13 December is Lucia – one of my favourite times of year.
Lucia is all about children dressed in white and carrying candles
To symbolize hope and light in the darkness.
The dawn that day didn’t disappoint either.
It blazed with light and colour,
So that dogs (and people) seemed small and humble
Under the huge lilac sky;
And paw prints were etched across a purple
Canopy of snow – leading the eye
To that glorious sky of hope.
For more festive skies, please visit: Skywatch.
Oh, my goodness how utterly gorgeous!!! ❤ ❤ ❤
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So gorgeous!! I love how the sky colour reflects on the snow. Have a blessed weekend.
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What amazing skies you are graced with in your part of the world! I just love the purple snow!
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Oh Fiona!!!!!
Your photos are phenomenal, gorgeous.
Greetings from Poland.
Lucia
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Beautiful colours!
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I have never seen an assemblage of the colors I love most than in this post: luminous violets, pinks, and lavenders. Lovely – all the way from animal paw prints to a glorious sky of hope!
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wow! quite inspiring photos… love the sky
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Watch out for that purple snow.
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I wonder what turns your skies that amazing lilac color? We get some pinks and salmons, but never anything like that. Gorgeous!
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Simply STUNNING! 😍
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…you capture some might fine sky shots!
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WOW, just stunning images, colors and sky captures. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day and weekend ahead!
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Amazing colours…beatiful skies!
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Not that easy to get these— great work.
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Love your reminder that we are indeed small and humble.
And love that sky.
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These are awe-inspiring. The colors are like nothing I’ve seen
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The skies, blows away those blues, absolutely stunning.
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Stunning photos! Happy Lucia!
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Absolutely stunning colors!! 🙂
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Gorgeous colors
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Marvelous skies!
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Love the idea of a festival of light and hope.
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Simply Divine! Spectacular images yet again Fi. How your amazing photography gladdens my heart – thank you for sharing your stunning part of our world. Wishing you and yours a loving and super special Christmas. (getting in early in case we’re all too busy next week!!). May 2017 treat you kindly.
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And you!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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The color in your part of the world is just stunning!!!
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Amazing colors.
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Lovely. Enchanting.
Greetings from London.
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Such beautiful photos! My husband heads to Stockholm on business several times a year , and I have resisted winter travels, but you make it look so pretty!
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Fantastic photos. Lucia sounds like a great day.
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Such amazing light – beyond beautiful!
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“Lucia is all about children dressed in white and carrying candles
To symbolize hope and light in the darkness.”
What a beautifully touching tradition, Fiona!
Gorgeous images! I love how the white snow reflects the pink and purple sky!
Have a lovely weekend, my friend!
P.S. We are getting some snow the next couple of days!!!
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Take some snowy photos! Bet you’re looking forward to getting some snow!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Mesmerizing colours!
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Underbara foton som alltid..ha en fin fjärde advent..
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Awesome colours.
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Beautiful with the snow reflecting all that purple. I like it.
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All the photos are breathtaking….but the 2nd one with the sweet fur babies just steals the show today!!!
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“Children dressed in white and carrying candles to symbolize hope and light in the darkness.” 🙂
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These took my breath away! Wonderful.
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these are so beautiful and magical Fiona. you live in such aan amazing part of the world. i’ve never heard of the Lucia tradition. so do the kids in your neighborhood do that and walk about?
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The kids do it at school. My daughter is in a music school, so they hold Lucia concerts in churches and at people’s places of work.
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I don’t know anything about Lucia, but looking at the sky and the snow, the circumstances must have been great for celebrating with thos wonderful colours.
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Dramatic! lovely captures!
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Oh wow! What an amazing sight Fiona, you do live in a wonderful part of the world, which we are so lucky to see 😊
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Exquisite, Fi. I love the pink reflections on the snow. And I love the paw prints. Thanks for hosting. Have a wonderful weekend. Jo
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Thank you. And do you have a blog I can visit?
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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beautiful images of your part of Sweden. 🙂
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These are truly magical photographs, Fi.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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Oh my–so Beautiful—Christmas Card with pups
MB
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I didn’t know anything about Lucia tradition … so found your words interesting and your photographs spectacular.
Thanks for sharing them with us, so beautiful
All the best Jan
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I like those paw prints in the snow, and of course, absolutely beautiful skies!!
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Wow what a fantastic sky. I don’t know if there are enough words to describe the beauty.
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brilliant !!! happy weekend 🙂
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Mesmerizing colors! So magical!
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Mesmerizing hue !
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Dreamlike beauty! Fabulous scenes!
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that is just absolutely beautiful! We are getting snow this morning but we haven’t had much yet.
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Beautiful and colourful sky.
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A powerful and pawful, splendid morning. As always!
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Gorgeous color pictures. Dogs seem to love being out in the snow.
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Breathtaking scene. The colours are stunning!
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There are few things I love more than the beauty of winter…
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Hi Lady Fi, These photos are glorious. I can only imagine how great it must have been to be there in person. Thanks for sharing!
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Wow! What colours! Beautiful sky.
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Glorious … and full of hope. Thank you Fiona 💕
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Sublime colours!
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Beautiful!
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Stunning photos, as always. I’ve not heard of Lucia before.
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That’s a symphony of thoughts!! I’m amazed! Lots and lots of beauty… The magical nature and your wonderful talent! Many, many thanks!
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I was absorbed in your words and the magical sky show.
Yoko
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Amazing sky pics.
Thanks for the post. Greetings.
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Some beautiful paws for thought indeed!
Lovely snaps.
Have a Happy Day, Lady Fi!
Peace 🙂
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Totally stunning. Would dearly love to republish this over on Learning from Dogs.
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Stunning photos, wonderful skies and colors
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Beautiful colors !!
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Good posts, beautiful blog.
Congratulations.
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Awesome! Your captures are gorgeous!
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We can always use hope – the sermon in church yesterday was about hope. Lovely images!
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superbe ces couleurs
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Merry Christmas my friend! Beautiful photos and words.
Carla
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so incredibly beautiful. Wishing you and yours a very happy Christmas
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I like those beautiful colors in the sky I see is warm inside 🙂
Beautiful to see and to experience.
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Beautiful! 🙂
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i think snow never looked more lovely than it does on your blog
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Wow!wow!wow! what a glow
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Incredible photos! Love sunrises & sunsets. That’s what my blog is primarily all about! That and featuring interesting blog followers! Merry Christmas! 🎄Christine
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Totally ‘wagnificent.’ Feliz Navidog!
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such magic colours! lucia day seems a nice tradition. also, happy christmas!
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Great photos.
I love Saint Lucia’s day, or the near Solstice day, because the days begin to grow and we are encouraged to wait for spring.
Happy Holidays Fi
hugs
· LMA · & · CR ·
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