For a couple of days now, real winter is on visit…and I cannot say how happy I am. I will let you wander around in my neighbourhood to hopefully enjoy the white serenity. Last year we had no snow at all, and it is exactly ten years since we got this much.
Sheer Happiness! And the children are out everywhere skiing and building snowmen. So Grateful, so Thankful.
Today we went to the forest again, dreaming of frosty days and snow …
Milo was a youngster – I think it must have been a long time ago…
For Six word Saturday at Debbies.
This week Tina is asking us for something Cold – and cold it is in Sweden now. But where I live it almost never gets below -20C. In recent years the climate has changed and our winters send us very little snow, and temperatures mostly around zero (+-0C). Gone are my childhood days when skiing was a winter joy.
For some real cold, I must go up north visiting friends or my daughter in Umeå. For many years we went to Dalarna to ski, but not anymore. So Tina, I will venture up north and to Iceland – for the real thing. In the header, Gullfoss, and I believe the coldest moment ever in my life.
My old apple tree and a Bullfinch. And yes, I do love winter – when it is Winter.
A warm house in a cold winter night is another name for paradise!
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It’s too cold outside for angels to fly.
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Keeping the warmth
And last, of course, the beautiful Tännforsen, Jämtland, Sweden. Our highest fall, 37 meters and 60 meters wide.
A beautiful place for showing Västerbottens cultural history – Gammlia. The word means ”the old hill”, or ”the old mountain hill”.
We spent a lovely hour here, walking through the area, enjoying the old houses and snowy surroundings. My favorite kind of fences everywhere.
Who would not fall in love with Helena Elisabeth?
The church has got an interesting story as well.
– 20 degrees C – gives you the opportunity to preserve things just as they are…
…but only as long as the cold stays.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Chilled
Cee wants a real chill this week – so my choice is Iceland. A chilled greenhouse(!) and tough winds with drifting snow.
Snow arrived during the night, and then the temperature rose above zero C. I had a lovely forest walk with Totti – light shifting and no wind.
The first half hour, there was not much mist, but …tangible silence.
Have you ever noticed how the colours – the few colours there are during winter –
seem to stand out in the mist?
With the fading light, you feel like walking inside a movie landscape. And you keep looking for a glimpse of the sky – just to stay real.
And for well known landmarks…
…to keep track of where you are.
In the open landscape, the sight is even worse – luckily the snow reveals my path.
As a farewell of this beautiful day- the light returns for my last 10 minutes of hiking.
Very inquisitive…
While his little friend was eager to eat – keeping an eye on me…
It was a day of soft colours – silent and foggy with rising temperature. Rather lovely.
Leya 