Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Good fortune or just incredibly lucky?

Friday 1st September, I took my bicycle for a ride in the forrest close to where I live. I also had a couple of plastic bags with me, just in case... (of something)... ( I often do things 'just in case'... and usually when I've felt like bringing something 'just in case', I get use of it...!) Like this friday. I had taken these plastic bags with me, and when cycling in the forrest, I came by lots of mushrooms! Unfortunately I don't know their english names... but I found R?dskrubb, Kantarell, Rimsopp, Steinsopp and kremle. All of them good for food, if prepared the right way. I am not an expert in these mushrooms... but I found someone on my way that could help me sort out the poisonous ones. Later on, I picked some more. It was this time that I found Kantarell, the most delicious mushroom we norwegians know about. I was so astound that I found some, that I lost track of time, space and everything! After having picked the ones I found, I trodded on... suddenly realizing that my digital camera was missing... I had taken it with me to take photos of mushrooms I wanted to recognize for later. And now it was missing... You might know how you walk the forrest when looking for mushrooms... without sense of direction. So how could I possibly find my camera again? Where had I lost it? Suddenly I remembered being so surprised to find kantarell, that I had to take the chance of me having put my camera down at this spot, and happily walked off with kantarell in my plastic bags, and no camera around my wrist... But how could I possibly find this spot again!? Well, I had to try... and I don't know if it's my good fortune or just my incredible luck that I found the spot again... And guess what... My camera lay in the sun, glimmering like a sparkling diamond! I couldn't believe it! But there it was, and happy again, I kept sweeping the forrest for edible mushrooms...!

Then. Last weekend, it happens all again! My camera gets lost. I believe it might be stolen, but asks anyone who has been in my presence the last couple of days if they have seen my rucksack (where my camera was). Nobody could help me. I report it to the reception desk, and give them my name and telephone number, just in case... Yesterday, I'm about to call my insurance agency to report my camera stolen. But my mobile phone rings... and guess what! It's the reception lady... telling me that my rucksack has been found... and my camera is in it...!

So... is it good fortune following in my steps, or have I just been incredibly lucky?? I don't know... and I guess I shouldn't question it too much either... I only hope it will continue!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a fun bicycle ride. Glad to hear that you got your camera back. Next time, please do take some pictures from your adventures. It would be great to see some pictures of the Norwegian landscape, especially the forests.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Cym! I'll take pictures of the norwegian forrest! And put it out on my blog! For you, and other with the interest of norwegian nature!! And you'r right, it is quite beautiful!!