My favourite sky is the intense blue of winter
Crisscrossed with ice contrails.
(This photo was taken last winter.)
This year winter has been too mild (in comparison)
And so we’ve had to enjoy the misty blues of winter fog
Shrouding a Viking church.
Whichever way you look at it, it’s all good.
For more blue skies, please visit: Skywatch.
Lady Fi 
The ice contrails are my favorite, Lady Fi!
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great details and beauty 🙂
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I really like the contrast of pure white and deep blue, a very winter picture
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I agree with you about the intense blue. Your first photo is simply magnificent, but I like the mood of the second.
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the fog adds mystery…and the frost/ice structures are so cool….esp against that deep blue…
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Super!
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That first image is amazing in detail and colour contrast and the second is all in subtle tones. I love the misty blues of winter fog around the church.
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The white against the blue creates such a special affect and I love the mystical touch the blue gives to the bottom image.
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I could not agree more, both blues are beautiful! 🙂
Fog’s always grey around here.
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It’s in blue, great photos Fi.
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the ice looks like feathers .. so lovely so cold ..
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Oh, the ice does indeed look like feathers!! What a delightful capture for the day and perfect against those blue, blue skies!! Thanks as always for sharing the beauty!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
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both so beautiful!
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Lovely composed images! Stunning blue sky and foggy scene both delights
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I so love that foggy winter scene. Absolutely beautiful!!
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Lovely blues they are!
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That is an intense blue color in the first photo. Wow! SO beautiful.
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Blues are my favorite!
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The ice contrasted with the blue sky is so stunning! I love the foggy eerie feel of the second photo too. It has a dreamy quality.
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Magnificent! So well done.
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The intense colours of a cold winter are just glorious, interesting to see the comparison with this year.
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Looking at your photos & your world is always all good!
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That’s a beautiful bright blue in the first shot! I like the second one, it’s calm and serene.
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Both are beautiful in their own way…one crisp and bright….the other soft and faded 🙂
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The first one is amazing!!
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I’ve missed the blue of that first picture (what a stunning capture!) and am amazed that you can still find beauty in the misty blues, when all I see is grey, grey, grey outside.
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I love them both!
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Sure wish I could say the same about our winter, here!
A beautiful close-up, and the second image is just magical.
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WOW!very very impressing photos!Wonderful!!!Have a nice weekend,Ladyfi!
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Wow! That is amazing frost! Love the atmosphere around the church. 🙂
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Wow ! Your pictures are wonderful !
Greetings 🙂
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Brilliant contrast between the blue sky and the fog. Loved the pictures.
Greetings from London.
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Good pictures. Joni Mitchell created a great album called Blue, if you should ever come across it. 🙂
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You would love our desert skies, if you like deep blue. I tend to get a bit tired of blue skies, since we have it almost all the time.Even now that we’re not supposed to. As always, gorgeous pictures. Sweden is lucky to have you document its beauty and share it on your blog.
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Wonderful skywatch shots! The first one is my favorite. I love the pretty blue sky! Have a happy weekend!
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They’re both very beautiful in their different ways.
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Magnificent blues!!!
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Yes, I agree…it’s all good! Love your photos!
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Marvelous!ALOHA from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
=^..^= ❤
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That is so pretty!
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A beautiful bold blue to frame your crisp white macro. Lovely!
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Pretty! We’ve had a very cold winter.
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wow that is very blue.
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Awesome photos, especially the ice crystals on the branch.
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Your twig photo is just out of this world!
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Beautiful images.
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Impressive photography. Blue sky ‘on the rocks’ 🙂
Sky Poet
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Stunners!!
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Wonderful, exciting and intriguing, beautiful landscape in the fog!
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The church in the mist is the one I like.
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STUNNING!
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so ein Bild !!..SUPER..
LG vom katerchen zum Wochenende
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A wonderful Macro photo of the snow crystal. Great !
Best regards, Synnöve
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Blue-tiful! Enjoy the mild winter. Ours in NY is unusually cold & snowy this year!! Waking to negative numbers & awaiting our next storm 🙂
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More awesome photos, Fi! I love the close up of ice crystals against the blue sky!
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Gorgeous photography and love the blue skies ~ thanks, Happy Weekend to you ^_^
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Hi, I’ve just found your blog and really like it. Love these photos, the colours are amazing.
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love love love that icy contrail Fi!
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Lovely blue skies – cheer us all up!
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Right now I would love misty blue as opposed to bluuuuue blue 🙂 tres jolie atmospheric images.
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love the mist
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Beauuutiful Fi! I love the bright blue contrast, simple and gorgeous. Love the mood of the second shot, both so so good. We finally are getting rain here in my hood and so grateful for it.
Happy weekending Jen
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Wonderful shots again, LadyFi, I specially love the crispy ice crystals on the first photo.
We have had hardly any winter this year, the lowest temperature was -5,4 ÂşC. Normally the average temperature in our winters is about 2,6 ÂşC in our graden. This winter the average temperature of winter was 5,2 ÂşC. Looking outside it is spring now with several flowers blooming already.
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Wonderful contrast in the first pic. Your second pic looks mysterious.
Thanks for dropping by, LadyFi.
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As you say, there is much to enjoy about both…
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Oh, my. That icy limb is so beautiful!!! Reminds me of a feather.
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Beautiful picture of the winter sky and frost!
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Two very BLUEtiful photos, Fiona. That foggy scene is especially lovely.
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I love the church in the fog. Dreamy.
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Your first shot took my breath away! “Freezingly” gorgeous 🙂
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then I wish you a lot of blue skies. 🙂
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That’s lovely…so serene.
Is that a church from the viking ages? Or a figure of speech?
Jen
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Oh yes – this is most definitely a church from the Viking ages!
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The details are stunning.
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Those ice crystals are wonderful, but I do like the blue of a misty morning.
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Ă ce dernier clichĂ©,j’aime bien au loin ce voile bleu
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Gorgeous! I love the blue color and all the details in the first shot! But also your second one is fantastic! A wonderful misty view!
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beautiful images. I love the blue sky in winter as well…although I am very much looking forward to the pinks of spring…our winter has NOT been mild.
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The misty church is lovely, all those calm blues. I like the ice contrails in the deep blue sky too.
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The first composition is wonderful!
Such intense blue!
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iI love those two shots , but they make me shiver.
All the best Gordon.
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Super shots!
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such lovely ice crystals
and
a beautiful winter landscape
we have not had many ice crystals this year either
even though we have had many bone chilling cold weeks
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Both photos are beautiful. I posted ice this morning, before seeing your photos!
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Both are great images!!! Each in its own way!!!
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How interesting that you have had a mild winter and we’ve had a severe one!
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I love that blue too, it’s my favorite color. In contrast, our Winter has been quite severe.
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questi colori azzurro e bianco sono una vera gioia per gli occhi
foto bellissime
passa una felice domenica su a nord
These colors Blue and white are a real feast for the eyes
beautiful photos
passes a happy Sunday on North
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Beautiful pictures ! we didn’t have winter at all ! I haven’t seen one snowflake !
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WOW! Absolutely amazing top shot.
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Mild does not come to mind with respect to our winter — but I’m happy for you to capture such beauty! xo
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Oooooooh! We never get skies as blue as that. Its beautiful and the snow crystals are so crisp on that line.
Maggie x
Nuts in May
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So peaceful, so still, so quiet. Mist has a way of conveying so many things.
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love that first one, lfi. great details, too:)))
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Lovely white feather.
I adore the church in fog! Xxx
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These are amazing and beautiful photos.
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Hi, We are home from a wonderful trip to Arkansas with friends. Photos tomorrow!!!!!
Hope you have had a great week. Amazing how different areas of our world can be so different when it comes to weather. You have had a fairly mild winter –and many in our country have had an extremely hard winter….
Beautiful photos.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Two great photos. The first one, ‘escarcha o cencellada’ in Spanish, is amazing.
· hugs
· CR · & · LMA ·
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The second picture looks the way Oregon always did/does in the Winter — silvery and mysterious (when I was having a good day). Gray and foggy when I wasn’t. The crisp blue and white is lovely….but I know it would be colder.
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Lovely pictures, that intense blue looks so amazing.
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