First of all – huge thanks for sharing your many interesting adventures last week! I finally found about 15 of them in the spam folder…but I did find them! Loved the variety and that you shared adventures from long ago too. I could recall the feeling of adventure from my own youth – that original feeling doesn’t come easy nowadays… Age and life experience has taken away part of it. We have to take that.
This week Anne has got some really good tips on how to enjoy, or cope with, the summer heat…please visit her lovely site for more daze inspiration!
To me, summer means late nights and early mornings, the only time when it’s not too warm. My absolutely best temperature is 23 degrees C – unbelievable to some, but that’s when my body works the best. When we stay for a longer time at warm places, the body gets gradually used to it after a while.
When evening comes I might go biking in the soft air…
Or walking by the sea to watch the youngsters fishing or swimming.
Early mornings we can take the canoe down to the lake, watching the great herons lift from both sides of the canal.
In the middle of the day, we all stay in the shadow, reading or playing games – or just relaxing with our dog. Except for my husband, who always has loved the sun and can sit in a chair just letting it wash all over him.
The best thing is a short, cooling swim. The water temperature seldom rises above 20 at our summerhouse. This year, I haven’t jumped in the water more than once – 11 degrees is far too cold for me!
A warm thank you to Anne for letting us soak up the summer daze this week – next week it is Patti’s turn to lead – see you then!
The northeastern part of Greenland is the world’s largest national park. Climate change is a great danger to flora and fauna here. We know that the fastest warming is in this area. I captured some photos of the most frequently seen flowers, and not surprisingly they are mostly white and very small.
Labrador tea ( S.skvattram)
White cotton grass.
Not sure…alpine bartsia? (S. svarthö)
Round-leaved wintergreen (S.Pyrola)
Woolly lousewort ( S. Ullspira)
Let’s finish with a bird – a lapland bunting. At sea there are other birds, but they will have to wait.
In the header – surprisingly a Fritillary came along. But it was also the only butterly we saw!
A gallery of faces I will remember from Greenland. From Ilullissat, Kangerlussuaq and Nuuk. The poor musk ox was unfortunately dead, but we saw two in real life…very far away though. I got them in my binoculars, but the camera didn’t make it good enough. On the plate we had them every other day – and they were delicious.
I am all for adventures, and I think many of you are too! So, this first week after our break, I want to welcome us all back, and, to adventures we remember – from long ago or lately have experienced. Big or small. Personally, I think every day is an adventure, but indeed some feel a bit more vivid and easier to describe. And that goes for the adventure I am going to share with you today.
You can show adventures from one place only or from more places, and I am convinced adventures can be told in fewer images than this…but please try to stick to a maximum of 10 pictures.
This June, we went to Greenland, a country we fell in love with it at first sight in 1982, when we were young. Those memories are still with me, and on reviewing old slides from then, I was hooked again.
So, what adventures await you in this beautiful country? I will take you on a short visit to some of them. Luckily (!) we were stuck for five extra days in Greenland due to fog, so the dogs and the boardwalk wouldn’t have been pictured here on the ordinary trip.
Of course this is all about water and ice…but, should that not be your cup of tea, I still hope you are inspired for the challenge!
As there are no real roads in Greenland, (the first ones were built in the 1950’s-60’s) every Greenlander owns at least one boat and one snowmobile. Many Inuit people own a dogsled as well, and some 5-10 dogs to do the job.
During summer, the dogs rest from their hard work, and live in colonies on big slopes – grass or stone. The grown-ups are all chained, (they are no ”house dogs”, and prone to fighting) but the young ones are totally free to roam their environment. Indeed an interesting experience to see them on ”vacation” in the summer. I had a collegue who owned 15 huskies, and he built a sledge with wheels so the dogs should be easily excercised during the warmer part of the year. According to knowledgeable people, the dogs are happy as long at they are held outdoors.
Nature is of course the greatest adventure in Greenland – icebergs in the fiords and gigantic glaciers. Eqi glacier (above), is 200 meters high and 4 kilometers wide, and the boat in the picture is waiting a kilometer or two away from it – just in case the glacier decides to calve. You lose all perspective close to these giants!
As we travelled mostly by boat, whales were often sighted – we saw several humpbacks spouting and diving. I never got a really good shot of them, but here are two friends diving together.
You should of course go hiking and just take in the breathtaking landscape. You will never know what is hiding over the next hill or behind the next corner – but surely it is a new adventure! Not all hikes include climbing, this was a very friendly, boardwalk one.
Kayaking is popular in Greenland – a silent and contemplative sport. In the old days the Inuits hunted from both kayaks and canoes. I guess every family have at least a couple of kayaks. And, just as with the motor boats, the were very skillfully handled!
And then, finally, my favourite adventure –
– going on a midnight sun tour among the impressive icebergs – unforgettable. Cheers with thousands of years old ice in the glass!
I hope you have had a great break from us (!) and that you enjoyed my adventures. Now we are looking forward to seeing new or old exciting adventures from you!
A big thank you to Beth, and don’t forget the Lens-Artists tag when you post! As usual, stay well and be kind!
Leya 
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