~Small tiny dragon-plants~

Two blogposts in a day?! What is this? Oh well...

I'm finally feeling better after battling that damn cold for almost two weeks. I spent the whole weekend inside, snuggled up with blankets, movies and hot tea. I love being inside, doing artsy stuff and so on, but it can be a little boring after... well... 4 days or so. So I grabbed my trusty camera and headed outside for a little walk. 

Since all the snow is gone, it's a bit gray and boring outside. But I have an attention for details, and I found some pretty cool plants! Look at those marvelous colors! And they look like they are covered in tiny dragonscales!

After an hour of walking or so, I went back inside. I'm going to work tomorrow, so I don't want to push myself to much, after being ill and all.

I will spend the rest of the day drawing, and maybe bake some of my clay-projects. They have been laying  around for far to long.

~Snowstorm~

When I woke up yesterday morning, it was snowing like crazy. I was stuck inside with a cold, which I'm still battling, but I managed to take some pictures through the window. I'm a bit sad, because they don't really show how amazing it was. I've seen a lot of wild weather, let me tell you, but this was insane! 

And it didn't stop! It snowed like crazy the entire day. In an hour, the ground was covered with snow. And it was bare to begin with! 

But this morning, the snow was almost gone. The weather is changing really quickly here.

~Timewasting and ranting~

I've had enough. Sometimes, it makes me so frustrated I want to roll into a ball and hibernate for a year. Yes, I'm talking about facebook. I have a severe addiction. I don't know why I'm so hooked. It's not like it's super entertaining or anything.

I spend so much time on doing nothing. Facebook doesn't make me happy in any way, so why do I waste so much time on it? Sometimes I can't even understand myself. I tell myself that is is easy to connect with friends and so on, but how many of my "facebook-friends" would I even consider friends in real life? If I crave someones company, it would be much healthier to actually meet up, and have fun, or even just talk on the phone. 

I'm waisting time and energy on facebook. I do spend much time on other sites as well, such as tumblr and instagram, but those actually give me more value than facebook. I use both tumblr and instagram as inspiration for my photography and my drawings. Facebook doesn't inspire me in the same way. It actually leaves me un-inspired and tired...

So now I will try to spend less time on facebook. Damn, I feel like an crack-addict....

~Friday night~

I usually spend my late nights drawing. This week has been really busy, that's why I've been slow on the blogging. But, I bought a new camera, and tomorrow I'm visiting my mother, so I'll try to take some nice winter pictures.

~The story behind "Jenny from the forest"~

Many of you might think I am a student, because of my age. (I am 19). But because I was uncertain about what I wanted with my life, I decided to take my time, and work instead, to save up some money, while I was figuring out what to do.

My boss, at my old job, used to say "Jenny from the block", when he gave everyone their tasks for the week. I found this rather amusing. And when I decided to start blogging again, I did not have a name for it. I had no clue what to call my blog. Untill I remembered my boss, and his funny way of saying "Jenny from the block". 

I am an outdoors type. I love being surrounded by nature, and all it has to offer. In nature, I find comfort, safety and a feeling of serenity. I feel calmed. I often stress, and worry about a lot of things. I tend to take problems a bit harder than the average human, I believe. Sometimes my feelings get the best of me, and I can not always ease my troubled mind. But I find strenght in nature, Nature always find the way.

I truly believe that everything on this earth is connected in some way. And I feel closer to my true self when surrounding myself with the wilderness and beauty of our planet. And this is why I am Jenny from the forest. Because the forest, nature, is where we all belong, and where we came from, and I wanted to honor that bond.

~Who am I?~

My name is Jenny. I live in Norway. People may already know me through tumblr, deviantart or instagram. Earlier I blogged under the nick "lagnad", which means destiny. I wrote in norwegian, but now I am reaching out to the rest of the world as well.  

I think of myself as complicated. Not special in any way, but I often think to much, and often confuse myself. I take ages to make a choice when something comes up. I am driven by my emotions. I would not call myself fragile, but I tend to take things to heart.

My passion in life is anything visual. I am an artist, and I live for art. I draw, but is also very fond of books, photography, sculptures and other kinds of beauty. Sometimes I believe I see the world a tiny bit different than others, and that has been the hard part of being me. I do not always understand other people, and others do not always understand me. 

This is why I am a blogger. I want to show people my view of the world, from big things, to my everyday life. This blog will contain everything, from my deepest feelings, to things as simple as my love for a nice cup of coffee.  And my art. Loads of it. 

So take my hand, and join me in my world. 

-Jenny.