A Sunlit Saturday
A bare tree and blue sky.
There has been four hours of sunlight in November… no wonder I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather! I was sort of glad to get it in black and white today, just to know that I wasn’t imagining it! SMHI (the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) reported that so far, there have been four hours of sunlight in Stockholm during November. The average apparently is 54 hours of sunlight.
But today it was sunny and the sky was blue! So in one single day there was more sunlight than there has been for the rest of the whole month!
Tomorrow a rain and snowstorm is predicted, and the rest of November is expected to be scarce on sunlight, so of course I had to go for a long walk today! I took lots of photos with the camera in my mobile phone, most didn’t come out very well as I was perusing birds, and they don’t tend to pose and smile at the camera!
Today the French theme took off again. First a stop at the absolutely wonderful café and restaurant Petite France, (check out the baker Sebastien Boudet’s delicious blog Un peu, beaucoup, passionement, à la folie) for café au lait and croissants, Pain au Chocolat. Then past the City Hall, through the Old Town ending up at the cinema Victoria and Coco Before Chanel (to see a movie trailer click here).
What an inspiring day!
Tags: Creative Minutes, film, France, lo-fi, Photography, sunlight
That is such a gorgeous photo! So gald you had a good day with sun and sky blue! I hope you get a lot more sunny days to come! Have a lovely merry happy day and love to you!
I love all your tree and leaf photos. Makes me feel right at home! And French themes are always good. I keep watching A Good Year. Great music. Fabulous scenery.
Glad that you had some sunlight yesterday and I like the picture of the bare tree and the blue sky. I have given up trying to take picture of birds; they never stayed long enough and I was never fast enough. :)
Lovely photos! 4 hours of sunlight this month?? That is hard Kate. Glad you got a bit of sun and were out and about enjoying it!
Wow, that’s worse than here :)
Glad you had a beautiful sunshiny day!
And croissant, pain au chocolat and café au lait – mmm, yum!
Thank you for your comments, ladies!
Yeah, 4 hours of sunlight is a bit rough so yesterday was a bliss!
Love what you wrote about your inner sage on your blog, Steffi!
It’s been the same here and I’m feeling it too. I do love magically different seasons we get, but somehow this dark part of the year doesn’t seem to get any easier. Fingers crossed for snow soon!!!
Yes, I really love the huge difference in our seasons too and I long soooo much for snow!
Beautiful photo. I don’t know what I would do with only 4 hours of sunlight. that’s crazy.
Yeah – pretty rough! :D Talk about light deficiency!
Stunning photos, Kate! Glad you had some sweets and delights in spite of lack of light! :o) I it is the same here in Norway…the days are so short lately, and it’s been raining and foggy for weeks–LOL! Be taking good care and enjoy! Happy Days! Oh, stop by if you get a chance–I’m having a fun gift giveaway this week!
Thank you Tracy! Oh goodness, your giveaway is beautiful! Someone there is going to be very lucky!
Yep, it’s been a bit dreary up in the sunny north but look at you ,….you found the sun. You didn’t blink and miss it. I want to really see Coco before Chanel,is it good?
Yes, I liked Coco Before Chanel although I felt like there could have been more to it somehow… Audrey Tautou does a splendid job as Chanel, I didn’t know much about Coco Chanel before I saw the film so it was an excellent introduction to how liberating her fashion was, how daring both in respect to gender roles and comfort.
After seeing the film, I read more about her, and discovered that there are some question marks around her liaisons during World War II which were left out of the film since it didn’t deal with that part of her life.