Obsession

This blog should probably be called Tom's obsession with winter. I can't help but take a little credit for this wonderful winter (grandiose, I know)...but everyone warned me about winter on the West Coast would be a disappointment to a winter fan. Not true this year! You saw my ice pics perhaps, and now it is all about SNOW...biggest snow since 1995 hit over the past few days. I love it. If love of winter can influence weather patterns, then I may be able to claim some credit in all of this.


Here is something truly wonderful about Sweden and snow removal..sidewalks and bike paths get cleared with the same urgency as the streets. I like the priorities...





Anyhow here are a few random winter pics...

Here’s a picture of Haga, my neighborhood…compare with one of my August pictures…from red roofs to white!

My pictures are not spectacular, but some of the cornices forming around town are! Wind and snow (and a process that snow freaks know as destructive metamorphosis) has formed many gravity defying snow cornices from the lovely architecture...many a sidewalk is cordoned off in fear of the cornices breaking and dropping…it is an exciting time in Göteborg.

Take for example, another exciting event, the return of daylight! Despite the snow and cold, the days are getting longer and Swedes are out taking advantage of it!

Cesar and I braved the snowstorm and Cesar had his first cross country ski experience…I think he liked it. We skied around Skatås as the snow piled up!

Skiing in Göteborg has really forced me to think about how much I use my car for recreation back home. What a luxury! Sure, it takes effort and time to use public transportation to get out to the trails here, but it works. I can do all the things I want to do here without a car…not without planning and timing and effort, but it works. It is so fun to see others waiting for the tram with skis in hand…

I promise that my next blog entry will go beyond a documentation of winter...