New Year’s Eve: so mild that it was warm enough for swimming
In the pink sunset.
Reminding me that it’s always good to jump into the waters of wonder.
Because once you’ve experienced new things, your mind can never go back to its old dimensions.
Only then can you really appreciate the true beauty
Of the setting sun.
For more wonders, please visit: Skywatch.
My friend Eileen has a new meme called Saturday Critters – so go visit!
Lady Fi 
it has been such a joy to visit your blog during 2013. I look forward to your posts during 2014 and wish you well for the coming year.
Also thankyou for stopping by my blog this past year and for your support and comments.
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Marvelous photos of this beautiful Sunset.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 to you.
Best regards, Synnöve
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What a glorious sunset and such a peaceful scene. You live in a real oasis of calm.
As an aside, I see that Miss Ruby is drawn to the water as well. The apple didn’t fall far from that tree, did it? 🙂
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Thanks for the lesson in appreciation, LadyFi. Glad to see the wagging tails club soaking in the beautiful sights.
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Very well saod. Have a happy new year from my country, the Philippines, to yours. 🙂
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these pups are just so gorgeous, and what a fabulous life they have too! xox Happy New Year!!
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Such beauty 🙂 All the best for the new year, Fi.
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Those beautiful dogs — looking out to see something they know is there. I really like the post.
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nice….hopefully this new year is full of experiencing that new wonder….
i swam on new years once in florida…ha…
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Beautiful scenery and beautiful Oscar.
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Such gorgeous and colourful scenes!
You meant warm enough for the dogs to swim, didn’t you? 😉
Happy New Year,
Merisi
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“Because once you’ve experienced new things, your mind can never go back to its old dimensions.” So true! That’s why I love to travel . . . I am never the same when I return. May you live 2014 in wonder and amazement.
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Awesome captures! and your companions are cuties!
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i had forgotten your newest family member at first and was started to see 2 pups. 🙂
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Such gorgeous skies over the water where you are!
Wishing you a wonderful photographic year in 2014!
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Waters of wonder . . . so alliterative and picturesque. I have always imagined Sweden to be cold this time of year, yet you mention that it was warm enough for swimming on New Year’s Eve. I have enjoyed your blog this past year and have appreciated your comments on mine. All the best in 2014!
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Sweden is usually VERY cold! The weather we’re having is unusually mild.
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These are beautiful thoughts and photos.
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Such beautiful shots and wonderful words to start my day and new year!! The doggies look so happy!! Thanks for sharing, Fiona!! Hope your new year is off to a great start!
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Fiona, beautiful shots, the skies where you live are amazing. This isn’t normal weather for you though is it?
Jen
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No, it’s far too warm! Last year, it was about -20 C and we had loads of snow.
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Gorgeous! How nice that it was warm enough for a swim. Happy New Year 🙂
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I just LOVE that Oscar!!!!
These are beautiful, Fiona.
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Great photos and it is so pleasing a thing to see our dog friends sharing the same sense of wonder in a view of the world as we do. Happy New Year 🙂
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Happy 2014!
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Wonderful scenery and beautiful dogs 🙂
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Waters of wonder, waters of beauty, waters of delight. Thank you – and happy 2014.
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Beautiful images, as always. Happy New Year, LadyFi! 🙂
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What did I miss? Who is Oscar with? That first image with the dogs looking out over the water is stunning. Love the temperature of your photos. 🙂
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You missed my last post — we are fostering Oscar’s great-granddaughter for a while.
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Your leading shot is wonderful, oh, yes, waters of wonder. Truly meditative and expansive, like the new year should be – Thank You –
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Gorgeous sky and cute captures Ruby and Oscar. Have a happy weekend!
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Oh, sweet dogs, and a gorgeous sunset!
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LOVE the first photo.
Magical and Alive.
Xxxx
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Lovely images! The dogs look so contented!
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Your photography is always so beautiful and also interesting! Happy New Year Lady Fi and thank you for your visits too:)
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I like the way they are looking at the water.
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You have such lovely skies there. We have rather too much water here, mostly falling from the sky a d bursting the river banks.
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Hi! Nice captures. I like the setting Sun photo very much. Thanks for sharing.
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Lovely!
MB
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Full of atmosphere !
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Magical!
Happy New Year to you and your family!
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What has caught their attention?
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Herlige bilder, nydelige farger
Godt Nytt År
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Lovely in thought and sight!
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Soothingly beautiful!
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Lovely dogs!
Beautiful sunset!
Have a wonderful week-end!
Lea
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Beautiful photography ~ love the dog shots especially ~ xxx
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Wonderful shots and words.
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Some nice pictures with exquisite lighting, excellent framing !
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ah! awesome!
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Very beautiful. I had to think for a minute about the second dog!
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Amazing photos, as usual. I love the doggies, most of all. 🙂 Thanks for all the beauty that you share, all year long. Your blog always lifts my spirits. 🙂
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Beautiful pink sunset.
You have two dogs? They are wonderful.
Greetings from far away Polish.
Lucia
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Lovely sunset.
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Gorgeous sunset shades! Happy 2014.
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How is Oscar liking his new roommate? I would love to spend a day with him…sigh. Your words were like butter to my soul today.
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After so much time visiting you, your dog is our dog.
With him we admire the beauty of these lights of the sunset.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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beautiful images as usual. Do you have two dogs now?
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It’s a lovely treat to see open (un-frozen) water this time of year!!
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I’ve been away and didn’t know you have a new dog. They look so beautiful together, both so intent on watching something. I know they see and sense the beauty all around them. Happy New Year to you and your family.
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wondrous wisdom and beauty… thank you Fi:-)
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It is always a privilege to visit your blog. Your photos and words are always beautiful. Thank you. Happy New Year!
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Love the dogs standing at attention! Beautiful photos.
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wundervoll..so eine RUHE strahlt das Bild aus
LG vom katerchen
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Awesome captures!
http://amitaag.blogspot.in/2014/01/new-yearnew-sunrise.html
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The first image is stunning! Great composition!
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So profound and so beautiful. It’s always a pleasure to drop in! Happy New Year, my friend!!
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Stunning images, Fi – I’m now wondering what the dogs were staring so intently at! Happy New Year 🙂
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You see some beautiful sunsets there!
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I like the symmetry of the two dogs on the dock!!!
And I wish you a happy New Year!!!
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It’s just too beautiful,Happy New Year.
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The perfect New Year’s Day message to go with your stunning pictures. (Who is Oscar’s friend?)
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Such beautiful photos Fi! I’m so glad that you discovered my blog last year so that I could discover yours. I love that you got such great photos of your pups – my Labrador never sits still!!!!
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Beautiful shots! I wish you a happy new year!
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beautiful images, the sunset, your dogs … and I really loved the frosty seedheads that I saw at top
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Lovely pictures!! Great pooches!1 I’ve visiting from Eileen!
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Your dogs are lovely!
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What were they looking at? It’s like there were at attention for you! Beautiful critters.
Cheers from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!
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I like the way they are quietly looking at the water or is it some interesting thing out there?
Very calming picture.
I wish you a very Happy New Year.
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You live in a magical place! Happy New Year!
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j’aime ce premier cliché avec la lumière sur ce ponton
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Beautiful series, stunning sunset and dog photos
Happy New Year
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So much joy in your pictures! Wish you a very happy 2014.
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loved the way they are looking 🙂
Wishing you a fabulous 2014 🙂
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It seems Ruby has inherited her great-grandfather’s gifts as a photographic model!
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Beautiful as always 🙂
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She is a beauty, I love the way the two photos play off each other 🙂
May your NEW year be filled with big doses of PEACE & HAPPY!
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What a beautiful final gift to you from 2013! Amazing to see the lake in an unfrozen state at the end of December! Our friends from England spent Christmas in northern Finland and said it was unusually warm there, too.
I was wondering who Oscar’s new friend is, and gleaned from the comments that she is Ruby and that she’s his relative! I will have to explore your older posts and read her introduction! How fun for Oscar to have youthful company to share his adventures! 🙂
Happy New Year, Fiona – looking forward to another year of your beautiful words and photos!
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Yes, Ruby is Oscar’s great-granddaughter.
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I love the regal poses your dogs strike. Something out on the lake has captured their attention. Happy New Year, Lady Fi.
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wonderfully gorgeous!!
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I get the feeling we may define “warm enough for swimming” in different ways!
Splendid pictures.
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Great Pictures. Oscar must be happy to have her around. They look great!
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Gorgeous photos! Your very cute pooches really add to them. Especially the first one!
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Double the joy seeing Oscar and Ruby together through your remarkable lens. Happy New Year, my friend.
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GREAT, GREAT post! 🙂 They are absolutely adorable, Ruby and Oscar!
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What a treat to have both Ruby and Oscar in one shot. They look like they make a great team…..and swimming in pink sounds delightful 🙂
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Marvelous photos. 🙂
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