Over at Ritus blog Butismileanyway there’s a musicalmarch going on meaning a travel back to the eighties. I was young back then and the music was always a big part of everyday life in that age.
In th eighties we discovered the music videos. Wow! Short little movies and our favorite music in one. On Swedish tv ther was not many videos showing, but some showed up. Of course the Thriller video was amazing and some others. But my absolute favorite ever became the Take on me video with the Norweigians in Aha.
When you see it I think you know why I like it so much. At least if you have followed my blog for a while and know that art is my world. Imagine if you could experience this. To walk in and out of artwork! I think it’s an amazing video. They didn’t have all the computer animation technology that we have today back then.
I will never ever put on a pair of skies and go nine Swedish miles (one mile is ten kilometers) from Sälen to Mora. But I will probably always in my mind ski that nine miles every year the first Sunday in March in front of the tv in my favorite chair with my favorite breakfast, fika and lunch.
The ski race is called Vasaloppet and everyone can take part, not just the elite. There are people from everywhere and from all age categories. It’s so nice to follow the race from the tv screen. Both the elite and the “blueberries” as the amateurs is called. To go ninety kilometers on skies is not an amateur work, so to call them amateurs is not fair.
The start is amazing to see on television. The start area contains ski tracks that have the same total length as the actual race length. You can watch some examples of the start here:
So now you know what I’m up to the first Sunday in March every year.
After a half day inside I often try to get outdoors to get some fresh air. It’s a tough job to go ninety kilometers on skies even if it’s just in your mind 😉
Actually, this race is one good thing with snow! They had to cancel the race one year because of lack of snow and that was a very empty feeling when that happened.
41 shares! And when I write this it’s 45! 41 fb-delningar och senast jag kollade stod det 45!
I say you all are so very helpful with sharing this post that’s suppose to encourage everyone to help save Trosa nature. Thank you all! I don’t know who you are. I can’t see that in my stats, but I do thank you for this support ❤️
Ni har alla hjälpt till att sprida budskapet att hjälpa till att rädda Trosas natur från klåfingriga politiker som struntar i hur naturen mår efter deras framfart. Må de tänka om i tid. Tack till er alla som på olika sätt delat inlägget. Jag vet inte vilka ni är. Det visar inte statistiken. Men tack för ert stöd ❤️
White can be a beautiful color, but not on the ground unless it’s Christmas eve or Christmas day. We have weird winter here. The other day it was 10C and Spring in the air. This morning it was -8C and now it’s wet snow temperature.
So, who sent this whote stuff over here? I want to return it right away!
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I can’t believe I actually have done a painting of a snowflake once. What was I thinking?
Not many days left to Christmas now. The Christmas songs echoing in my head constantly.
This is one of them. A Swedish classic Christmas song. You can read a translation below the Swedish text.
av Edvard Evers
Jul, jul, strålande jul, glans över vita skogar,
himmelens kronor med gnistrande ljus.
glimmande bågar i alla Guds hus,
psalm, som är sjungen från tid till tid,
eviga längtan till ljus och frid!
Jul, jul, strålande jul: glans över vita skogar!
Kom, kom, signade jul! Sänk dina vita vingar
över stridernas blod och larm,
över all suckan ur människobarm,
över de släkten som gå till ro,
över de ungas dagande bo!
Kom, kom, signade jul, sänk dina vita vingar!
Google translated:
Christmas, Christmas, radiant Christmas,
By Edvard Evers
Christmas, Christmas, radiant Christmas, gloss over white forests,
heaven crowns with sparkling light.
gleaming arcs in all God’s house,
hymn, which is sung from time to time,
eternal yearning for light and peace!
Christmas, Christmas, radiant Christmas: gloss over white woods!
Come, come, designed Christmas! Lower your white wings
the battles of blood and alarms,
of all groaning from the human breast,
of genera that go to rest,
of young people dagande stay!
Come, come, designed christmas, lower your white wings!
I like the time around Christmas. This year have been busy at work time and will be until the very last day before Christmas, so the Christmas preparations will be what I have time left for.
I miss you right now because I haven’t had the time to visit your blogs that much lately, but I will be around all Christmas now and then and I hope I will get time to some blog reading. It’s so fun to check out how you’re doing in your corner of the world.
I hope you all have a pleasant third advent. Here’s rain and that white stuff coming down now and then. Not so cold yet. Maybe we get a rainy Christmas this year.
This morning the moon was up and clear. Instead of morning sun we have morning moon in the winter.
I like saying Hi to the moon and talk to the moon. The moon always listen and give light, hehe 😉
Here’s some Swedish artists with moon songs. And yes in the third video it’s Mr ABBA Benny Anderson at the piano. And yes, Titiyo is a sister to Neneh Cherry (the hits Manchild and Buffalo stance in the 80′ something)
Stefan Andersson Catch the moon
Titiyo Talking to the man in the moon
Tommy Körberg Moonriver
If you have great moon songs to share, please leave a link in the comments or make your own Catch the moon post on your blog and leave a link to your blog in the comments.
If you don’t find moon songs, then maybe you have great moon paintings or photos. You can catch the moon in any way you want.
So, the challenge is: Can you catch the moon?
If you paste the complete link from youtube you just have to paste the link without use the link button. WP senses the youtube link and show the video screen in your post instead of just a link. This only work with a complete link. Make sure you see http://www.youtube.com/watch…in the link. The short link miss the “watch” word. Short link do not work if you want the video screen show up in your post.
I just saw a nature program on Swedish tv from Hebrides nature where nature and mankind live side by side. They showed lovely puffins that took protection near tourists. When tourists were there to watch the puffins the crows and other birds that eat puffin eggs disappeared.
For those of you who are in Sweden, you can watch the program here:
People in that area get that nature and mankind can cooperate and gain from that. I wish we could realize this in my area too. We need nature, but nature don’t need us.
