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| 2013 - old friends, another year, the same old sun :) |
It all started with a little shimmery glow in the horizon. A small diffuse 'inkling' that the sun of Summertime was not at all far away - sort of wanting to peep above the horizon but not quite sure it had the correct date. I was having a lovely weekend away with friend Lucy, visiting from the UK. We were the very last visitors to leave the hut that morning, which was now a quiet and peaceful place (a contrast to the previous night of festive happenings, with 4 different groups of guests staying and various dishes - and beverages - filling the place with the aromas and hectic activity and bustle that accompanies a full hut). The others had just left in a sort of snow flurry that had blown in from the valley to paint everything blue for a while. The morning light was damped by the snow blowing in, and we anticipated our ski down to be somewhat of a 'non-event', preparing ourselves for some wet snow driving right in our faces. With these thoughts we set about to sweep and wash down the floors down and give the place a final check-over.
Then, I suddenly saw SUN hit the mirror pane and reflect back into the otherwise gloomy room. No mistaking the light source: the sun was UP. So, we gladly abandoned cleaning for a wee while as we dashed outside to savour the moment in a photo frenzy. All that winter and dark, and now was the light and the life of Northern Norway back with us, at least for a few brief minutes. The snow had cleared, the horizon to the South was clear, and the sun had made it's first brief appearance here this year!
Yepp, it was good to greet my own shadow again, to feel the light burn my retinas and see this prophet of the coming summer glinting above the hills like some sort of rare jewel... As I gushingly told Lucy: this really was unexpected as I hadn't anticipated seeing any sun until its Official Due Back Date next week... (...and that that was cloud, and weather-permitting).
Yes Sir, THIS was something special.
Hello Sunshine.
Hello Summer 2013!
