Springtime (and I) have returned!

Sorry for the long delay. I've been mentally absent for a while. Perhaps it was the long Swedish winter, perhaps it was all the flus/head colds/Noro-virus episodes we had, perhaps it was my long-awaited enrollment into the Swedish for Immigrants language class. In any case, the past months have been interesting and pre-occupying. But here I am. I survived my first Nordic winter and am now enjoying spring.

Winter did arrive right on cue, first snow of the season was on December 1st and ended just as punctually with the last snow on March 29. And within a few weeks of that final snowfall the transition to spring was complete. So neat and prompt, like the Swedes.

Testing the ice on our neighborhood pond. March 30

Ice fishing. March 30

First blooms in our backyard! April 17

Crocuses popping up everywhere! Then the daffodils and tulips followed.

Had to limit Ruby's flower gathering in Stadsparken, Lund. April 20 

Loving the spring sunshine. April 20