Christmas time is family time – and this Christmas of 2018 was a remarkable one.
The day before Christmas Eve we woke up to a completely white landscape. This might occur every 20th year or something. A white Christmas. I cannot remember when this happened last…but we were very grateful.
Two days of splendid winter wonderland. And walking with the whole family is not something granted every day.
When the sun revealed a blue sky –
Tuesday Photo Challenge – Cold and Warm
Cold and Warm – these shots are from an early morning walk some years ago.
Temperature -10 degrees C
– and the sun threw golden diamonds in the snow
The dogs loved this too – we walked back home in harmony – with frozen fingers
Another frosty morning with crisp air, flower pods, maple and oak leaves. It is snowing today, so maybe next time – even more of whiteness.
Tina’s challenge this week is Seasonal – so I start off in the middle of winter, with snow. I am fortunate enough to live in a country with four seasons – and I want it to stay that way. Many poets and writers have beautifully expressed their feelings on seasons – enjoy:
“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”
– Ode to the West Wind
”In summer, the song sings itself.”
– William Carlos Williams
”It was June, and the world smelled of roses. The sunshine was like powdered gold over the grassy hillside”.
– Maud Hart Lovelace
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
– Anne of Green Gables
“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.”
[The Autumnal]”
– The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose
”Frost is the most sophisticated of poets.” – Peter Davison
”Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.”
-Anamika Mishra
Thank you, Tina, for the opportunity to celebrate our seasons!
Paula of ”Lost in Translation” asks us to use special colours this Thursday – and I learned a new word again: Maroon
The header is a sunset containing most of these colours in one picture.
cyan
golden
maroon
pale pink
aquamarine
https://ryanphotography.uk/2018/12/10/photo-for-the-week-21-trees/
Bren, at Ryan photography, invites us to a tree treat this week – cannot miss out on that… Trees are so close to my heart.
My post from November 30, 2017, a year ago – I thought a reminder to us all would not hurt. What do you want to give your children and grand children for the future?
Every December I remember our month in New Zealand some years ago. Never have I been to a country where I found so much and so many to admire and love.
This is where our antipodes live, this is where I had one of my first penfriends, this is the country whose nature I believe to be the most diverse and beautiful in the world. And this is where Rainbow Warrior went down, sending many people around the world into an unbelievable state of shock.
We are constantly reminded of how much we contaminate our world, and the focus here in Swedish media, right now, is the sea, the oceans.
Just like in Wellington, we can still bathe, swim and fish in Stockholm – but for how long?
I am a member of many organizations trying their best to help preserving our planet for generations to come. But right now, we receive news every day about all the plastic and micro plastic in the oceans – a terrible threat to all organisms-
So, I think again, with my heart wide open, about how much I respect and love NZ, its people and its genuine efforts to help the world stay healthy. Down to every detail… for example the artwork made for making us humans see and do the right things.
And these are only two, small, brilliant examples out of many, many…we saw new examples every day.
Hopefully it is not too late for the world – but You and I, and all of us, have to do our bit, our part, every day – to save our enigmatic and fantastic planet. Start with the little things…don’t use plastic bags, bring your own when you go shopping. Don’t throw old medicine in the toilet, in Sweden we leave them at the pharmacy for destruction.
Can you say you try to do everything you can to help? I know I try – but I also know I can do so much more.
These last weeks before the light returns, we were lucky to have a couple of cold days.
Frost is a phenomenon of great beauty, just look down…
…and you will see the bright stars on the ground – from where have they fallen…?
Some 10-15 cm higher up, everything is covered in compact whiteness.
After a refreshingly crisp walk, by 3 pm the last rays of sun touch ground and we hurry back home again before dark.
Totti and Milo were made for long, cold days. Unfortunately I am not. Some three or four hours is what I need to feel good – not more without some hot drink…Thank you for walking with me!
Leya 
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