Four winter days in and round Obbola
OK guys, it’s Sunday afternoon and I’m too lazy to write long texts. I just show some photos of the last days where our German friend Medi joined Annika and me on various excursions with some notes.
Thursday, 6 January – skiing in Västermarks naturreservat
+++ Västermarks naturreservat, 50 km north from Umeå +++ a non-commercial forest made us climb over and under fallen trees that lay across the marked loop trail +++ by the trail a wooden cabin +++ time was too short to fire the oven but lighting candles is cozy, too +++
Friday, 7. January – lunch break skiing
+++ right next to our postbox (500 metres from our house) starts Spåret, a 3600 metre long forest trail +++ we use back-country skis to ski Spåret in my prolonged lunch break +++ we, that’s Dirk – guest for two nights – Medi and I +++ -12 °C, but my Anorak is too warm +++ I tie it round my hip +++ on the photo it looks like a skirt +++
Photo: Dirk Thomas

Saturday, 8 January — cross-country skiing on Olle’s Spår
+++ grey weather, -14 °C +++ the trees are covered with snow +++ black-and-white imagery +++ after some days of back-country skiing it’s nice to use cross-country skis on a real trail +++
Sunday, 9 January – Northern lights and sunrise
+++ 1 o’clock in the night +++ I check for Northern lights +++ we are lucky +++ Medi and Annika watch the aurora beside of the garage +++ I take some photos from our garden +++
+++ 8:20 in the morning +++ the Baltic Sea freezes over more and more +++ sunrise colours by the sea +++ and then in our garden +++ watching sunrise while taking breakfast +++
Still Sunday, 9 January – Strömbäck-Kont
+++ just a short walk at one of Annika’s and my favourite places: Strömbäck-Kont +++ looking at the ice ridge by the sea +++
Still Sunday, 9 January – halo effects
+++ after lunch we are taking Medi to the airport +++ strong and colourful parhelion or sun dogs halos +++ the photo is taken at the airport +++ I am questioned by the security and show the taken photos to prove I’m not a spy +++
3 comments to “Four winter days in and round Obbola”
Johanna 2022-01-09 19:38
Ach, wenn Cov nicht wäre……. !
Es ist so schön bei Euch!!!
Margrit Schneider 2022-01-11 23:37
Dear Olaf, your trees (photo) I can need it. I will three or four paint in a size 80×80 cm for our next exhibition. (Johanniter). We need a permission to go in this house. The theme is named „trees“. Greeting Ma
way-up-north 2022-01-12 17:13
Johanna. Ist es. Meistens. Diese Woche ist ziemlich stürmisch und ziemlich warm. Es gibt schöneres Wetter.
Margrit Schneider: You are welcome to use these photos. I’ll send you another one by email.