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Beauty on Water?

 

Flashback Friday

    Well, I think it's time to do a flashback Friday from my hometown, and home country or what do you think?

 
 

Stockholm Archipelago

    Last time I was back in Sweden was in April 2013, so that is quite some time ago. I grew up in Stockholm and of course there are many things I miss about Sweden and Stockholm, but there are also a lot of things I don't miss about Sweden and Stockholm. In April 2013 I finally took W with me to Sweden, he's been studying in Finland before so it wasn't completely new to him to go to a Scandinavian country. I figured that one of the best ways to showcase Stockholm would be to go on one of the many boats. We picked one that was combined with a lunch buffet, so you could eat and watch the beauty of Stockholm and it's surroundings at the same time. What a concept :)

 
 

Beauty on Water?

    Of course I am probably biased when I say that I believe Stockholm really is beauty on water, but that's okey. Just looking at these pictures of the many different islands in the archipelago makes me miss Stockholm right now. If you ever bring someone from abroad over to Sweden and Stockholm you have to go on one of these boat trips. Seeing the many different but also beautiful houses along the way, and watch the different communities on the islands and along the way develop is such nice experience if you never seen anything like it before. 

 
 

    Isn't it beautiful? Stockholm has a special place in my heart of course. One of the things I really missed while living in Fairbanks, AK was of course all the water. Here in Madison and Wisconsin we do have the many lakes to make up for part of that, but it's still not the same at all. 

 
 

    Happy Friday to you guys!

 
Posted on September 30, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Photography, Stockholm, Flashback Friday, Sweden and tagged Water Boat Beauty Beauty on Water Stockholm 2016 Elsewhere Archipelago Waxholm Fjäderholmarna Kvarnholmen Djurgården Skärgården Sweden.

Fall Fell?

Colorado

Colorado

 

Wednesday Thoughts

"The beautiful changes as a forest is changed
By a chameleon’s tuning his skin to it;   
As a mantis, arranged
On a green leaf, grows
Into it, makes the leaf leafier, and proves   
Any greenness is deeper than anyone knows" - Richard Wilbur
 
Colorado

Colorado

 

Fall Fell Somewhere

    We went to Colorado this past weekend, and I get it, Colorful Colorado! Well, Alaska gets really colorful during fall too, but I haven't even experienced fall here in the midwest yet. The temperatures in the midwest are still lingering close to 80F if you are unlucky, but drops down into the 50-60's during the night, FINALLY. In Alaska on the other hand, all leaves are already gone by now. A year ago around this time we got our first big snowfall, and September turned out to be one of the snowiest on record. 

 
 

    Look out for more posts about colorful Colorado, obviously I have a lot more pictures to share :)

 
Posted on September 28, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Nature, Photography, The great wide open, Alaska and tagged Elsewhere Colorado Alaska Wisconsin Fall Adventures Fall 2016_2 Mountains.

Camping and glamping

 

Flashback Friday

Camping

    Last time I went on a camping trip (as in sleeping in a tent), it was when W and I drove from Alaska to Madison. It was ok, because it's always nicer to be able to have your own pillow etc, which you can gladly bring when you have your car with you. Better yet, I had all my belongings with me, which doesn't necessary mean we had a glamping kind of camping trip. 

    Senaste gången som jag och W var och tältade var då vi körde från Alaska till Wisconsin. Det var helt ok, speciellt då man kan ta med sig sin egna kudde, ännu mera okej då man kan ta med sig hela bohaget, inte för att det underlättar campingen dock :) .

 
 

    One of the best camping trips I have been on was when some friends and I went canoeing in Alaska. It was a perfect 3 day trip, it rained, but not too much. And by the end of the first evening it cleared up. 

    En av de bästa camping turerna jag tagit var med några vänner för ett par år sedan, vi paddlade kanot och var borta ett par dagar.

 
 

    What's your favorite mode of camping, canoe trip, car trip, backcountry, summer or winter?

 
Posted on September 9, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Flashback Friday, Photography, The great wide open, Alaska and tagged Alaska camping tent travel canoeing 2016 Mountains Camping.