What an awesome winter weather. It all started with a blizzard in Jutland, and eventually we got snow in Copenhagen and North Zealand as well. Completely unreal winter weather where people were stuck in traffic for many hours. It doesn’t happen that often in Denmark anymore.
I had to quote William Shakespeare for Blow Blow You Winter Wind ❤️😊
..Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude…
I have always loved the twilight, ever since I was a little girl. When the sun sets in winter and the clouds turn red. When landscapes are under the spell of snow, the adventure begins. Even life in the streets seems enchanted.
Vilhelm Kyhn, Winter Night in a Forest
Carl Schlesinger, A Winter Sunset
Wright Barker, A Winter Evening
Wilhelm Smith, Winter scene from the streets of Stockholm
Denmark is a small country with surprisingly big differences in the weather. In the southern part of Denmark, all children were lured out into a wonderful snowy landscape. It also snowed a bit 130 km north of the winter wonderland where I live, and it was lovely while it lasted 😁 But it soon started to thaw. Maybe next time we will have better luck ☃️⛷️❤️
It is snowing right now, as it did two years ago. Maybe it will be as beautiful as in the paintings 🎄 Parts of Denmark have already received large amounts of snow now.
The Danish landscape is dark in winter, and the sun can be a rare guest. Then it’s wonderful when the snow covers fields and forests, and lights up new spaces and contours in the landscape. I love it and it makes my walk an adventure ❤️
Timber Haulers Returning Home by Frits Thaulow, 1892, oil on canvas, Bergen Kunstmuseum
Freezing river by Frits Thaulow, c. 1892, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
A Farm at Lysaker by Jacob Gløersen, 1892, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo Norway
Christmas Party by Lars Jorde, 1895-1896, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo Norway
Note
Now the Snow is Falling … is a reblog from 2021. Waiting for more snow to fall at this moment 😀⛷️
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens
Maybe we’ll have snow next week. At the moment, it’s a lovely spring. People are enjoying the outdoors and the sun. Years ago I was on a great walk at Sjaelssoe. Steep hills, small springs, pastures, winding paths and a wooden pier for ‘happy swimmers’. The temperature varied a lot depending on whether I was in the woods or on the sunny meadow. It was bitterly cold in the wood by the springs, and the lake didn’t beckon for a swim, on the contrary. But the walk was worth remembering ❤
The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.
Tom Brown, Jr.
“The days are short,
The sun a spark,
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.” From the poem; January by John Updike
The summer was lovely and a light breeze made the walk enjoyable for my friend, Joanna and I. She has a high metabolism like me, like a hobbit, and we didn’t get far before we had our first meal on a bench in the garden of Frederiksborg Castle.
Today* the temperature is slightly difference to put it mildly. There is frost in the air and severe wind but the sun is shining. I have layer upon layer until there are no more space under my jacket. Nevertheless, I take a short break on a bench beside Athene.
My walk is about 15 km long and I don’t have much time before darkness set in. I buy a bottle of water in a shop but I cannot open it. My fingers are already frozen. I slip the bottle into the rucksack and continue the walk past the spectacular little castle, Badstuen and Louise’s Island.
The small buildings on the Island in Ødammen was built by Frederick 7. as a miniature version of a Norwegian manor. I walk through the village Gadevang, and soon I’m on my way up towards the mountain, Fruebjerg, in the forest, Gribskov. The sun is setting and the sight towards the coast is magnificent. I love this view. However I have a train to catch so I hurry down the mountain and through the forest to the train station. There are ten minutes until the train arrives! I can not remember the last time I’ve been so cold. Well, maybe when I skated as a child 🙂
Sommeren var dejlig, og en let brise gjorde vandreturen behagelig for min veninde og mig. Vi har et højt stofskifte, ligesom en hobbit, og vi nåede ikke langt, før vi indtog vores første måltid på en bænk i parken ved Frederiksborg Slot.
I dag er temperaturen anderledes for nu at sige det mildt. Der er frost i luften og hård vind, men solen skinner. Jeg er iført lag på lag indtil der ikke er mere plads under min jakke.
Alligevel tager jeg en kort pause på en bænk ved siden af Athene.
Min tur er cirka 15 km lang, og jeg har ikke meget tid, før mørket indfinder sig.
Jeg har købt vand i en kiosk, men jeg kan ikke åbne flasken. Mine fingre er allerede stivfrosne. Jeg pakker flasken ned i rygsækken, og fortsætter turen forbi det spektakulære lille slot, Badstuen og Louises Ø.
De små bygninger på øen i Ødammen blev bygget af Frederik den 7. som en miniature udgave af en norsk herregård.
Jeg går ud gennem landsbyen Gadevang, og snart er jeg på vej op mod Fruebjerg, inde i skoven. Solen er ved at gå ned, og synet mod kysten er storslået. Det er højdepunktet på turen bogstavelig talt, og i overført betydning. Min vandretur fortsætter i hast mod togstationen, Kagerup.
Her må jeg måtte vente i 10 minutter. Jeg kan ikke huske hvornår jeg har været så nedkølet. Jo, måske dengang, da jeg løb på skøjter som barn 🙂
* My walk took place in 2016, but the weather today is very similar to that cold day ❄️ Wish you a wonderful walk out there and remember your packed lunch and the mittens 🥕😊
This picture is from today’s walk. The most sunny minute of the day. Tomorrow there are warnings out for heavy rain all day. It would be nice to borrow Frodo’s gift from Galadriel: “A light to you in a dark place.” But the bog was wonderful and there was no sign of Gollum 😅😊
Have a happy time out there and leave only your footprint ❤️
A snowy day today in Rude Skov on a wonderful day in December. Many people enjoyed the trees in the forest as they stood dressed in white robes. Tomorrow wind is forecast from the south with rain and dark clouds. But it will be easier to go on a bike trip 😊
HANNA'S WALK 
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