June 20, 2006

Summertime

Going to bed the other night it hit me that Sweden is at its prime right now. Everything is so green and fresh, with flowers everywhere. And the light is just amazing. It never really gets dark. Or at least not pitch dark as we get during the winter. Now it just feels like dusk from 11 pm to 3 am, and I live in the south. Up in the north around the Artic Circle the sun never sets now. Isn’t that just amazing?!

This is clearly my favourite time of the year. A time I start looking forward to somewhere in January. And now it’s here and soon it’s going to be gone again. But meanwhile I’m going to enjoy every second of it. Sunny and warm summer memories are always the best cure for that dreary winter blues. Even though I hate the Swedish winter I don't think I could live without the summer. It's just too special for me. It's Swedish summer.

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