century BC the greatest of the Phoenician colonies, Carthage, had extended its hegemony across much of North Africa, where a distinctive civilization, known as Punic, came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (Tripoli), Libdah (Leptis Magna) and Sabratha. All these were in an area that later was called, Tripolis, or "Three Cities".
Libya's current-day capital Tripoli takes its name from this.
According to the map of
Herodotus from about 450 BC, Libya was a major area of the Mediterranean southern Seashores (North Africa) including Carthago. We have all learned in our history lessons how Marcus Porcius Cato Maior (Cato the Elder) always ended his speeches in the Roman Senat: "Carthago delenda est or the fuller
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" (Carthage must be destroyed).
The ruins of
Carthage (presently in Tunisia) is now on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
If you want to learn more facts about Libya, go
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My wife has left me. She spends some advent days in Wales together with Trine, Helene and Henrik Isak. David is presently delivering papers at Universities in Australia.
Yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent, and my Christmas gift white Amaryllis can be symbol for the Christian Church and the pure beginning of the Western liturgical year that commences on Advent Sunday.
My first visitor from Libya (the 17th largest country in the world) found my blog on November 21st.
By the fifth century BC the greatest of the Phoenician colonies, Carthage, had extended its hegemony across much of North Africa, where a distinctive civilization, known as Punic, came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (Tripoli), Libdah (Leptis Magna) and Sabratha. All these were in an area that later was called, Tripolis, or "Three Cities".
The waterfall on the lake´s western dam side deliver the water surplus to lake "Sognsvann".
You may see other things than trains at a station.
When downsizing active employment you can find room for regular gathering with friends. So has four of my old friends done for a while, and this photo is taken at VAD in Sykkylven this week.
At least, one possible explanation ...
However, yesterday night we went down town to have a look at the Christmas Market at the City Hall Square. Lots of lights, but nothing to hunger for.
The Christmas market visit was as every year, only a break on our way from fru Burum´s Friday drink to the Statoil Art Award 2009.
I'm back at the Lyse Kloster (Lyse Abbey). I don't really know if this is is a bench since I was not around in the 12th century when this was built. I can only imagine a couple of monks sitting down here for some intricate discussions.
It is Friday, late November/early December, and the traditional "Christmas Parties" where people from work gather around to feast and drink alcoholic beverages, are on the schedule all over the country.
