Nice winter walk

Today was one of those perfect winter days with clear blue sky and bright sunshine. We also got the chance to actually enjoy the day and go out into the sunshine as it was Sunday. When winter is like today and it isen't too cold and one does not have to go to work that is when I like winter. We had a nice and slow start this morning. The party we we went to yesterday was really nice and we both had a good time. I decided to leave shortly after midnight as I was really tired but C decided to stay a bit longer which had turned out he stayed until about 3 am. I took a cab home and that was so nice to get home and be able to get into my bed a lot faster than if I had taken the subway. So worth the cab fee. The host of the party had actually gotten a professional bartender that mixed up drinks for all the guest the entire evening. It was really cool to watch him mix all kinds of drinks. There was a drink menu consisting of about 8 different drinks. They had one called Lynchburg Lemonade and since me and C have been to Lynchburg we know that is where Jack Daniel´s whiskey comes from. It had some of that of course and but not too much just a hint. It was really good and very fresh in its taste from the lemon flavor. So that one actually became our favorite for the evening.

Not very far from where we live there is a sort of state park, the Nacka Nature Preserve Area. We had not yet explored this area so we decided it was the perfect day to do so. We took the car and the drive there did not take more than 10 minutes. We saw lots of people that were out on the ice walking, skating, skiing and enjoying the nice weather.

I was very happily surprised that this great area is so close to where we live. I am sure that we will come here many times. It ought to be real nice here in once spring arrives also. It was close, easy to get here, and no problem to find parking once we got there. No entrance fees required as in most state parks in the US.

We took a nice and long walk. Starting to walk around the frozen lake but then we decided we would walk on the ice to be able to walk in the sunshine. The lake was deep frozen so that was no problem at all and there were lots of people with their kids out on the lake.

Some skaters taking a break in the sunshine. Probably they had brought coffee in a thermos with them and some sandwiches or cinnamon buns. A traditional Swedish "fika" outdoors.

Lots of activities were going on. The Swedes are very active. Some were skiing and some were skating and others like us just walking.

Even those with small babies put there skates on and brought the stroller a long and skated on the ice.

A beautiful old Swedish house painted in the traditional red color.

We saw this man skating with a kite. If you click on the picture you can probably see the kite better. It did not seem very easy. It was kind of windy and the kite was flying in all directions.

Here I am on my walk on ice.

Even the sunset was kind of nice today. Slowly days are getting longer and that feels great. Now the sun is up until around 5 pm and even if that is still kind of early to set it is a lot better than 2:30 as in mid December.

Well I guess y'all in the US are getting ready for the Super Bowl. We won't watch it. We are not that into American fotball and also it would be way to late for us to stay up and watch the game. I hope y'all enjoy and that it is a good game. They did write about it in the papers here even.