It’s summer
When you look out of your window and see long green grass in the urgent need of being cut, where 4 weeks ago a snow shower covered the whole garden with white …
When you go along the river Skellefteälven and finally other flowers started to bloom than only tussilago …
When nights are no dark nights any longer and it will take many weeks until you can see the first stars again …
When you paddle on the river Skellefteälven, barefoot, just with t-shirt and shorts, not with a drysuit as three weeks ago and you even enjoy becoming wet by some breaking waves, because it’s so refreshing …
… then it’s summer in Northern Sweden.
And summer is more than welcome after the long winter. By the way, summer solstice is just 10 days away.