Every year, just after the Spring Equinox, the Swedes celebrate spring by eating waffles.
The sun was up early – casting a cozy golden glow on the day.
In the woods, I looked for signs of spring:
Glowing green cups of sunshine;
Melted ice puddles
Creating artistic reflections;
And the golden thread of a cobweb
Slung across a 1,000-year-old Viking rune stone.
The most delicious delicious sign of spring was found at home:
Golden heart-shaped waffles topped with fresh fruit.
The Swedes have been eating waffles to celebrate spring since the 1600s —
So it would be rude not to join in.
Do you suppose we could call them eggy-maniacs?
For more waffle, please visit: Our World.
Lady Fi 
Mouth watering food and the water reflection is amazing.
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Love these pics!
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lovely snaps!!!
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wow fantastic… 🙂
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What a wonderful tradition!
Beautiful captures.
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Second and fourth shots are mind blowing. I wish I can use one of these…Gorgeous 🙂
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Oh my where do I start, waffles, and whipping cream, and then those photos…..amazing.
Do you still have snow?
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
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There are patches of ice in the darkest parts of the woods, otherwise no snow at all. And the ice has gone off the lake too!
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I believe this is the very first time I’ve been delighted, awe-inspired, and hungry all at the same time as the result of a post…
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Such a warm glow!
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Lovely work! 🙂
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ok, i love waffles…better than pancakes, hands down….love that first pic…and how cool on that rune stone as well….very cool….
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Delicious looking waffles! One of my favorite breakfasts!! Your captures are fantastic as always, I love the Rune stone and the beautiful reflections! Delightful way to begin my day! Hope your week is going well!
Sylvia
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wow, that looks yummy! i love the watery reflection shot, too!
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I’m surprised to see Swedes eating waffles for breakfast. Perhaps it’s a dessert in Sweden, unlike the U.S. I love the spring photos and the golden sunlight to tie in with the golden waffles.
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The Swedes don’t eat waffles for breakfast… Perhaps for a snack in the afternoon, or as part of an evening meal.
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I really want waffles now.
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Wow, lovely pictures and alluring waffles:) Wish I could enjoy the treat too!
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Oh, My!
I am STARVING now. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Xx
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I want to come to your world!
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Beautiful photos! Wish we were as close to spring as you seem to be. We had snow again yesterday and last night. But today looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day!!!
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Hoppas du nu har hittat några spår av Våren…annars får du väl komma hit ner. Här njuter vi av sol och värme just nu. Dina bilder är alltid helt underbara!
My entry is here
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Lovely pictures….you are a very good photographer…..and some våfflor did we get too 🙂
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Love the reflection photo, but the waffles got Boom and I as they look so good!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
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They can call them anything they want to! I’ll help to eat them! lol
That reflection shot,Fiona, is really nice!
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just delightful images – that first scene is stunning. .. and what a delicious tradition! bon appetit! thanks for sharing.
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I wonder who picked waffles? It sounds good to me So that is what a rune stone really looks like. It is much more artistic than I expected it to be.
Nice sun shot.
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oooh – to be in the light of that first image.
Breathtaking!!!
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What a great tradition. Waffles for spring sounds great to me. Beautiful shots from early spring in your part of the world.
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I want that waffle!
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lovely signs of spring. i love the artistic reflections.
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I believe I inadvertently celebrated spring in the Swedish way — I made homemade waffles a few days after spring!!! Your photo looks way way way yummier! We don’t any good looking berries like that yet.
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Beautiful pictures, and those waffles look really good too. Sounds like a great tradition.
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Eggy-maniacs made me laugh. 🙂 Wonderful captures.. and drool-worthy waffle and berries!
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Such a yummy tradition. I feel all of you in this post ❤
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The rune was my favorite until I saw that waffle. Now I’m hungry! What a wonderful country!
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That rune stone looks clear and vivid and beautiful, as do all these wonderful images. Thanks for this post.
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I would not mind that tradition. Though I am not a local, the folks here love chicken and waffles. I just can’t get into it.
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oh my, that makes me hunger for waffles. I love the glow in the first shot, and the reflections. and the light in the rune shot (I’d love to have that in my yard). your photos always blow me away. Happy day to you Fiona. and happy spring too.
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Beautiful Spring shots.
Sydney – City and Suburbs
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A year has passed already… I remember this from last year! The waffles are picture perfect. Makes me hungry!! -Danette
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your words and photos tell the delightful story…l feel like a bud soaking in this delicious sunshine. what a wonderful way to celebrate spring!
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something good to eat makes the day even brighter ;))
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Yummy photos!
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Each photo is a gemstone of light and art. I love the rune stone: today’s web, yesterday’s words.
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Wonderful captures. Love the variety.
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What gorgeous photos, the first and the third are my favourites.
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What a yummy way to celebrate Spring. I love waffles and your looks so delicious. The shots of the sun rising and the shot of the rune stone is cool. Thanks for sharing your world, Happy Spring!
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Dear LadyFi, I have so missed your beautiful, eye-soothing, soul massaging images. I’ve been behind the firewall erected by China to keep us off social media, and only recently I found a program to bust through… but it makes blog hopping sooo sloooow. This city I am in is also showing signs of spring, but not the fresh, bright, breath-in-deep kind you are showing us. Thank you.
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Hi there – great set of pictures.
I may make it my mission in life to transplant this tradition into Australia – World Village and all that kind of thing!
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Ohhh those waffles… yummy yummy yummy !!
Have a happy Springtime Lady Fi…
Greetings from Holland,
Anna 🙂
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waffle day. Oh I forgot about that. Looks so yummy I have to check if I can make some.
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Waffles….!
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It’s tasty custom on the Spring Equinox. we have おはぎ（rice cake covered with bean jam) on that day around. Great captures of the sun as usual.
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What a lovely way to welcome Spring!
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At last spring came to us. The last photo is just yummy. 🙂
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I LOVE your photos…and the food looks most tempting!!
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Beautiful photos! We have a ton of syrup we need to eat up soon!
My world!
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I like the crispy waffles and its delicious out there. Fabulous images… quite warmth!
http://jeevansworld.blogspot.in/
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Ah, I remember your waffle day post from last year or the year before – and that it came about because ‘waffle day’ sounds similar in pronunciation to something else, which is what the say really is. And now that you have shown us your waffles, I think I will make some for tea! The ancient Viking rune stone looks beautiful.
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You have a good memory. They call it Waffle Day because it’s actually Annunciation or Our Lady’s Day, which is Vår Fru Dag. If you say that quickly enough in Swedish, it sounds like: Våffel Dag.
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brilliant captures!!!!!
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Wonderful photos, great light and color, I like them all certainly that of the reflections in the water is my favorite.
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gorgeous shots, and that waffle looks totally tempting!
…and thank you for your kind get well wishes for my sister.
much appreciated!!!
big hugs!
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The waffle looks like a great way to celebrate Spring. Perhaps we should start that custom over here. Your early morning photos are exquisite. I like all of them for the light and color that you’ve captured.
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I don’t really need a reason to celebrate spring, certainly not when it’s made to look as fantastic as in your photos, but I’ll gladly make an exception for the waffle. Delicious.
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Hi There, Oh–those waffles!!!! I can almost taste them… Wish we had that tradition here!!!! ha (Maybe I’ll just make it a tradition next year on the first day of Spring!!!)… They truly look delicious.
I love your spring photos. The cobweb one is good –but my favorite is the first one –with the morning sunshine… Awesome.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Beautiful shots! And my mouth is watering now! 🙂
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What stunning captures, from the reflections in shimmery waters, to the sunset and yummy looking waffles. My grandchildren and I had waffles for breakfast, but not like yours.
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Oh yum! I didn’t know about that tradition! I most certainly would celebrate that one! 🙂
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so much beauty and then yum. that is a nice way to celebrate.
i love the rune stone!
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Stunning!
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Excellent shots – that last one made me hungry. At least it’s almost dinnertime.
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Great shots and I love the waffles story!
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OH, here is full of tender and mellow spring! To visit your blog always gives me delight. I do not know how I can express the shades of lights which are gorgeous but delicate in your first photo. Over my vocabulary!
Ladyfi, thanks a lot for sweet temptation!! Mouthwatering.
keiko
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Wish I had known of this tradition, I love waffles.
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how ever did you get this post to smell of glorious waffles!? The rune stone is getting pinned!
Warm Aloha from Honolulu
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Woods and Sun – Thanks for sharing nature.
And I am hungry – delicious dessert the last photograph.
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Beautiful shots! Love the third picture the most and the last one – simply yummm!! 🙂
My Yatra Diary…</a
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beautiful pics
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That rune stone is awesome!
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Love all the photos…the rune stone was so interesting. The carving is so sharp after being out in the elements for so long. Thank you for sharing your beautiful images.
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What a great tradition. I love the idea of waffles on the first day of spring. Maybe I will have to copy you all and do it here in Virginia. All of your photos are beautiful but the one with the reflections is by far my favorite. It is awesome. Such a nice post. genie
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The last photo of Waffle looks like very delicious. I like the first photo very much.
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Fantastic vivid colors and awesome selective focus in the image of the waffles! Now I’m hungry.
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Great shots! Glad to see Spring is arriving in your part of the world. We are enjoying Autumn at the moment…
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I’m a big fan of waffles. Eating them on the Spring Equinox sounds like a perfectly lovely idea to me!
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Great series of beautiful photos, love them!
Love waffles.
Wish you a wonderful day.
Mette
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How beautiful these are, and oooooooo, I want one of those yummy looking waffles!
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The photos of nature are beautiful but they cannot top those waffles! Yum!
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I love both waffles and spring, and your photos are lovely.
The rune stone is fascinating!
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Pass a waffle please! (who made them..it must have been the anklebiters) Lovely photos..spring has found you! 🙂
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That one thin cobweb — My God, your eye for the beauty of nature is just stunning. Exquisite, as always. And waffles are my weakness!
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Her også enestående vakre bilder!! =) Ser ut som du har hatt en trivelig skogstur, og med flotte bilder på kjøpet! 🙂 Vaffeldagen har nok ikke vært så vanlig i Norge.. det er først kommet de siste årene.. tror jeg.. Jeg synes svenskene er mye bedre på å *feire* flere forskjellige dager enn oss her i Norge.. 🙂 Og for en fristelse det siste bildet her – mmmm! Jeg hadde faktisk tenkt å lage vafler på vaffeldagen, men jeg og min samboer var ute sååå lenge! Men uten at jeg hadde tenkt over det, hadde jeg kjøpt med belgiske vafler fra matbutikken.. :)) så da ble det jo vafler likevel..
🙂
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There’s a lot to be said for tradition..and spring, especially when they both look sooooo good!
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Beautiful morning light, an awesome stone, and delicious looking waffles!
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And what, pray tell, do waffles have to do with the Spring Equinox? Not that it matters much, especially if I can have a plate of this yummy fare.
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wonderful series like these captures very much
hmmmm I am hungry now after seeing the photo from the waffle
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Yummy, they are mouth watering!
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Do ‘we’ still know what the Viking runes say?
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Yes. The rune stones have a sign nearby to let us know what the runes say.
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Just found your lovely blog after searching for some pictures to accompany a blog-entry about childhood memories, funnily enough made in Sweden when I was young!
I have borrowed one of your pictures, I hope that is alright! Of course linked to your blog. Hope you have had a lovely Easter!
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