Where is the sun?

I don’t know who’s the artist that has made this beautiful boat, but I took the photo at Kneippbyn south of Visby. I guess it shows a ship carrying the sun. That ship is now about to leave Gotland, it seems… Our days are getting darker and darker. We want to take a walk a day and if we can’t make it around lunchtime, then it gets too dark the next time we think the thought.

Last year we had snow by this time, but this year is much warmer. The roads were icy this morning but we haven’t yet seen any snow. Let’s hope that this winter will be a snowless one – well, it’s okay with some snow at Christmas, but otherwise I won’t miss it.

We went to a Christmas fair at Bläse on Sunday and there were also a lot of Christmas activities in Visby. So, Christmas is on it’s way, but I have not started to get the Christmas feelings yet. But as the days go by, the Christmas feelings will branch out from person to person, what you feel, I feel.

Our cats appreciate the warm weather. They like to spend time outside and it’s a lot easier to entertain them when they can run and play outside.

December 1st. The first day of the last month of the year. This has been quite a challenging year but also a very happy year. To live on an island in the middle of the Baltic Sea takes it share of efforts and survival skills. In twenty days the ship that carries the sun will turn around and get closer again. We will appreciate every minute of daylight that it brings to us. Until then I am very grateful for all the electrical lights that we put up in the windows in almost every house. It makes it easier to stand the darkness.