Ulrika K

Yes, I’m alive. I’m down south visiting family and friends for a couple of weeks and have been busy busy catching up on everything and everyone.
Lots and lots of snow here too, and lots of ice as you can see.  This is the view from the bedroom window.
Three more very busy days and [...]

is sometimes enough to brighten a whole day.
-19C (-2F) here today. About the same up in Arvidsjaur I think.

..feels like a good one.  Blue sky and powdery snow. A nice walk in a white, silent world.

Just a quick shot through the window this afternoon.
The sky was pink and beautiful, it was snowing and it was only -7°C (19.4F) after several days with -25°C (-13F).
I wish you all a wonderful New Year’s Eve – spent just the way you like it, and a very happy 2010!
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A snapshot from my hometown Kopparberg in the municipality of Ljusnarsberg, Bergslagen/Västmanland.
The old courthouse (which is now the tourism office), some museums and in the background, the church (from 1635).

I’m not doing much of anything, and loving it. After studying/working for sometimes up to 18 hours a day, I really need days of not much of anything.
I’ve been alone here for most of the day and have spent it lying on the couch watching tv, dozing off now and then. Very, very unlike me, [...]

I am back home in Kopparberg, Västmanland, to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s with family and friends. Yesterday my mom and I drove to Borlänge, Dalarna, to do some last minute Christmas shopping. The landscape was beautiful, with the snow on the trees (I’m so happy they finally got some snow down here too, I [...]

I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday, whatever you are filling it with!
I am working on my test in northern Sami, with short breaks for some Christmas decorating.

It’s chilly outside today: -15°C and snowing. I’m warm though, sitting here in the kitchen with a cozy fire going, lots of candles, Christmas music and some knitting. I have a ton of things to do, but right now I just want to sit here in peace and enjoy the moment.